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Inefficiency at its worst
On June 22, 2004, I filed a letter with the local office of a
national government agency in the City of Sorsogon, requesting for
a certification that the said office has no project inside of
covering the 54,000-square meter land which is situated one km.
from the Sorsogon diversion road.
The land was awarded by the court in my favor through public
auction, and I need the certification which is one of the
requisites in transferring the title of the land in my name.
After I filed the letter last year, I was assured by the legal
counsel of the government’s office that there was no problem about
the certification I badly needed because really, there is no
government project inside the land. Besides, the land was acquired
by me through a public auction, hence, other requirements needed
for the registration were considered as waived.
The legal counsel’s assurance didn’t help me in any way, however,
and I was even perplexed as he himself wouldn’t issue the
certification requested for reasons known only to him.
The legal counsel had already retired; I learned this after going
back after later to the said government office to follow up again
the certification.
So, I decided to talk once again with the chief of the office
based in the city. But she was out of her office at the time of my
visit.
I left a word to her assistants that my patience was already
running short, considering that my request had remained unacted on
for over a year already.
Besides, I also emphasized to them that under R.A. 6713 (Code of
Conduct and Ethical Standards for Government Officials and
Employees), a government official or employee may be charged
administratively for failure to act or give a reply to a letter
sent within 15 working days from receipt.
