QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on government officials who travel abroad without any travel order to just resign.
“All those guys who have been using money of the government, just easily going in and out of travel upon the invitation of maski sinong mga (whoever and whatever) seminar-seminar and they are really just to… some of them without getting a permit and wasting the money of the people,” the President said.
“I have to ask them to resign. If at all, kung gusto ko man, kokonti lang (if ever I want to, there were just a few) and those important meeting. But just like ’yung basta na lang na (all of a sudden) there’s a seminar about whatever — about farming, about corruption, about business, hindi natin pera ’yan, eh (that’s not our money),” Duterte said.
Earlier, the President said that he would terminate many officials who will use public funds for trips abroad.
President Duterte also said that he will fulfill his campaign promise to eradicate government corruption in his administration, and asked the public to give him more time to do so.
“I promise you that I will remove corruption.’ Corruption, talagang mawala ’yan. Just give me the third. (In) the third year, mag-le-level na ’yan into normal,” the President said.