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Public school teachers are urging Education Secretary Jesli Lapus to
resign and reveal what he knows about the Cyber-Education Project,
which was put on hold by President Gloria Arroyo.
“We urge Secretary Lapus to heed the call of
the 71 former government officials who have appealed to the current
crop of public servants to ‘cut clean’ from the Arroyo
administration and do a Jun Lozada—that is, reveal what they know
about this regime’s dirty secrets,” said Antonio Tinio, chairman
of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT).
The 71 former government officials recently
issued a statement urging members of the Arroyo cabinet and other
government officials to resign in the light of the revelations made
by Rodolfo Lozada Jr. on the anomalies surrounding the national
broadband deal.
Tinio said the Cyber-Education Project is
hounded by the same issues that made the broadband deal a big mess.
“Was the NEDA [National Economic and
Development Authority] approval aboveboard? Is it overpriced?
Is it even necessary? Is it not, in fact, a prime example of the
‘supplier-driven’ projects Lozada referred to when he denounced
the government’s dysfunctional procurement system?” Tinio said.
ACT contends Lapus is in a position to know the
intimate details of the agreement between the Education department
and Nuctech, the Chinese firm that will undertake the
Cyber-Education Project.
-- Jonathan M. Hicap
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