Leaders of the House of Representatives want to give more powers to Solicitor General Jose Calida by abolishing the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) tasked to go after the ill-gotten wealth of the late former President Ferdinand Marcos and his family, as well as the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC).

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte, House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas of Ilocos Norte and House justice panel Chairman Reynaldo Umali of Oriental Mindoro have filed House Bill 5233 seeking to abolish the PCGG and OGCC and transfer all its authorities and responsibilities to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), whose head will have the rank of a Cabinet secretary.

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