ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 5 [1988]
TO:
ALL
OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE JUDICIARY
SUBJECT:
PROHIBITION TO WORK AS INSURANCE AGENT.
In line with
Section
12, Rule XVIII of the Revised Civil Service Rules, the Executive
Department
issued Memorandum Circular No. 17 dated September 4, 1986 authorizing
heads
of government offices to grant their employees permission to "engage
directly
in any private business, vocation and profession x x xoutside
office hours."
However, in
its En
Banc Resolution dated October 1, 1987 denying the request of Atty.
Froilan L. Valdez of the Office of Associate Justice Ameurfina
Melencio-Herrera,
to be commissioned as a Notary Public, the Court expressed the view
that
the provisions of Memorandum Circular No. 17 of the Executive
Department
are not applicable to officials or employees of the Courts considering
the express prohibition in the Rules of Court and the nature of their
work
which requires them to serve with the highest degree of efficiency and
responsibility in order to maintain public confidence in the Judiciary.
The same policy was adopted in Administrative Matter No. 88-6-002-SC,
June
21, 1988, where the Court denied the request of Ms. Esther C. Rabanal,
Technical Assistant II, Leave Section, Office of the Administrative
Services
of this Court, to work as an insurance agent after office hours
including
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Indeed, the entire time of Judiciary
officials
and employees must be devoted to government service to insure efficient
and speedy administration of justice.cralaw:red
ACCORDINGLY,
all
officials and employees of the Judiciary are hereby enjoined from being
commissioned as insurance agents or from engaging in any such related
activities
and to immediately desist therefrom if presently engaged thereat.cralaw:red
October 4,
1988.
[Sgd.]
MARCELO
B. FERNANChief
Justice |
