Press Release
January 16, 2013

Statement of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on the issue of the recall of Senate employees detailed to the Offices of Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV

It is true that some Senate Secretariat employees who have been detailed to the offices of these two senators were recalled to their mother units effective 15 January 2013.

However, I would like to point out that I gave such instruction to the Office of the Senate Secretary to recall these employees as early as December 6, 2012. The assignment for their detail had actually expired already and it was only proper that these high-salaried personnel should be sent back to and be utilized by their respective mother units.

Those two employees detailed to the office of Senator Alan Cayetano are actually from the Blue Ribbon Office (BROOM), and those two employees detailed to the office of Senator Trillanes are from the Senate Economic Planning Office and the Office of the Senate Secretary.

I should also point out that even when employees detailed to their offices have been recalled, there are still 2 Senate Secretariat employees who have remained assigned to the Office of Sen. Alan Cayetano, and 1 Secretariat employee still detailed to the Office of Sen. Trillanes.

The Office of the Senate Secretary signed and issued such recall order last 3 January 2013, and effective only yesterday, 15th of January.

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