President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday fired all presidential appointees in government by declaring their posts vacant. Citing continuing corruption in government “especially in the regulatory agencies,” Duterte told the appointees: “Consider your positions vacant as of this hour.” He spoke at about 2 a.m. during a press conference. The President noted that corruption was giving “headaches to fellow human beings.”ADVERTISEMENTHe stressed that his order included “all” presidential appointees. It was unclear if the order included positions of those he recently appointed and swore into office in Malacañang. Duterte also pointed to the head of the LTO and all presidential appointees in the agency.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 21, 2016 01:36 UTC