{"id":159129,"date":"2018-04-07T11:11:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=159129"},"modified":"2018-04-07T11:11:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:11:33","slug":"prrd-to-fire-another-govt-exec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/07\/prrd-to-fire-another-govt-exec\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD to fire another gov\u2019t exec"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158813\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Duterte1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-158813\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Duterte1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"FILE (ALBERT ALCAIN\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Duterte1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Duterte1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Duterte1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Duterte1.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE (ALBERT ALCAIN\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo R. Duterte said another government official will get kicked out from his or her post for loss of trust and confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be firing about one undersecretary, one after the other.\u00a0<em>Ubusin ko talaga \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(I\u2019ll finish them off),\u201d Duterte said during a dinner with Cabinet officials at Sofitel on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte made this statement the same day he accepted the resignation of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, who was replaced by Menardo Guevarra, former Senior Deputy Executive Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that his Cabinet members were the first to get the boot as opposed to officials appointed by his predecessors, which would have been the more usual case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to think, in fairness also to President [Benigno] Aquino [III] and to President [Gloria Macapagal] Arroyo\u2026even the Cabinet member, the first to go\u00a0<em>mga tao ko<\/em>\u00a0(are my people),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte first mentioned his desire for a Cabinet revamp after expressing disappointment over the the decision of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss drug charges against businessman Peter Lim and self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque earlier quoted Duterte as saying that if Lim and Espinosa get away with their crimes, Aguirre would replace them in jail.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why Aguirre resigned, Roque said he did not see the resignation letter but noted that Duterte said it was \u201cjust a matter of accepting a resignation tendered to him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The President has mentioned several times that he would not think twice about firing officials involved in corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo R. 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