Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission

President Rodrigo Duterte (right) discusses matters with PACC Chairman Dante Jimenez and other PACC officials prior to their oath-taking ceremony at the Malacañang Palace on March 6, 2018.

President Rodrigo Duterte created the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) through Executive Order No. 43 which was signed on October 4, 2017. This was a response to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, and her deputies Melchor Arthur Carandang and Rodolfo Elman pursuing a fact-finding investigation on Duterte's alleged illegal bank deposits worth at least ₱200 million as stated by Senator Antonio Trillanes. Duterte earlier said he would create a commission to have Carpio-Morales and her deputies investigated for possible abuse of power. The PACC enables the President to conduct lifestyle checks and fact-finding on public officials and employees.[2][3]

On December 28, 2018, Duterte issued Executive Order No. 73 which mandates the PACC to recommend complaints of violation against the Anti-Red Tape Act to the Anti-Red Tape Authority.[4]

In September 2021, the National Anti-Corruption Coordinating Council (NACC), a child agency under the PACC, was formed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. The NACC launched the Project Kasangga: Aksyon Kontra Korapsyon, an initiative to improve the detection of anomalous transactions amidst scrutiny on the utilization of the government's funds for the pandemic response by the Duterte administration.[5][6]

Duterte's successor, President Bongbong Marcos abolished the PACC through Executive Order No. 1 on June 30, 2022 as part of a reorganization of agencies under the Office of the President. The PACC's powers and function was transferred to the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs, which shall make recommendations on matters requiring its actions to the Executive Secretary for approval of the President.[7]