Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III ordered all Finance offices and attached agencies to closely work with the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission to catch the “big fishes” involved in high-stake white-collar crimes.
Dominguez also called on the PACC led by Dante Jimenez, who is the founding chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, to focus the investigations on those involved in anomalous government contracts so it can make prudent use of its limited time and resources in the remaining half of the Duterte presidency.
“We have limited amount of time. I’m not saying we should not go after the small ones, but you know, if you only have so much time, we better go after the big ones first because of its many effects on the economy,” Dominguez said during a recent briefing held by PACC for DOF officials.
The PACC has been instructed by President Duterte to make the rounds of government offices to inform public officials and employees of the commission’s mandate and mission.