Tag: Mike Sueno

DILG undersecretary instrumental in Sueno dismissal appointed acting Agrarian Reform chief

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte  on Friday appointed a new Agrarian Reform acting secretary. Interior Undersecretary for Operations John Castriciones was designated to the post formerly held by Rafael Mariano until his appointment was denied by the powerful Commission on Appointments. Castriciones was reportedly one of the three undersecretaries instrumental in the dismissal of then-Interior Secretary Mike Sueno. Castriciones, Jesus Hinlo, and Emily Padilla reportedly wrote a letter to the President, asking him to look […]

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Duterte: “I could never be misinformed”

(Eagle News) — “I could never be misinformed.” This was the response of President Rodrigo Duterte to dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno’s statement the chief executive had been fed wrong information that led to his dismissal on Monday. “I could never be misinformed. Kaabugado ko misinformed ako,” he told reporters in an ambush interview  in Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, which he visited on Thursday. “When I make a move, when I […]

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Sotto: Duterte talked about sacking Sueno as early as two weeks ago

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had already talked about firing Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno days before he officially sacked him at the end of a Cabinet meeting. This is according to Senator Tito Sotto, majority floor leader, who said he “already overheard” this during their trip to Myanmar and Thailand two weeks ago. “As I told one of you and I told you off the record then, I knew the (Department of the Interior and […]

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Sueno retires from politics; Insists he is “willing victim” in President Duterte’s drive vs corruption

(Eagle News) — Dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno on Thursday said he was retiring from politics for good, even as he reiterated he had done nothing wrong and that he was only “a willing victim” in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drive against corruption. “Ayoko na. Out na talaga ako… Malaki kris ni misis ko. Baka mamaya gamitin niya. Promise ko sa kanya di na ako babalik sa pulitika,” Sueno said when asked if he had plans of running for governor in Mindanao […]

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President Duterte on why he fired Sueno: I did not like his answer

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he fired then-Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mike Sueno because he “did not like his answer” when asked about the questionable firetruck deal the DILG had entered into. “Last night I fired a Cabinet member in a full Cabinet meeting because I did not like his answer because it was a plain lie,” he said during the inauguration of the Metropolitan Manila Development […]

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Rep. Biazon on Duterte’s sacking of DILG chief: The President “showed remarkable political will”

(Eagle News) — “He showed remarkable political will.” This was how Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon described President Rodrigo Duterte after he sacked Interior Secretary Mike Sueno, citing “a lack of loss and confidence,” on Monday night. In a statement, Biazon said Sueno, after all, was a “prime mover in the electoral campaign of the President occupying a top sensitive post.” “Trust and confidence of a President in his appointee should be absolute. This is an example of an […]

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