CEZA staff vow support for Lambino
SANTA ANA, Cagayan: The officers and staff of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) expressed their “undivided and unwavering support” to Administrator and CEO Secretary Raul Lambino amid the charges filed against him at the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon.
“We know Secretary Lambino to be a man of unassailable integrity and moral character worthy of a leader of his standing. These traits he has consistently exhibited in all his dealings as CEZA ACEO, both official and personal,” the group said in a signed manifesto of support released to the media on Wednesday.
“When he assumed office in 2017, the ideals in the practice of good governance exemplified how a public servant should use the powers and responsibilities of public office for the public good.”
Lambino has also requested a full-blown investigation by the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) “to help uncover the real identities of persons” behind the filing of criminal and administrative complaints against him on January 4 at the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon.
“We never met the alleged complainants nor have they worked as our housemaids in Quezon City or in Mangaldan, Pangasinan,” Lambino said in a letter to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and the NBI.
He said the complaint is a “malicious fabrication.”
His wife, Mayor Marilyn Lambino of Mangaldan in Pangasinan, was also included in the complaint.
The manifesto stated that “Secretary Lambino genuinely cares about the welfare and interest of the entire organization, the needs of all employees in particular. This is part of his commitment to public service and the people. With these, we hereby make it known to all that we stand solidly behind Secretary Lambino in his strong resolve to stand for the truth in the face of wrongful and malicious accusations made against him and his family. The truth shall prevail.”
Among those who signed the manifesto were Deputy Administrator for Operations Agrimero Cruz Jr., Deputy Administrator for Support Services Dhart Carpio, Head Technical Assistant Leonardo Cruz, Board Secretary
Atty. Joy Catherine Alameda, Atty. Percival Peralta, Department Manager for Management Services Cir Rodney Cacatian, Finance Department Acting Head Rodrigo Pablo, Division Manager Joyce Jayme Calimag, Division Manager Engr. Avelino Natividad, Market Specialist Gabriel Lingan, Enterprise Services Officer Novelyn Cruz, Amadeo Martin Gonzales, Acting Head of Law Enforcement and Disaster Management Division; Division Manager Mark Anthony Manaligod, Division Manager Ralph Patrick Iloy and Chief Administrative Officer Eddie Valdez.