BACOLOD City – Barangays play an important part in the fight against corruption, according to Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) assistant secretary Rosque Calacat.
“We are going down to the barangay level because we are informing the barangay people. We are asking for their assistance to help curb corruption,” Calacat said during the Barangay Summit on Good Governance yesterday at the SMX Convention Center.
He added: “Because kung may korapsyon, it destroys the future talaga. That is why we want to bring it down to the barangay level and ask the [barangays] to be our partners.”
Calacat stressed that the anti-corruption campaign is a priority of President Rodrigo Duterte, a reason that they plan to create the “Bantay Korapsyon sa Barangay” (BKB) program.
The DILG official said they plan to institutionalize the BKB to ensure commitment from village officials./PN
