Commission on Audit Chairperson Ma. Gracia M. Pulido Tan's Opening
Commission on Audit Chairperson Ma. Gracia M. Pulido Tan’s Opening Remarks at the Welcome Reception For the 46th Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) Governing Board Meeting February 18, 2013, Malacanan Palace, Manila His Excellency, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III; the Honorable Executive Secretary, Paquito Ochoa, Jr; the Honorable Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Albert del Rosario; the Honorable Secretary of Finance, Cesar V. Purisima; the Honorable Secretary of Budget and Management, Florencio Abad; the Honorable Secretary Julia Abad of the Presidential Management Staff; the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Chairman of the ASOSAI, Mr. Vinod Rai; the Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea and Secretary General of ASOSAI, Dr. Kun Yang; the Senior Assistant Secretary General of the Board of Audit of Japan and Training Administrator of ASOSAI, Mr. Seishi Tashiro; the Honorable President of the Asian Development Bank, Mr. Harukiko Kuroda; the founding father of ASOSAI, former Chairman of the Commission on Audit, Chair Francisco S. Tantuico; Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps; ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. I am very honored and privileged to open this Welcome Reception that His Excellency, President Aquino, is tendering for all of us, to usher the 46th Governing Board Meeting of the ASOSAI. Thank you, Mr. President, for honoring us yet again with your unfailing support and confidence. Fellow delegates, we are face to face with the icon of “Daang Matuwid” – “Straight Path” – no less than His Excellency, the President of the Republic of the Philippines, who has made good government, accountability and transparency, the cornerstones of his administration and his everyday way of life.
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