00:00Of all the resource persons or chief suspects in the flood control scandal seeking redemption by way of admission as state witness,
00:07no one has come cleanly and showed more contrition for wrongdoing than former DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo.
00:15But his odds of making it is slim unless he returns the money in kickbacks he illegally received from being the cash conduit to the proponents.
00:24And Senator Panfilo Lacson says the amount should be no less than a billion pesos payable to government unless the Justice Department slashes or raises the amount.
00:34Then again, Bernardo is not yet off the hook, especially with his presence and testimony needed in the subsequent Blue Ribbon hearings.
00:43Meanwhile, Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairperson Panfilo Lacson is expected to submit a partial report on the concluded hearings.
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