WHEREAS, the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) has been strengthened several times to reinforce the government's campaign against graft and corruption at all levels of the bureaucracy;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the approved Rationalization Plan of the Office of the President Proper, the internal Audit Office (IAO) was primarily tasked, inter alia, to develop and implement anti-corruption and good governance measures; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to further strengthen the prevention and investigation of graft and corruption on the individual, system and organizational levels.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby order that:

SECTION 1. The Head of the Office of the President-internal Audit Office (OP-IAO) shall be an ex-officio member of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC).

SECTION 2. All executive orders, rules, regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed, amended or otherwise modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall fake effect immediately upon its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Done in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 27^th day of March, 2009.


By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary