Manila, Oct. 22 -- Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday proposed expanding the powers and transparency mechanisms of the Independent People's Commission (IPC) under Senate Bill 1215.

During the Committee on Justice and Human Rights hearing, Sotto said the bill, originally titled the Infrastructure Anomalies Investigation Act of 2025, needs to include stronger provisions to make the IPC fully accountable, transparent, and empowered to act against corruption across government sectors, not only in infrastructure.

"Because of the swift filing that I wanted to do for Senate Bill 1215 or Creating the Independent People's Commission, I did not realize that there are other necessities that should be included in the bill," he said, as...