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Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2014Some of the 27 revenue collectors who were transferred to the newly created Customs Policy Research Office (CPRO) at the Department of Finance (DOF) are considering \u201coptional retirement,\u201d especially \u201cthose who had just a few years of service left,\u201d according to Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThose who are younger will most likely stay in their present assignments until the end of the Aquino administration unless there\u2019s a new direction in the ongoing Bureau of Customs (BOC) reform program,\u201d Biazon said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cBut there\u2019s a possibility that they\u2019ll be tapped for the reform program,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n

Biazon said he felt bad that some \u201ctop-performing\u201d port collectors were among those moved to the CPRO.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s even one or two who had already reached the annual collection target and even got a rating of excellent,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n

But the BOC head pointed out that \u201csometimes in the realm of reforms, there are sacrifices that have to be made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Biazon neither confirmed nor denied that the collectors had been placed on floating status, but said it was true that the finance department had started training the collectors\u2019 replacements.<\/p>\n\n

Some DOF insiders earlier told the Inquirer that the new BOC port collectors were \u201cinterviewed by no less than (Revenue) Commissioner Kim Henares.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThose undergoing training passed the three main criteria set by the DOF for the post: technical qualification, integrity and no conflict of interest,\u201d said the same sources who asked not to be named for lack of authority to speak to the media.<\/p>\n\n

During last week\u2019s Kapihan sa Aduana media forum at customs headquarters at the Manila South Harbor, Biazon said the reconfiguration of bureau personnel was \u201cpart of a bigger plan to reform the BOC.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

He emphasized that it was \u201cnot a castration of the commissioner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Biazon said he would \u201ccontinue to exercise what I believe is necessary for the continuous front-line operations of the bureau without going against the policies of the leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

He welcomed the dismissal by a Manila regional trial court of a petition by some of the port collectors asking that the court stop their transfer to the CPRO.<\/p>\n\n

Biazon directed the group of protesting port collectors to report immediately to the CPRO.<\/p>\n\n

In denying the collectors\u2019 petition for a writ of preliminary injunction, or an indefinite TRO, Judge Felicitas Cacanandin said that it was \u201cnot proper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe court cannot enjoin an agency from performing an act within its prerogative, except when in the exercise of its authority it gravely abused or exceeded its jurisdiction,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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