An Honorable Man
By Ambrosio R. Villorente
"I started government employment as personnel clerk. I have humbly served past and present governors from Governor Roberto Q. Garcia, OIC Gov. Bonifacio Tupas, OIC Gov. Job Parohinog, OIC Gov. Emiliano Y. Fernandez, OIC Gov. Augusto B. Legaspi, OIC Gov. Ben Hur Z. Mobo, Gov. Corazon L. Cabagnot, Gov. Florencio T. Miraflores and Gov. Carlito S. Marquez and never had I been accused as Hon. Rodson Mayor did as incompetent, negligent and laxed," Ms. Ellen I. Tolentino, Provincial Human Resource Management Officer, Aklan told Vice Governor Gabrielle V. Calizo in her letter of July 30, 2007.
In her letter to Vice Governor Calizo, Ms. Tolentino begged not to attend the hearing on July 30, 2007 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon. According to her, the provincial government of Aklan is busy in the preparation of the year 2008 budget. The said activity is requiring her to stay in the office for any "frequent consultation" with the provincial officials like the budget officer, accountant, provincial treasurer and other members of the local finance committee. Ms. Tolentino informed Vice Governor Calizo that the appointment of Mr. Antonio Viray, III has a "presumption of regularity on his appointment from the time that his appointment application was referred by the Hon. Governor for evaluation and review to PHO II and chief of hospital, to the time that it was submitted for evaluation at the PHRMO and the evaluation and deliberation of the appointed by the Personnel Selection Board.
After the evaluation, it was thereafter submitted to the…Governor for the appointment signature and…submitted to the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service (commission) verifies the profession of Mr. Antonio Viray, III with the Professional Regulatory Commission."
"It saddens me," Ms. Tolentino said, "Hon. Rodson Mayor had accused me of ‘incompetence, negligence and laxity". To her mind, the statement of Hon. Rodson Mayor accounts to psychological abuse under R.A. 9262, the…Anti-violence Against Women and The Children Act of 2004 as public ridicule and humiliation is an act of psychological abuse."
Ms. Tolentino accused Hon. Mayor of grossly violating the "Gender and Development Code of the Province of Aklan". "In my 30 years of employment giving needed information relative to the personnel policies, I had never been accused of incompetence, negligence and laxity," Tolentino lamented.
Ms. Tolentino expressed her "wish and hope that civility, courtesy and respect of human dignity can be a strict guide in fact findings." She concluded her letter to Vice Governor Calizo thus: "it is my hope and prayer that you can lead the Honorable Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan as…presiding officer to greater heights and glory of our beloved Aklan."
Indeed members of the legislative bodies in the Philippines such as congress, sangguniang bayan and lalawigan are addressed "honorable". What does honorable means? Honorable is a term used as a title of courtesy for certain officials who is characterized by utmost honesty and integrity accompanied with marks of respect. He is a person of noble illustration, with good reputation and respectable.
The people who were rated to be members of legislative bodies like the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan are expected to behave with proper decorum, respectability and humility. He is an educated person who behaves right in any given place, at any given time.
Legislation is a job of men with great imagination, a deep thinker with clear vision and mission. Legislation is a job for gentlemen and ladies who can well empathize the feelings of peers, subordinates, superiors and the people in general. Legislation is not a job for a boar which fights for any garbage by the roadside. Honorable persons discuss matters in a most civilize manner.
In order to craft legislation that can withstand through the test of times, be applicable and beneficial to the country and the community, the honorable members of the legislative body must live and work in a most conducive atmosphere. How can they formulate laws or ordinances by means of a shouting match? They must have a conducive workplace where friendship, love, respect and understanding reign between and among the members and staff of a legislative body. Your honors, we are entertained and laughed at your outbursts, but we prefer proper decorum, a virtue of honorable men in a legislative body. /MP
In her letter to Vice Governor Calizo, Ms. Tolentino begged not to attend the hearing on July 30, 2007 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon. According to her, the provincial government of Aklan is busy in the preparation of the year 2008 budget. The said activity is requiring her to stay in the office for any "frequent consultation" with the provincial officials like the budget officer, accountant, provincial treasurer and other members of the local finance committee. Ms. Tolentino informed Vice Governor Calizo that the appointment of Mr. Antonio Viray, III has a "presumption of regularity on his appointment from the time that his appointment application was referred by the Hon. Governor for evaluation and review to PHO II and chief of hospital, to the time that it was submitted for evaluation at the PHRMO and the evaluation and deliberation of the appointed by the Personnel Selection Board.
After the evaluation, it was thereafter submitted to the…Governor for the appointment signature and…submitted to the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service (commission) verifies the profession of Mr. Antonio Viray, III with the Professional Regulatory Commission."
"It saddens me," Ms. Tolentino said, "Hon. Rodson Mayor had accused me of ‘incompetence, negligence and laxity". To her mind, the statement of Hon. Rodson Mayor accounts to psychological abuse under R.A. 9262, the…Anti-violence Against Women and The Children Act of 2004 as public ridicule and humiliation is an act of psychological abuse."
Ms. Tolentino accused Hon. Mayor of grossly violating the "Gender and Development Code of the Province of Aklan". "In my 30 years of employment giving needed information relative to the personnel policies, I had never been accused of incompetence, negligence and laxity," Tolentino lamented.
Ms. Tolentino expressed her "wish and hope that civility, courtesy and respect of human dignity can be a strict guide in fact findings." She concluded her letter to Vice Governor Calizo thus: "it is my hope and prayer that you can lead the Honorable Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan as…presiding officer to greater heights and glory of our beloved Aklan."
Indeed members of the legislative bodies in the Philippines such as congress, sangguniang bayan and lalawigan are addressed "honorable". What does honorable means? Honorable is a term used as a title of courtesy for certain officials who is characterized by utmost honesty and integrity accompanied with marks of respect. He is a person of noble illustration, with good reputation and respectable.
The people who were rated to be members of legislative bodies like the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan are expected to behave with proper decorum, respectability and humility. He is an educated person who behaves right in any given place, at any given time.
Legislation is a job of men with great imagination, a deep thinker with clear vision and mission. Legislation is a job for gentlemen and ladies who can well empathize the feelings of peers, subordinates, superiors and the people in general. Legislation is not a job for a boar which fights for any garbage by the roadside. Honorable persons discuss matters in a most civilize manner.
In order to craft legislation that can withstand through the test of times, be applicable and beneficial to the country and the community, the honorable members of the legislative body must live and work in a most conducive atmosphere. How can they formulate laws or ordinances by means of a shouting match? They must have a conducive workplace where friendship, love, respect and understanding reign between and among the members and staff of a legislative body. Your honors, we are entertained and laughed at your outbursts, but we prefer proper decorum, a virtue of honorable men in a legislative body. /MP
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