CSC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 18

: A Career Executive Service Officer with eligibility and appointment to a rank is considered a permanent employee of the government and is guaranteed security of tenure.
: No, Career Executive Service Officers shall not be required to tender courtesy resignations to any new administration in the executive department or any government agency.
: The Supreme Court case Ortiz vs. COMELEC, OR. No. 78957, June 28, 1988, supports that courtesy resignation cannot be interpreted as a legal resignation.
: Resignation is defined as the act of an officer by which he declines his office and renounces the further right to use it.
: No, a courtesy resignation cannot properly be interpreted as resignation in the legal sense because it does not necessarily reflect the official's intention to surrender the position.
: CESOs may only be separated for cause and after due process or by voluntary resignation.
: The purpose is to ensure stability and continuity in government operations and to protect the security of tenure of Career Executive Service Officers.
: It means that CESOs cannot be removed from their position without just cause and due process.
: No, it specifically applies to incumbent Career Executive Service Officers with eligibility and rank appointment.