Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint an Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) czar. We needed an Anti-Red Tape czar, yesterday,” the senator added. Zubiri said the ARTA and the czar would be the ones to address complaints on red tape and “pangongotong” by government agencies both local and national. The Czar is also mandated to file the necessary cases with the Ombudsman and the Civil Service Commission on the violators of the Anti-red tape law,” he pointed out. “Alam naman natin na takot ang mga negosyante magsumbong at mag file ng kaso sa mga government agencies kaya ‘yan na ang trabaho ng Anti-Red Tape Czar,” he also said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 20, 2018 06:56 UTC