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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 151 - CREATING
A PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS
INVOLVING GRAFT AND CORRUPTION
WHEREAS, the eradication of graft
and corruption has always been a major goal of the government;
WHEREAS, despite the existence of laws against graft and corruption,
and the agencies legally and/or constitutionally mandated enforce these
laws, corruption remains prevalent and poses a very serious problem to
the country;
WHEREAS, minimizing graft and corruption is imperative if Philippines
2000 is to be realized;
WHEREAS, creating a Presidential Commission Against Graft and
Corruption specifically tasked to (a) investigate presidential
appointees charged with graft and corruption; (b) coordinate efforts
toward the eradication of opportunities favorable to the commission of
graft and corruption, and the expeditious prosecution and resolution of
pending graft and corruption cases against officials in the executive
department; and (c) monitor the implementation of the “Moral Recovery
Program” under Proclamation No. 62, dated 30 September 1992, with
emphasis on the family, school, church and media as instruments for
moral regeneration, will effectively demonstrate the political will of
this administration to curb graft and corruption in this country;
WHEREAS, the President, under both the Constitution and the
Administrative Code of 1987, has control of all the executive
departments, bureaus and offices, and is mandated to ensure that the
laws are faithfully executed; and
WHEREAS, Presidential appointees are subject to the disciplinary
authority of the President.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
(a)
The Commissions shall confine
itself to cases of graft and corruption involving one or a combination
of the following criteria:
1.
2.
3.
4.
The
Commission may refer to the Office of the Ombudsman, when warranted and
necessary, any case calling for the investigation and/or prosecution of
the party or parties concerned for violation of anti-graft and
corruption laws.
(b)
The Commission shall also
perform its coordinate functions for the purpose of expediting
resolutions of pending cases or complaints involving graft and
corruption filed against public officials, and causing the expeditious
prosecution of criminal and other cases involving the offering of
inducements, rewards and other benefits by parties outside of the
government.
(c)
The Commission shall assist the
Council of Advisers on Moral Recovery and recommend possible courses of
action which the President may undertake.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6.
Sec. 7.
Sec. 8.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Four.
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