MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants the independent commission that would investigate irregularities in flood control projects to have subpoena power, Malacañang said Thursday.
Marcos wants subpoena power for body investigating flood projects
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Malacañang was finalizing an executive order creating the commission with the authority to issue subpoenas or summon individuals involved in order to carry out the probe effectively.
Marcos wants subpoena power for body investigating flood projects
"The President wants the independent commission to have the subpoena power," Castro said in a Palace press briefing., This news data comes from:http://cjjm.jyxingfa.com
"The President wants the independent commission to be empowered, to be given teeth, so that it can better carry out its mandate," she added.
Marcos had ordered a thorough investigation into flood control projects in the past three years after personally confirming some infrastructure projects to be either substandard or nonexistent.
- Marcos signs mining tax regime law
- Israel expects 1 million Gazans to flee new offensive
- House committee subpoenas Sarah Discaya, 4 other contractors over flood control project anomalies
- LPA off Leyte has low chance of becoming cyclone within 24 hours —Pagasa
- CFO office moves from Quezon City to Pasay
- Discaya says her family owns nine companies
- Putin facing mounting pressure from the West
- Sara mum, but brother thinks Torre removal due to PNP's 'internal conflicts'
- Shooting of Indonesian diplomat in Peru investigated as a contract killing
- Follow the trucks: Why investors are looking south of Metro Manila
