MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said no one will be exempt from an independent investigation into alleged anomalies in infrastructure projects, as he vowed to rebuild public trust as protests over corruption loom.

Marcos assured the graft-weary public that the probe would break from past efforts, calling it an “inflection point” in how the government operates and spends funds.

He appointed a former Supreme Court justice to lead a newly formed commission and said it would tackle all wrongdoers no matter who they are, with congressional investigations already implicating several powerful political figures.

“There’s only one way to do it… they will not be spared,” Marcos told a televised press briefing on Monday.

The commission was to investigate alleged corru

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