{"id":133556,"date":"2017-11-23T04:24:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T09:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=133556"},"modified":"2017-11-23T04:24:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T09:24:19","slug":"suprised-tugade-says-he-didnt-ask-chavez-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/23\/suprised-tugade-says-he-didnt-ask-chavez-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Suprised’ Tugade says he didn’t ask Chavez to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade (PCOO PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Thursday denied claims that he ordered former Railways Undersecretary Cesar Chavez to step down from office.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the record and contrary to the insinuations of others, I did not cause or ask Undersecretary Cesar Chavez to resign,\u201d Tugade said in a text message sent to reporters.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Chavez announced the submission of his irrevocable resignation addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte, stepping down from his post as the Transportation Undersecretary for Railways.<\/p>\n

Chavez said that his resignation is \u201ca simple sense of delicadeza\u201d amid several technical breakdowns of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3.<\/p>\n

Tugade said he still gives his \u201cfull trust and confidence\u201d to Chavez although he is surprised by the latter\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has my full trust and confidence. We have been doing plans and strategies together, up and until yesterday. Even by texts as I was on sickbay,\u201d Tugade said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Senator Grace Poe admired Chavez for his \u2018sense of delicadeza\u2019 but expressed doubts over the latter\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI respect Usec. Cesar Chavez for tendering his resignation in the light of the MRT problems. I admire his sense of delicadeza although I doubt that that is the only reason that prompted him to resign,\u201d Poe said.<\/p>\n

Poe then urged Tugade to immediately find a \u2018qualified\u2019 undersecretary as a replacement to Chavez.<\/p>\n

Poe added she is hopeful that Tugade will \u201cdo the right thing for the country, learning from the mistakes of the past,\u201d saying that the secretary should look for someone who can \u2018hit the ground running\u2019 and ‘not a mere politically connected OJT.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cTo avert a vacuum in leadership that could be detrimental to the daily train riders, especially the MRT, we appeal to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade to immediately find a new but qualified undersecretary for rails,\u201d Poe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that in finding a replacement, Secretary Tugade will carefully look into the qualifications, capability, competence, and commitment of the person because the task at hand is complex and has a critical impact on the lives of our commuting public,\u201d the lady senator added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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