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16.July.2008
---------------[ Special Report )------
PUBLIC EYE
Romulo L. Neri: Can Golf, Realpolitik Work at SSS?
by Alecks P. Pabico
OUR latest report is a “Public Eye” profile on the man of the hour:
Romulo L. Neri, who was designated by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last
Friday as new administrator of the Social Security System.
This new posting for Neri — erstwhile director general of the National
Economic and Development Authority, and chairman of the Commission on
Higher Education — has met with a mix of surprise, criticism and
revulsion.
Neri had consistently invoked “executive privilege” as an excuse for
his dismal silence on the role of Mrs. Arroyo in the controversial
$329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal with China’s ZTE
Corporation.
NBN star witness Rodolfo Noel ‘Jun’ Lozada Jr. says that apart from
being an avid golfer, Neri has a good grasp of both the functions and
dysfunctions of the political system. NEDA personnel say Neri is a
master, too, of realpolitik, and on occasion, politicking.
The report reviews Neri’s performance record as NEDA chief, from the
perspective of his deputies, staff personnel and other informed
sources, as well as inquires into the credentials that Neri brings to
his new job as manager of the P248-billion pension funds of 27 million
SSS members.
Read on at http://pcij.org.
Post your comments at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2388
16.July.2008
---------------[ Special Report )------
PUBLIC EYE
Romulo L. Neri: Can Golf, Realpolitik Work at SSS?
by Alecks P. Pabico
OUR latest report is a “Public Eye” profile on the man of the hour:
Romulo L. Neri, who was designated by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last
Friday as new administrator of the Social Security System.
This new posting for Neri — erstwhile director general of the National
Economic and Development Authority, and chairman of the Commission on
Higher Education — has met with a mix of surprise, criticism and
revulsion.
Neri had consistently invoked “executive privilege” as an excuse for
his dismal silence on the role of Mrs. Arroyo in the controversial
$329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal with China’s ZTE
Corporation.
NBN star witness Rodolfo Noel ‘Jun’ Lozada Jr. says that apart from
being an avid golfer, Neri has a good grasp of both the functions and
dysfunctions of the political system. NEDA personnel say Neri is a
master, too, of realpolitik, and on occasion, politicking.
The report reviews Neri’s performance record as NEDA chief, from the
perspective of his deputies, staff personnel and other informed
sources, as well as inquires into the credentials that Neri brings to
his new job as manager of the P248-billion pension funds of 27 million
SSS members.
Read on at http://pcij.org.
Post your comments at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2388
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