00:00The Commission on Elections clears Senator Cheese Escudero and his top campaign donor,
00:05Lorenz Lubiano, of an alleged election offense.
00:09Lubiano is the president of top government contractor,
00:12Centerways Construction and Development, Inc.
00:15He contributed 30 million pesos to Escudero's senatorial campaign in 2022.
00:20The decision by the Comalex Political Finance and Affairs Department reads,
00:24This office concurs that Mr. Lubiano is not Centerways and Centerways is not Mr. Lubiano.
00:31The decision adds, Lubiano in his personal capacity didn't have any contract or subcontract with the Philippine government.
00:38For the Comalex, this means he did not violate the election law
00:41that prohibits government contractors from contributing to election campaigns.
00:45The motu proprio probe followed Rappler's report last August
00:49that Lubiano was Escudero's top campaign donor in the 2022 election cycle.
00:53Centerways is based in Escudero's home province, Sorsogon.
00:58From 2021 to 2024, the company secured 5.16 billion pesos in flood control projects.
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