00:00The Independent Commission for Infrastructure and the Department of Public Works and Highways
00:05recommend the filing of a new set of criminal and administrative complaints
00:09against several so-called contractors.
00:13These are members of Congress or their relatives who own construction firms
00:16that obtain contracts from the DPWH.
00:19ICI Chairman Andres Reyes Jr. says,
00:22Members of Congress are barred from having a financial interest,
00:25directly or indirectly, in any government contract.
00:28Those named in the recommendations sent to the Office of the Ombudsman
00:32include the following individuals and the companies linked to them.
00:58The referral involves 1,300 infrastructure projects awarded from 2016 to 2024.
01:10Reyes adds,
01:11The officials listed appear to have violated the Code of Conduct for Government Officials
01:15and the Anti-Graft and Corruption Act.
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