Declaring Vacant Certain Positions in the Departments, Offices, Agencies and Bureaus in the Executive Department and Fixing Rules Therefor to Ensure Continuous and Effective Delivery of Service

June 30, 2022

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 1

DECLARING VACANT CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND BUREAUS IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND FIXING RULES THEREFOR TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS AND EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF SERVICE

Effective noontime of 30 June 2022, the following are deemed separated from service, and the positions held by them in the departments, offices, agencies and bureaus of the Executive Department are declared vacant:

1. All Presidential appointees whose appointments are classified as co-terminous;

2. All Presidential appointees occupying positions created in excess of the authorized staffing pattern;

3. All non-Career Executive Service Officials occupying Career Executive Service positions; and

4. Contractual and/or casual employees.

In the exigency of the service and to ensure the continuous and effective delivery of government services, the vacancy shall be addressed in accordance with the following:

1. Vacancy in the heads of departments, offices, agencies and bureaus where no replacement has been appointed or designated, shall be filled up by the next-in-rank and most senior official as Officer-in-Charge (OIC).

The OIC shall perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the office until 31 July 2022, or until a replacement has been appointed or designated, whichever comes first.

2. All non-Career Executive Officials (non-CESO) occupying Career Executive Service (CES) positions in all the agencies of the Executive Branch shall remain in office and continue to perform their duties and discharge their responsibilities on a hold-over capacity until 31 July 2022, or until their resignations have been accepted and/or their respective replacements have been appointed and/or designated, whichever comes first.

3. Affected contractual and/or casual employees whose contracts expire on 30 June 2022 shall continue in service until 31 July 2022, unless otherwise earlier terminated or renewed by the heads of the hiring agencies in accordance with their specific needs and requirements and subject to pertinent administrative and auditing rules and regulations.

Services rendered by the officials and personnel referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be compensated in accordance with existing civil service, budgeting, accounting and auditing laws and rules.

Finally, officials and personnel referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 are hereby directed to effect an orderly and complete turnover of records, documents, books, equipment and other properties of their respective offices to their successors and/or the highest career official in their respective agencies.

This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of June 2022.

 

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 118, No. 28, p. 7856 on July 11, 2022.