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Sotto bets against CSC chair’s take on gov’t execs at casinos
Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III has contradicted Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Marilyn Barua-Yap regarding the prohibition of gambling by government employees.
Sotto asserted that existing laws and memoranda prohibit government workers from gambling, contrary to Yap's statement during a House of Representatives hearing.
Yap had reportedly stated that there is no specific law banning government officials and employees from online or land-based gambling outside office hours.
She clarified that the existing prohibition is under Executive Order-Memorandum Circular No. 06, series of 2016, which considers presence in gambling casinos during office hours as conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service, unless related to official duties.
The issue surfaced after the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee discovered that several Department of Public Works and Highways district engineers frequented casinos.
Sotto urged the CSC to implement a policy prohibiting state workers from online gambling.
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