PHILIPPINE Ambassador to Washington Jose Cuisia Jr. should quit his posts in private businesses because having positions in private companies does not sit well with his function as the country’s representative to the United States which is a “full-time” job, a lawmaker said on Wednesday.

“He should not be allowed to hold positions in the government and the private sector simultaneously,” said Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th, chairman of the Senate committee on civil service and government reorganization.

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