By Prince Golez
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation to publish all procurement transactions in newspapers, even its purchase of paper clips.
In his public address Monday night, Duterte required all government agencies involved in coronavirus response efforts to publish their procurement notices in the newspapers.
“In view of the ‘yung sama ng loob ng tao itong sa PhilHealth na ito. Lalo na itong PhilHealth, maski paperclip i-publish ninyo at sino ‘yung bidder na mag-supply ng paperclip, maski isa. Isabi mo diyan sa newspaper para mabasa. So I hope that I have made myself clear on this,” the Chief Executive said, who earlier directed the Justice department to form a task force that would investigate the alleged corruption issued hounding the state health insurer.
Duterte also asked Congress to put up measures to ensure that coronavirus-related funds are being spent for its purpose.
“I urge Congress, ilagay na ninyo ang lahat ng safety measures para walang palpak. Kung gusto ninyo ‘yon na, ‘yung sabi ko itong sa newspaper pati ‘yung sa disbursement. Kapag hindi pa kayo kuntento, tawagin ninyo at ipa-explain ninyo kung ano ‘yang disbursement na ‘yan. Kung saan pupunta at anong benefit na makuha ng tao.
“I am willing to give way at saka kung gusto ninyo ng accounting for every transaction, puwede rin. It might cost a lot of time for the bureaucracy but if you want every transaction to be audited right away, we can do that,” he concluded.
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Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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