A lawyer accused of acts of lasciviousness is now the head of a division at the Bureau of Customs. A customs collector who stands accused of numerous acts of graft and corruption retains his post in Mindanao. And an official with a terribly bad record of performance, now retains his post at Subic. He replaced a very simple and honest government official who recently increased the take of the international port by nearly 4 billion pesos.
What is going on in the Bureau of Customs?
Is this the way to help government cleanse the ranks of the corrupt? BY promoting those with very suspicious records of performance and re-assigning those who do a great job?
I was informed that a well-meaning person already informed Finance secretary Cesar Purisima about the goings-on in the Bureau.
And what did the Finance head said? He reprimanded that well-meaning person for reporting these decisions by Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez.
Fact is, there is a looming crisis in the Customs caused by an anomalous shipment of tons of sugar. Yes, sugar.
This illegal shipment was allowed to enter the Philippines, depriving government of millions of pesos worth of taxes and collections.
This shipment, according to sources, had the blessings of "higher ups".
President Aquino should investigate what is going on at the Bureau of Customs.
If Aquino will not act on this, then, maybe the Para sa Bansa July 1, 2010 movement could.
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