CLARK FREEPORT --- A high-ranking official at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport has allegedly been using his influence to push for the proposal of an international consortium, led by a Philippine-based company, a major stockholder of who is a close relative of well-known personality in the camp of President-apparent Noynoy Aquino.
An insider from the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), who refused to be named, claimed that the said official has reportedly tried to “manipulate” the recommendation of CIAC’s Joint Venture Selection Committee (JVSC) to push for the proposal of the said international consortium.
The CIAC insider said the official is now mustering favor with people close to the perceived administration of Aquino, in the hope of being retained at his present post.
This high-ranking official, according to the insider, had managed to convince one other official with a promise of being retained at CIAC along with him.
“He eventually convinced the majority of the Board to have approved the said International Consortium’s proposal for further negotiations during CIAC’s Board Meeting on May 17, no matter how ‘inferior’ the proposal is, no matter how many required documents are yet to be submitted by the said International Consortium, no matter how disadvantageous to the government the proposal is,” the CIAC insider said.
There have been reports that two directors at CIAC issued a memo addressed to the Board’s Chairman, questioning the conduct of the May 17 Board Meeting and that, accordingly, another director resigned as a motion of protest.
The said International Consortium’s lead proponent is a Philippine-based company owned and managed by a brother of a former Secretary in the administration of the late President Corazon Aquino.
This proponent served the former president for 23 years and is married to a likewise former Cabinet Secretary of the former lady President, who is now in the list of personalities being considered in the Cabinet of President-apparent Aquino, the insider claimed.
“Is there already a deal between this high-ranking CIAC official and the said brother of a closed associate of the Aquinos?”, the CIAC insider asked.
The insider said this high ranking official will probably push for the said International Consortium’s proposal in exchange for his retention at CIAC.
“There are even talks and rumors already circulating inside the Clark Freeport Zone that the said high-ranking official will even be promoted to Clark Development Corporation (CDC) President and CEO, and from there on, he and the said brother of a close associate of the Aquinos will work out the merger of CDC and CIAC into one corporation under the said CIAC official and his agenda,” the insider speculated.
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