Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations
19th Congress
History
New session started
July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)
Leadership
Chair
Pia Cayetano (Nacionalista) since 2024
Minority Leader
Koko Pimentel (PDP–Laban) since 2022
Structure
Seats
17
Political groups
Majority (16)
PDP–Laban (4)
Nacionalista (3)
NPC (3)
Lakas (1)
LDP (1)
PMP (1)
Independent (3)
Minority (1)
Akbayan (1)
The Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations of the Senate of the Philippines, or more popularly known as the Blue Ribbon Committee, is the Senate committee tasked to investigate alleged wrongdoings of the government, its officials, and its attached agencies, including government owned and controlled corporations, in aid of legislation, that is, the primary purpose is the suggestion of new laws, or proposals of amendments to existing laws.
Like all other committees, the Senate elects members of the Blue Ribbon Committee. The chairmanship of the committee has been one of the most sought posts in the Senate, aside from the Senate Presidency.
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response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. The BlueRibbonCommittee of the Senate of the Philippines launched an investigation into the matter...
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convicted rapist-murderer Antonio Sanchez. September 2, 2019: The SenateBlueRibbonCommittee holds a joint probe into the supposed early release of rape and...
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by Congress to testify on the matter. The House Committee on Justice and SenateBlueRibbonCommittee conducted hearings on the plea bargaining agreement...
the Senate Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation and Futures Thinking Committee in 2019 and the first ever female chair of the SenateBlueRibbon Committee...
response. The Senate is looking to investigate the allegation. On August 25, 2021, Senator Richard Gordon presented the Senateblueribboncommittee report containing...
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Representatives impeaching him without debate and voting; The Senateblue-ribboncommittee not hearing him out; The Impeachment Court not citing for contempt...
Philippine congressional committees (standing committees and special committees) that are currently operating in the Senate of the Philippines, the upper...
dismissed from the service. Resolution No. 519: Directing the SenateBlueRibbonCommittee to look into corruption by the previous board of the Philippine...
a "fraud audit" of the laptop deal. Starting August 25, the SenateBlueRibbonCommittee, headed by Senator Francis Tolentino, held a series of hearings...
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threats of impeachment. The bishops were summoned during the SenateBlueRibbonCommittee investigation on the anomalies within the PCSO, with the bishops...
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the Euro Generals scandal, and the Mega Pacific scandal. The SenateBlueRibbonCommittee on March 10, 2011, recommended the impeachment and resignation...
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