GOVERNMENT agencies should go slow on the abolition of government owned and controlled corporations (GOCC) being implicated in the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) controversy because the move might also take away needed documents that could help in the ongoing investigation, a lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, chairman of the Senate finance committee, said that while he not against the abolition of the GOCCs in questioned, it would be better if the Department of Agriculture and other agencies would defer the abolition until the PDAF issue has been resolved.

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