MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants the independent commission that would investigate irregularities in flood control projects to have subpoena power, Malacañang said Thursday.
Marcos wants subpoena power for body investigating flood projects
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Malacañang was finalizing an executive order creating the commission with the authority to issue subpoenas or summon individuals involved in order to carry out the probe effectively.
"The President wants the independent commission to have the subpoena power," Castro said in a Palace press briefing.
"The President wants the independent commission to be empowered, to be given teeth, so that it can better carry out its mandate," she added.
Marcos had ordered a thorough investigation into flood control projects in the past three years after personally confirming some infrastructure projects to be either substandard or nonexistent., This news data comes from:http://maaf-esic-kqm-ik.redcanaco.com
- Argentina hunts Nazi-looted painting revealed in property ad
- Lacson wants 1-year 'experiment' to break cycle of corruption in the budget process
- Petitioners challenge claim NAIA fees lowest in Southeast Asia
- Peace efforts in limbo as Kyiv mourns 23 dead
- Dizon asks DOJ to issue immigration lookout bulletin to 26 DPWH officials and contractors
- French couple kept panther that roamed nearby rooftops
- Red Cross head says mass evacuation of Gaza City 'impossible'
- Indonesia protests put spotlight on paramilitary police force
- ‘Gomez ignorant of how media works’
- La Niña may return but temperatures will remain high, UN says
