00:00As soon as it is submitted to the President, the House will be able to get a copy of all of it.
00:10So, our expectation here, we will be talking about not just the completed projects, but the entirety of the status of the projects that were raised by the President.
00:22So, hopefully, by the end of next week, as soon as it goes to the table of the President, we will be expecting that the DPWH will give the same list for us to be able to peruse in the soonest time.
00:50Sir, nagpa-persist pa rin yung accusations that several members of the House are involved in the projects.
00:58Your thoughts po? How will the Committee adjust that?
01:01Well, there are two, I think, main accusers of congressmen.
01:06So, meron do 67 lawmakers, and meron nagsasabi din po that a majority of legislators are involved in infrastructure corruption.
01:15So, again, and we will reiterate it today, I think it is most important for them to be able to name names.
01:24And the Committee can, in fact, serve as a platform for them to make the actual accusation against the legislators, whether senators, whether congressmen, if they are actually involved there.
01:36Siyempre, in the same manner, yung mga involved or named na mga legislator contractors, if they are involved in corruption allegations, will also be provided the same platform through our Committee.
01:51In fact, it's not just our Committee. We are looking at, yun na nga po, like what I stated last Monday, a tri-committee led by the Public Accounts Committee, Public Works Committee, and the Good Government Committee.
02:03Para pag-usapan po ang lahat ng ito.
02:06Well, hinihingi po namin nung lunes yung pong listahan ng pinakamalalaking kontratista ng flood control on a national level and on a regional level.
02:16So, yun po kasi yung pwedeng paghalawan po, kamusta po yung resulta ng kanila po implementation.
02:21So, ibig sabihin, pagka ho nakakako po sila ng mga malalaking mga kontrato on a national level and on a regional level,
02:28supposedly dapat maayos po yung kanila po nga pagpapatupad po nito.
02:32So, kasama po yan doon sa mga hinihingi po natin na mga listahan po from the DPWH.
02:39Pero iba pa ho yung binabanggit na 67 lawmakers, contractors, no?
02:45Nang mga ni Senator Ping Lakson at nang ilan pong mga nagsasalita sa usapin po na ito.
02:51So, I think it is they who should actually give the names, no?
02:56On whether or not they are confident na ito pong mga ito ay really involved as contractors, legislators,
03:02yun yung una, number one yun, pero pakalawa, and if they are actually involved in actual infrastructure corruption.
03:09At tama po bang sabihin na hindi kayo makakapag-conduct sa House Committee on Public Accounts
03:15ng motopropio investigation on the allegations against those congressmen na sinasabing kontratista
03:22sa mga government-funded infrastructure projects unless merong maglatag kung sino-sino ba ito at mga ebidensya?
03:31I think so, kasi ang totoo naman ho, we don't have a list, hindi ba?
03:36At ang burden of proof is not on the committee, kasi we never said it.
03:41Our commitment to the nation is we will conduct a review of all infrastructure projects.
03:46So, if in the course of the proceedings, matisod ho namin yung mga corruption allegations,
03:55ghost projects, substandard facilities, e di dun ho tayo, yun po yung abutin po ng proceedings po na ito.
04:04Pero yung very specific allegation po kasi, 67 congressmen contractors,
04:09hindi naman sa amin yung galing eh, it came from somewhere else, no?
04:13So, unless and until there are names that are mentioned as to who these people are,
04:20parang it might be a bit premature to conduct proceedings relating to it.
04:25Ito, natanong din po ito kay Spokesperson Attorney Abante,
04:28na kung sakali man nga po na may mag-lay po sa inyo na may magsabi ng mga pangalan
04:33at may magpadala ng mga ebidensya,
04:36sa tingin nyo po magiging credible yung investigation kung kayo po mismo ang magkoconduct
04:41sa mga kasamahan nyo po na allegedly ay mga kontratista.
04:46Diyin ko naman po kasi syempre,
04:48the platform will be given to the one accusing and the one accused, no?
04:53So, ibig sabihin, magsagutan sila within the tri-committee.
04:57Diba? Doon naman po kasi it will be subject to scrutiny of house members na kung totoo ba yung allegation na yan.
05:03Nagsabi ka ng depensa mo, totoo ba yung depensa mo na yan?
05:05Kasi, pag maglalatagan ho ng dokumento ron eh.
05:09O eh, meron kang pirma dito.
05:11O ba't ka po merma dito? Congest man ka.
05:13Diba? So, like what I stated, the commitment is,
05:17kung yan ho yung abutin, mapakalanan sila at mapatunayan na talagang sangkot po sila ron,
05:23wala ho tayo sisinuhin dito.
05:35O eh, meron o hudan na talagang sangkot po silo ya na inni.
05:41O eh, meron o hudan špiljibur e sivintu.
05:42O eh, meron o hudan na talagang sangkot po sila ron.
