A post lambasting a government employee for howling in protest against the installation of more CCTV’s in government offices has been doing the rounds online.
Credito Atty. Bruce Rivera
In a Facebook post published recently, Atty. Bruce Rivera chided Rommel Francisco, President of the Bureau of Customs Employees Association-POM Chapter for having the audacity to question the installation of CCTV’s in the offices of the Customs, designed to deter corruption in the Bureau.
In the post, Atty. Bruce Rivera made a scathing remark against the Rommel Francisco in response to the controversial statement he made on primetime TV and wrote:
Akala ko ba nakapasok ka sa BOC dahil alam mo na ang public office is a public trust and that you should be living modest lives.
So, alam niyo ang pinasukan niyo nung pumasok kayo sa gobyerno. Ano ang problema ng CCTV?
Kami nga sa San Beda may ganun, hindi naman ikinababa ng pagkatao namin. Tsaka, alam mo na sa gobyerno, maliit ang sahod. Ang mga taga-DSWD nga na pareho ang salary grade, naglalakad pauwi habang may kotse ang BOC employee. Hindi dahilan ang kababaan ng sweldo para rumaket. Hwag ninyo iblame ang gobyerno sa liit ng sweldo. Gusto mo malaking sweldo, mag-abroad ka o di kaya magtrabaho ka sa isang multinational company na mataas ang sahod. Dun ako naiinis eh, justify mo pa pagiging gahaman mo. Aminin mo na gusto mo lang ng pera kesa emote ka na mababa ang sweldo. Mahiya kayo sa taong-bayan….kahit konti.
Bruce Villafuerte Rivera, palagay mo boboto sila kay Duterte?
Recently, Commissioner Bert Lina of the Bureau of Customs has initiated the installation, additional CCTV cameras in the Bureau to fight graft and corruption.
In a news report by Jun Veneracion of the State of the Nation, where in Commissioner Bert Lina issued the directive to install additional CCTV cameras specifically in transaction areas and other payment windows to deter red tape.
Rommel Francisco, President of the Bureau of Customs Employees Association-POM Chapter threatened to question the CCTV installations in the court and to stage a protest because it allegedly trampled on the rights of the Customs employees to privacy.
Bakit naman kami tututukan niyan, di po violation sa karapatang pantao yan? (Why are they pointing CCTV on us? Isn’t it a violation of our rights as a person?
The statement from the President of the Bureau of Customs Employees Association requires the response of Commissioner Bert Lina to assuage their apprehensions.
Bakit sila natatakot kung wala naman silang ginagawang di karapat-dapat? Why are they scared if they are not doing anything illegal?
The move to install CCTV’s is a step forward to combat the perception that the agency is the most corrupt in the government.
The perception is not without basis, because in the 2015 SWS survey, the Bureau of Customs emerged on top as the most corrupt government agencies. In fact, the agency received -55% trust rating in the said survey.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Bert Lina and the Customs Employees union have agreed that increasing the salaries of the employees is one of the solutions to fight graft and corruption in the Bureau.
Rommel Francisco, President of the Bureau of Customs Employees Association-POM Chapter was quoted as saying:
Subukan kaya nila itaas ang mga sahod namin. Ibigay sa amin ang tamang benipisyo. Sa tingin ba nila gagawa pa kami ng ganun? Why not try raising our salary. Give us the proper benefits. Do they think we will still be doing those things? (illegal practices)
Original post of Atty. Bruce Rivera.
What can you say about this post?
Hayop din Sa terminology ang presidents Ng Union ah.”Subukan Yong itaas ang sahod namin para Hindi kami gumawa Ng illegal” HULING HULI SIYA SA SALITA NA GUMAGAWA TALAGA SILA NG ILEGAL! ABAY PAGDADAMPUTIN NA ANG MGA YAN!Ituloy ang paglagay Ng Cctv at don na sila mag reklamo Sa supreme court! MAG PASAMA PA SILA SA MGA KAKAMPI NILANG. CHR,BAYAN,GABRIELA,KMU,ANAK PAWIS, at ANAK NG PUTANGINA NILA!
