00:00Yesterday's order by the President for lifestyle checks in the upper echelons of the bureaucracy have drawn widespread or nearly unanimous approval from the Senate.
00:09But the Senators are taking it a step further with the proposed twin legislation of waiving the bank's secrecy law
00:14and the disqualification of kin of government officials to be in the receiving end of government contracts, as our Daniel Manalastas reports.
00:21Some Senators expressed support to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s order to conduct lifestyle checks on government officials amid the controversy hounding the flood control projects.
00:35Senate President Francis Escudero said it finds basis in the 1987 Constitution, saying that public office is a public trust.
00:44Escudero meanwhile hopes that the President will support and include, as part of his priority agenda, bills aiming to curb corruption, like Senate Bill 232 and Senate Bill 783.
00:58Senators J.V. Ejercito and Risa Jontiveros do not have a problem with the President's directive.
01:04Ay okay lang po para makita ng lahat yung aking middle class lifestyle.
01:07Ah, I think it's about time. Actually, noon pa yun eh. Talagang meron naman dapat na sinusunod na lifestyle, may etiquette dapat sa gobyerno na hindi dapat maging mag-arbo.
01:21While Sen. Aimee Marcos has a suggestion as to who should be subjected to lifestyle check first.
01:29Hindi ba dapat mauna kami? Okay na, kailangan talaga magpaka-good example naman ng mga mambabatas kasi kami ang tumatayong liderato ng bansa, dapat leader din kami sa anumang lifestyle at iba pang check.
01:45Ejercito and Risa Jontiveros meanwhile has a sentiment about DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan amid the flood control controversy.
01:54Kung biguman yung kanyang liderato or talagang hindi niya alam pero nauna na yung ilang mga kasama ko dito sa Senado.
02:04At the very least, kung heads of agencies po sila, may command responsibility sa ginagawa ng kanilang mga kawani.
02:13Kaya nga sabi ko, it will be prudent for Secretary Bonoan to take a leave of absence para na rin while the investigation is ongoing, at least hindi siya maka-influence sa department.
02:26Daniel Manalastas from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.
