He isn't in office yet, but he already knows his targets.
When he spoke to
reporters in an impromptu press conference in Davao City on Mon night, May 23,
incoming President Rodrigo Duterte identified what he referred to as the three
most corrupt government agences: the the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Bureau
of Customs (BOC), and Land Transportation Office (LTO).
In an ABS-CBNnews.com
report, Duterte was quoted as saying, "I'm very sorry pero
sabihin ko sa inyo, isa sa pinaka-corrupt na agency ang (but I have to tell
you, among the most corrupt agencies are the) BIR, Customs, LTO — iyang tatlong
iyan (those three)... I-abolish ko na lang para wala na (I want to abolish them
so they'll no longer exist)."
Duterte also slammed
the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for being useless. The report
noted: "He said thet the agency cannot combat illegal drugs because many
of its own officials are embroiled in the narcotics trade. He added that a
high-ranking PDEA officer needs to be sacked from the agency because of alleged
connivance with drug syndicates."
Duterte wants military
personnel to take over PDEA. He also wants military men to lead the Bureau of
Immigration (BI) and the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), which maintains the New
Bilibid Prison (NBP).
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