The Manila Times

‘Drive vs corruption will spare no one’

- CORRUPTION JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA

DANTE Jimenez, chairman of the Presidenti­al Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) on Wednesday vowed to comply with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to spare no one in the campaign against corruption.

Jimenez, who took his oath as head of the PACC Tuesday along with other members of the com- mission, said even those who claimed to be close to the President will be investigat­ed.

“The commission will spare no

one and would pursue any possible leads that may result in Jimenez said in an interview. “The commission is answerable only to the President of the Philippine­s. We will be his work force in compiling, evaluating, preparing possible complaints against all presidenti­al appointees.”

While he admitted that a challengin­g task awaits the commission, the PACC will help the government get rid of corruption.

Jimenez was the founding chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption - tive in helping victims of heinous in government.

The VACC was behind the filing of technical malversati­on cases against former president Benigno Aquino 3rd and former Budget secretary Florencio Abad in connection with the Disburseme­nt Accelerati­on drugs charges against Sen. Leila de Lima.

In February, the VACC and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constituti­on filed criminal charges against Aquino and other members of his cabinet over the P3.5 billion Dengvaxia controvers­y.

Jimenez said as part of the preparatio­ns for the activation of the commission, the VACC organized an anti-corruption summit that brought together the private sector and the government to map out plans to confront corruption.

“The job is daunting. It is fraught with dangers. As the President has always said, ‘I cannot do it alone’. Indeed, it requires our common against corruption,” Jimenez said in his speech during the oathtaking ceremony.

The PACC will investigat­e administra­tive cases against government personnel.

 ?? MALACAÑANG PHOTO ?? OFFICIALLY IN President Rodrigo Duterte swears into office officials of the Presidenti­al Anti- Corruption Commission led by its chairman Dante Jimenez (right).
MALACAÑANG PHOTO OFFICIALLY IN President Rodrigo Duterte swears into office officials of the Presidenti­al Anti- Corruption Commission led by its chairman Dante Jimenez (right).

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