Not all of the reports of corrupt activities the Task Force Against Corruption (TFAC) has received involves amounts of at least P1 billion, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra disclosed on Monday, Nov. 16.
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Guevarra said that the TFAC has received a number of corruption complaints and reports.
“But not all these pertain to transactions or projects worth at least P1 billion,” the secretary said.
The secretary noted that the TFAC has received “as of today, around 20 complaints.”
“Many involve DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways)-related projects,” he said
Meanwhile, the secretary said the TFAC will continue to receive corruption reports and complaints.
“The task force operations center is filtering and processing these complaints as they come in,” he added.
Guevarra earlier said the TFAC had set a P1 billion threshold of suspected corrupt activities it intends to investigate.
But the secretary assured that the task force will consider investigating corrupt activities involving less than P1 billion.
“We will also investigate complaints about corrupt practices involving smaller amounts of money but with high impact on the delivery of govt service to the people,” he previously said
President Duterte had issued an Oct. 27 memorandum which directed Guevarra to have the Department of Justice (DOJ) lead a task force to investigate corruption in government until his term ends in June 2022.
Aside from the DOJ, the task force consists of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP), the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), the National Prosecution Service (NPS), the DOJ’s Office of Cybercrime (OOC), and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).