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NBI chief Rojas resigns amid probe on Napoles arrest tip issue
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(Updated 8:45 p.m.) National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Nonnatus Rojas tendered his irrevocable resignation Monday as two of his men are poised to face an investigation for allegedly informing a high-profile fugitive of her impending arrest, a report on GMA News TV's "Balitanghali" said.
The report said a teary-eyed Rojas announced his resignation at a brief press conference inside his office Monday noon. He reportedly refused to entertain questions from reporters and immediately left after the briefing.
Rojas's resignation came in light of the investigation being conducted on the bureau in connection with the alleged tip received by controversial businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles regarding her impending arrest over a serious illegal detention case.
Two NBI officials who allegedly tipped Napoles off about her arrest are now under investigation following orders from President Benigno Aquino III.
GMA News reporter Emil Sumangil quoted Rojas as saying that he resigned to give way to the investigation.
NBI bureau chiefs and division heads, meanwhile, were surprised with Rojas's decision.
“Nabigla rin kami nung narinig ko. Ngayon ko lang narinig na nag-tender nga sya ng resignation. Hindi ko pa alam kung ano ang susunod na mangyayari,” said Cecilio Zamora, NBI spokesman, an interview on "Balitanghali."
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Rojas's immediate supervisor, said she will ask Aquino not to accept Rojas's resignation.
"I’m preparing a transmittal memorandum to the President because that’s addressed to him with the recommendation not to accept it,” she told reporters in an interview.
De Lima said Aquino was just misquoted by a newspaper when it reported that the government was readying the filing of charges against the two NBI officials. She said that the President was referring to those legislators who were being investigated by the NBI.
“He (Rojas) feels that it’s the most honorable thing to do because of the cloud of doubt being cast or that may have been cast, on the NBI as institution and on him as the leader of the institution. It goes to show that he is very principled, that he has delicadeza,” she said.
Rojas took his oath as the 20th director of the NBI on July 25, 2012. A lawyer by profession, he was previously NBI officer-in-charge and chairman of the Regional Prosecutors Council. — Amita Legaspi and Carmela G. Lapeña/KBK, GMA News
The report said a teary-eyed Rojas announced his resignation at a brief press conference inside his office Monday noon. He reportedly refused to entertain questions from reporters and immediately left after the briefing.
Rojas's resignation came in light of the investigation being conducted on the bureau in connection with the alleged tip received by controversial businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles regarding her impending arrest over a serious illegal detention case.
Two NBI officials who allegedly tipped Napoles off about her arrest are now under investigation following orders from President Benigno Aquino III.
GMA News reporter Emil Sumangil quoted Rojas as saying that he resigned to give way to the investigation.
NBI bureau chiefs and division heads, meanwhile, were surprised with Rojas's decision.
“Nabigla rin kami nung narinig ko. Ngayon ko lang narinig na nag-tender nga sya ng resignation. Hindi ko pa alam kung ano ang susunod na mangyayari,” said Cecilio Zamora, NBI spokesman, an interview on "Balitanghali."
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Rojas's immediate supervisor, said she will ask Aquino not to accept Rojas's resignation.
"I’m preparing a transmittal memorandum to the President because that’s addressed to him with the recommendation not to accept it,” she told reporters in an interview.
De Lima said Aquino was just misquoted by a newspaper when it reported that the government was readying the filing of charges against the two NBI officials. She said that the President was referring to those legislators who were being investigated by the NBI.
“He (Rojas) feels that it’s the most honorable thing to do because of the cloud of doubt being cast or that may have been cast, on the NBI as institution and on him as the leader of the institution. It goes to show that he is very principled, that he has delicadeza,” she said.
Rojas took his oath as the 20th director of the NBI on July 25, 2012. A lawyer by profession, he was previously NBI officer-in-charge and chairman of the Regional Prosecutors Council. — Amita Legaspi and Carmela G. Lapeña/KBK, GMA News
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