Today October 31, was the turnover for Gen Guerrero’s transition to the Bureau of Customs (BOC) turf. When it comes to leadership, it is critical to get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off of the bus, and the right people in the right seats. Well, this is going to take everything that Guerrero has under that helmet to be able to confront this matter.
Well, the BOC continues to provide the best glimpse into a past where we often heard the new chief in his acceptance speech that he will initiate reforms and cleanse the agency of corruption, blab la bla. Sadly, the Filipino people always found later that commitment has more myth than reality.
Admittedly, Gen Guerrero hunkers down for the fight of his life. I figured that in handling the leadership of the BOC, it’s like playing the game of a Russian roulette. You do not know when the gun of temptation you put on your temple will fire as you squeeze it every time you make a decision. But as long as you are there as the BOC Chief, that gun on your head is certain to fire and blow your head off because you will eventually succumb to the temptation in hundreds of millions one day.
The Everest picture of corruption in the BOC is likened to the swinging door that when you push it open, it will automatically swing back and forth.
There is no substitute for the popular truism: if you want to do it right, do it yourself. PRRD is the only person like Alexander the Great who can cut the Gordian knot with one fell swoop of a sword in the BOC. As President, he can be the concurrent Chief of the BOC.
This formula is not novel because PRRD had done it in Typhoon Ompong with Francis Tolentino as the Point Man. But PDU30 was on top of everything as he monitored the path of typhoon Ompong. That’s why everything that could be seen as the worse scenario in times of disaster turned into a fantastic one. They coordinated with each other seeing to it everything is going well.
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