STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE
BERNADETTE “BH†HERRERA-DY
Bagong Henerasyon Party-list
Chair, Committee on Public Information
EO 43 IS A VALID EXERCISE OF PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY POWERS
The now-defunct Presidential Anti-Graft Commission was created and abolished via presidential executive order. The new Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission is created via presidential executive order.
The exercise of presidential plenary power is validly made with EO 43, series of 2017.
EO 43 basically copies the provisions of executive orders that gave the defunct PAGC its composition, powers, and functions.
In addition, EO 43 appropriately mentions and invokes the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, and the Administrative Code of 1987.
It is another step forward by the President in his commitment to the people to get rid of corruption and correct ethics of people in government most especially the regulatory bodies of public utilities like the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage Systems (MWSS), National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Toll Regulatory Board (TRB), etc.
I hope that the EO can withstand any legal review as to its constitutionality. I would also wish that the the right people will be chosen very rigidly and those to be appointed are very good people for its proper and effective implementation. (END)
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