00:00Mr. President, my distinguished colleagues, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege
00:07to uncover schemes surrounding a systemic problem in our country,
00:13one that submerges our nation not just in floodwaters but in deep depths of corruption.
00:22In the course of our research and investigation, we encountered several words.
00:27Their meanings we could not find in the dictionary.
00:32So, we looked somewhere else.
00:35Alas, we found them in the corruptionary.
00:41We have a saying, a leaky roof today is a ruined home tomorrow.
00:47Thankfully, President Bongbong Marcos himself has taken decisive steps
00:51to plug the leaky roof as a determined follow-through on his striking rebuke and appeal to consents
01:00with his resounding admonition,
01:03Mahiya naman kayo.
01:05Wasting no time after his stern warning during the last Sona against those who misuse public funds,
01:13Malacanang established and launched the Sumbong sa Pangulo website last week.
01:20I commend and sincerely thank the President for this open-source website.
01:26Not only does it open the public a direct line to the President
01:29to report anomalous flood control projects in their midst,
01:33but in my case, including that of my staff,
01:37the website makes our investigative work a lot easier.
01:42For one, the coordinates that the website provides showed us a faster way
01:48to find shady, even ghost projects.
01:53Last week, the President took aim.
01:57Today, I am pulling the trigger.
02:00Para sa ating mga kababayan,
02:04nakatutok ang aking presentasyon sa araw na ito
02:06sa mga flood control projects pa lamang.
02:10Hindi pa rito kasama ang iba't ibang,
02:13iba pang mga infrastructure projects na punong-puno rin ng anomalya.
02:18Isa-isahin natin ang mga impormasyong aming nakalap
02:21sa mga nakalipas na linggo
02:23mula sa aming sariling pag-aaral at pagsasaliksik
02:27na supportado ng mga impormasyon mula mismo
02:31sa mga DPWH officials at insiders,
02:35pati ilang contractors,
02:37kasama na rin ang open sources.
02:40Una,
02:42ang kalakaran ng ilang mga kontratista
02:44at mga kasabot nila sa gobyerno
02:46na sa paghahati-atiya ng pondo,
02:50kasama na rin ang mga termino o codes
02:53patungkol sa kanilang modus.
02:56Pangalawa,
02:57ang mga palpak na proyekto
02:59dahil sa paggamit ng substandard na materyales
03:02kasama na ang mga kontratistang
03:05nasa likod nito.
03:07Pangatlo,
03:08ang mga proyektong lantarang inaangkin
03:11bilang congressional insertions.
03:14Pangapat,
03:15ang patuloy na pagbaha
03:17sa iba't ibang lugar
03:18na narating namin kahit taon-taon
03:22ay paulit-ulit na binubuhusan
03:24ng bilyon-bilyong pondo.
03:28At ang pinakahuli,
03:29ang mga tinatawag ng Pangulo
03:31na guni-guni
03:33o ghost projects
03:35na aming nahukay.
03:37For over 15 years,
03:39from 2011 to 2025,
03:41we appropriated more than
03:431.9 trillion pesos
03:45for flood control management program
03:48under the budget
03:49of the Department of Public Works
03:52and Highways alone.
03:54Sa loob lamang ng tatlong taon,
03:56mula 2023 hanggang 2025,
03:59higit 1 trillion pesos
04:01ang ating inilaan
04:02sa ilalim ng tatlong
04:04na ipasang budget measures
04:05para sa flood control,
04:08halos 53%
04:10ng kabuoang pondo
04:11sa loob ng labin-limang taon.
04:13When we are speaking
04:16in trillions of pesos,
04:17we should expect our streets
04:19and low-lying communities
04:20to be flood-free
04:22when the rains pour.
04:24Gayunpaman,
04:25sa paghagupit
04:26ng magkakasunod na habagat
04:28at mga bagyong
04:30Krising, Dante,
04:32at Emo,
04:33ilang linggo pa lamang
04:34ang nakalipas,
04:36kasamang winasak
04:37at inanod
04:37ng baha
04:38ang bilyon-bilyong pisong
04:40halaga
04:41ng mga flood control projects
04:43na halos bago
04:45at kakukumpleto pa lamang
04:47na dapat sana
04:48ay nagbigay proteksyon
04:49sa ating mga kabahayan
04:51at komunidad.
