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Solon wants 3-year 'cooling-off period' for ex-military men before seeking gov't posts

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RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/11/13/20181113-cimatu-ano-bautista.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, and Social Welfare Chief Rolando Bautista</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA- A party-list representative is seeking a 3-year &quot;cooling off period&quot; for former military officers seeking government posts.Akbayan party-list Rep. Tom Villarin said Tuesday he would file a bill barring former military officers from being appointed to government posts within 3 years from leaving the uniformed service.Villarin made the proposal as he criticized the alleged militarization of the bureaucracy through the appointment of retired men in uniform to different government posts under President Rodrigo Duterte.“Yung isang retired military official dapat meron munang cooling off period before they are appointed to a civilian bureaucracy,&quot; Villarin told reporters.(A retired military official should have a cooling off period first before they are appointed to a civilian bureaucracy.)&quot;They should transition first to civilian life,&quot; he added.The President had previously <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/01/17/mauutusan-nang-matino-duterte-defends-militarization-of-bureaucracy">defended</a> his appointment of former military officers to government posts, saying they are more professional and deliver faster compared to career officials.Former military officers who are members of Duterte&#x27;s Cabinet are Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, and Social Welfare Chief Rolando Bautista.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/18/palace-no-military-junta-in-ph-bureaucracy">Palace: No &#x27;military junta&#x27; in PH bureaucracy</a></li></ul>

A party-list representative is seeking a 3-year "cooling off period" for former military officers seeking government posts.

A party-list representative is seeking a 3-year "cooling off period" for former military officers seeking government posts.

Solon wants 3-year 'cooling-off period' for ex-military men before seeking gov't posts

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Solon wants 3-year 'cooling-off period' for ex-military men before seeking gov't posts

RG Cruz,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 13, 2018 09:09 PM PHT

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