MANILA, Philippines — An official of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) prodded the Supreme Court to reexamine a decision of its first division that she said could affect thousands of government executives.
DDB Deputy Executive Director for Operation Maria Belen Angelita Matibag was removed from her post in 2011 following a memorandum circular ordering the removal of non-Career Executive Service Officials occupying Career Executive Service (CES) positions.
Matibag took her case to the Civil Service Commission (CSC), which later on ruled that she was illegally dismissed. DDB then took the case to the Court of Appeals, which sustained the CSC’s ruling in her favor.
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