When UGEC and even APO-PU refused to amend the printing contract, he ordered it terminated in November 2016. Yasay claimed a powerful lobby was undertaken to remove him from office because of his opposition to the UGEC contract. Ignored analysisYasay’s successor, Alan Cayetano, totally ignored his predecessor’s analysis and recommendations and did not move at all to amend the UGEC contract. When I asked Alora to comment on the controversy, she replied that APO did not sub-contract UGEC to print the passports. Rather, APO and UGEC have a joint venture for the passport printing favorable to the government agency.

Source: Manila Times January 15, 2019 16:36 UTC