Duterte to fire more Customs officials
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 03:45:54 +0000
Heads will roll at the Bureau of Customs as President Rodrigo Duterte disclosed that he will fire more officials of the agency because of corruption.
The President again threatened to place the bureau under the military.
He bared his plan during the inauguration of the Chen Yi Agventures Rice Processing Complex in Alangalang, Leyte on Friday.
“I will go for the Customs again. There will be a lot of dismissals I hope. And I try to really stop the corruption in the higher crust of government,” Duterte said in his speech.
“When I go back, I would be firing more from the Bureau of Customs. Then maybe ilagay ko na sa army talaga lahat (I might place the army there),” he said.
Duterte was earlier criticized for his plan to let the military take over Customs operations amid allegations of widespread corruption.
Critics said the military “takeover” at the BoC would violate a Constitutional provision barring the appointment of a member of the armed forces to a civilian post in government. CATHERINE S. VALENTE
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