BESIDES booting them out of office, Malacañang said it would withhold the benefits of executives in government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCC) who were involved in anomalies like the P10-billion pork barrel scam until they are finally cleared.

In a statement on Friday, Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the decision was reached following President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s approval of a recommendation to abolish three graft-ridden GOCCs namely the Philippine Forest Corp. (PFC), ZNAC Rubber Estate (ZREC) and the National Agri-Business Corp. (Nabcor).

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