DILG presides over governance

transition turn-over ceremony

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA)—In living to the honoured tradition of the orderly transfer of responsibilities and upholding service continuity following the local elections, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Management Executive Board (MEB) of Bohol solemnly witnessed the turn-over of responsibilities of both out-going and incoming Bohol officials at the Capitol Ceremonial Hall, June 23.

Bohol DILG Provincial Director Jerome Gonzales said the transition is essential in maintaining the institutional knowledge, upholding the integrity of governance and guaranteeing the continuity of service delivery thus cultivating the people’s trust in government.

Done in observance of section 375 of Republic Act 7160 on the provision of primary and secondary accountability for government properties, the head of the province, or in case, of a department, is held accountable for all government property assigned or entrusted on to his office, and his delegation of authority to a trustee to report to him on the status of the property.

For the outgoing officials, they would be turning over complete record of properties and the liabilities to the incoming officials which, following the Local Governance Transition Team (LGTT) has inventoried which includes inventory of LGU properties, Official documents and records as well as the mandated full disclosure policy documents.

DILG Memorandum Circular No 2025-016 has also encouraged LGUs to develop and adopt a digital archiving system to preserve these essential documents.

The LGTT has also become a deterrent for outgoing administrations to destroy documents, according to Local Government Operations Officer Maria Reina Quilas.

Part of the documents turned over were Governance Assessment Report (CY 2024), COA Report (2024), Contracts and Loan Agreements, Comprehensive Development Plans, Provincial Development Investment Program, Annual Investment Plan (2023), Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan, Capacity Development Plan, Executive–Legislative Agenda, Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern, Inventory of Personnel by nature of Appointment, Executive Orders, Ordinances and Resolutions, LGU Devolution Transition Plan, LGU Results Matrices, Reengineering Plans on LGU systems, Citizen’s Charter, Public Service Continuity Plan, Gender and Development Plan, and Full Disclosure Policy Documents.

These include the Annual Budget, Statement of Indebtedness, payments and Balances, statements of receipts and expenditures, Annual Procurement Plan, Annual GAD accomplishment report, Quarterly Cash Flow statements, Quarterly Bid Results, Quarterly SEF reports, Trust Fund Utilization, Quarterly Human Resource Complement, Quarterly Un-liquidated Cash Advances, Annual Supplemental Procurement Plan, Quarterly Utilization of the 20% component of the National Tax Allocation and Quarterly Utilization of the local Disaster and Risk Reduction management Fund.

The governor also invited the outgoing and incoming members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to take part in the ceremonial turn-over.

Provincial Administrator Asteria Caberte handed over the volumes of documents symbolic of the records of properties of the provincial government to Gov Aumentado, who had newly elected board member Mutya Kismet Tirol-Macuno, Board members Romulo Cepedoza, Lucille Lagunay, and Lawrence Xavier Angcla also witnessing.

Gov Aumentado in his message reminded incoming leaders that public services is not about titles or positions.

“Public service means staying true to our promise of protecting the welfare of every citizen, uplifting our communities and pursuing development for all,” he said. (RAHC/PIA-7/Bohol)

SEAMLESS TRANSITION. DILG Bohol look as Gov Aumentado showed the documents that he would be keeping for the next term, as the Capitol’s management executives look on. While Capitol’s turn-over may be for formality with most officials getting reelected, for other LGUS, election wounds may not have scarred, bringing tension in turn-over ceremonies. (PIABohol)