BASES Conversion Development Authority president Vivencio Dizon is the new officer-in-charge of the Clark Development Corp., after its president, Noel Manankil, took a leave of absence amid allegations of corruption against him.
CDC vice president for legal affairs and corporate secretary Perlita Sagmit made the announcement during the flag- raising ceremonies in front of the corporate offices in Clark north of Manila following Manankil’s leave.
Sagmit said Dizon was named as CDC’s OIC during the CDC board of directors meeting last Friday, June 30, and while the BCDA conducts an investigation of alleged corruption in Clark.
She also said Manankil had filed a leave of absence to give way to an unimpeded probe on the allegations announced by President Rodrigo Duterte in his speech during the turnover of a military aid package from China to the Philippines last Wednesday.
Amid some media reports pointing out Manankil as the one collecting huge amounts from locators, Duterte maintained he did not publicly refer to Manankil as the subject of his displeasure and admitted he was not sure if Manankil was guilty of any anomaly.
“I just issued a warning because of a report. But I have not really named him publicly in the sense that he is the man that is—that he was the target of my announcement,” Duterte said Thursday last week at Camp Quintin Merecido in Catitipan, Davao City.
“I’m not saying that I am sure that he is guilty. What I’m saying is that I’ve been receiving reports of corruption and I said, ‘Please do not do that…But I have always insisted on honesty and integrity in government,” the President said.
Dizon is a member of the CDC board of directors chaired by former Cabinet secretary Jose de Jesus. With John Paolo Bencito