The Office of the Ombudsman says Cesar Chiong broke rules by reassigning 285 employees to different departments, but Chiong argues that his predecessors did the same ‘without facing any legal repercussion’
MANILA, Philippines – Former Manila International Authority head Cesar Chiong, who weathered two crippling power outages at theThis comes after the Office of the Ombudsman found Chiong and MIAAA assistant general manager Irene Montalbo guilty of grave misconduct, abuse of authority, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.more than three months ago after “anonymous MIAA officials” filed complaints against them.
But the Ombudsman decided otherwise, stating that moving the MIAA employees to different positions “constitute willful disregard of the rules on reassignment and designation as laid down by the Civil Service Commission.” In a statement, Chiong said that his predecessors “had reassigned even larger numbers of personnel without facing any legal repercussion.” He cited the decisions of former MIAA general managers Jose Angel Honrado, who reassigned 646 employees; and Eddie Monreal, who reassigned 397 employees.
Chiong also claimed that his time as MIAA general manager “paved the way for the financial stability of MIAA.”
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