online petition of the Former Senior Government Officials (FSGOs) on the PDAF.


Dear Peace Advocates,

Kindly consider signing the online petition of the Former Senior Government Officials (FSGOs) on the PDAF.  It is a collective call for three very doable things that can begin to extract accountability from those who have abused public trust and public funds.

1. For the Office of the Ombudsman to conduct an impartial investigation of the grave misuse of the PDAF.
2. For the Senators and Representatives implicated in the scam to clear their names by voluntarily subjecting themselves to an impartial official investigation by the Ombudsman to determine the extent of their actual involvement in the P10 B scam.
3. For the President to constitute a special committee composed of representatives of DBM, DOJ, and the private sector to review the PDAF process and to recommend safeguards to ensure that the PDAF is not further abused.
 
The last doable can and should also help address the fall out against legitimate CSOs that CODENGO in an earlier statement called out against.

We hope to see you online to help us in this petition.

Maraming Salamat po!

Tanya
 

 
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Maxine Tanya M. Hamada
International Center for Innovation, Transformation 
and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov)
and
Young Public Servants
Unit 1110 Prestige Tower, F. Ortigas Jr. Rd.,
Ortigas Center, Pasig

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