HINIMOK ni House Assistant Majority Leader at Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong ang Civil Service Commission (CSC) na irekonsidera ang Memorandum nito na nagbabawal sa mga kawani ng gobyerno na mag-like ng mga social media post ng isang political party o kandidato sa paparating na halalan.

Ayon kay Adiong, lider ng House Ad Hoc Committee on Marawi Rehabilitation and Victims Compensation, masyado ring mabigat ang parusa na anim na buwang suspensyon sa unang paglabag at pagkasibak sa trabaho sa susunod na paglabag.

Sinang-ayunan naman ni Adiong ang CSC na dapat ang mga regular na empleyado ng gobyerno ay dapat hindi makibahagi sa partisan political activities.

“I think as a civil servant, if you are a regular employee of the government, I agree that you should not take part actively in partisan politics, meaning you don’t campaign for any candidates because you’ve been hired by the government. The resources that you are getting, your main livelihood is coming from the public funds. I mean taxpayers man ‘yung nagpapasuweldo sayo,” sabi niya.

“So it’s just but proper and appropriate and prudent for a civil servant not to engage himself or herself actively in partisan politics. We don’t join the campaign or endorse any candidates,” saad pa ni Adiong.

“Pero yung simple like sa Facebook at mga (social media) account, that to me is overreaching. It’s too punitive. I hope that Civil Service Commission would reconsider their policy on this,” wika ni Adiong.

Para kay Adiong ang pag-like sa isang media post ay hindi naman maikokonsidera na partisan politics

“Para sa akin, I hope that we can still maintain that our civil servants remain to be non-partisan and apolitical. But as simple liking, for a very simple reason that they like the messaging na hindi naman sila nang-eendorso o nang-ngangampanya sa kandidato is to me too restrictive and too punitive,” dagdag niya.

Inilabas ng CSC ang Memorandum Circular 3-2025, o “Reminder Not to Engage in Partisan Political Activities During the Campaign Period of the 2025 Midterm Elections.”

Iginiit ng komisyon ang Saligang Batas ang ang umiiral na batas bilang basehan ng utos.

Nakasaad sa atas: “Government officials and employees are further reminded to be prudent when using social media. Social media functions such as liking, comment[ing], sharing, re-posting, or following a candidate’s or party’s account are considered as partisan political activity if these are resorted to as means to solicit support for or against a candidate or party during the campaign period.”

“Given their nature, the prohibited activities may be committed not only during but also outside office hours for the duration of the campaign period. It may also be committed even outside office premises,” sabi pa rito.