Whatever happened to: National Anti-Corruption Coordinating Council

This undated photo shows Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) chairman Greco Belgica.

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MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus pandemic saw the Duterte government name "czars" and create task forces to address its problems and to have designated point persons to report directly to the president.

One such task force was the National Anti-Corruption Coordinating Council, which the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission formed while senators grilled the Department of Health in 2021 over deficiencies flagged by the Commission on Audit.

This came eight months after President Rodrigo Duterte already ordered the creation of a high-level inter-agency task force to probe the "entire government" of corruption. That body, headed by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, was initially called the "mega task force" against corruption.

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