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Lacson to address job mismatch to ensure proper management, efficiency in gov't

Published Dec 15, 2021 09:25 pm

The huge discrepancy between the qualifications of an appointed official and the job given him is a major reason that has led to inefficiency and mismanagement of government agencies in the country.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on stage

Partido Reporma chairman and presidential aspirant Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson made this observation as he vowed make sure that the right people will be appointed in the right positions if given the chance to lead government.

Known for being Senate’s graftbuster, Lacson said fixing government must not only involve the proper use of public funds. He stressed that as appointing authority, the president must guarantee that appointees to government posts should have the competence, the right background and experience in managing the task given him or her.

In a radio interview with Ted Failon and DJ Chacha on Radyo Singko, Lacson stressed that skills matching would be a must for competent government officials serving with him once he is elected President after the 2022 national elections.

Failon asked Lacson if he would appoint people who knew what their jobs entailed and knew how to sniff out corruption and not turn a blind eye on graft.

The former Philippine National Police chief pointed out that there is another problem that should be addressed by the chief executive who has the authority to appoint key officials in the government.

“May diperensya tayo, Ted, e. Kung sino-sino ‘yung na-a-appoint na hindi talaga tugma doon sa position, ‘yung sa skills ba saka talent, ‘yan ang problema talaga e,” said Lacson.

To drive home his point, Lacson cited as an example the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), the state health insurer which has a doctor, in the person of the Health Secretary, as its ex-officio chairman. “Bakit ang ex-officio chairman doctor? ‘Di ba, dapat ang nilagay mo sa PhilHealth ay ‘yung parang finance officer under the Department of Finance, tapos mag-appoint ka diyan ng nakakaalam sa financial or doon sa finances, ‘di ba, dahil insurance ‘yan e.(Why is the ex-officio chairman a doctor? Shouldn’t you put in charge of PhilHealth a finance officer under the Department of Finance, then appoint people who know financial work, because it is an insurance company?),” the senator told Failon.

Making things worse for PhilHealth – which this week has seen several of its private hospital partners leave the state insurer owing to billions of pesos in unpaid claims – is that its current head, lawyer Dante Gierran, is a career law enforcer who came from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Lacson added.

“E tapos naglagay ka pa ng law enforcer galing sa NBI? Ganyan ang ano e, wala ‘yung parang skills matching. ,” the presidentiable said.

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