PRESIDENT Arroyo has fired Juan Miguel Luz as education undersecretary in what appears to be the fallout from the Department of Education’s refusal to accept three postdated checks Malacanang had released for Zambales Rep. Antonio Diaz’s scholarship program at the height of the congressional hearings on the impeachment complaint against her.
Luz, Deped undersecretary for finance, has said that postdated checks are not allowed in government.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita announced Luz’s relief in an interview with journalists this afternoon. He gave no reason, simply saying it was the president’s prerogative to replace her appointees.
Pero sa tingin ko, ito ang dahilan:
The postdated checks for Diaz’s scholars, totaling P15 million, came from the President’s Social Fund and were believed tied to Palace maneuvers to trash the impeachment complaint against Arroyo. The Palace had also issued a current-dated check worth P5 million for the same program.
DepEd was named payee in all checks, raising suspicions that the Palace was using the agency to launder money for legislators who had pledged their support to the president.
Diaz, a member of the Liberal Party that had earlier called for Arroyo’s resignation, was among the 158 congressmen who voted last Sept. 6 to approve the House justice committee report junking the complaint.
More information here from Malaya.
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