President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Development Academy of the Philippines President Atty. Elba Cruz to vacate her position after her holdover capacity status expired last June 2017.
鈥淐onsidering that your Term of Office聽expired聽on 30 June 2017聽and that you been serving in the DAP Board in a聽holdover capacity, we now wish to inform聽you that, upon instructions of the President, your service in such holdover status is hereby discontinued effective immediately,鈥� Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said in a letter to Cruz on December 18.
鈥淭o聽ensure聽uninterrupted delivery, you are hereby directed to turn over聽all official聽documents, papers and properties in your possession to the proper office of the DAP,鈥� Medialdea added.
Employees of the DAP had earlier urged Duterte to dismiss Cruz for her frequent personal and official travels.
DAP Personnel Association (Dapper) President Gerald Cruz, in his letter to Duterte, called on the President to replace Atty. Cruz,聽citing allegations of mismanagement, untoward attitude toward employees and frequent foreign travels.
In a statement, DAP employees thanked Duterte for 鈥渇inally terminating鈥� Cruz, saying it was the 鈥渂est Christmas gift鈥� they could receive. /je