No Solomonic solution FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/20/2010

No Solomonic solution

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/20/2010 Naming all four members of the communications group to the Cabinet, or at least of their having Cabinet status, may solve their ego problem, as they all believe themselves to be media “celebrities.” But that hardly solves a budgetary problem that Noynoy Aquino will be facing — unless he names a press secretary, who technically will have to be the “big boss” in the press or media office, as this is a line department, in which case, the budget will be bloated, with so many secretaries. The latest reported word of the Palace concerning Noynoy’s presidential “communications group” is that all four members of the group — Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda, Sonny Coloma, Ricky Carandang and Manolo Quezon — are to have Cabinet status, according to a yet to be released executive order. There was yet no word on whether there would be an overall press secretary, although earlier, the Noynoy administration had said that they would be doing away with a press secretary and instead establish a communications group. Obviously, if the press secretary’s office — which is a line agency, as already mentioned — is in effect abolished and replaced by four Cabinet secretaries, each with an “autonomous” role to play in the communications group, the budget is zero... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100720com2.html

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