Aquino told to fire officials facing plunder raps

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III should sack two of his officials implicated in the plunder raps filed against former officials of the Philippine Games and Amusement Corporation (Pagcor) after it was discovered that funds were siphoned off by the Genuino-run Bida Foundation, a progressive group said Tuesday.
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said two former Pagcor officials are still holding government positions at the National Telecommunications Commissions (NTC) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
Among those charged with plunder before the Department of Justice was former Pagcor board member and now NTC Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba.
Cordoba was appointed during the term of former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and retained under Aquino.
He is an alumnus of the Ateneo and allegedly has the endorsement of one of the factions inside the Aquino administration.
Also charged with plunder is current GSIS board member and former Pagcor board member Danilo Gozo, who was also earlier implicated in a case filed before the Office of the Ombudsman involving the misuse of some P34 million in funds intended for the training of national swimmers.
Gozo, a PR specialist, was part of the media group of the Liberal Party during the 2010 presidential elections. He was appointed by Aquino to the GSIS board in September 2010.
“Aquino should remove them from office. Their continuing presence in government, despite graft and plunder raps filed against them, belies the claims of ‘daang matuwid’. It is untenable for a government professing to fight corruption to have in its employ officials facing plunder raps,” said Bayan Secretary General Renato Reyes Jr.
“This shouldn’t be another case of KKK, where questionable officials are retained because of their association with the president,” he added.
KKK has been the acronym of Aquino appointees who are considered “kabarkada, kaklase, kabarilan” or friends, classmates and shooting buddies of the President.
Bayan also said that as the appointing authority, Aquino should immediately remove from office those officials facing charges for past scams.
“The lingering perception is that many Aquino appointees who get into trouble for past and present misdeeds are treated with kid gloves, especially if they fall within the KKK category,” Reyes said.
In light of calls to fire the two officials, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda related that Gozo has taken a leave of absence “to avoid any appearance of favoritism” in so far as being an incumbent official in the GSIS.
“We welcome the effort or the gesture of Mr. Danny Gozo to take a leave of absence,” Lacierda said, adding that Gozo will not be getting any compensation while on leave.
Lacierda, meanwhile, said that he is not aware of the plans of Cordoba but Malacanang will not force him to take a leave of absence as well.
“Cases were filed against Mr. Cordoba because he was a former director of Pagcor. So in terms of if you are going to speak about evidence being tampered, whether he is staying in NTC or not, it won’t change the fact that the documents have already been submitted to the Department of Justice and will not be tampered,” he said.
He added that the Palace is open to the possibility for the two officials to become state witnesses against former Pagcor chairman Efraim Genuino and former President Arroyo. (Kathrina Alvarez/Jill Beltran/Sunnex)

Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/07/12/aquino-told-fire-officials-facing-plunder-raps-166462

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