EMPLOYEES OF the MILF-led Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has sought the help of influential Sulu Governor Sakur Tan after Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim started firing civil workers and hire new employees, mostly members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
Those affected by Ebrahim’s order relayed their predicaments to Tan and appealed for intercession. Tan showed deep concern for the anguish and trauma the affected employees are undergoing at this stage and the bleak future their families will be facing if no resolution will be arrived at.
Tan said he cannot afford to remain deaf and blind when his constituents are placed in a difficult situation.
“The laws are sufficient enough to protect the rights of the people including the right to seek legal redress from the court,” he said after the employees raised the possibility of hiring labor lawyers to look into their concern and to exhaust all legal avenues available to stop Ebrahim from removing BARMM employees, especially those who were hired under the previous administration of Mujiv Hataman, the regional governor.
BARMM Attorney-General Sha Elijah Alba has previously announced that some 6,000 employees would be phased out. At least 500 of them had been removed since last month. Only those working in the sectors of education, health, and social services are exempted in the phasing out. Those who are affected by the order cannot be re-employed in any BARMM agency.
Tan said he is ready to provide legal support to employees. He and the governors of Basilan and Tawi- Tawi provinces are also set to meet with officials of the different government agencies to discuss the issue. “These poor employees are just exercising their rights under the Constitution and should be respected,” Tan said.
Municipal mayors are also expected to sign a petition in support to the affected employees, who are also planning to bring their problems to the attention of the Civil Service Commission and the judicial courts.
While BARMM continues with the phasing-out of employees, Ebrahim, chieftain of the MILF, hired 400 of his own members to work as forest rangers and would hire more for Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi provinces. He even launched the so-called Integrated Bangsamoro Greening Program inside the sprawling MILF’s Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao province. (Zamboanga Post)
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Those affected by Ebrahim’s order relayed their predicaments to Tan and appealed for intercession. Tan showed deep concern for the anguish and trauma the affected employees are undergoing at this stage and the bleak future their families will be facing if no resolution will be arrived at.
Tan said he cannot afford to remain deaf and blind when his constituents are placed in a difficult situation.
“The laws are sufficient enough to protect the rights of the people including the right to seek legal redress from the court,” he said after the employees raised the possibility of hiring labor lawyers to look into their concern and to exhaust all legal avenues available to stop Ebrahim from removing BARMM employees, especially those who were hired under the previous administration of Mujiv Hataman, the regional governor.
BARMM Attorney-General Sha Elijah Alba has previously announced that some 6,000 employees would be phased out. At least 500 of them had been removed since last month. Only those working in the sectors of education, health, and social services are exempted in the phasing out. Those who are affected by the order cannot be re-employed in any BARMM agency.
Tan said he is ready to provide legal support to employees. He and the governors of Basilan and Tawi- Tawi provinces are also set to meet with officials of the different government agencies to discuss the issue. “These poor employees are just exercising their rights under the Constitution and should be respected,” Tan said.
Municipal mayors are also expected to sign a petition in support to the affected employees, who are also planning to bring their problems to the attention of the Civil Service Commission and the judicial courts.
While BARMM continues with the phasing-out of employees, Ebrahim, chieftain of the MILF, hired 400 of his own members to work as forest rangers and would hire more for Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi provinces. He even launched the so-called Integrated Bangsamoro Greening Program inside the sprawling MILF’s Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao province. (Zamboanga Post)
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