Two House members have assailed the Ombudsman’s unusually swift suspension of NIA administrator, Benny Antiporda, saying the suspension is not only questionable but also puts to risk the country’s energy supply requirement and irrigation needs.
Two House members have assailed the Ombudsman’s unusually swift suspension of National Irrigation Administration administrator, Benny Antiporda, saying the suspension is not only questionable but also puts to risk the country’s energy supply requirement and irrigation needs.
On the other hand, the OMB is yet to act on the complaint for graft and corruption filed by Antiporda against former NIA Legal Department head, lawyer Lloyd Allain Cudal and former NIA Board secretary, Michelle Gonzales Raymundo last September and October, respectively. The timing of Antiporda’s suspension, she added, is also “suspicious” as it came right after Congress approved the proposed budget of the OMB and while President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who appointed Antiporda, was busy preparing to leave for the APEC meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.
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