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President Benigno Aquino III and Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon. INQUIRER\/黑料社 FILE PHOTOS<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2013 President Benigno Aquino III on Monday accepted Commissioner Ruffy Biazon\u2019s resignation and gave him until the end of the week \u201cto wind up his affairs in the Bureau of Customs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aquino, in a statement released online, said he wished Biazon nothing \u201cbut the best as he returns to private life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI thank him for his years of service to our administration and the nation,\u201d the President added.<\/p>\n\n

Aquino did not say if he wanted Biazon to resign but said the official met with him and explained \u201cthat it would be best to provide the Secretary of Finance the widest leverage and flexibility to steer the future direction of the Bureau of Customs, in light of the controversy brought about by Commissioner Biazon\u2019s inclusion in the complaint of the National Bureau of Investigation before the Ombudsman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cCommissioner Biazon believes that the proper thing to do is to defend himself without compromising his past record, or the\u00a0ongoing reforms in the Bureau<\/a>,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n\n

The resignation came after Biazon was included in the latest list of 34 people charged with graft for funneling Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to bogus non-government organizations linked to Janet Lim-Napoles.<\/p>\n

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Biazon, a member of the ruling Liberal Party, is said to be the first Aquino ally dragged into the ongoing investigation of former and incumbent lawmakers tagged in the \u201cpork barrel scam.\u201d<\/p>\n

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