The rising crusade against corrupt
government officials and employees got another boost today with the
launching of a whistleblowing system against corrupt officials and
workers within Government -Owned-or-Controlled Corporations (GOCCs).
In a short ceremony, the Governance
Commission for GOCCs (GCG) officially launched a new memorandum circular
that allows the forwarding of information on any wrongdoing in the GOCC
sector.
Anchored on Memorandum Circular No.
2014-04, or the “Whistleblowing Policy on the GOCC Sector,” which GCG
issued on May 30, 2014, the whistleblowing system provides an ideal
avenue for any potential whistleblower to report corruption in any GOCC,
or other misdeeds committed by GOCC officials or employees. The system
allows the submission of information either openly or anonymously.
The GCG whistleblowing system will
provide potential whistleblowers easy access to GCG communication lines
as well as various reporting channels, such as the GCG website,
confidential meetings with authorized GCG officers, email, mail, short
messaging system, telephone, and fax. A committee comprised of GCG
officers and lawyers will be set up to handle and process
whistleblowers’ information. The system also allows the GCG to assist
whistleblowers from retaliatory actions for the information they
provided.
By encouraging citizens to come forward
and provide information, the whistleblowing system provides the GCG with
another arsenal in its campaign to institute transparency and good
governance in the GOCC sector. Aside from the traditional judicial
institutions, Filipinos now have an additional venue for reporting
misdeeds among GOCC directors, officers, employees, consultants or
contractors whether these are corrupt practices, unethical acts, deeds
that go against good government principles, or those that promote
unsound public corporate practices.
The Whistleblowing Policy is only the
latest a string of good governance and regulatory policies created by
the GCG since it was conceived in 2011 as the central advisory body that
monitors and oversees the public corporate sector.
In keeping with its role as model and
beacon of good governance in the corporate sector, the Whistleblowing
Policy will also apply to the chairman, commissioners, officers and
employees, of the GCG.
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