Civil Service Commission (File photo) MANILA - As the country begins the official campaign period for the 2022 national elections, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded civil servants not to engage in electioneering and partisan political activity. The CSC said such acts are prohibited under the Constitution and other laws and statutes, with the aim to ensure that civil servants are focused on the discharge of their duties and functions and to insulate them from politics. Electioneering and partisan political activity refer to any act "designed to promote the election or defeat of a particular candidate/s or party/ies to public office", according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) and CSC Joint Circular No. 001, series of 2016, dated March 29, 2016. The prohibited activities include: Forming organizations, associations, clubs, committees, or other groups of persons for the purpose of soliciting votes and/or undertaking any campaign for or against a candidate/party; Ho
Civil Service Commission (File photo) MANILA - As the country begins the official campaign period for the 2022 national elections, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded civil servants not to engage in electioneering and partisan political activity. The CSC said in a news release on Friday that such acts are prohibited under the Constitution and other laws and statutes, with the aim to ensure that civil servants are focused on the discharge of their duties and functions and to insulate them from politics. Electioneering and partisan political activity refer to any act "designed to promote the election or defeat of a particular candidate/s or party/ies to public office", according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) and CSC Joint Circular No. 001, series of 2016, dated March 29, 2016. The prohibited activities include: Forming organizations, associations, clubs, committees, or other groups of persons for the purpose of soliciting votes and/or undertaking any campaign for