‘Outgoing DOT secretary should account for irregularities’
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A TOURISM stakeholder is calling for an investigation into several issues concerning outgoing Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim, saying he must be made to account for irregularities and failures in the Department of Tourism, as well as the damages he has inflicted on the aviation industry.
Tourism Educators and Movers Philippines chairman and founder of several tourism organizations Robert Lim Joseph said Lim should not be allowed to go scot-free because this would send the wrong signal to other government officials.
He urged President Noynoy Aquino to amend policies advocated by Lim, particularly Executive Order 29 and EO 28, because of the damage that these would do on the aviation industry.
Joseph alleged Lim should be investigated for the following acts: award of a P15 million contract to a company in which Lim’s ally Narzalina Lim is a key principal despite failing to pass the score requirement for the bid; grant of business deals to his friends, including Atty. Dading Clemente of Rajah Tours; doing acts in behalf of the Philippine Tourism Promotions Board; his frequent foreign trips spending the people’s money purportedly to promote the Philippines . Lim’s junket to the United States alone cost P7.5 million; his approval of the failed Pilipinas kay Ganda promotion campaign wherein almost P5 million was wasted. Lim should be made to refund these wasted expenses; the Luneta hostage-taking incident. He didn’t exert effort to handle the crisis despite knowing tourists were involved. The DOT used to have an undersecretary who handles crisis involving tourists but Lim removed him without reason, thus there was vacuum when the Luneta crisis erupted; the grant of domestic tourism promotion campaign “Pilipinas, Tara Na!” to a telecommunications firm to see if there is ethical or business conflict; his non-recognition of the Tourism Congress, which created vacuum and disunity in the tourism industry
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