Former congressman Zaldy Co breaks his silence, alleging that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and former House speaker Martin Romualdez orchestrated the insertion of ₱100 billion worth of projects in the 2025 national budget.
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00:00Former Congressman Zaldico breaks his silence alleging that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez orchestrated the insertion of 100 billion pesos worth of projects in the 2025 national budget.
00:13Koss says this in a video statement on Friday, November 14, which happens to be the birthday of Romualdez, his former ally.
00:19He claims that the start of last year's bicameral conference committee deliberations on the 2025 budget, Budget Secretary Amina Pangandaman told him the president had ordered billions in insertions.
00:30Presidential Legislative Liaison Office Head Adrian Bersamin allegedly confirmed it.
00:35Bersamin and Pangandaman supposedly met with Coe and Romualdez about 100 billion pesos in government projects that the president allegedly wanted to insert in the budget.
00:43Pagkatapos ng ilang araw, ay informed si na dating Speaker Martin Romualdez, Sekmina Pangandaman, Yusek Adrian Bersamin, and Yusek Jojo Cadiz,
00:53na kung pwede 50 billion lang ang ipasok sa program funds dahil sa sobra ang DPWH funds versus sa DepEd.
01:02Pagkatapos ng isang araw, tinawagan ako ni Sekmina at sinabi ni ang mensahe ng Pangulo,
01:09ipasok ninyo yan dahil pinangako na sa akin ni Speaker Martin yan at hindi na pwedeng baguhin.
01:16Coe also claims he left the Philippines on July 19 for a medical checkup abroad but was asked by Romualdez not to return.
01:22Speaking for the administration, Acting Communications Secretary Dave Gomez says Coe's accusations are pure hearsay and without basis.
01:30Rep Saldico should come back to the country and sign everything he said under oath with the proper judicial authorities.
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