Malacañang on Thursday assured that there will be no disruption in the operations of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) following the submission of courtesy resignations by their respective heads.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said the courtesy resignations have “no appreciable impact” and GOCC officials are expected to continue performing their duties until their successors are appointed.
“There is no appreciable impact at all, negative at that, because all these people who offered their courtesy resignations are expected to continue performing their functions, discharging their duties until their replacements have been appointed. And that is expected of all public servants, no one abandons because that is part of the obligation of a public servant,” Bersamin said in a press briefing.
The Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG), which oversees GOCCs, has ordered non-ex-officio chairpersons, chief executive officers and appointive members of GOCC governing boards to submit their courtesy resignation. This is part of the shakeup being done by President Ferdinand R. Marcos in his administration, which aims to better serve the public and make his programs felt by the masses.
Bersamin noted that while nearly all GOCC heads have submitted their courtesy resignations, his office is still awaiting submissions from a few remaining agencies.
He explained that only the performance of GOCC heads will be reviewed by his office.
“The GOCCs are anyway under an annual term basis, and it is about this time, June, that the GCG reviews the performance of the respective boards of their GOCCs,” he said.
When asked about the implications of the resignations on GOCC policies and public-private sector partnerships, Bersamin assured that government policies remain stable and that there are no anticipated changes that would affect existing collaborations.
“The stability of policies will continue. The policy directions have been issued to these offices by the President and the governing or the supervising Cabinet secretaries. So, there is a clear path for all of them to see, to follow, and to traverse,” he said. | PND
