{"id":190749,"date":"2018-11-23T05:28:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=190749"},"modified":"2018-11-23T05:28:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:28:07","slug":"duterte-fires-hudcc-exec-over-graft-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/23\/duterte-fires-hudcc-exec-over-graft-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte fires HUDCC exec over graft reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the inauguration of the Cavite Gateway Terminal in Tanza, Cavite on November 22, 2018. TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TANZA, Cavite<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte announced Thursday the termination of Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Secretary General Falconi V. Millar due to allegations of corruption.<\/p>\n

Duterte made the announcement during the inauguration of the Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT), the country\u2019s first and only container barge port located in Barangay Capipisa East, Tanza, Cavite.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust before I left my office, I signed a dismissal order of the secretary-general of Housing. A certain Millar,\u201d he said in his speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cBinasa ko \u2018yung resume kanina, tinitingnan ko \u2018yung termination (I read the resume, I looked at the termination), I knew what a deep s*** the guy has created for\u2026 Valedictorian in low class and everything. But I don\u2019t know,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte said as a former public prosecutor and Davao City mayor for 23 years, he had witnessed how corruption “creeps in” along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd mahirap talaga. (And it’s really difficult). You know when you are there, secretary-general, you have the power, you have the authority. You can do corruption and it can corrupt you, give you a little or it corrupts you absolutely. So, power corrupt is a — and sometimes it is really you want your money to go to your pocket almost every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In a press statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte\u2019s sacking of Millar \u201ctakes effect immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no sacred cows in the administration, especially in its drive against corruption. As the President said, he will not tolerate even a whiff of corruption in the executive branch of government,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe assure the public that the delivery of public services shall unimpededly continue, especially in rehabilitating Marawi City and other affected areas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Millar was dismissed four days after the Palace announced the removal of three undersecretaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.<\/p>\n

Duterte terminated the appointments of Undersecretary for Protective Programs Mae Fe Templa, Undersecretary for Promotive Programs Maria Lourdes Turalde-Jarabe, and Undersecretary for Disaster Response Management Group Hope Hervilla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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