{"id":220647,"date":"2019-06-27T20:33:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T00:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=220647"},"modified":"2019-06-27T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T00:33:35","slug":"pinol-resigns-as-agriculture-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/27\/pinol-resigns-as-agriculture-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi\u00f1ol resigns as agriculture secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWith the best interest of the Department of Agriculture and its stakeholders in mind, may I request that I be relieved from my present position as Secretary of Agriculture and re-assigned to whichever agency you believe I would be effective including the Mindanao Development Authority or MinDa,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol\u2019s letter read. (File Photo:<\/a> Department of Agriculture\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol has offered to resign amid reports that President Rodrigo Duterte is no longer satisfied with his performance.<\/p>\n

Senator-elect Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go bared this before his scheduled oath-taking as senator in Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

A copy of Pi\u00f1ol\u2019s resignation letter, which Go read in a media interview, was later shared to members of the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the best interest of the Department of Agriculture and its stakeholders in mind, may I request that I be relieved from my present position as Secretary of Agriculture and re-assigned to whichever agency you believe I would be effective including the Mindanao Development Authority or MinDa,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol\u2019s letter read.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1ol recommended any of his three undersecretaries– Undersecretaries Waldo Carpio (Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Legislative Liaison Officer), Ariel Cayanan (Undersecretary for Operations), and Francisco Villano (Undersecretary-designate for Finance) — to replace him as Agriculture chief.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1ol said the three undersecretaries are \u201call competent and loyal\u201d to Duterte\u2019s ideals and advocacies and familiar with the agency\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n

“They are also familiar with the very important programs which are now in the pipeline whose implementation may be waylaid if the new head of DA would be an outsider,” Pi\u00f1ol said.<\/p>\n

The Agriculture chief also asked the President to give him a month to turn over all projects and programs to his successor.<\/p>\n

He said he will be ready to assume a new post by August 1 of this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould you approve this request, may I be allowed to implement a transition period of one-month so that there will be an orderly turn-over of all projects and programs to my successor and ensure that the operations of the Department will not be affected,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pi\u00f1ol also assured the President of his loyalty even after he steps down as head of the Agriculture department.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a loyal friend and supporter and I will always make sure that I will be able to contribute to the implementation of your priority programs in the last three years,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease be assured of my support and loyalty to your administration not only as the President of the country but as a friend,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo dismissed reports that Pi\u00f1ol would be replaced or transferred to another agency following reports of a Cabinet revamp.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1ol was dragged into controversy after his meeting with the Occidental Mindoro fishermen whose boat was allegedly rammed and abandoned by a Chinese vessel at the Recto Bank (Reed) in the West Philippine Sea on June 9.<\/p>\n

He was accused of coercing fishermen to lie after the latter changed their tune and said they were no longer sure about whether or not they were abandoned. Pi\u00f1ol denied the allegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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