Nabuo na ng Department of Justice (DoJ) ang high level task force para imbestigahan ang anomalya sa Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
Sa statement na ipinadala ni DoJ Usec. at Spokesman Markk Perete, sinabi nitong ang Task Force PhilHealth ay binuo ni Justice Sec. Menardo Guevarra dahil na rin sa direktiba ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na bumuo ng task force na mag-iimbestiga sa katiwalian sa Philhealth.
Makikipag-ugnayan din umano ang DoJ sa National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) para suportahan ang Task Force PhilHealth sa kanilang isasagawang imbestigasyon.
Iimbestigahan ng task force ang mga napaulat na maanomalyang aktibidad sa PhilHealth kabilang na ang kanilang mga regional offices.
Kasama rin sa trabaho ng binuong task force ang pagpapabilis sa ongoing investigations at special audits at ang isasagawang pagsusuri sa existing IT system ng ahensiya.
Magsasagawa raw sila ng lifestyle checks sa mga key PhilHealth personnel at aalamin ang kanilang financial transactions.
Kapag may sapat na ebidensiya ay sasampahan ang mga ito ng administrative at anti-graft cases.
Puwede rin umanong suspendehin muna ng task force ang ilang personnel habang isinasagawa ang imbestigasyon.
Makikipag-coordinate din umano ang task force sa ilang government offices gaya ng Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) para sa imbestigasyon.
Kaninang umaga nang naglabas ang Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng memorandum para atasan ang DoJ na bumuo ng task force para imbestigahan ang anomalya sa Philhealth.
“Earlier today, President Duterte issued a Memorandum directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to organize a panel that will investigate various allegations of corruption hounding the PhilHealth. In his Memorandum, the President empowered the DOJ to, among others, “require other agencies and instrumentalities of the government” to participate in the panel’s work and to “seek the assistance of constitutional commissions and other independent government bodies. Upon the order of President Rodrigo Roa Durterte, Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra has formed Task Force PhilHealth. The inter-agency task force will investigate allegations of anomalies and corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Secretary Guevarra will head the task force which counts the Office of the Ombudsman, Commission on Audit, Civil Service Commission and the Office of the President as its members. The National Bureau of Investigation and the Anti-Money Laundering Council, among other agencies, are also being tapped to support Task Force PhilHealth in its work. The task force will probe reported anomalous activities in the PhilHealth and its regional offices. Its work will include speeding up ongoing investigations and special audits, recommending necessary personnel movements at the PhilHealth, and examination of the corporation’s existing IT system. It will conduct lifestyle checks on key PhilHealth personnel and examine their financial transactions, and file administrative and anti-graft cases as may be warranted. It can also preventively suspend personnel as necessitated by its investigation. The task force will discharge these functions in close collaboration with other relevant offices, such as the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission. Earlier today, President Duterte issued a Memorandum directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to organize a panel that will investigate various allegations of corruption hounding the PhilHealth. In his Memorandum, the President empowered the DOJ to, among others, “require other agencies and instrumentalities of the government” to participate in the panel’s work and to “seek the assistance of constitutional commissions and other independent government bodies,” base sa statement na ipinadala ni DoJ Usec. Perete.
