{"id":140612,"date":"2017-12-20T01:20:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T06:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=140612"},"modified":"2017-12-20T01:20:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T06:20:56","slug":"duterte-orders-dap-president-elba-cruz-to-withdraw-from-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/20\/duterte-orders-dap-president-elba-cruz-to-withdraw-from-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte orders DAP president Elba Cruz to withdraw from post"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) President Elba Cruz to leave her position as her period of office already expired in June 2017. (Photo<\/a>: Development Academy of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) President Elba Cruz to leave her position as her period of office had expired in June 2017.<\/p>\n

In a letter from Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Cruz is notified that the President has instructed to terminate her services as head of the department.<\/p>\n

“Considering that your Term of Office expired on 30 June 2017 and that you have been serving the DAP Board in a holdover capacity, we now wish to inform you that, upon instructions of the President, your service in such holdover status is hereby discontinued effective immediately,” reads the letter dated December 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo\u00a0ensure\u00a0uninterrupted delivery, you are hereby directed to turn over\u00a0all official\u00a0documents, papers and properties in your possession to the proper office of the DAP,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n

This order came after DAP employees called on the President to dismiss Cruz from her post, mentioning allegations of mismanagement, lack of “knowledge, temperament, and behavior” toward employees, violations of Civil Service Commission (CSC) rules, and frequent foreign travels in the eight months since she assumed office.<\/p>\n

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Chief Executive will look into the allegations against the DAP president.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m sure the President will investigate this particular complaint.\u00a0As you can see, the President does not take issues of corruption sitting down,” Roque said.<\/p>\n

The Palace official, expressing his thoughts on Duterte\u2019s penchant for terminating officials because of unnecessary or luxurious trips, said \u201cI think the President has given a topmost priority to running after government officials who are engaged in junketing \u2018no or ‘government junketeers.'”<\/p>\n

Cruz was first appointed by the Chief Executive as a member of the DAP Board of Trustees in March. She then replaced former DAP president Antonio Kalaw Jr. who had held the position since 2006.<\/p>\n

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