{"id":133378,"date":"2017-11-22T22:56:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T03:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=133378"},"modified":"2017-11-22T22:56:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T03:56:19","slug":"railways-usec-cesar-chavez-resigns-amid-mrt-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/22\/railways-usec-cesar-chavez-resigns-amid-mrt-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Railways Usec Cesar Chavez resigns amid MRT incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 991px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chaavez.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133397\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chaavez.png\" alt=\"Chavez said that his resignation was a personal decision, stressed that his \u201csimple sense of delicadeza\u201d forced him to resign from his position. (Photo: Cesar Chavez\/Twitter)\" width=\"991\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chaavez.png 991w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chaavez-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chaavez-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chavez said that his resignation was a personal decision, stressing it is his \u201csimple sense of delicadeza (propriety)\u201d that forced him to resign from his position. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarchavez\">Photo: Cesar Chavez\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cesar Chavez on Thursday morning announced the submission of his irrevocable resignation addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte as he stepped down from his post as the Transportation Undersecretary for Railways following several technical breakdowns of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m tendering my irrevocable resignation. <em>Hindi pwedeng lagi tayong naninisi sa nakaraan dahil sa responsibilidad na natin ito<\/em> [We can&#8217;t always blame the past because this is now our responsibility],\u201d Chavez said in a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez said that his resignation was a personal decision, stressing it is his \u201csimple sense of <em>delicadeza\u00a0<\/em>(propriety)\u201d that forced him to resign from his position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope the President understands that in the light of recent events involving the MRT 3 system, simple sense of\u00a0<em>delicadeza<\/em>, which I have adhered to throughout my professional life gives me no choice but to resign from my said position,\u201d Chavez\u2019s resignation letter read.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez said that the vacancy provides an opportunity for the appointment of person \u201cbetter qualified to perform the duties and\u00a0responsibilities of the subject office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored and privileged to have been given the trust and confidence for the subject position, and I hope that problems plaguing the MRT3 System be resolved properly and with dispatch,\u201d Chavez added.<\/p>\n<p><b>Doubts over resignation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The chair of the Senate public services committee Senator Grace Poe expressed his doubt over Chavez\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect Usec. Cesar Chavez for tendering his resignation in the light of the MRT problems. I admire his sense of <em>delicadeza<\/em> although I doubt that that is the only reason that prompted him to resign,\u201d Poe, chair of the Senate public services committee, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>However, the lady Senator complimented Chavez and regarded him as one of the DOTr officials who are determined to fully address all the issues plaguing the MRT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recall he was instrumental in unearthing the persons involved in anomalies that caused these issues,\u201d Poe said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cesar Chavez on Thursday morning announced the submission of his irrevocable resignation addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte as he stepped &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":133397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[18651,18458,34650,12146],"class_list":["post-133378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-cesar-chavez","tag-metro-rail-transit-line-3","tag-railways-usec-cesar-chavez-resigns-from-post","tag-senator-grace-poe","mauthors-michealina-vallarta-david","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}