By Azer Parrocha / Philippines News Agency
Sen. Grace Poe on Thursday expressed doubts that the only reason Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary Cesar B. Chavez decided to quit his post is because of his failure to address problems hounding the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3).
“I respect Usec. Cesar Chavez for tendering his resignation in the light of the MRT problems. I admire his sense of delicadeza, although I doubt that that is the only reason that prompted him to resign,” Poe said in a news statement, but did not mention what other reason she had in mind.
Poe, chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said it seemed like Chavez is one of the transport officials who was “determined to fully address all the issues plaguing the MRT 3.”
She also recalled that it was Chavez who was instrumental in revealing the persons involved in the MRT 3 anomalies.
The senator, however, said it was also time to evaluate the leadership of the DOTr as a whole in connection with how MRT 3 issues have been addressed.
She said the issues should be “properly and expeditiously resolved” despite Chavez’s resignation.
Meanwhile, she expressed hope that President Duterte would immediately be able to find a replacement for Chavez.
In a separate statement, Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito said he felt “sad” about Chavez’s resignation.
“That is sad because Undersecretary Cesar Chavez is one of the most passionate DOTr officials, especially on railway projects,” Ejercito said.
Chavez tendered his “irrevocable resignation” from his post on Thursday out of a “simple sense of delicadeza.”
8 comments
nung una kasi, gusto ni usec chavez maayos ang mrt kaya nakakagulat din tlga na bigla nlng sya mag reresign, kaya siguro duda si sen. grace poe na baka meron pang mas malalim n dahilan kung bkit sya nag resign
hirap naman kasi talaga ayusin ang dating alam mong sira na at hindi tlga inaayos ng mga taong datig nasa pwesto
si usec chavez na ang nahiya sa kapalpakan ni sec. tugade kaya sya n mismo ang nag resign
Malamang may hindi sinunod yan na utos ni Tugade,kaya mas pinili na lang magresign.
Malala na kapalpakan ng DOTr. Si Sen. Grace na rin may sabe na matino yang kawani ng gobyerno si Chavez. Pero itong Sec ng DOTr,sigurado pinairal ang salitang ” ako boss mo kaya dapat sakin ka susunod”.
Tigas ng mukha ng DOTr. Aminin nyo na lang na hindi nyo kayang bigyan ng solusyon ang MRT. Hindi yung nagyayabang lang kayo sa media para ipakita sa taong bayan na everythings under control
INCOMPETENT FOOLS
Hooy Dutz, kala ko Change coming, SAME-SAME lang pala.
LOL!!!!!
So many speculations?
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