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The government is probing P67.1 billion in funds released by the previous administration for the rehabilitation of areas in Eastern Visayas ravaged by super typhoon “Yolanda,” the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) said.
Based on data obtained from the Department of Budget and Management, P41.88 billion of the funds were provided by government agencies, P24.83 billion were coursed through government-owned and -controlled corporations and another P405.43 million were contributions from other Executive offices.
“We can assure the public that results will be out by October. If we will not be able to do it in six months, we will resign,” PACC chairman Dante Jimenez said after discussing the timeline with Commissioner Manuelito Luna.
President Rodrigo Duterte created the PACC in October 2017 through Executive Order 43 in a bid to rid the government of corrupt public officials.
“Yolanda” hit the country on 8 November 2013, resulting in destruction to most of central Visayas and killing more than 6,300 people and leaving more than 4.4 million people displaced and homeless.
The epicenter of destruction was in Tacloban City, the regional hub of the Eastern Visayas region, which was hit by a back-to-back storm surge resulting in most of the casualties being found in the city.
The PACC said it is in the stage of completing the fact-finding mission on the post-“Yolanda” rehabilitation which will be completed within six months.
The fact-finding process started through an inquiry involving six national government agencies tasked to carry out post-disaster recovery works.
Public help sought
“I assure the public that something will happen out of this investigation. Send to us evidence of corruption and try us,” Jimenez said.
The PACC also held a closed-door meeting with key regional officials of the National Housing Authority, Departments of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Electrification Administration and the Local Water Utilities Authority.
“We will not let our people down. The impact of super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ is very significant with the loss of so many lives and billions of worth of properties,” Luna told reporters.
The PACC will also consider findings of previous and ongoing investigations of national government agencies, such as the Social Housing Finance Corp. (SHFC).
The SHFC has filed cases against community mortgage program mobilizer Siony Sia, after hundreds of housing beneficiaries complained of land acquisition, non-remittance of payments and illegal collection of fees from housing recipients.
Jimenez asked “Yolanda” survivors to send post-disaster rehabilitation corruption information, photos, videos and other evidences via email at records@pacc.gov.ph.
The PACC will also send a team to gather data, make reports and send the report to the PACC en banc. The inquiry is part of PACC’s dialogues in the regions to “bring the Commission closer to the people,” according to Jimenez.
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