PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s former campaign spokesman Peter Tiu Laviña has resigned as administrator of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) amid allegations of corruption.

“NIA Administrator Peter Laviña has tendered his resignation amidst attempts to vilify, discredit and malign him and to spare the President from any embarrassment due to these attempts,” presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella told reporters, quoting a statement from Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr.