CSC issues guidelines on grant of eligibility to Sanggunian Members Local government officials who complete their term of office may now be granted civil service eligibility. The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has issued the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10156, otherwise known as ‘An Act Conferring Upon Members of the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlungsod, and Sangguniang Panlalawigan the Appropriate Civil Service Eligibility under Certain Circumstances, and for Other Purposes.’ The law allows members of the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlungsod, and Sangguniang Panlalawigan a certain level of civil service eligibility. The Sanggunian Member Eligibility (SME) may be granted to Sanggunian Members if they meet the required number of years of service and educational attainment as defined under RA 10156. The Sanggunian First Level Eligibility is equivalent to a Career Service Sub-Professional Eligibility and is granted to Sanggunian Members who have served for an aggregate period of six years and have completed at least 72 academic units leading to a baccalaureate/bachelor’s degree. Meanwhile, the Sanggunian Second Level Eligibility corresponds to a Career Service Professional Eligibility and may be granted to Sanggunian Members who have served for an aggregate period of nine years and completed a baccalaureate/bachelor’s degree. Members of the Sangguniang Bayan, Panlungsod, and Panlalawigan who have been elected after the effectivity of the Local Government Code of 1991 (R.A. 7160) or on May 11, 1992 onwards and have met the requirements are entitled to the grant of Sanggunian Member Eligibility. Under the guidelines, the prescriptive period for Sanggunian Members who have completed six or nine years of service is within five years from the effectivity of the IRR or in May of 2013. For those elected in the May 2013 elections, prescriptive period shall be within two years upon meeting required number of years of service. The computation of the aggregate years of service of a Sanggunian Member shall be based on the actual number of years of service per official records of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and its regional offices. Also, the number of years of service of a Sanggunian Member in any and in one or more positions may be accumulated for the purpose of computing and completing the required aggregate number of years of service. However, Sanggunian Members who were not elected (ex. president of provincial, city, or municipal chapter of the Liga ng mga Barangay) are not entitled to the grant of eligibility. The CSC Regional Offices are accepting applications from qualified Sanggunian Members whose last term of office or years of service were served in the province, city, or municipality under their respective geographical jurisdiction. For additional information regarding RA 10156, visit the CSC website csc.gov.ph. For further inquiries, the public may call (02) 931-8092, (02) 931-7939, and (02) 931-7935.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:10:47 +0000
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