source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
MANILA
- The Philippines will share its anti-corruption practices to parliamentarians
from 78 countries as it hosts a conference of the Global Parliamentarians
Against Corruption (GOPAC) this week.
Sen.
Edgardo Angara, vice chairman of the GOPAC Executive Committee, said 429
members of parliament from various countries will attend the conference at the
Philippine International Convention Center from January 30 to February 2.
Angara
believes the Philippines has a lot to share to the world when it comes to
measures combating corruption.
"We
are very advanced in anti-corruption laws," he said in an interview last
Friday, January 25. "In the whole of Southeast Asia, we lead in terms of
not only numbers but also in scope covering good behavior and better
governance."
Angara
cited as examples the country's laws on the conduct of public servants and the
declaration of public officials' wealth, the anti-graft law, and the creation
of courts like the Sandiganbayan.
"We're
not certainly the best in practice, but we are improving and that has been
shown very dramatically in the process of cleansing the judiciary," he
said, referring to the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona
in early 2012.
Local
speakers will include Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, who will speak about
enforcing anti-corruption measures, and the Anti-Money Laundering Council of
the Philippines' Teresita Herbosa, who will discuss anti-money laundering and
bank secrecy laws.
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