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The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) employees who are found to be responsible for the aircraft delays and cancellations on New Year’s Day would face legal action from the Governance Commission on Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GCG).

Alex Quiroz, the GCG’s chair, stated on Friday that it is part of their mandate to be open and receptive to the demands of the people.

Quiroz stated to the Senate Committee on Public Services, which began looking into the incident on Thursday, “Our approach in dealing with pertinent matters like this is brought about by our commitment to safeguard the state’s PHP10 trillion assets and prevent the dissipation and wastage of public funds arising from corruption, and improper usage of funds, if not useless expenditures.”

In order to prevent a repeat of the issue, he swore that they would carefully investigate the reason for the malfunction, determine whether there was negligence caused by a lack of foresight, and implement preventative and quality maintenance.

“In accordance with Section 26 of Republic Act (RA) 10149, the Commission will make use of its special auditing jurisdiction upon the conclusion of the Senate investigation and if an immediate special audit is required. Rest confident that should the results of the ongoing investigation warrant it, GCG will carefully assess whether it is necessary to pursue criminal, civil, or administrative cases “Declared Quiroz in a statement.

According to Section 5 of RA 10149, also known as the GOCC Governance Act, the GCG serves as the primary advisory, oversight, and monitoring body for GOCC activities.

The GCG had already instructed CAAP to produce a report in writing on the problematic air traffic control.

Officials from the CAAP and President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. apologized, and the latter promised to improve its Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management system.

On January 9, GCG and CAAP representatives carried out an on-site examination of the Air Traffic Management equipment and control rooms, the scene of the unanticipated technical issue.

After the inspection, Quiroz stated that “The CAAP was cooperative and answered all concerns, as well as presented significant difficulties that their organization is facing.”

According to CAAP Director General Manuel Antonio Tamayo, the organization is dedicated to “seeing through this tribulation, remaining honest in all our transactions and of service to the Filipinos and ensuring that our skies are safe.” He made this statement to the Senate on Thursday.

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