PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has directed all government offices to eliminate excessive regulation in their processes or else face administrative complaints.

In Administrative Order (AO) 23, which took effect immediately after the President signed it on February 21, all government offices and agencies, including local government units and government-owned and controlled corporations, are ordered to hasten the reform of their public transactions by eliminating "overregulation."

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