Manila – President Rodrigo Duterte will conduct his own investigation into the two Cabinet officials who were allegedly involved in corruption, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.
Panelo added the President wanted to validate the report and recommendation forwarded by Presidential Anti-Corruption (PACC) commissioner Greco Belgica to the Office of the President.
“Papa-imbestigahan iyan ni Presidente, i-validate niya iyon. May independent muna na validation,” Panelo said.
Belgica said the two Cabinet officials – whom he refused to identify – were being investigated by the PACC since early this year.
“I’m bound by the rules. I can’t discuss the case kung ano ang kaso at findings namin. It has to go through due process,” Belgica added.
Duterte earlier said he will not tolerate even a “whiff” of corruption from any government employee.
Since the start of his term in 2016, Duterte has sacked several government officials whose names were linked to corruption./PN
