“We wish to inform and assure him that this is not in anyway a political move to derail his candidacy or any personal matter,” Cruz said in an email.
Cruz said he respect Cing but added that the Department of Public Lands’ issuance of a quit claim deed for a 1.5-hectare agricultural homestead lot to former Labor and Immigration Secretary Raynaldo M. Cing, the congressional candidate’s brother, is a serious matter.
Raynaldo M. Cing is also the brother-in-law of DPL Secretary John Del Rosario.
Former Senator Cing said he will pursue his campaign until the issue involving his brother is cleared, adding that he will ask the Senate to take immediate action to resolve the controversy.
Cruz said issuance of quit claim should be investigated because public lands “are becoming scarce and are diminishing at high rate.”
Taotao Tano, he said, is looking into the possibility that DPL is being managed and operated by its department head.
“Where is the advisory board that was supposedly created when Public Law 15-2 took affect,” he asked.
Last week, Senate invited Del Rosario to a hearing regarding public land issue.
Cruz said the Senate hearing also gave his group an opportunity to discuss concerns regarding the recent termination of eight DPL employees, and accountability and responsibility in the management and disposition of public lands.
