Duterte pinagsusumite ng courtesy resignation ang Philhealth execs

PINAGSUSUMITE ni Pangulong Duterte ng courtesy resignation ang lahat ng opisyal ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation sa harap ng mga anomalya sa ahensiya, partikular ng pagkakaroon ng mafia sa PhilHealth.

Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesperson at Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo na ginawa ni Duterte ang direktiba matapos na makipagpulong sa mga opisyal sa Malacanang.

“President Rodrigo Roa Duterte met the board of directors of the today, June 10, where he expressed his sadness about the state of affairs of the aforesaid government corporation,” sabi ni Panelo.

Ito’y matapos pumutok ang ghost dialysis treatment scam at ang umano’y mafia sa PhilHealth kung saan bilyong-bilyon ang nawawala sa pondo ng ahensiya dahil sa overpayment at ghost payments.

“While the Chief Executive reiterated his trust to – and has no doubt about – the integrity of PhilHealth Acting President and CEO Dr. Roy Ferrer, as well as the members of the board, he however demanded for their courtesy resignation in order for the corporation to have a clean slate absent any taint of irregularity in rendering services as well as implementing pertinent policies on health, including the Universal Health Care Act,” dagdag ni Panelo.

Inatasan din ni Duterte ang National Bureau of Investigation na magsagawa ng malalimang imbestigasyon kaugnay ng mga iregularidad sa PhilHealth.

“We assure our people that the services of PhilHealth will remain unhampered as operations will continue and will be momentarily run by second-level officials pending the subject investigation,” pagtiyak ni Panelo.  “There is zero tolerance on corruption under this Administration. There will be an in-depth study on how the frauds are systematically committed by unscrupulous persons in and out of PhilHealth. There will be criminal prosecutions of all those involved. No one will be spared.”