MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants the independent commission that would investigate irregularities in flood control projects to have subpoena power, Malacañang said Thursday.
Marcos wants subpoena power for body investigating flood projects, This news data comes from:http://www.yamato-syokunin.com
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Malacañang was finalizing an executive order creating the commission with the authority to issue subpoenas or summon individuals involved in order to carry out the probe effectively.
"The President wants the independent commission to have the subpoena power," Castro said in a Palace press briefing.
Marcos wants subpoena power for body investigating flood projects
"The President wants the independent commission to be empowered, to be given teeth, so that it can better carry out its mandate," she added.
Marcos had ordered a thorough investigation into flood control projects in the past three years after personally confirming some infrastructure projects to be either substandard or nonexistent.
- Pope demands end to 'collective punishment' and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza
- 'No way' US troops can invade Venezuela, says Maduro
- NKorea accuses South of ‘serious provocation’
- Taiwan: China illegally deploying oil rigs in its waters
- One in four people lack access to safe drinking water – UN
- Argentina hunts Nazi-looted painting revealed in property ad
- Tariffs, migration and cartels will top Rubio's talks in Mexico and Ecuador this week
- Tourists dice with danger on Hanoi's train street
- Chinese warships shadow Philippine, Australian, Canadian drills in Zambales
- 20 people missing after deadly Indonesia protests
