Pres. Corazon Cojuangco Aquino Issues Proclamation No. 322

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):

SEPTEMBER 10, 1988

President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino issued Proclamation No. 322 on September 10, 1988 reinstating September 13-19 as Civil Service Week. 

On August 13, 1964, Proclamation No. 285 was issued by President Diosdado Macapagal declaring the period from September 13–19 of every year as Civil Service Week. 

The proclamation was modified by Proclamation No. 1583 on September 8, 1976 by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, transferring the observance of Civil Service Week from September 13–19 to January 20–26 of every year to coincide with the month when the 1973 Constitution became effective providing for the Civil Service Commission as a Constitutional body. 

President Macapagal saw the need to highlight Civil Service Week with fitting activities to focus public attention on the significant role the civil service system plays in national development and to win support for programs for the maintenance of an honest, efficient, progressive and courteous civil service pursuant to the general purposes of the civil service law. 

The Philippine Civil Service was established on September 19, 1900 under Public Act No. 5 which was enacted by the Second Philippine Commission. The passage of the Act led to the establishment of a merit system of employment in the government. 

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is one of the three Constitutional Commissions of the Philippines with responsibility over the civil service and is tasked with overseeing the integrity of government actions and processes. It is the central personnel agency of the Philippine government responsible for the policies, plans, and programs concerning all civil service employees.

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