Arroyo vows to pass anti-corruption law
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
MANILA, Mar 11 (Reuters): Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, under pressure from a bubbling graft scandal, said Tuesday she would ask Congress to pass an anti-corruption reform act this year.
"On our part, we will hold officials accountable, if they are found to be corrupt after due process," Arroyo told cabinet members and lawmakers in a ceremony to sign this year's 1.2 trillion peso ($29 billion) budget.
"Let the chips fall where they may as investigations are concluded and friend and foe alike are brought to account for their actions in the proper courts."
"On our part, we will hold officials accountable, if they are found to be corrupt after due process," Arroyo told cabinet members and lawmakers in a ceremony to sign this year's 1.2 trillion peso ($29 billion) budget.
"Let the chips fall where they may as investigations are concluded and friend and foe alike are brought to account for their actions in the proper courts."