Avanceña, who was here Tuesday to inaugurate the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center, admitted that it hurts her to see some of the President’s appointees resign or told to quit for their alleged involvement in corruption.
Some of those who
resigned helped a lot in Duterte’s bid for the presidency.
“Please do not take
it against him. A lot of people are bashing the President because he has been
firing the people he himself had put into office. He is just true to his
promise to stop illegal drugs and eliminate corruption in the government,” she
said.
Avanceña, a
businesswoman in Davao City, added that eliminating corruption is a priority
since this will encourage more investors to open businesses because of
streamlined process and transactions free from red tape.
Among the axed
Cabinet officials or who have quit from their posts over controversies were
Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II,
Information and Communications Secretary Rodolfo Salalima, and Interior
Secretary Ismael Sueno.
Other officials fired
by the President for various offenses were National Irrigation Administration
chief Peter Laviña; Social Security System commissioner Jose Gabriel Laviña;
Maritime Industry Authority Administrator Marcial Quirico Amaro; Commission on
Higher Education chief Patricia Licuanan; Presidential Commission for Urban
Poor chairman Terry Ridon and commissioners Melissa Aradanas, Manuel Serra Jr.,
Noe Indonto and Joan Lagunda; Labor Undersecretary Dominador Say; and
Transportation Assistant Secretary Mark Tolentino.
On Tuesday, Duterte
called for the resignation of Public Works Assistant Secretary Tingagum Umpa
and Justice Assistant Secretary Moslemen Macarambon Sr. (LAAA/PNA)
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