Duterte slams 3 gov’t agencies for allegedly being ‘most corrupt’

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 agencies: 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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