De Lima seeks Senate probe of “military takeover” of BOC

(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, Nov. 26, is seeking a Senate probe into what she said was the “military takeover” of the Bureau of Customs.

De Lima made the call months after President Rodrigo Duterte replaced Isidro Lapeña with Rey Leonardo Guerrero, who had just retired as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff.

“The operationalization of the military take-over of the BOC threatens to violate the provisions of the Constitution on the proscription against the assumption by active military officers of civilian functions and civilian offices, aside from other basic principles of a republican and democratic government as enshrined therein,” De Lima said in filing Senate Resolution No. 949.

According to De Lima, the “militarization of the BOC may impede the operations of the BOC and as a result, may gravely affect collection of revenues, the lifeblood of government.”

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