The Civil Service Commission (CSC) welcomed the ad interim appointment of former Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles as the new chief of the agency.
In a statement on Wednesday, March 9, Commissioner Aileen Lourdes A. Lizada said that Nograles' sterling public sector experience is a welcome addition to CSC.
“I am sure his leadership stint at the executive and legislative branches, and his experience bringing together the different agencies of government as CabSec especially during a time of global crisis, would be helpful in the CSC’s mission to professionalize a 1.7-million strong civil service,” she added.
Lizada mentioned that they are excited to work with the former cabinet official.
In a letter signed by President Duterte dated March 4, 2022, Nograles was appointed as “ad interim chairman of the CSC, for a term expiring on February 2. 2029.
Former CSC chief Alicia dela Rosa-Bala's fixed term as head of the central human resource (HR) agency of the Philippine government, ended last Feb. 2.
This latest appointment completes the CSC’s three-member Commission en banc, composed of a chairperson and two commissioners, presently occupied by Commissioners Lizada and Ryan Alvin R. Acosta who joined the CSC in December 2018 and February 2022, respectively.
Nograles served three terms as representative of the 1st District of Davao City from 2010 to 2018, during which he chaired the Committees on Labor and Employment (16th Congress) and Appropriations (17th Congress), after which he was appointed as Cabinet Secretary by President Duterte in November 2018. Under the president’s administration, he also served as presidential spokesperson and co-chair and spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
As required by the 1987 Constitution, Nograles’ ad interim appointment will undergo the confirmation process by the Commission on Appointments (CA).