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.
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.
Marcos wants subpoena power for body investigating flood projects
"The President wants the independent commission to be empowered, to be given teeth, so that it can better carry out its mandate," she added., This news data comes from:http://wax-ip-yro-jeto.052298.com
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
- Seoul says fired warning shots after North Korean troops crossed border
- China displays its weaponry in a tightly controlled military parade
- Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
- Mexican boxer Chavez Jr. released from prison pending trial
- LPA has big chance of intensifying into tropical cyclone to be named ‘Kiko’
- Sri Lanka's jailed ex-president Wickremesinghe granted bail
- SEARCH WARRANT
- Pasig fire kills child, injures mother as she tries to save him
- Taiwan: China illegally deploying oil rigs in our waters
- Marcos willing to submit to a lifestyle check
