The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), which President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to create five months ago, is still not in operation, Palace spokesperson Harry Roque said Jan. 9. (See VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Anti-graft body still not in operation five months since after Duterte’s urgent vow)
Since Corazon Aquino, different commissions under different administrations have been set up to investigate corruption.
Here’s a timeline.
Sources:
GR No. 192935, Biraogo vs. Truth Commission, Dec. 7, 2010
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