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Aquino rallies support from Filipinos to continue anti-graft fight
December 19, 2013
President Benigno S. Aquino III called on all Filipinos to continue
supporting his administration in its fight against graft and corruption
as he spelled out the measures that his government has initiated to
tackle the problem.
“You have my word: I will continue working towards that goal; and I call on all Filipinos, and all peoples across all continents, to do the same and campaign against corruption,” the President said in his message during the first state conference on the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in Malacanang on Thursday.
“I have full faith that, together, we can build a Philippines—and a world—far more just, and far more inclusive, than ever before.”
The President said that he envisions the time when he leaves public office, and he would be able to say this generation did not choose to subscribe to the old system fueled by greed, self-centeredness, and backroom deals.
Instead, Filipinos have chosen to follow an era of honesty, transparency, and accountability, he said.
The chief executive also spelled out the measures that his government has initiated to eliminate corruption. Among this measures include going after tax evaders and in the past three years, the government has filed a total of 423 cases under the RATS, RATE, and RIPS programs.
RATS stands for Run After the Smugglers, RATE for Run After Tax Evaders, and RIPS is Revenue Integrity Protection Service.
The government also appointed an entirely new set of deputy commissioners to take charge of the Bureau of Customs as well as recalling all personnel in the agency who worked outside their jurisdictions back to their mother units, the President said.
To ensure greater transparency, the Department of Budget and Management instituted the zero-based budgeting system, he said.
Under this system, instead of continuously funding the same projects every year, regardless of their effectiveness, the government commits to study every single project to determine what truly benefit the people.
The government is also studying a National Payroll System that could eliminate payroll padding and ghost employees in the bureaucracy. It will abolish the physical payroll checks and salaries as the money goes directly to employees’ ATM accounts, he said.
And in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda, the government launched a government portal called FAiTH—or the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub, the President said. Through the portal, people from all over the world can find records of aid the national government has received, and track how that aid is coursed through government channels.
“You have my word: I will continue working towards that goal; and I call on all Filipinos, and all peoples across all continents, to do the same and campaign against corruption,” the President said in his message during the first state conference on the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in Malacanang on Thursday.
“I have full faith that, together, we can build a Philippines—and a world—far more just, and far more inclusive, than ever before.”
The President said that he envisions the time when he leaves public office, and he would be able to say this generation did not choose to subscribe to the old system fueled by greed, self-centeredness, and backroom deals.
Instead, Filipinos have chosen to follow an era of honesty, transparency, and accountability, he said.
The chief executive also spelled out the measures that his government has initiated to eliminate corruption. Among this measures include going after tax evaders and in the past three years, the government has filed a total of 423 cases under the RATS, RATE, and RIPS programs.
RATS stands for Run After the Smugglers, RATE for Run After Tax Evaders, and RIPS is Revenue Integrity Protection Service.
The government also appointed an entirely new set of deputy commissioners to take charge of the Bureau of Customs as well as recalling all personnel in the agency who worked outside their jurisdictions back to their mother units, the President said.
To ensure greater transparency, the Department of Budget and Management instituted the zero-based budgeting system, he said.
Under this system, instead of continuously funding the same projects every year, regardless of their effectiveness, the government commits to study every single project to determine what truly benefit the people.
The government is also studying a National Payroll System that could eliminate payroll padding and ghost employees in the bureaucracy. It will abolish the physical payroll checks and salaries as the money goes directly to employees’ ATM accounts, he said.
And in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda, the government launched a government portal called FAiTH—or the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub, the President said. Through the portal, people from all over the world can find records of aid the national government has received, and track how that aid is coursed through government channels.
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