{"id":162141,"date":"2018-04-30T06:37:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162141"},"modified":"2018-04-30T06:37:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:37:53","slug":"palace-duterte-may-still-sign-endo-eo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/30\/palace-duterte-may-still-sign-endo-eo\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace: Duterte may still sign endo EO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This was opposed to what Roque and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello announced the other week (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While both the administration\u2019s Presidential Spokesperson and Labor Secretary earlier confirmed that the President had other plans other than signing an executive order (EO) to end the country\u2019s contractualization, Malaca\u00f1ang\u2019s latest stand blurs the previous confirmation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can confirm [that] there might be an EO that may or may not be signed depending on their meeting tonight,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. said in a press briefing on April 30, Monday, just a few days before Labor Day.<\/p>\n

This was opposed to what Roque and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III announced the other week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consensus was that instead of the President signing an executive order on the issue of contractualization, he will instead certify as a priority bill, the bill that is now pending in the Senate on the security of tenure,\u201d Bello said in a press conference on April 19.<\/p>\n

According to Bello, this was Duterte\u2019s decision after having talks with him and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.<\/p>\n

Labor groups already considered that it was not possible to have a total ban against end of contract (endo), but were at least hoping for Duterte to regulate it.<\/p>\n

Associated Labor Union (ALU)\u2019s Spokesperson Alan Tanjusay also said that labor groups recognize the \u201cconcern of President Duterte that it is quite impossible for an absolute ban on contractualization.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Read: Labor groups push for endo regulation if not ban<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt (The EO) can more or less deter it. More importantly, it will serve as a signal or guide to lawmakers if such draft is favorable to workers,\u201d Kilusang Mayo Uno head Elmer Labog said earlier this month.<\/p>\n

However, then Senior Deputy Executive Secretary \u2013 now the Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that the executive branch\u2019s power is also limited when it comes to endo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main problem there is the things that they want to happen is something that [the] executive department is not empowered to do. Legislative action is needed,\u201d he said in a press briefing on April 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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