CSC: “It is your decision to wear what color you like, pero wag yung color na may ‘vote for’ wag po yun.”
CSC — On Tuesday, a Civil Service Commission commissioner reminded government employees not to wear clothes containing words that signified support to a political candidate during work hours.
CSC Commissioner Aileen Lizada said that government employees could wear any colors they like during the so-called “civilian days”, but she urged them to be careful in wearing colors suggestive of their political leanings.
Lizada was asked in an interview on Teleradyo if government employees could be punished when they’re wearing colored clothes during work hours.
“It is your decision to wear what color you like, pero wag yung color na may ‘vote for’ wag po yun,” Lizada said.
Lizada noted that government workers usually have uniforms, but there are so-called “civilian days” — which usually falls on a Friday — when government employees could wear whatever decent clothes they want.
She also said that she’s being careful in choosing her clothes.
“Personally, like before coming to this interview, I had to check what I am wearing my colors,” Lizada said. “Sana lahat ng kawani gobyerno, let us be… baka mamaya ma-misinterpret ako kasi iba ang kulay [ng damit ko] at, ay bakit kulay ano yan, Si Commissioner ba ay para sa ganito? So I check my colors.”
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Political candidates for the 2022 elections usually adopt certain colors as a theme during the campaign period.
For instance, presidential candidates former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo have adopted red and pink as their campaign colors, respectively.
Last February 11, the Commission reminded civil servants not to engage in electioneering and partisan political activity, saying that such acts are prohibited under the 1987 Constitution and other laws and statutes.
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