PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has fired Transportation Assistant Secretary Mark Tolentino from his post, Malacañang said on Monday.

“The mistake of Assistant Secretary Tolentino is he talked to a relative of the President. The order of the President to all government employees that have an interest in any contract or appointment in the government is to not talk to any of his relatives. If you do so, it is a basis to axe you,” Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said in a news briefing.

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