Palace: Duterte to await Task Force probe result on PhilHealth
The Senate had earlier recommended the filing of malversation and other criminal charges against Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, resigned PhilHealth president Ricardo Morales, and other senior officials over the alleged irregularities in the agency.
“Let’s just say that we respect that recommendation of the Senate as an independent body but the President has created a task force that will determine the culpability of individuals. The President will have to await the formal findings of his task force,” Roque told “The Source” on Wednesday. “I’m almost sure that the Senate has transmitted all the evidence it has gathered in the course of its investigation. Whether or not the Task Force will agree with the conclusion, I leave it to the Task Force,” he added.
“Let’s await the recommendations of the Task Force. If the Task Force has a similar recommendation as the Senate, so be it. But for now, the President will defer to the findings of the Task Force,” he said. In his public address on Monday, President Duterte said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra is wrapping up his investigation on the supposed corrupt practices at PhilHealth.“I hope this sad episode in our national life, in our journey towards nation-building will be somehow corrected,” he added.
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