04:53Corruption has been
04:55so pervasive
04:55and systemic
04:56that doing so
04:58is like
04:59a piece of cake.
05:01And when I say
05:02piece of cake,
05:03I mean that funds
05:04for a specific project
05:06are divided,
05:08shares vary,
05:09depending on greed,
05:11big parts
05:12swallowed by corrupt
05:13operators,
05:14both from the public
05:15and private sectors,
05:18leaving only crumbs
05:19for actual project
05:20implementation.
05:22May ilanpangang
05:23proyekto
05:23hindi malang
05:25nagtira
05:26para sa taong bayan.
05:28Ang tawag
05:29ng Pangulong Marcos
05:29dito,
05:31guni-guni
05:31o ghost projects.
05:34Mr. President,
05:35let me illustrate
05:36an example
05:36of the pie-sharing
05:38in a severely
05:39corrupted project
05:40na ayos kumbigyan
05:42din na hindi
05:43ito representasyon
05:44ng lahat
05:45ng kalakaran
05:46sa blood control
05:47projects
05:47sa buong Pilipinas.
05:49While
05:49the pillaging
05:51pattern
05:51is relatively
05:52the same,
05:54the pie-sharing
05:54varies
05:55depending
05:56on the level
05:57of greed.
05:59Ihiwalay muna
06:00natin
06:00ang mga regular
06:01o legal
06:02na buwis
06:02at insurances
06:03na automatic
06:05na binabawas
06:06sa mga proyekto.
06:085%
06:09value-added tax,
06:102%
06:11withholding tax,
06:131%
06:14para sa
06:14bonds
06:15and insurances
06:16at 1%
06:17materials testing.
06:20Ibawas na rin
06:20natin
06:21ang allowable
06:22contractor's profit
06:23na
06:248 to
06:2510%.
06:26Halimbawa,
06:28sa 100 million
06:29piso na pondo
06:31para sa
06:31flood control
06:32project,
06:33kung ibabawas
06:34ang maximum
06:34allowable
06:35deductions,
06:36nasa
06:3682 million
06:37ang matitira
06:38para sa
06:39proyekto.
06:40Pero,
06:41hindi pa rito
06:42nagtatapos,
06:43Mr. President.
06:44Kakatayan pa
06:45ang budget
06:46para sa mga
06:47lagay,
06:48commissions,
06:50SOPs
06:50at iba-iba
06:52pang terminong
06:52binubuo
06:53para sa
06:54shares
06:54ng mga
06:55korap.
06:56Sa mga
06:57halos
06:58magkakaparehong
06:59informasyon
06:59na aming
07:00nakalap,
07:01ganito
07:01kagarapal
07:02ang sistema
07:03sa hatian
07:04ng isang
07:05maanumalyang
07:07proyekto.
07:088 to
07:0910%
07:09para sa
07:10mga
07:11opisyal
07:11ng
07:11DPWH.
07:13Swerte na
07:14daw
07:14kung
07:15pumayag
07:15ang
07:15district
07:16engineer
07:16na 6%
07:18lamang
07:18ang
07:18parte niya.
07:20May
07:20extra
07:202 to
07:213%
07:21pa
07:22na
07:22parte
07:23ang
07:23district
07:24engineering
07:24office
07:25kung
07:25may
07:25so
07:26sobra
07:26sa
07:27contractor's
07:28profit.
07:29Nakcompute
07:29na rin
07:30kasi
07:30ng
07:30district
07:30engineering
07:31office
07:31ang
07:32tutubuin
07:33ng
07:33contractor
07:33mula
07:34sa
07:34project
07:35at
07:36sinisiguro
07:36na nila
07:37na
07:37sosobra
07:38ito
07:38sa
07:39allowable
07:39profit
07:40para mayroon
07:41pa silang
07:42kukubrahin.
07:44Ang
07:44tawag
07:44nila
07:44rito
07:45reseta.
