Four lawmakers say Alvarez cannot be faulted for rampant smuggling at BoC 08/20/2011

Four lawmakers say Alvarez cannot be faulted for rampant smuggling at BoC

08/20/2011
Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez should be given the benefit of the doubt as head of the second largest revenue earner of government since reinventing the agency is without doubt a Herculean task.

At least four congressmen shared this belief and came to the defense of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) chief’s leadership, even as some colleagues in the Lower House demanded his ouster, the most persistent being the representative from Zambales, for allegedly failing to stop rampant smuggling activities at the country’s major ports.

The more level-headed congressmen agreed that Alvarez could not be faulted for what was happening at the agency.

Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali, Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas, San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito and Batangas Rep. Tomas Apacible all said Alvarez should be given a chance to prove his worth at the BoC..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110820met2.html