SENATE OFFICE, Manila, June 5, 2011-After the Senate steering committee hearing, Senator Edgardo J. Angara said that the country will be hosting the 2013 Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) conference here in Manila where Malacañang manifests full support with the same mission on strong anti-corruption policy.
“GOPAC is an international network where its mission is perfectly fit with the Aquino administration’s anti-corruption policy. The global community also recognizes us that we are serious about stamping out corruption,” Angara said, adding that there are more than 900 parliamentarians from over 90 different countries dedicated to good governance and combating corruption under GOPAC.
Angara reported that about 300 to 500 international parliamentarians are expected to attend. About a quarter of the participants will be from the Philippines but the bulk of the guests will fly in from abroad where the three-day conference has been scheduled tentatively for January 31 to February 1 and 2 to include workshops, forums and plenary meetings.
GOPAC's Philippine Steering Committee involves stakeholders from government agencies, private sector, nongovernmental organizations and academe where the participants are Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara; Sen. Franklin M. Drilon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance; former Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban; Bagong Henerasyon Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy, also the SEAPAC secretary; Tourism Assistant Secretary Domingo Ramon Enerio; and Atty. Tess Herbosa, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other members of the steering committee are Dean Marivic Leonen, UP College of Law; Dean Cesar L. Villanueva, Ateneo Law School; Dean Antonio A. Agustin, MLQU College of Law; Dean Amado D. Valdez, University of the East College of Law and president of the Philippine Association of Law Schools; Atty. Avelino V. Cruz, founding partner of ACCRA Law; Atty. Raoul R. Angangco, senior parter at CVC Law; Atty. Roan Libarios, president-elect of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines; and Dr. Georgina R. Encanto, president of Transparency International-Philippines.
Aside from SEAPAC, GOPAC's other active regional chapters are in Latin America (LAPAC), Arab Region (ARPAC) and Africa (APNAC), and they are all expected to join the Manila conference in 2013.
Angara is the Asian representative in the GOPAC executive board as well as the founding president of the Southeast Asian Parliamentarians Against Corruption (SEAPAC), one of the active regional chapters and was elected as GOPAC's vice-chairman during the conference held in Mexico City Last March 11 to 13. (Jason de Asis)
2 comments:
Sir Jason, naka-post sa facebook mo na dapat daw na mag-host diyan sa story mo ay hindi yung corrupt.
Ang galing naman ni Ka Ed Angara pang-international ang figure. Inirerespeto at hinahangaan ng mga leader sa buong mundo. Ang TIBAY!!! Hanga aku.
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