Sacking of appointees episodes continue to stalk Duterte after past SONA
Published July 19, 2019 1:13pm
By MARK MERUEÑAS, GMA News
As in his previous State of The Nation Addresses, President Rodrigo Duterte's third SONA in July 2018 was followed by episodes of sacking of his appointees even for mere “whiff of corruption.” Some with the axe hanging above their heads opted to resign, and some had clung to their posts until they were fired.
Less than two weeks after his 2018 SONA, the President in early August 2018 fired the board of directors and management of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) for approving a supposedly disadvantageous lease deal, which he later said should be reviewed.
The Palace initially did not say which lease agreement NPF entered into, but the Palace's announcement coincided with the groundbreaking for the integrated casino-resort project that sits on NPF property.
Military execs get the boot
Also in August, Duterte ordered the dismissal of military officials alleged to have taken part in fraudulent transactions at the V. Luna Medical Center, including ghost purchasing, splitting of contracts to circumvent mandatory bidding processes, and conceiving fictitious suppliers.
Among the 20 sacked officials were Armed Forces of the Philippines Health Service Command (AFPHSC) Commander Brigadier General Edwin Leo Torrelavega, V. Luna Medical Center Commander Colonel Antonio Punzalan, chiefs of Management and Fiscal Office (MFO) and the Logistics Office (OHC) of the AFPHSC.
In the same month, another military official, Philippine Military Academy comptroller Hector Marana, was fired by Duterte for the alleged misuse of P15 million worth of cadets' allowances.
Red-endorsed execs next
In October 2018, Duterte fired the first of four appointees endorsed by the Left, since his SONA. Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod, a former Kilusang Mayo Uno member and then the Undersecretary for Labor Relations of the Department of Labor and Employment, was removed from his post after Duterte criticized KMU anew for leading strikes that “will paralyze the economy.”
In November 2018, the President terminated the appointments of three other Left-endorsed officials: DSWD Undersecretary for Protective Operations and Programs Group Mae Ancheta-Templa, Undersecretary for Promotive Operations and Programs Group Maria Lourdes Turalde-Jarabe and Undersecretary for Disaster Response Management Group Hope Hervilla.
Unlike in Maglunsod's case, however, Malacañang claimed their termination had nothing to do with the three's affiliation with left-leaning organizations. The Palace said they were removed to give then newly appointed DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista a free hand to assemble his own team.
Shabu shipment mess
In late October, Duterte fired the deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Customs amid the controversy over the billions of pesos worth of shabu that allegedly slipped past Customs authorities in August.
Duterte said he was also "freezing" the department heads of the bureau as the new commissioner, former Armed Forces chief of staff Rey Guerrero, takes over.
On November 22, 2018, Duterte fired Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Secretary-General Falconi Millar for allegedly extorting money from an unidentified company in exchange for the payment of HUDCC's financial obligation.
Millar denied the allegations. "It is an obvious demolition job. In protecting the interest of the government, I have annoyed some personalities. I filed my resignation this [Thursday] morning," he said.
Also in November, Duterte said he dismissed Office of the Presidential Adviser for the Peace Process Undersecretary Ronald Flores, who is in charge of the agency's support services and national program manager of the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program.
The President said he also dismissed OPAPP Assistant Secretary Yeshter Donn Baccay.
New year, new dismissals
For 2019, the first to lose his job was Bacolod City Chief of Police Francis Ebreo who was fired January 13 for his "involvement in illegal drugs" by protecting drug syndicates. Ebreo was sacked along with four other police officials.
This was followed in the same month by the firing of certain officials at the Department of Agrarian Reform after it took them two years to process a case of land conversion.
On May 15, 2019, the President fired Food and Drug Administration Director General Nela Charade Puno, accusing her of corruption.
The Department of Health would later announce the assumption of Undersecretary Eric Domingo as officer-in-charge of the agency.
Five months after Ebreo's firing, Duterte in June told three more police officials to resign to avoid humiliation. The President said these three were "corrupt" officials of the Philippine National Police headquarters at Camp Crame in Quezon City.
While most of the sacked officials denied the corruption charges, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board director Sandra Cam said her own agency was replete with irregularities and that she wanted out of government because of them.
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