00:00Claims of the demise of the ICI after one of its commissioners quit, are overblown, and greatly inflated.
00:07While no one disputes the integrity and credibility of the just-resigned Commissioner Rogelio Singson,
00:13someone somewhere will fill in his shoes eventually.
00:17Our melos moros on the work put in by Commissioner Singson that has set the ICI and the wheels of justice moving forward.
00:24House Infrastructure Committee Co-Chair Terry Ridon is confident that the work of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure, or ICI,
00:37will continue despite the resignation of former DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson as one of its commissioners.
00:45According to Ridon, President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. simply needs to appoint a suitable replacement for Singson to fill up the position.
00:53For as long as the replacement of Secretary Singson is essentially having the same skill set as him, not having the same integrity as him,
01:06I think I can still do the work.
01:09So they have done good work in the last couple of months.
01:12Of course, there are actual changes, particularly because of the limitation of the commission itself,
01:17but it is not on the commission only.
01:21It is also on Congress, it is also on the Senate, as to how fast, a strengthened ICI.
01:29House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Edgar Erice earlier insisted that the ICI is now dead following Singson's departure.
01:38ML Partilist Rep. Laila Delima and Akbayan Partilist Rep. Percy Sendanya also expressed sadness over the former DPWH Secretary's decision.
01:49However, lawmakers from the majority bloc believe that the government's efforts to hold those involved in anomalous flood control projects accountable will not be hindered.
01:59He must have his reasons, and that is part of democracy, and we trust, and then we also hope, as we work on the institutionalization of the ICI,
02:12as of now, it is a directive from the President, so we move ahead and try to pass yung biglang natin ngipin yung ICI.
02:20Tuloy-tuloy naman po at may ombosman naman tayo. At nakatunayan, nakikita naman natin na ang ating Pangulo ay porsigido sa talagang panagutin ang may mga sala. Kaya tulungan natin ang ating gobyerno.
02:35Mela Les Moras from the National TV Network for a New and Better Philippines.
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