MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 42, December 26, 2012
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 42, December 26, 2012
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To:
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All Department Secretaries and Officials with Cabinet Rank
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Re:
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Designation of Acting Secretaries/OICs
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All Department Secretaries and Officials with Cabinet Rank are
hereby directed to refrain from designating Acting Secretaries/OICs over
their respective departments, agencies, or offices in the event of
their temporary absence or inability to discharge their office. Instead,
each Department Secretary and Cabinet-ranking Official shall, within
three (3) working days from receipt of this Memorandum Circular, submit
to this Office a list of at least two (2) selected subordinates from
which the President may choose an Acting Secretary/OIC whenever the need
arises.
It shall be the responsibility of the Department Secretary or
Cabinet-ranking Official to inform this Office of any update or
modification to the aforesaid list.
The submission of the list mentioned above shall not diminish the
President’s authority to designate any person of his own choice pursuant
to Section 17, Book III of the Administrative Code (E.O. 292 series of
1987).
For your compliance.
Done this 26th day of December, 2012 in the City of Manila.
By authority of the President:
(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.