CABIAO, Nueva Ecija – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) dismissed from service for “dishonesty, grave misconduct, falsification of official documents and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service” the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) secretary of this town.
The CSC Region 3 also slapped Franco Salvador Jr., with “all accessory penalties” of forfeiture of retirement benefits, perpetual disqualification from employment in the government and from taking any future civil service examination.
The decision that stemmed from complaints that Franco allegedly faked his civil service eligibility was signed by CSC Region 3 Dir. Karin Litz Zema on June 15, 2009 but was made public on Friday.
Case records showed Franco was charged administratively after he allegedly entered in his personal data sheet which he filled up on June 27, 2003 that he passed the career service professional examinations administered in Quezon City on January 20, 2003 and got a rating of 80%.
The personal date sheet was part of his application and subsequent appointment as SB secretary.
An investigation, however, showed Franco’s name could not be found in the CSC master list of takers and passers. Further scrutiny also revealed the examination code on Franco’s PDS, with the supposed certificate of eligibility, was different from the codes being used by CSC central office and the National Capital Region.
Thus an administrative case against Franco was filed on January 5, 2005 by the CSC Field Office in Nueva Ecija .
On February 19,2004, the CSC Nueva Ecija field office ordered Franco to comment on why he should not be administratively charged.
He reportedly failed to comment until September 24, 2008 when the CSC regional office has already terminated an investigation that was formally started on August 16, 2007.
He denied the charges.
The CSC said that the PDS is a public document which not only can stand on its own but is substantial enough to prove Franco’s guilt.
“In effect, these denials and alibi are negative and self-serving and cannot be given evidentiary weight over the evidence thus presented,” it said.
It said that Franco misrepresented himself to make it appear he possesses all the qualifications required for the position of SB secretary. “The act of Salvador Franco Jr. making a false statement in one’s PDS renders an employee liable for falsification,” it said.
The CSC Region 3 also slapped Franco Salvador Jr., with “all accessory penalties” of forfeiture of retirement benefits, perpetual disqualification from employment in the government and from taking any future civil service examination.
The decision that stemmed from complaints that Franco allegedly faked his civil service eligibility was signed by CSC Region 3 Dir. Karin Litz Zema on June 15, 2009 but was made public on Friday.
Case records showed Franco was charged administratively after he allegedly entered in his personal data sheet which he filled up on June 27, 2003 that he passed the career service professional examinations administered in Quezon City on January 20, 2003 and got a rating of 80%.
The personal date sheet was part of his application and subsequent appointment as SB secretary.
An investigation, however, showed Franco’s name could not be found in the CSC master list of takers and passers. Further scrutiny also revealed the examination code on Franco’s PDS, with the supposed certificate of eligibility, was different from the codes being used by CSC central office and the National Capital Region.
Thus an administrative case against Franco was filed on January 5, 2005 by the CSC Field Office in Nueva Ecija .
On February 19,2004, the CSC Nueva Ecija field office ordered Franco to comment on why he should not be administratively charged.
He reportedly failed to comment until September 24, 2008 when the CSC regional office has already terminated an investigation that was formally started on August 16, 2007.
He denied the charges.
The CSC said that the PDS is a public document which not only can stand on its own but is substantial enough to prove Franco’s guilt.
“In effect, these denials and alibi are negative and self-serving and cannot be given evidentiary weight over the evidence thus presented,” it said.
It said that Franco misrepresented himself to make it appear he possesses all the qualifications required for the position of SB secretary. “The act of Salvador Franco Jr. making a false statement in one’s PDS renders an employee liable for falsification,” it said.
