WITH the appointment of former Senator Panfilo Lacson as rehabilitation czar in charge of the reconstruction of areas devastated by a recent typhoon, the government’s drive to stamp out corruption now lies in the hands of each member of President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s Cabinet, Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda said on Monday.

Lacson was supposed to head an anti-corruption body that would be created in support of the administration’s drive against graft.

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