The Bureau of Immigration on Friday announced the deactivation of its Port Operations Division or POD following its greenlighting by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla in a bid to streamline the bureau’s operational structure.
BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the deactivation of the POD removed “the centralized authority over all airports” while exacting accountability on the BI airport terminal heads.
With the new setup, the BI terminal heads will be directly responsible for the operation and management of their areas.
The POD has had a complex organizational system aside from the redundant and overlapping functions of its personnel and officials, Tansingco noted in his assessment submitted last 2 February to Secretary Remulla.
The BI chief said he saw that accountability had been diluted with each head reporting to multiple superiors.
“This way (POD removal), we will have a leaner management system, and would be able to pinpoint problems, as well as properly commend those doing a good job,” he said.
“We are thankful for the support of SoJ (Secretary of Justice Jesus Crispin Remulla) in our proposal. We appreciate that he has seen the wisdom of reorganizing this problematic system, that needs new solutions,” he added.