TRECE MARTIRES, Cavite – Former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson hopes the new head of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will speed up the government’s digitalization efforts, to finally minimize if not eradicate corruption.
Lacson stressed the need for new DICT Secretary Henry Rhoel Aguda to ensure the digitalization not only of government-to-government transactions but also of transactions between government and private institutions.
“This is my advocacy, to minimize corruption through full digitalization. It would be great if the new DICT secretary will do his duty to speed up the digitalization of all government transactions,” he said in Filipino at the press conference of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate here.
“This should include not just transactions between government agencies, but also those between government and the private sector,” he added.
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Lacson cited as an example the transactions at the Bureau of Customs, where if all applications are processed online all the way to the payment of taxes, there would be less chances of human intervention.
Malacanang this week named Aguda, a bank executive and digital technocrat, as the new DICT chief to replace Ivan John Uy, who resigned from his post.
Aguda reportedly was the digital infrastructure lead at the Private Sector Advisory Council, which was formed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to strengthen coordination between the government and the private sector.
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Ping Lacson, Umaasa na ang Bagong DICT Chief, Papablisin ang Digitalization para Tuldukan ang Katiwalian
TRECE MARTIRES, Cavite – Umaasa si dating Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson na ang bagong kalihim ng Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) ay magpapabilis ng digitalization efforts ng gobyerno para tuldukan ang katiwalian.
Ani Lacson, kailangang matiyak ni DICT Secretary Henry Rhoel Aguda ang digitalization hindi lang ng government-to-government transactions pero pati ang mga transaksyon sa pagitan ng gobyerno at private institutions.
“Yan din ang isang advocacy ko na makakabawas ng corruption kapag nag-fully digitalized tayo. Kaya mainam sana ang bagong DICT Secretary, gagawin ang tungkulin para mapabilis ang pag-digitalize ng lahat na government transactions,” aniya sa pulong pambalitaan ng Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate dito.
“Hindi lang government to government, kundi pribado to government,” dagdag niya.
Hinalimbawa ni Lacson ang mga transaction sa Bureau of Customs, na kung saan lahat na applications ay pinroseso online pati na ang pagbayad ng buwis, halos wala nang pagkakataon para sa “human intervention.”
Pinangalanan ng Malacanang nitong linggo si Aguda, na bank executive at digital technocrat, bilang bagong kalihim ng DICT para palitan ang bumitiw na si Ivan John Uy.
Ayon sa ulat, si Aguda ang digital infrastructure lead sa Private Sector Advisory Council, na binuo ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. para palakasin ang ugnayan ng gobyerno at pribadong sektor.
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