By Prince Golez
Malacañang on Wednesday said it prefers an independent body to investigate the alleged corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DWPH).
People doubt the task force created by Public Works Secretary Mark Villar to probe the anomalies within his agency can succeed because it is the same people investigating one another, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
Roque, however, clarified that Villar’s Task Force Against Graft and Corruption, chaired by Assistant Secretary Meljohn Versoza, head of the agency’s Legal Services and Special Concerns unit, was a “step towards the right direction.”
The secretary, he added, has the “necessary resources and capability” to make his task force work.
“In any organization, you need to have a mechanism for internal accountability. The police has it, and I don’t see any reason why the DPWH should have one,” according to him.
“But, this initial step is without prejudice to whatever the President may order in the near future. It’s not inconceivable that another task force on DPWH may be formed by the President in the same way that we formed one for the PhilHealth,” he concluded.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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