Kamag-Anak Inc. ends as Tingting quits as PPSC chief? By Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/12/2011

Kamag-Anak Inc. ends as Tingting quits as PPSC chief?

By Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/12/2011

Could the recent resignation of Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco’s as head of the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) be the start of President Aquino’s bid to shake-off the so-called “Kamag-Anak Inc.” label that has been attached to his mother’s administration which he apparently inherited?

Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. implied this in a radio interview yesterday morning when sought to clarify the manner by which Cojuangco was replaced in her position as announced by deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte over the weekend.

Ochoa was quoted as saying that Cojuangco “practically resigned” upon realizing that Aquino is not comfortable working with his relatives in government which presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda attributed to the President’s strict observation on the constitutional prohibition about nepotism..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110412nat3.html