PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte said he “will fire 49 policemen and 3 generals this week.”

“I am on a purging spree. I’ll be firing more people in government,” Mr. Duterte said at the inauguration of the new communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) systems held at the Philippine Air Traffic Management (ATM) Center in CAAP compound in Pasay City on Tuesdayafternoon.

The President likewise said that he will ask his officials who have traveled more than 20 times to step down, adding that those officials sitting on delayed public works projects “should also get out immediately.”

“I am not the Ombudsman, but administratively I could hang you,” the President added.

The event was attended by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea, Department of Transportation (DoTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade, and CAAP Director General Capt. Jim C. Sydiongco.

The said project, which is also being implemented by the DoTr and the CAAP, is financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under a P10.8-billion loan agreement between the Philippine government and the Japanese government. — Arjay L. Balinbin

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