University of the Philippines OPEN UNIVERSITY PM 208 TMA 1 Submitted by: EDUARDO E. VILLA 2011-8241 ed10!08"y#hoo$%om
Submitted to: PROF. GILBERT M. LLOVIT &#%ulty in 'h#r(e PM 208 )e#rnin( 'enter: Philippine Embassy Ab! Dhabi U.A.E Submitted #(#in vi# em#il: 01-0-2012 *!:+0pm, UA time.
The Philippine Administr#tive System, #lon( /ith its other nomen%l#tures- the st#te,
the
bure#u%r#%y,
or
(overnment
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is # produ%t of the p#st, sh#ped #nd
desi(ned #%%ordin( to the needs #nd dem#nds of the present, #nd /ill %ontinue to evolve #nd remodeled in the future #s %#lled for 3 to ensure th#t the hi(hest #nd most sublime m#nd#te of pl#%in( the publi% interest #t the forefront /ell se%ured #nd prote%ted$ To be #ble to enroll in #nother eu#lly %h#llen(in( PM sub5e%t, /hi%h is PM 208, #fter h#vin( %ompleted its prereuisite PM 201,
h#s m#de me turn b#%6 the
p#(es #nd reminded me #bout the #lre#dy e%le%ti% field of Publi% Administr#tion th#t7s in the s#me m#nner, %ontinuously evolvin( #nd morphin(, in #s mu%h #s some /ell6no/n s%hol#rs from the field, h#d m#de some di#(nosis #s the sub5e%t f#%in( #n identity %risis to the uestion of /h#t is, #lon( /ith the pro(nosis of #n impendin( etin%tion from # distin%t field #s sep#r#te to its mother dis%ipline politi%#l s%ien%e$ ven if
the self-fulfillin( prophe%y %omes to # fruition,
me#nin(,
the
%onsumm#tion of Publi% Administr#tion #s # field of study losin( its ri(htful pl#%e /ith other dis%ipline -
the most visible #nd t#n(ible #spe%t of /h#t it is: the #%tion p#rt of
the (overnment, /hi%h h#s been pre-eistin( lon( before the %oin#(e of its s%hol#rly term PA %#me into use, the different #dministr#tive systems, /ill resolutely rem#in #t st#ndstill, #lthou(h %ontinuously evolvin($ &or so lon( #s the %on%ept of #dministr#tion #s the %ooper#tive beh#vior in the #%hievement of %ommon (o#ls *%ited in '#bo 1!!. serves #s the primordi#l element in the m#n#(ement of publi% #ff#irs, then, /ithout # si(n of un%ert#inty, the Philippine Administr#tive System sh#ll eist /ith no 6no/n immut#bility #nd fr#(ment#tion,
but never to etin%tion$
As st#ted e#rlier, the PAS eists only for #nd be%#use of the &ilipino people$ The (o#ls, #spir#tions, dire%tions, #nd its ide#ls th#t (overn its eisten%e should #l/#ys be dire%ted to the benefit of the &ilipino people #nd n#tion, #nd not in the h#nds of the po/erful fe/$
Any inf#r%tions,
#buse,
#nd ne(li(en%e by its errin( offi%i#ls or
#dministr#tors, to # m#(nitude th#t is in preponder#n%e to # suppression of people7s ri(hts, freedom #nd e%onomi% ineuity #nd inst#bility, le#ds to the re#/#6enin( of the &ilipino people sense of n#tion#lism #nd n#tion#l %ons%iousness th#t #ttempt to r#di%#lly reverse #nd re%tify su%h m#levolent #%ts %ommitted by those /ho h#ve s/orn #nd m#de publi% o#ths to serve #nd prote%t the people but re(rett#bly, l#%6 of sin%erity #nd inte(rity obfus%#te their re#l intentions$ As history pointed to us, the people /ho #re 6no/n to be the sh#6ers #nd movers *%ite. of the PAS, h#ve resorted to # form of revolutions, in thou(hts *the n#tives, the ordin#ry people /#ntin( to be freed from #ny form of suppression ., by prose *reformers li6e 9ose i;#l throu(h the /ritin(s of
le#din( to # people>people7s po/er th#t h#s %h#n(ed #nd sh#ped our
Philippine Administr#tive System th#t /e 6no/ tod#y$ To reminis%e, there #re + 6no/n revolutions th#t si(nifi%#ntly #ffe%t the PAS: the 18!?, 1!8? #nd 2001 revolutions /hi%h #re the %ulmin#tion #nd %ryst#lli;#tion of ye#rs of opposition #nd unhe#rd of stru((les #(#inst the #busive h#nds of our %oloni;ers both the %ontempor#ry #nd the #ntediluvi#n for%es #li6e, to #tt#in the ultim#te pri;e of freedom m#(nified in its v#rious spe%trums: in 18!? #(#inst the suppression of the Sp#nish %oloni;ers m#r6ed by ineu#lity #mon( the rulers #nd the sub5e%ts *i$e bet/een indios *n#tives. #nd the elites,
#mon( insul#res>%reoles #nd peninsul#res,
n#tive p#rishioners #nd Sp#nish %ler(ies, in rel#tion to uneu#l #%%ess to b#si% servi%es su%h #s edu%#tion #nd 5ob positions.@ 1!8? revolution #(#inst # de%#de of di%t#tori#l re(ime of &erdin#nd M#r%os en%umbered
by hum#n ri(hts viol#tion,
freedom of
spee%h*press. suppression #nd the ill-(otten /e#lth #m#ssed to %orruption$ &in#lly, the 2001 SA BS revolution in response to the per%eived politi%#l p#rti#lity #mon( the Sen#te members f#vorin( # de%ision to -President str#d# by not #llo/in( # pie%e of eviden%e to be s%rutini;ed by the Sen#tor-5ud(es th#t /ould determine his f#te due to %orruption$ Cn other /ords, the people h#ve /#(ed /#r #(#inst #ny form of betr#y#l of publi% trust #s #n #buse of po/er$ These events, /ould not h#ve h#ppened, h#d the &ilipinos not possessed #nd i(nited the uintessenti#l v#lues of n#tion#l identity #nd %ons%iousness forth th#t
brin(in(
sense of oneness /hi%h %omes from # %ommunity of #spir#tion, response
#nd #%tion *Alfiler 1!!!. $ 'oroll#ry to this, &ilipinos th#t time /ere #ble to form m#ss mobili;#tion #nd %onvert their limited %ons%iousness into # revolution#ry one *ibid. le#din( to the #%%omplishment #nd re#li;#tion of their (o#ls: the birth of # &ilipino n#tion #nd the #ssimil#tion of /eberi#n-li6e bure#u%r#%y durin( the Ameri%#n re(ime *'#bo 1!!.,
redemo%r#ti;#tion or dem#r%osifi%#tion #nd p#rti%ip#tory (overn#n%e
*Alfiler 1!!!.
