The House of Representatives, voting 162-10, abolished on Tuesday the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), the government agency tasked to recover the estimated $10 billion ill-gotten wealth of the late President Ferdinand Marcos and his family.

The House approved on third and final reading HB 7376, which abolishes the PCGG and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel and transfers all its authorities and responsibilities to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) headed by Solicitor General Jose Calida.

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