President Rodrigo Duterte will accept whatever findings of the multi-agency task force he created to investigate allegations of corruption within the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Malacañang assured on Monday.
“Only the President can answer that question but I doubt it, kasi binigyan niya nga po ng kapangyarihan na maging fact-finding yung task force na binuo niya, no” said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque when asked about how the President will handle the task force’s findings.
[Only the President can answer that question but I doubt it, because he gave the task force, which he built, fact-finding (powers).]
“And I think dahil siya naman ang bumuo diyan (since he was the one who created it), he will accept the findings of his own task force.”
Early August, the president ordered the creation of this multi-agency task force to focus on conducting probes on issues hounding the state-run insurer.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra leads the task force, whose members are top officials from the Office of the Ombudsman, Commission on Audit, Civil Service Commission, Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission, Office of the Special Assistant to the President, Anti-Money Laundering Council, National Bureau of Investigation and National Prosecution Service.
“Sa tingin ko naman po, rerespetuhin ni Presidente kung meron mang ebidensyang mahanap ang task force regardless of who is involved,” Roque said, when asked about the involvement of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.
[I think the President will respect whatever evidence the task force will find regardless of who is involved.]
