MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday rebuked Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president Ricardo Morales over his recent remark that even
“Tanggalin mo lahat ng corrupt, hindi kailangan si Superman!” Sotto, who is leading the Senate investigation into fresh allegations of corruption within PhilHealth, said in a tweet.alleged irregularities in PhilHealth.
But Sotto said that if Morales was “dead serious” about ridding PhilHealth of corruption, he should have fired corrupt officials since the day he was appointed at the helm of the agency. “If you are dead serious about ridding your office of corruption, you should bring the ax on day one,” the Senate president told INQUIRER.net in a text message.In a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Morales admitted that the “systemic” fraud in PhilHealth cannot be solved in one year or even in the few years to come.
“Sabi nga nila, Rome was not built in a day. Hindi mabibgla ‘yan. Pero dahan-dahan magsisimula tayo hanggang makakita tayo ng buwelo, hanggang matututo ang mga tao, hindi na sila gagawa ng mga katiwalian at malilinis natin,” the PhilHealth president in a radio interview. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Morales, a retired Army brigadier general, as PhilHealth president and CEO in July 2019 to supposedly rid the agency of corruption.during the Senate hearing last August 4 that he has yet to fire a single PhilHealth official due to corruption, citing a lack of substantial evidence against them.trust and confidence of DuterteDuterte’s spokesman previously said the chief executive would not fire Morales unless there is evidence linking the latter to corruption.
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