00:00Wrath is an emotion a cool, calm, and collected president never shows,
00:05especially in making wise and informed decisions.
00:07But on this occasion, the president made clear of his controlled fury
00:11over a phantom flood control project in Bulacan,
00:14whose contractors has just been blacklisted
00:17and other personalities involved he vowed his government would pursue
00:20with the appropriate charges, as our Kenneth Paciente reports.
00:25No, I'm not disappointed, I'm angry.
00:27That was the reaction of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:32during his inspection of the supposed reinforced concrete river wall project
00:36in Barangay Piel, Baliwag, Bulacan,
00:38because after it was fully paid for and reported as completed,
00:42not a single structure was built.
00:44According to the president,
00:46seems construction trading the contractor of the project has already been blacklisted.
00:51He also said that officials involved in the project will be suspended
00:54and charged with violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act
00:59and malversation of public funds through falsification of public documents.
01:03I'm getting very angry.
01:05This is what's happening.
01:07Natalag nakaka...
01:08Hindi naman.
01:09Paano naman?
01:10Pero wala talaga.
01:11220 meters, 55 billion.
01:14Completed ang record ng public works.
01:20Walang ginawa.
01:21Kahit isang...
01:22Wala.
01:22Kahit isang araw hindi nagtrabaho.
01:24Wala.
01:24Wala kang makita.
01:25Puntahan ninyo.
01:26Wala kayo makita kahit na ano.
01:28Tuloy-tuloy ang pagbaha.
01:29Doon sa kabila.
01:30The president said it is regrettable that projects that should have provided relief to residents
01:35turned into an added problem.
01:37If all of these projects were properly executed and implemented,
01:45ang laki nang nawala na problema sana sa atin at sa mga taong bayan
01:49at saka mas magiging maayos hanggang irrigation,
01:53hanggang water supply, fresh water supply for household.
01:56Pero ito yung ginagawa nila talagang nakakapinsa laba sa mga local residents.
02:05So yes, I'm not disappointed. I'm angry.
02:10He also emphasized that his government will not ignore such irregularities
02:14and assured all erring contractors will be pursued and held accountable.
02:18The president also said that government will file cases if necessary
02:40once the result of the fraud audit of COA on the flood control projects in Bulacan is released.
02:45I'm thinking very hard to pipilahan natin sila ng economic sabotage
02:48because economic sabotage is very clearly.
02:56Tignan natin ha, yung utang ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas, ng Republika,
03:04ay mababawasan kung naging maayos lahat itong pag-ano.
03:08Kasi ngayon, babalikan na natin ngayon ito.
03:10Sa napunta yung pera?
03:12Hahabulin natin, kakalohan natin sila.
03:14How long will that take?
03:15Hindi ba?
03:16Eh, in the meantime, we have to actually still build the, uh, the bad control project.
03:24It depends on what our findings will be.
03:26So there's a legal team working on that.
03:28But in the meantime, we are continuing to, uh, go through the records of public works
03:34and all the big contractors to see kung tumutugma yung kanilang report
03:39doon sa mga sinusumbong sa atin ng taong bayan.
03:42Some residents in the area were also this made-over scrapped project.
03:46They are hoping that with the exposure, construction of project will resume and completed.
03:51Sana po, ano, dire-diretsyo po yung gawa nila para po hindi na po humo pa yung tubig,
03:54papunta po dito sa loob namin.
03:56Eh, siyempre po, lilikas kami dito. Magtatanggal ng gamit. Yaangat lahat.
04:00Hmm. Kaya po talaga yan. Yung pagpo talaga natapos yan, mapakalaking tulong sa amin yan.
04:04The President once again urged the public to report any anomalous projects in their areas
04:08through the Sumbong sa Pangulo.ph website,
04:12noting how it led to the discovery of irregularities in the Riverwall project.
04:17Kenneth Pasiente from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
