‘Excessive’ pay for OGCC lawyers caused veto of bill | Samuel P. Medenilla

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. vetoed the bill Strengthening the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) due to “excessive remuneration” it will provide to its lawyers.

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. vetoed the bill Strengthening the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel due to “excessive remuneration” it will provide to its lawyers.

Among the said “excessive” benefits, which he flagged, are the increase in the Salary Grade of the Government Corporate Counsel from 30 to 31, which would provide them the same pay as the Secretary of Justice. Flagged, too, were the attorney’s fees and special assessments they will receive—a benefit not given to legal counsel in other Executive agencies—and the exclusive trust fund for the OGCC.

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