The government is undertaking earnest efforts to implement the administration’s digital transformation mandate to streamline institutional processes and curtail opportunities for graft and corruption, Malacanang said on Friday.

“The Government takes note of the slight improvement of the Philippines’ standing in the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International. We consider this result as both a challenge to do better and a reason for hope that the country is headed in the right direction,” Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said in a statement.

“In line with the President’s clarion call for the entire Government “to show in deeds, not in words, that it is deserving of the people’s trust,” earnest efforts are already being undertaken to implement the digital transformation mandate of the Administration in order to streamline institutional processes and curtail opportunities for graft and corruption.”

And with the necessary transformational measures being put in place, Bersamin urged the public to be optimistic, assuring the government will not fail or falter in its steadfast commitment to effectively provide efficient and transparent public service.

The country ranked 116th in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2022, which assesses the perceived levels of public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories throughout the world.

The Philippines’ latest rank is a notch higher than its 2021 standing, as it received a CPI score of 33. PND