DUE to various offenses, three personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) were dismissed, while 23 others were suspended by MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino on February 23.
“Let this serve as a serious warning to all our erring personnel. We will continue to eliminate the rotten eggs from our agency,” Tolentino said. According to Tolentino, the three dismissed personnel were terminated from the service for extortion, grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty.
The 23 others were meted suspension ranging from 15 to 90 days for a number of infractions committed, such as extortion activities, questionable issuance of traffic-violation receipts, misconduct, grave abuse of authority, insubordination, violation of office rules and failure to attend monthly formation. While 50 more were issued stern warnings and reprimands for the same violations. Among these, three were formally charged.
These erring personnel were given due process and formal investigations were conducted by the agency’s administrative and legal departments in relation to the cases they are involved in. Tolentino encourages the public to report any illegal activities involving his employees for them to take proper action. Here’s the official web site of the MMDA where you can officially report complaints against MMDA personnel, www.metrosolusyon.mmda.gov.ph.
Ame Crace E. Esquelona