PRESIDENT MARCOS SIGNS EO 94 CREATING INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 94, creating the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), a fact-finding body mandated to investigate alleged corruption, irregularities, and misuse of funds in government flood control and related projects within the last 10 years, amid mounting concerns that have eroded public trust.

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The President said that the move is in line with his administration's commitment to uphold honesty and integrity in public service, consistent with the constitutional mandate that public office is a public trust.

“The Administration is firmly committed to maintaining honesty and integrity in public service, and will take decisive measures to repress and hold accountable government officials and employees, and any other individual, who engage in graft, corrupt practices, or other acts that undermine the national interest and betray the people’s trust,” the President said in a six-page EO.

Under the EO, the ICI will be composed of a Chairperson and two Members “of proven competence, integrity, probity, and independence.” A Secretariat headed by an Executive Director with the rank of Undersecretary will provide administrative and technical support.