Presidential Anti-graft Commission

To address the need for a Commission under the Office of the President that will conduct the task of investigating and hearing administrative cases and complaints against erring Presidential Appointees and at the same time assist the President in the campaign against graft and corruption, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed on 16 April 2001, Executive Order No. 12, “Creating the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission and Providing For Its Powers, Duties and Functions and For Other Purposes.”