07:47Reseta
07:47dahil
07:48ang presyo
07:48na
07:49itinakda
07:49na itinakda
07:49ng
07:50district
07:50engineering
07:51office
07:51ay
07:52nakasulat
07:53at
07:53napag
07:54desisyonan
07:54na.
07:55Parang
07:56gamot
07:56Mr.
07:56President
07:57lulunokin
07:58na lang
07:58ng
07:59contractor.
08:005.6
08:025 to
08:026%
08:03para sa
08:04mga
08:04miyembro
08:05ng
08:05Beach
08:05and
08:05Awards
08:05Committee
08:06or
08:06BAC.
08:070.5
08:08to
08:091%
08:09para
08:10sa
08:10COA.
08:11Mr.
08:12President
08:12meron
08:13pa
08:13ngayong
08:14tinatawag
08:14na
08:14passing
08:15through
08:15or
08:15parking
08:16fee
08:16na
08:17aabot
08:17sa
08:18katumbas
08:18na
08:185 to
08:196%
08:20ng
08:20pondo.
08:21Ito
08:22ang
08:22tinuturing
08:23na
08:23royalty
08:24ang
08:25tawag
08:25sa
08:26lagay
08:26na
08:26ibinibigay
08:27sa
08:28politikong
08:28may
08:28control
08:29sa
08:29distrito
08:30kung
08:30saan
08:31iimplementa
08:32o
08:32itatayo
08:33ang
08:33proyekto.
08:35Lo
08:35and
08:35behold,
08:36Mr.
08:36President,
08:3720 to
08:3825%
08:39ang
08:39karaniwang
08:40na
08:40pupunta
08:41sa
08:41ponder
08:42o
08:43project
08:44proponent
08:44na
08:44politiko.
08:45Mr.
08:46President,
08:47ang matitirang
08:48pondo
08:48para sa
08:49pagpapatayo
08:50ng
08:50proyekto
08:50ay
08:51napakaswerte
08:52ng
08:52umabot
08:53sa
08:5340%
08:54o
08:5540
08:55million
08:55pesos
08:56alisunod
08:57sa ating
08:58halimbawang
08:58100
08:59million
09:00pisong
09:00pondo
09:01para
09:02sa
09:02proyekto.
09:04Mr.
09:04President,
09:05there is
09:06an
09:06evident
09:06pattern
09:07of this
09:08nasty
09:09distribution
09:09of
09:09public
09:10funds
09:10among
09:11crooks.
09:11Ito
09:12ay
09:12base
09:13sa
09:13mga
09:13case
09:13studies
09:14na
09:14aming
09:15pinuntahan
09:15at
09:16mususing
09:16inimbestigahan
09:17sa
09:18ibat-ibang
09:19dako
09:19ng
09:20bansa,
09:21particular
09:22sa
09:22issue
09:23ng
09:23flood
09:23control.
09:25Hindi
09:25na
09:25namin
09:25sinama
09:26sa
09:26aking
09:26presentasyon
09:27ang
09:28mga
09:28naikutan
09:29at
09:29ibinunyag
09:29na
09:30ng
09:30Pangulo.
09:31Ang
09:31malinaw
09:32na
09:32malinaw.
09:34Halos
09:34pare-pareho
09:35ang
09:36pattern
09:36kung
09:37paano
09:37minamasaker
09:39ng
09:39mga
09:39kawatan
09:40ang
09:40pondo
09:41ng
09:41bayan.
09:43Nauna
09:43na po
09:44itong
09:44inuulat
09:44ng
09:45ating
09:45Pangulo
09:45nung
09:45nakarang
09:46linggo.
09:47Nambanggitin
09:48niya
09:48ang
09:48mga
09:49items
09:49na
09:49pare-pareho
09:51ang
09:51contract
09:51cost
09:52sa
09:52kabila
09:53ng
09:53pagkakaiba-iba
09:54ng
09:55specs,
09:56disenyo
09:57at
09:57haba
09:58ng
09:58proyekto.
10:10nang
10:10nana
10:12ng
10:24nana
10:25pass
10:25t
10:26w
10:26nana
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