President Rodrigo Duterte assured that the officials involved in the corruption within the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will be held accountable.
In his statement, the president said he would deal with corrupt PhilHealth officials.
According to the president, they may have survived the previous administrations but they will not be able to escape under the Duterte administration.
“Kung nakalusot kayo sa ibang president, sa akin sadsad kayo,” he said.
As for the officials who are innocent and not involved in the anomaly, he said they have nothing to worry about.
“Itong PhilHealth, sabi ko yayariin ko kayo, maniwala kayo. Iyong mga inosente naman, wala kayong dapat i-ano, tahimik lang kayo at continue working,” he noted.
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It can be recalled that the president ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to form a Task Force that will investigate the anomalies in the agency.
The issue about PhilHealth corruption first erupted after resigned PhilHealth anti-fraud legal officer Thorrsson Montes Keith revealed in a Senate hearing that a whopping P15 billion worth of funds have been pocketed by the so-called ‘buwayas‘ in a “syndicate-like” transactions.
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Source: CNN Philippines