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.
"The President wants the independent commission to have the subpoena power," Castro said in a Palace press briefing., This news data comes from:http://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 wants subpoena power for body investigating flood projects
- Israel military says controls 40 percent of Gaza City
- Recto: No exemption for US tech firms from digital tax
- Support grows for independent probe into flood control projects
- Lacson: House can't return proposed 2026 budget to Palace
- Israeli forces seize nearly 0,000 in West Bank raid
- House probe tackles flood control corruption: Lawmakers disclose conflicts of interest
- Earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 610 people and injures 1,300
- MMDA asks LTO to sanction motorist in altercation with traffic enforcer in San Juan
- DBP launches P50M program for education
- Most Filipinos distrust China, see it as biggest threat — OCTA survey
