Brief History

Presidential Commission on Good Government

The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is a quasi-judicial agency created by Pres.
Corazon Aquino to recover ill-gotten wealth accumulated during the Marcos regime.

After the EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986, Pres. Corazon C Aquino issued Executive Order No. 1
on February 28, 1986, thereby making the creation of the PCGG, the first official act of the revolutionary
government.[1] (It is significant to note that, at the time of its creation, then Pres. Aquino was in full
possession of both executive and legislative powers.)

Transfer of Supervision to the Department of Justice (2007)

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While the PCGG was, for twenty-one years been under the supervision and control OR the Office of the
President, this institutional setup was changed when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued
Executive Order No. 643 on July 27, 2007, placing the PCGG under the administrative supervision of the
Department of Justice. (The case of Pimentel, JUNIOR. v. Pagdanganan distinguishes between
supervision and control: In administrative law, supervision means overseeing or the power or authority
of an officer to see that subordinate officers perform their duties. If the latter fail or neglect to fulfill
them, the former may take such action or step as prescribed by law to make them perform their duties.
Control, on the other hand, means the power of an officer to alter or modify or nullify or set aside what
a subordinate officer ha[s] done in the performance of his duties and to substitute the judgment of the
former for that of the latter.") Notwithstanding the clear direction under Section 2 of Executive Order
No. 643, no implementing guidelines have ever been issued by the Justice Department.

Corruption Scandals, Proposal for abolition, and Expansion of Powers

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The PCGG was implicated by corruption scandals after allegations came out that PCGG commissioners
were "milking" sequestered surrendered corporations, using excess foreign travel allowances, and taking
cash advances without liquidation. [2][3][4]

In January 2013, the commission is proposing to wind down operations and transfer its operations
respectively to the Department of Justice and the Office of the Solicitor General and the Department of
Finance for the pending civil litigation and the disposal of assets sequestered in the past years. However,
on 24 November 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte informed the public that he wants the powers of the
PCGG expanded to cover the ill-gotten wealth of other corrupt public officials and not just the Marcoses
and their cronies. [5] [6]

Agency overview

Formed

February 28, 1986

Jurisdiction

Department of Justice

Headquarters
IRC Bldg., 82 EDSA, Mandaluyong City, 1550 Philippines

Minister responsible

Atty. Reynold S. Munsayac, Acting Chairman (Appointed Commissioner)

Atty. Rey E. Bulay, Commissioner

Atty. John A. Agbayani, Commissioner

Vacant, Commissioner

Parent agency

Department of Justice

Website

http://www.pcgg.gov.ph