CSC chief Barua-Yap denies resigning from post

Civil Service Commission (CSC) chairperson Marilyn Barua-Yap denied Friday that she has resigned from her post following the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s call for Cabinet members to tender their courtesy resignations.

“I have not resigned as chairperson of the Civil Service Commission. The recent directive of the President requesting the resignation of his Cabinet Secretaries does not apply to me, as I am not a member of the Cabinet nor am I under the executive branch's direct control,” Yap said in a statement.

“The Civil Service Commission is an independent constitutional body. I remain committed to fulfilling my constitutional duty and serving the Filipino people with integrity and impartiality,” Yap added.

Aside from CSC, other constitutional offices whose chiefs have a seven-year fixed term include the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Commission on Human Rights, the Office of the Ombudsman, the Commission on Audit and the Professional Regulation Commission.

As heads of constitutional offices, they can resign or be removed from their post via impeachment proceedings, which emanates from the House of Representatives.

“I respectfully request media persons and groups to contact us directly to verify reports involving us and the Commission,” Barua-Yap added.

Earlier, Duterte Youth party-list chairman Ronald Cardema called on Comelec chief George Garcia to quit his post and follow Barua-Yap’s action of resigning from her post. Cardema claimed that Garcia is politicizing the Comelec by deliberately suspending the proclamation of Duterte Youth party-list who won three seats in the 2025 midterm polls.

Garcia has denied Cardema’s allegations. — Llanesca T. Panti/RSJ, GMA Integrated News