Antiporda (left) was replaced by Guillen (right) as NIA head.
FORMER National Irrigation Administration Benny Antiporda has been replaced by former Piddig town Mayor Eduardo ‘Eddie’ Guillen, said the Malacanang on Monday.
Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Cheloy Garafil responded in the affirmative when asked to verify an appointment letter naming Guillen as the acting administrator of NIA.
The Palace has yet to explain why Antiporda was removed from the post, but he was earlier suspended due to allegations of grave misconduct, conduct prejudicial to the best interest of service, and oppression.
It was the Office of the Ombudsman that placed Antiporda under preventive suspension, citing complaints from some employees who were allegedly reassigned without basis.
Antiporda was also said to have threatened not to renew appointments of some workers who fixed the air-conditioning unit of his residence but could not finish the job at once, the Office of the Ombudsman said.
Guillen served as mayor of Piddig, an Ilocos Norte town that was included in this year’s top 10 performing local government units.
Guillen was first elected as Piddig mayor in 2010, and was succeeded by his wife incumbent mayor Georgina Guillen.
