PAGC brings anti-graft drive to towns, cities

MANILA, Philippines - From national government agencies to regional development councils (RDCs), the implementation of the anti-corruption campaign of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) is going deeper into the communities, this time in towns and cities and their respective barangays.

PAGC chief Secretary Constancia de Guzman said the move to bring the campaign down to the municipal level was aimed at making the implementation of the Integrity Development Action Plan (IDAP) a truly national effort in both scope and character.

“IDAP consists of 22 specific anti-graft measures under four major areas of implementation – corruption prevention, education, deterrence (investigation and enforcement), and strategic partnerships (multi-sectoral involvement) – all constituting the mandate of the PAGC as the President’s arm in eradicating and curbing corruption in the executive branch,” De Guzman said.

“And bringing the IDAP to the provincial towns and cities and their barangays would help make the people understand that fighting corruption is the task not only of PAGC and other anti-corruption bodies, but also of every government (entity) and instrumentality, including all of our citizens,” she added.

PAGC has conducted IDAP briefings in Naga City with 27 barangays, and San Jose City in Nueva Ecija with 37.

Similar IDAP briefings were conducted in Nueva Ecija’s San Isidro town with nine barangays, and Bohol’s Cortez town with 14.

Provincial IDAP briefings were also recently conducted in Albay, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Masbate, and Bohol.