CA cancels Purisima case deliberations
03/17/2011Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima’s confirmation isn’t going to be smooth sailing, what with
The Commission on Appointments (CA) committee on finance, headed by Sen. Ralph Recto, canceled its Wednesday’s deliberation on the ad interim appointment of Department of Purisima due to strong opposition by a group of revenue informers.
In his sworn opposition, Philippine Association of Revenue Informers Inc. president Danilo Lihaylihay said Purisima is “morally and mentally unfit” to head the Department of Finance (DoF) due to the fact that “he is criminally negligent to perform his legal mandate and official duty.”
Lihaylihay said the reasons for his opposition include the failure of the DoFto assess and collect all internal revenue taxes of government and reducing the rewards of informers of tax evaders to P1 million per case..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110317hed3.html
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