Duterte fires, suspends all officials recommended by anti-corruption body: chief

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rHGMiWUJArU?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has acted on all recommendations of his anti-corruption body, its chief said Wednesday.Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) chief Greco Belgica said his department has recommended some 60 government officials to be suspended or removed from their post.&quot;Modestly I’d say 100 percent. Lahat ng nirerekomenda namin sa pangulo sinisibak niya (he fires everyone we recommend to him),&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Early Edition.&quot;In fact there are people and officials that we recommended to be suspended but when it got to the President, he fired them.&quot;Belgica, however, refused to name the &quot;high-ranking&quot; officials, who he said were Cabinet and Assistant Secretaries.Cabinet officials that have cases at the anti-corruption body and were transferred to another position are still being investigated, he said.&quot;Our recommendation goes straight to the President. Senator (Bong) Go and I raise it to the president personally bukod pa sa (aside from the) official route through Executive Secretary (Salvador) Medialdea. And the President acts very swiftly,&quot; he added.The PACC earlier said it was conducting a “lifestyle check” on at least 200 government officials, which was separate from its investigation on top officials of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, which Duterte recently accused of “massive corruption.”<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/14/19/over-200-govt-officials-under-pacc-lifestyle-check">Over 200 gov’t officials under PACC ‘lifestyle check’</a></li></ul>Belgica said the PACC has created a task force along with the National Bureau of Investigation, Anti-Money Laundering Council, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, and the police&#x27;s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to help in the conduct of lifestyle checks.

President Rodrigo Duterte has acted on all recommendations of his anti-corruption body, its chief said Wednesday.

President Rodrigo Duterte has acted on all recommendations of his anti-corruption body, its chief said Wednesday.

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Duterte fires, suspends all officials recommended by anti-corruption body: chief

Gillan Ropero,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 21, 2019 10:06 AM PHT

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