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COA's Heidi Mendoza to head UN internal watchdog

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon intends to appoint Heidi Mendoza to a ‘5-year, non-renewable term’ as Undersecretary-General for Internal Services
 
Paterno Esmaquel II
October 06, 2015


NEW UN OFFICIAL. United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon intends to appoint Heidi Mendoza (R), a commissioner of the Philippines' Commission on Audit, as head of the UN's internal watchdog. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (L) named Mendoza as COA commissioner in 2011. File photo by Rey Baniquet/Malacanang Photo Bureau
 
MANILA, Philippines – United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named Heidi Mendoza, a commissioner of the Philippines’ Commission on Audit (COA), as the new head of the UN’s internal watchdog.

In a statement Monday, October 5, the UN said Ban “informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Heidi Mendoza of the Philippines as the new Undersecretary-General for Internal Services for a 5-year, non-renewable term.”

Mendoza begins to serve in this role “once the UN General Assembly gives its expected formal approval,” the Associated Press reported.

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Mendoza has served COA for more than two decades, and was appointed commissioner in March 2011.

She shot to fame after helping probe corruption allegations in 2011 against two former comptrollers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines – Carlos Garcia and Jacinto Ligot.

Later, she served as an expert witness during the impeachment trial of then Philippine chief justice Renato Corona in 2012.

She is also a government witness in the trial of Elenita Binay, wife of Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay, over corruption charges before the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan. – Rappler.com

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