durin( the Auino Administr#tion, #nd reinfor%ement of #%%ount#bility
#nd tr#nsp#ren%y #fter the deposition of -President str#d#$ hile the t/o revolutions of 18!? #nd the 1!8? eemplify the e#%t me#nin( of /h#t n#tion#l %ons%iousness is #bout, not/ithst#ndin( the oppressions #nd #buses the people must h#ve eperien%ed /hi%h %ulmin#ted #t the %ruel de#ths of DBMEUFA prior to 18!? #nd the #ss#ssin#tion of the l#te Sen#tor Auino three ye#rs prior to 1!8?, the events in the so %#lled SA 2, in my opinion, is l#r(ely politi%#l #nd doesn7t represent the /hole ide# of n#tion#l %ons%iousness #nd n#tion#lism $
C
person#lly believe th#t the 'onstitution, bein( the supreme l#/ of the l#nd, /here the le(#l b#sis of PAS is enshrined upon, h#s been oversh#do/ed by misinterpret#tions by those /ho h#ve inst#lled &ormer President DMA into the Presiden%y$ hile it is true th#t the voi%e of the people, #s represented by those /ho h#d m#r%hed, b#rr#(ed #nd %l#mored for -President str#d#7s resi(n#tion m#y refle%t the entire /ill of the n#tion, they h#d f#iled to uphold the rule of l#/ stipul#ted in the %onstitution for impe#%hment pro%eedin(s, thus le#din( to SA BS /ith the people se#r%hin( for #%%ount#bility #nd tr#nsp#ren%y$ *Gill# 2012. H#vin( these in mind, t/o import#nt le#rnin(s #nd impli%#tions %#n be positively identified throu(h these revolutions th#t %#n enh#n%e the PAS #s #n effe%tive m#%hinery to #%%omplish its (o#ls of bein( %re#ted for the /elf#re of the people :: &irst, the role of n#tion#lism #nd n#tion#l %ons%iousness in reversin( the ne(#tive effe%ts of %#ptive %ons%iousness *Alfiler 1!!!. th#t hinder our pro(ress #s # n#tion
su%h #s
illiter#%y #nd subservient #ttitude *18!?., %oloni#l #nd t#l#n(6# ment#lity *post 18!? up to present.,
preserv#tion of the rule of l#/, #nd tr#nsp#ren%y #nd #%%ount#bility
*2001 3present.$ Se%ond, the preserv#tion of the le(#%y th#t our %oloni;ers h#ve left us:
the fe#r in the )ord /hi%h results in the #uthenti% love for nei(hbors throu(h the
prop#(#tion of 'hristi#nity *Sp#ni#rds.,
the hi(h v#lue pl#%ed on edu%#tion #nd the
import#n%e of effi%ien%y, effe%tiveness #nd effi%ien%y #nd the ee%ution of bure#u%r#ti% fun%tions *Ameri%#ns.,
#nd
the import#nt roles of the %ivil so%iety #nd m#ss
p#rti%ip#tion in #ll (overnment undert#6in(s /hi%h /ere suppressed durin( the M#r%os re(ime$ e#ffirmin( of /h#t C h#ve posted in the dis%ussion forum, C %ould not #(ree less /hen C s#id th#t /hile the PAS is %ontinu#lly evolvin(, C should s#y th#t /e never l#%6 the m#%hineries for its effe%tive #nd effi%ient oper#tions th#t should positively #ffe%t its
p#ssive #nd #%tive re%ipients /hi%h #re the &ilipino people itself to /hom it /#s %re#ted for$ C believe th#t # stron( politi%#l /ill b#%6ed up by # stron( sense of n#tion#lism %omplements our eistin( #nd evolvin( PAS th#t should /or6 to(ether for the benefit of #ll #nd not only in the h#nds of the po/erful fe/$ *Gill# 2012, &.
Re"e#en$es%
http:>>te#%hin(#meri%#nhistory$or(>libr#ry>inde$#spIdo%umentJ4?K '#bo, ilhelmin# )$ 1!!, Theory #nd Pr#%ti%e of Publi% Administr#tion$ Univeristy of the Philippines Bpen University Alfiler, M#$ 'on%ep%ion P$ 1!!!, The Philippine Administr#tive System$ University of the Philippines Bpen University Gill#, du#rdo $ is%ussion &orum PM 208$ UPBU Myport#l$ 2012
