{"id":230539,"date":"2019-09-11T19:15:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=230539"},"modified":"2019-09-11T19:15:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:15:59","slug":"duterte-wants-to-remove-brokers-from-boc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/11\/duterte-wants-to-remove-brokers-from-boc\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte wants to remove brokers from BOC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the oath-taking ceremony of the officers of the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on September 10, 2019. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte said he would want to remove brokers at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to curb corruption within the agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cItong sa<\/em>\u00a0Customs,\u00a0ang gusto ko, wala nang<\/em>\u00a0brokers (This one in Customs, I want brokers to be gone),\u201d Duterte said during a media interview after the oath-taking rites of Malacanang Press Corps on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cPagka may<\/em>\u00a0brokers,\u00a0may<\/em>\u00a0corruption\u00a0talaga \u2018yan. Ngayon, sinasabi ko, sabihin mo sa Pilipino, kung gusto talaga nila walang<\/em>\u00a0corruption,\u00a0tanggalin na natin \u2018yan mga ano<\/em>\u00a0gross,\u00a0wala nang examiner sa<\/em>\u00a0Customs,\u00a0wala nang brokers<\/em>\u00a0(If there are brokers, there\u2019s really corruption involved. Now. I\u2019m saying, tell Filipinos, if they really want to curb corruption, remove those gross, no more examiners in Customs, no more brokers),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte said that he would be able to cut corruption overnight if brokers are removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake away the brokers and you would have cut corruption overnight. In a scale of one to 10, maybe you have reduced corruption to about eight — eight and one half,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Instead of brokers, Duterte suggested allowing the BOC to accredit persons to arrange their shipments. He also urged the bureau to ignore brokers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou designate. ‘Yung importers will designate a person who will be accredited with the Bureau of Customs and they are the only ones allowed to go there,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou ignore the brokers. You — you go to a broker, I will not deal with you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The President said that he would not wait for Congress to pass a law eliminating brokers at the BOC.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ako maghintay ng<\/em>\u00a0(I won\u2019t wait for a) law,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabihin ko lang (I\u2019m just going to tell them). I cannot — you know, I have\u2026 I am the executive of this government. There are things which I have to do that Congress cannot tinker with,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte also said corruption in government made him want to resign.<\/p>\n

\u201cEh gusto ko na ngang mag<\/em>-resign eh.\u00a0Sabi ko, hindi ko kaya. Lahat ng opisina nitong gobyerno na ito, kung masunog ko lang ito diyan sa ano, sunugin ko na<\/em>\u00a0(I want to resign. I said, I can\u2019t handle it anymore. All offices in this government, if I could burn them, I would),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGusto kong mag-resign kasi napapaiyak ako. Hindi ko talaga kaya. Ngayon<\/em>\u00a0(I want to resign because it\u2019s making me cry. I really can\u2019t handle it anymore. Now), I’m just coasting along,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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