THE Senate has been urged to strengthen, not abolish, the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC), the principal law office of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs). Gordon’s committee is conducting a hearing on bills proposing to strengthen the OSG by abolishing the PCGG and the OGCC and transferring their respective powers and functions to the OSG. Gordon explained that the OGCC is focused on corporate matters thus it won’t serve any purpose to integrate it with the OSG. Gumaru said there are about 400 pending cases between the OSG and the OGCC, with the OSG representing government instrumentalities like the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Commission on Audit on one hand, and the OGCC representing GOCCs. Gordon had admitted that he was “not yet convinced“ that there was a need to merge the functions of the OSG and OGCC.

Source: Manila Times March 06, 2018 16:07 UTC