Marcos to gov’t workers: We should remain transparent, accountable

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday urged government workers to maintain transparency, accountability, and integrity in serving the people.

Marcos made the statement in his speech during the conferment of awards to the winners of the 2024 Search for Outstanding Government Workers in Malacañang Palace.

“So, let us remember that the impact of our work does not lie in the recognition that we receive or the laurels that we are given. It lies in the hearts that we have touched, the communities that we have reached, and the lives that we have changed,” Marcos said.

“Let us continue to live by our constitutional mandate that public office is a public trust. We should remain transparent, accountable to all our people and to serve them with integrity, loyalty, and efficiency,” he added.

Marcos mentioned some initiatives of certain awardees including the transformation of a 15-hectare abandoned fishpond into an ecopark and the provision of competitive healthcare to persons deprived of liberty.

“Ganyan naman kasi ang ugali ng Pinoy. Talagang alam mo ‘yung sinasabi, akala natin kung minsan dahil hindi naman masyadong nababanggit at napakakumplikado na ng buhay ay ‘yung sinasabi, ang tanging katangian ng Pilipino ay ‘yung nagbabayanihan,” Marcos said.

(That's how Filipinos are. It is not always mentioned because of how complicated life is, Filipinos’ unique characteristic is bayanihan.)

“And that is where we need leaders such as these awardees to lead the way and to inspire people, to come and to do this work,” he added.

The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Marcos with the Civil Service Commission (CSC) recognized the awardees for outstanding performance and extraordinary service.

According to PCO, the awardees contributed to the attainment of efficiency, economy and improvement of government operations.

Among the award categories are the Presidential Lingkod Bayan, Outstanding Public Official and Employee Award or Dangal ng Bayan, and the CSC Pagasa Award.

The ceremony is the culmination of the 124th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary which is celebrated every September, the PCO said. —Joviland Rita/ VAL, GMA Integrated News