Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

885

House Bill No.

Introduced by REP. AUGUSTO BOBOY SYJUCO.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

As a constitutional policy, public officials and employees shall at all times be
accountable to the people and shall discharge their duties with utmost responsibility,
integrity, competence, and loyalty, act with patriotism and justice, and lead modest lives.

Commitment to public interest requires that government officials shall always
uphold public interest over and above personal interest. All government resources and
powers of their respective offices must be employed and used efficiently, effectively,
honestly and economically, particularly to avoid wastage in public funds and revenues.

These are among the basic tenets a public official must adhere and uphold
While in public service, a public official shall lead its employees to exercise and observe
professionalism, justness and sincerity, political neutrality, responsiveness to the public,
nationalism and patriotism, commitment to democracy, and simple living.

In the event of retirement from public service, a government official deserves to
be given honorable dismissal for performing and discharging his/her duties with highest
degree of excellence, professionalism, intelligence and skill

This proposed bill seeks to grant any government official who shall retire from
public service, pursuant to existing rules and procedures, retirement benefits provided
that he/she has no pending criminal, civil or administrative case. The bill likewise
provides that all retiring government officials must be subjected to a clearance system
for purposes of accountability

In view of the foregoing, immediate consideration and passage of this bill is
earnestly sought

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AUGUSTO BOBOY SYJUCO
2" District, Province of lloilo


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Quezon City
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 885

Introduced by REP. AUGUSTO BOBOY SYJUCO.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A MANDATORY CLEARANCE FOR ALL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS UPON THEIR RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC OFFICE, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES,

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines
in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title — This Act shall be known as the “Honorable Dismissal
of Government Officials Act of 2010”.

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy ~ It is the policy of the State to promote a
high standard of ethics in public service. Public officials and employees shall at all
times be accountable to the people and shall discharge their duties with utmost
responsibility, integrity, competence, and loyalty, act with patriotism and justice, lead
modest lives, and uphold public interest over personal interest.

SECTION 3. Retirement from Public Office — Any government official who
shall retire from public service, pursuant to existing rules and procedures, shall be
granted retirement benefits provided that he/she has no pending criminal, civil or
administrative case.

SECTION 4, Certificate of Honorable Dismissal - A certificate of honorable
dismissal shall be issued to any retiring government official by the Civil Service
Commission, Office of the Ombudsman and Department of Justice, upon completion of
his/her accountability clearance and clearance of no pending case.

Any retiring government official who failed to be issued a certificate of honorable
dismissal shall be barred from receiving his/her retirement benefits.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two

(2) national newspapers of general circulation. The publication shall not be later than
seven (7) days after approval hereof.

Approved,