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Corruption in Malacanang

VALENCIA, Bukidon–The Crusade for Clean Government, a volunteer anti-corruption watchdog sees   corruption happening right at the very seat of power – in Malacanang.
Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) says two cabinet secretaries are now under investigation for corruption, and more –with   around 200 government officials are listed for alleged involvement  in corruption.
With this sad note, corruption remains pervasive as ever   despite the effort of President Duterte  to curb this malpractice in his three years  of  ascendancy.
Because of insatiable greed, these workers in government had continuously betrayed — one after the other — their pledged of incorruptibility before President Duterte.
Corruption in government is massive and packed with immense power and dominance, placing the Philippines   in the list of most corrupt countries in Asia.
This menace is  a fight of man’s indefatigable greed, where power corrupts,   and where the powerful is corrupted in high places and down to the last man in public service.
  That said, there is one  thing  Malacanang  needs to  address in earnest — and that is the  drive  against graft and corruption in all fronts of  the bureaucracy.  
Netizens are therefore encouraged by Malacanang to help fight corruption and for complaints, the Presidential Complaint Center (PCC), a front line desk in the Office of the President serves as a liaison unit.
It connects  with various departments and agencies of the government and private institutions/companies on all requests for assistance, and information, as well as complaints and grievances of the general public.
 Indeed, the fight to clean the bureaucracy  of graft and corruption remains one of Duterte’s headaches. (Editor’ note: The writer is the lead convenor of the Crusade for Clean Government, a volunteer anti-corruption watchdog and former president of Cagayan de Oro Press Club) ([email protected])

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