'Ex-generals should take on private sector jobs first'
Reports said that a position is already waiting for Esperon at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority SBMA
Retired military officials, particularly the generals, should at least have management experience from outside the world of the armed services before taking a civilian post in the government, former Civil Service Commission (CSC) chief Karina David said Tuesday.
"It would be better for a retired general to enter the private sector first, get experiences in a different world, and later on he can work in a civilian bureaucracy," David told radio dzMM.
David made the statement after President Arroyo hinted that another job is waiting for retired Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who was replaced Monday by Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano.
"Have a well deserved vacation and hurry back to serve the people again,” the President said at the end of her speech during Esperon's retirement rites at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
David said when she left the CSC in February, there were over 100 government positions being occupied by retired military officers. She said at least 90 percent of the positions are ranked from agency director to department secretary.
Military men live in a military world
David said that if ever Esperon is appointed to a civilian position, he may also take several military officers with him to his new job.
She said that a former military man is used to working in the world of armed services, which means that there is usually self-recruitment of comrades.
“If you place a military man [in a civilian office], he is usually surrounded by military men also,” she said.
David acknowledged that military men, especially those who held high positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Philippine National Police, have good managerial skills.
However, she said the appointment of military men has disadvantages.
She said a military man was not trained for a "democratic" form of management, but rather, a hierarchal one, which often results to self-recruitment.
Not civil service eligible
David said self-recruitment results to more “ineligible” government officials that cause demoralization among professional and more qualified government employees.
She said that majority of the former military men appointed to civilian posts have no eligibility qualifications.
“In effect the more qualified employees within the civilian bureaucracy lost hope of being promoted because [of a retired military official’s tendency to self-recruit]. This results to demoralization in the civilian bureaucracy,” she said.
Esperon to DND?
Earlier reports said that Esperon was being groomed to take the Department of National Defense.
Malacañang, however, had said that Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro would not be affected by the impending revamp in Mrs. Arroyo’s Cabinet.
Other reports said that a position is already waiting for Esperon at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
If appointed to a civilian post, Esperon would join the ranks of Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza and Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes.
Mendoza was a Philippine National Police chief, while Reyes once headed the AFP.
Retired military officials, particularly the generals, should at least have management experience from outside the world of the armed services before taking a civilian post in the government, former Civil Service Commission (CSC) chief Karina David said Tuesday.
"It would be better for a retired general to enter the private sector first, get experiences in a different world, and later on he can work in a civilian bureaucracy," David told radio dzMM.
David made the statement after President Arroyo hinted that another job is waiting for retired Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who was replaced Monday by Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano.
"Have a well deserved vacation and hurry back to serve the people again,” the President said at the end of her speech during Esperon's retirement rites at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
David said when she left the CSC in February, there were over 100 government positions being occupied by retired military officers. She said at least 90 percent of the positions are ranked from agency director to department secretary.
Military men live in a military world
David said that if ever Esperon is appointed to a civilian position, he may also take several military officers with him to his new job.
She said that a former military man is used to working in the world of armed services, which means that there is usually self-recruitment of comrades.
“If you place a military man [in a civilian office], he is usually surrounded by military men also,” she said.
David acknowledged that military men, especially those who held high positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Philippine National Police, have good managerial skills.
However, she said the appointment of military men has disadvantages.
She said a military man was not trained for a "democratic" form of management, but rather, a hierarchal one, which often results to self-recruitment.
Not civil service eligible
David said self-recruitment results to more “ineligible” government officials that cause demoralization among professional and more qualified government employees.
She said that majority of the former military men appointed to civilian posts have no eligibility qualifications.
“In effect the more qualified employees within the civilian bureaucracy lost hope of being promoted because [of a retired military official’s tendency to self-recruit]. This results to demoralization in the civilian bureaucracy,” she said.
Esperon to DND?
Earlier reports said that Esperon was being groomed to take the Department of National Defense.
Malacañang, however, had said that Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro would not be affected by the impending revamp in Mrs. Arroyo’s Cabinet.
Other reports said that a position is already waiting for Esperon at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
If appointed to a civilian post, Esperon would join the ranks of Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza and Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes.
Mendoza was a Philippine National Police chief, while Reyes once headed the AFP.
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