{"id":47639,"date":"2015-04-25T18:53:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T10:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47639"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:16:58","slug":"senators-urge-resigned-boc-chief-to-name-people-behind-political-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/25\/senators-urge-resigned-boc-chief-to-name-people-behind-political-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators urge resigned BOC chief to name people behind \u2018political pressure\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47739\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47739\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image37.jpg\" alt=\"Customs OIC John Phillip Sevilla (portcalls.com)\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image37.jpg 432w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image37-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customs OIC John Phillip Sevilla (portcalls.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Senator Ferdinand \u2018Bongbong\u2019 Marcos Jr. on Thursday urged Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner John Sevilla to name people behind the \u2018political pressure\u2019 that prompted him to step down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI think he should reveal who pressured him.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy doxycycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/sballergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/doxycycline.html\">https:\/\/sballergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/doxycycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Since he resigned already, he might as well reveal this political pressure so that it will not happen again in the future,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI think if he was claiming it was a political pressure, then some illegal is being requested from him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Bam Aquino agreed with Marcos that Sevilla should divulge more about the political pressure.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/sballergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/super-cialis.html\">https:\/\/sballergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/super-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201dYes, why not, I think he should name.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cytotec online <a href=\"https:\/\/sballergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cytotec.html\">https:\/\/sballergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cytotec.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Anyway, it was his reason for stepping down,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n<p>With Sevilla\u2019s resignation, Aquino said the government has lost an outstanding public servant who imposed honest-to-goodness reform in the BOC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHis resignation is unfortunate since we are seeing the fruits of the reforms that he started within the agency, especially against smuggling and collection efficiency,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino said it is imperative that the next commissioner will continue the reforms initiated by Sevilla in just one year stay in the bureau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dLet us fast track the passage of the Customs and Tariff Modernization Act to modernize and systematize the processes, making it more efficient and transparent,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n<p>Marcos said he was shocked by Sevilla\u2019s resignation particularly the reason behind his decision considering the country will be holding national elections in May next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThat\u2019s very interesting to know. I wanted to know what does he mean exactly. Is this 2016 political pressure. Who pressured him?,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Senator Ferdinand \u2018Bongbong\u2019 Marcos Jr. on Thursday urged Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner John Sevilla to name people &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":47739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","category-politics","mauthors-jelly-f-musico","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281249,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47639\/revisions\/281249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}