The way they are
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Given Noynoy Aquino’s track record in closing his eyes to the many allegations leveled against some of his appointees, and insisting on retaining them while brushing away such charges as unfounded and baseless, or that the appointed officials have already explained the charges to him with him saying he was satisfied with their explanations, abolishing the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC), the agency tasked to probe graft and corruption of presidential appointees in his executive department and in government-owned and -controlled corporations, and giving this task to his deputy executive secretary for legal affairs that is directly under him, can hardly be seen as strengthening the fight against graft and corruption in government.
The executive order that abolished the PAGC stated that this would enable the Office of the President to directly investigate graft and corrupt cases of presidential appointees and at the same time streamline the government bureaucracy “to promote economy and efficiency in government,” adding that the PAGC was a redundancy,” referring to the Office of the Ombudsman that is mandated to probe government officials. So isn’t the new division created also a redundancy?.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101125com2.html
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