Hayop din ang kapal ng mukha ng mga customs employees lalo na si Rommel Francisco na ipinagmamalaki pa niya na corrupt siya at magnanakaw. Mas mabuti pa yung mga nagrereklamo ay magsipagbitiw na at lumipat ng ibang trabaho na may malaking sweldo
There is no such thing as privacy when you join the public service. You can have your privacy only when you are in CR of your government office. Jokingly aside when you are in the government service you should be transparent in all your dealing and transactions. Thats why when a tinted glass window in a frontline service is being stalled still a questionble motive, is there something to hide from the public client? The use of a CCTV if being installed religiously for transparency and monitoring as a deterrent factor to receive bribes or whatever is commendable and nothing to worry. But if installing a CCTV also for purpose of personal motive of head of office to monitor the bribes of his subordinates in a day is another story.
How pathetic. How did he pass the civil service illegibility exam? His statement is clearly a public admission of guilt, together with all the members that he represent. Isisi ang baba ng sahod sa mga ibinoto ninyong ganid at walang mga konsensiyang tao sa senado at congress. Our politics is the root of all the hardships and injustices in the our country. SANA MAGISING NA TAYO. HUWAG NA NATING IBOTO ANG MGA MAGNANAKAW!!
True.
Dapat tlgang maging presidente si Duterte ng makatikim ng palo sa puwet tong mga tukmol na tga custom!
Naku..mas maganda yong sahod kumpara sa ordinaryo nag-trabaho sa Gov. At anu wala kayo mga benipisyo hoy mahina ka Francisco mas maganda yong kapag nag-trabaho sa Gov.
Ano masasabi ng CIVIL SERVICE DITO…ANO NA PO SILBI NINYO…BAKIT DI NINYO ITO PATAWAN NG PARUSA?
Hoy Mr. Francisco! Mahiya ka sa mukha mo! Parepareho tayong mga kawani ng gobyerno. HIndi dahilan ang kababaan ng sahod para mangurakot!!!!!!! Public office ang tinatrabahuan mo, bakit ka takot sa CCTV? Ang public service dapat transparent!!! kaya nga public hindi private!!! kasi inuuna mo dapat ang serbisyo sa publiko at hindi ang private interests mo!!! Gago!!!! Maghanap ka ng trabaho sa ibang bansa kung nabababaan ka sa sweldo, hindi yung nagnanakaw ka sa kapwa mo!!!
This guy should be subjected to an investigation and if proven guilty is to fire his ass out of the office. I hope they should do something about it, sa mga binitawan pa lng na salita may ginawa na yan!
Good luck Mr. Francisco. Tingnan ko lang kung meron pang kukuhang company sa iyo pagnatanggal ka na sa BOC. Former president ng union, reklamador, mangurakot. Umuwi ka na lang sa probinsya at magtanin ng palay total el nino ngayon.
Really? So, pag tinaasan n sweldo nyo, di na kyo GAGAWA ng ganun? Promise yan ha? Tsk tsk tsk.
hindi po pagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa ang dapat dyan kay ROMMEL FRANCISCO…hindi po tama na sa ibang bansa siya magtrabaho kasi dito sa ibang bansa pinagta-trabahuhan po ang kinikita- hindi NINANAKAW…we have dignity, self-respect and honesty as we work for our families and the country as well. He (Rommel Francisco) does not deserve the right to be given a job here (abroad) because he will RUIN our image & performance as workers…RESPETUHIN NYA MUNA SARILI NYA…!!!
Takot si Rommel Francisco sa CCTV kasi makikita ang mga ginagawa niyang anomalya. Kahit lakihan ang suweldo ng mga yan, mangngurakot pa rin kasi nananalaytay na sa dugo nila ang pangungurakot. Franciso, kung magtatrabaho ka dito sa Saudi, tiyak uuwi ka sa Pinas na wala nang mga daliri.