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Friday, November 18, 2005
Arroyo names permanent internal revenue head
EXECUTIVE Secretary Eduardo Ermita Thursday said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has approved the appointment of Jose Mario Buñag as permanent commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
Buñag was initially named as acting commissioner of the BIR in July vice Guillermo Parayno Jr. who was among the members of the so-called "Hyatt 10" or the group of 10 Cabinet members who resigned last July 8 and called for Arroyo's resignation for loss of credibility and moral governance.
Buñag was the BIR deputy commissioner for legal and inspections group when he was tapped to be acting head of the agency.
He graduated cum laude from the Ateneo Law School and placed second in the 1968 bar examination. He worked for several law firms before joining the government. Lega and inspection groups
Buñag's appointment however came at heels of the resignation of BIR Deputy Commissioner for Special Concerns Kim Henares, who also heads the commission's large taxpayers service which is said to be responsible for the collection of taxes form big corporation.
Henares, who has worked at the BIR for the past two years, reportedly had a falling out with Buñag over some policy issues. She is reportedly closely identified with Parayno.
Ermita said the President has accepted Henares' resignation.
He also said he expects similar appointments in the Bureau of Customs (BOC) soon.
Meanwhile, Ermita denied that Environment Secretary Michael Defensor has been promoted as Presidential chief of staff.
Ermita said he was with the President the whole day and she has not made any mention of the reported appointment. He said he was also with Arroyo and Defensor Tuesday night and no mention was made as well.
He said while there are some small mining firms who reportedly wants him out, he knows that there is a clamor for Defensor's continued stay at the environment department, particularly coming from majority of the members of the mining sector.
"They feel that Secretary Defensor is doing very well in the implementation of the Supreme Court (SC) decision on the Mining Law and that maybe it might be a disruption of government program pertaining to mining if he is moved out of DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources). As far as his being moved here (Office of the President), there is no confirmation or personal knowledge on my part," he said. (JMR/Sunnex)
(November 18, 2005 issue)
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