Cotabato City (October 18, 2018) – A number of
employees of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) raised their
concerns to members of the Coordination Team for Transition with respect to the
transition to the new Bangsamoro government during a forum held here on
Wednesday, October 17.
The
transition process is provided for under Republic Act No. 11045, otherwise
known as the Bangsamoro Organic Law. Some of the matters discussed were the
employment status of ARMM personnel who will be affected, once the transition
period commences, and the incentives for personnel who would opt to retire, or
be separated from service.
Commissioner
Jose Lorena, a member of the Transition team, explained that Article XVI
Section 10 of the R.A. No. 11045 states that “officials holding appointive
positions shall continue to perform their functions in accordance with the
phase-out schedule. Employees in the sectors of health, education, and social
welfare shall be absorbed and transferred to the Bangsamoro Government.”
It
also states that “the affected personnel who will not be absorbed in the
positions of the new staffing pattern of the different offices in the
Bangsamoro Government, whether hired on permanent, temporary, casual, or
contractual basis and with appointments attested by the Civil Service
Commission, shall be entitled to the applicable retirement, or separation
benefits as provided in the Organic Law.”
When
asked about the schedule of the gradual phasing-out of the offices of the ARMM,
Commissioner Lorena said the Transition team is now preparing a draft plan that
will be submitted to the appointed Chief Minister of the new government.
“The
Chief Minister will have to review and submit it to the Bangsamoro Transition
Authority (BTA) within 60 days, the BTA will then approve the proposed plan
within 10 days,” he said. “Assuming that the ratification is done on January
21, 2019, perhaps (the schedule of phasing-out) will be April 2019,” said
Commissioner Lorena.
Among
the representatives from other government agencies who also addressed the
concerns of the ARMM employees were: Atty. Krunimar Escudero III, from the
Civil Service Commission Central Office; Vilma Fuentes, Vice President for
Visayas and Mindanao of the Government Service Insurance System; Rio Teves,
Vice President for Members Services Operations of Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan:
Ikaw, Bangko, Industria at Gobyerno under PAG-IBIG; and Herman Jumilla,
Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary for Mindanao Concerns. (By
JONG CADION with Bureau of Public Information)
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