Labor Undersecretary Dominador Say was about to be fired when he resigned.
This was according to presidential spokesman Harry Roque, who contested Say’s reasoning why he was quitting his post.
Roque said that he was told that Say will be let go because of alleged corruptioln. ‘I was told already that he was the next on the chopping block,’ Roque said, adding that if Say did not resign, “he would have been fired.”
Roque said the major issue against Say was “corruption relating to activities of labor recruiters” in the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
“I was just awaiting orders when to announce it, but I did not have to announce it because he resigned. But it was important still to say it because in his resignation letter, he said it was a matter of differences over endo (end-of-contract scheme). Well.”
Say submitted his resignation letter to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III last Tuesday, April 17. He said that he wanted “spare the department [from] undue criticism” because of his “pro-management” background.
Bello said he has yet to confirm Say’s reasons.
Say, who worked as consultant fo Bello when the latter was the 1-BAP party during the 16th Congress from 2013 to 2016, was appointed as DOLE undersecretary for employment and policy support in October 2016.