Duterte plans to create new body to monitor goods, services procurement
Published Sep 16, 2018 06:59 pm
By Genalyn Kabiling
In bid to put a stop to the "insanity of corruption" in the bureaucracy, President Duterte is planning to create a new body that will monitor the government’s procurement of goods and services.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (ACE MORANDANTE/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
The President said he would assign five competent persons to the new group to implement a system of "checks and balances” on purchases made by government agencies.
"I will create a body (to monitor) procurement…this will be a, not really a superbody, just tawagin ko lang ‘yan checks and balances. Lahat ng purchases ng gobyerno ," Duterte said during a situation briefing on the aftermath of typhoon Ompong in Cagayan.
Duterte said keeping tabs on all government purchases would help eliminate ghost deliveries and misuse of Special Allotment Release Orders (SAROs).
"The insanity of corruption must really stop," he said.
“Malaman ko kung may nabayad, dumating ba o hindi para wala ng ghost deliveries, walang imbento ng mga SARO-SARO, wala na lahat. There has to be a system ," he added.
Duterte said he was just waiting for the retirement of some people from the service who would be appointed to the body. He explained he preferred military men because they follow orders.
"I think if I can just assemble five simple men who are adept to accounting and of course audit is very important we can survive," he said.
Duterte made the proposal after expressing anew his opposition to the lowest bid rule in government procurement. He said such rule has brought only "degradation" in the country.
"It's a purgatory that somehow the government must correct," he said.
He said the country could not be as progressive as other nations if corruption is not stopped and law and order are not sustained.
Duterte previously asked Congress to amend the government procurement law to put premium on quality of goods instead the choosing the lowest bid. He said the lowest price for goods and services sometimes meant low quality of service.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (ACE MORANDANTE/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
The President said he would assign five competent persons to the new group to implement a system of "checks and balances” on purchases made by government agencies.
"I will create a body (to monitor) procurement…this will be a, not really a superbody, just tawagin ko lang ‘yan checks and balances. Lahat ng purchases ng gobyerno ," Duterte said during a situation briefing on the aftermath of typhoon Ompong in Cagayan.
Duterte said keeping tabs on all government purchases would help eliminate ghost deliveries and misuse of Special Allotment Release Orders (SAROs).
"The insanity of corruption must really stop," he said.
“Malaman ko kung may nabayad, dumating ba o hindi para wala ng ghost deliveries, walang imbento ng mga SARO-SARO, wala na lahat. There has to be a system ," he added.
Duterte said he was just waiting for the retirement of some people from the service who would be appointed to the body. He explained he preferred military men because they follow orders.
"I think if I can just assemble five simple men who are adept to accounting and of course audit is very important we can survive," he said.
Duterte made the proposal after expressing anew his opposition to the lowest bid rule in government procurement. He said such rule has brought only "degradation" in the country.
"It's a purgatory that somehow the government must correct," he said.
He said the country could not be as progressive as other nations if corruption is not stopped and law and order are not sustained.
Duterte previously asked Congress to amend the government procurement law to put premium on quality of goods instead the choosing the lowest bid. He said the lowest price for goods and services sometimes meant low quality of service.