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  The President doesn’t like sacking people, in the strictest sense of the word. She offers them other jobs, her way of saying that they’re no longer wanted in their current posts. Remember former Bureau of Internal Revenue chairman Jose Buñag? He was reportedly offered a posting as ambassador before being fired from the BIR.
Before that, our former man in Washington, D.C., Albert del Rosario, was given an option to stay in government as a presidential adviser after he was told that he was being yanked out of his post.Carlito Puno, the outgoing chair of the Commission on Higher Education, is the latest showcase. A second tier official from the executive secretary’s office informed Puno that he was being moved out and, yes, would he like to stay on in some other post. (Chief economist Romulo Neri was asked to take over the CHED, with marching orders to “clean up” the agency, but observers say even Neri’s case was a demotion.)  CHED’s Puno is the brother of Chief Justice Reynato Puno. It wasn’t lost on those close to the chief justice that the sacking of his brother came after the Supreme Court organized a high-profile summit on extra-judicial killings (EJK) that stole the thunder from the executive and legislative departments.The summit came up with recommendations that were somewhat threatening to the President. For example, one recommendation was to ask the President to order a stop to the EJKs—meaning, for her to acknowledge that the military has a hand in these incidents. Another highlight of the summit was the discussion on the extent of command responsibility: should the commander in chief be held liable for killings committed by officers and soldiers? Ever since Reynato Puno became chief justice, he has made strong statements that show his independent stance. It appears that, for that, he has earned the President’s displeasure—and his brother is getting axed for it. INTERACT WITH THIS ARTICLE                |
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