MANILA - Malacañang on Sunday said "there is no turning back" in the investigation of a task force ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte on alleged corruption in the Philippine Health Insurance Corpora
MANILA - Malacañang on Sunday said "there is no turning back" in the investigation of a task force ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte on alleged corruption in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation amid reports that some of its officials may skip the continuation of the Senate's probe this week.
"As far as the Executive is concerned, the Task Force organized by the Department of Justice, upon the instruction of... Duterte, will proceed in its mandate to investigate...," Roque added. Executive Vice President and COO Arnel De Jesus also sought to be excused from the next Senate hearing, citing several illnesses.
"And if warranted, to recommend the preventive suspension on any official to ensure that the probe of the Task Force would be unhampered," he added.
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