00:00As the House returns to work today, the House Committee on Government Reorganization is set to continue discussions on two bills that aims to strengthen the Independent Commission for Infrastructure or the ICI.
00:11Medellis Moras has the full report.
00:13As the lower house resumes session today, House Speaker Faustino Boje D. III vowed that they will prioritize the passage of the proposed measure aimed at strengthening the Independent Commission for Infrastructure or ICI.
00:30According to Speaker D., stricter measures must be implemented to address reports of corruption and ghost projects in the country.
00:38Aside from the ICI bill, the House leader also plans to push for the Anti-Dynasty Bill as part of the chamber's anti-corruption measures.
00:47Hindi sapat ang galit. Kailangan natin ang solusyon.
00:53Ang ICI bill ay makakatulong upang mapanagot ang mga individual na sangkot sa katiwalaan sa pod-control projects.
01:01Malinaw ang ating mensahe, there will be zero delays in the passage of this measure because our people have zero tolerance for corruption.
01:15Kaya malinaw din po ang direktiba natin dito, we will pass this before we adjourn this December.
01:22Various government agencies have also expressed their support for the ICI bills filed in the House which seek to transform it into an Independent Commission Against Infrastructure Corruption or ICAIC.
01:36During the hearing of the House Committee on Government Reorganization, proponents of the measures underscored the importance of passing the bill into law.
01:45Minumukahi po natin na bigyan sila ng power of direct or indirect contempt.
01:52Nakita rin natin na yung ibang mga gusto nilang imbistigahan ay lumisan at umalis sa ating bansa.
01:58Minumukahi natin na binigyan sila ng kapangyarihan na mag-file ng whole departure order.
02:06Liliwanagin ko po, ito po ay hindi duplication ng tabaho ng ombudsman o DOJ kung hindi, tulong sa katilang kapangyarihan.
02:15Napakahalaga ng isang institusyon na nag-iimbestiga sa ganito kalawak na katiwalian at kalaking sindikato sa gobyerno at pribadong sektor ay may sapat na kapangyarihan at resources para matupad ang kanyang mandato.
02:33As of now, more areas have been found to have allegedly questionable flood control projects.
02:40In a report by House Committee on Infrastructure Co-Chair Terry Ridon, he revealed that several ghost, incomplete or poorly situated infrastructure projects were discovered in the Davao region.
02:51To be very clear, this involves not just one district, it involves all the districts within Davao City.
02:59It also involves Davao Occidental, which is, I think, what we can call the epicenter of ghost projects in Mindanao Island.
03:09I mean, kung nakita ho natin na yung Bulacan seems to be the epicenter of ghost projects within Luzon, parang sa Davao Occidental po natin makikita yun.
03:19In a separate interview, Kamanggagawa Partilist Rep. Eli San Fernando has also urged the lower house and other government agencies not to issue clearance to former ACOBICOL Partilist Rep. Elizalde Co.,
03:33who is among those implicated in the flood control scandal. This under his House Resolution No. 435.
03:40Dapat lahat ng nasangkot, hindi lang dito sa flood control anomaly, kundi sa lahat ng mga issue o lahat ng mga skandalo na pinapatungkulan ay pera ng taong bayan.
03:51Dapat hindi nga maibigay sa kanila yung mga clearances o i-refrain na maibigay sa kanila yung mga clearances.
03:56Mela Lasmoras from the National TV Network for a New and Better Philippines.
