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Presidential Commission on Good Government

Presidential Commission on Good Government
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 28, 1986
JurisdictionGovernment of the Philippines
Headquarters21st & 22nd Floor, The JMT Condominium Corporation No. 27 ADB Ave. Ortigas Center, Brgy. San Antonio, Pasig City
Annual budget₱166.47 million (2023)[1]
Ministers responsible
  • Atty. John A. Agbayani, Chairperson
  • Angelito S. Vergel De Dios, Commissioner
  • Atty. Marco M. Bautista, Commissioner
  • Atty. Rogelio V. Quevedo, Commissioner
  • Justice Elihu Ybañez (Ret.)[3], Commissioner
Parent agencyDepartment of Justice
Key document
Websitepcgg.gov.ph

The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is a quasi-judicial government agency of the Philippines whose primary mandate is to recover the ill-gotten wealth accumulated by Ferdinand Marcos, his immediate family, relatives, subordinates and close associates, whether located in the Philippines or abroad.[2][4][5][6] It was created by President Corazon Aquino shortly after she was sworn in as president in the aftermath of the 1986 People Power revolution.[7][8] In addition to recovering the Marcos wealth, it is also tasked with investigating other cases of graft and corruption; and instituting of corruption prevention measures.[9][6]

Soon after the PCGG was created, Aquino issued an executive order freezing the assets of the Marcoses in the Philippines, and assigning the PCGG to negotiate with foreign governments so that the Marcoses' wealth overseas could be repatriated to the Philippines, giving the PCGG diplomatic powers in addition to its quasi-judicial functions.[6]

In keeping with the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law in 1988,[10] the funds recovered by the PCGG are automatically appropriated to fund the Philippines' agrarian reform programs, and has since then funded more than 80 percent of the Philippines' budget for agrarian reform.[11][9]

  1. ^ Presidential Commission on Good Government dbm.gov.ph
  2. ^ a b "Executive Order No. 1, s. 1986". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. February 28, 1986. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Marcos appoints former CA justice as PCGG commissioner". GMA Integrated News. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "Presidential Commission on Good Government". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. March 31, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Marueñas, Mark; Perez, Analyn (September 21, 2014). "INFOGRAPHIC: The hunt for the Marcos ill-gotten wealth". Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "An Introduction to the Conclusion: 100 Day Report and Plan of Action, 1 October 2010 - 8 January 2011" (PDF). The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) Corruption Cases Database. World Bank Group and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  7. ^ Manapat, Ricardo (1991) Some Are Smarter Than Others. Aletheia Press.
  8. ^ Davies, Nick (May 7, 2016). "The $10bn question: what happened to the Marcos millions?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Through the Years, PCGG at 30: Recovering Integrity –A Milestone Report. Manila: Republic of the Philippines Presidential Commission on Good Government. 2016.
  10. ^ "R.A. 8532". lawphil.net.
  11. ^ "Q and A on CARP". Department of Agrarian Reform Website. Government of the Philippines. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2015.

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