DILG to sue 45 BFP execs over alleged anomalous firetruck deals

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to file criminal and administrative complaints against 45 former and current Bureau of Fire Protection officials over the alleged anomalous purchase of fire trucks from 2018 to 2024.

Jun Veneracion reports.

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00:00Sa sampahan ng reklamong kriminal at administratibo ng DILG sa Ombudsman,

00:06ang 45 dati at kasalukuyang opisyal ng Bureau of Fire Protection,

00:12kaugnay ito ng maanumalyang manong pagbili ng mga fire truck mula 2018 hanggang 2024.

00:21Nakatutok si June Veneracion.

00:26Sa tuwing may sunog, karaniwan ng reklamo ang kakulangan ng truck ng bumbero ng Bureau of Fire Protection o BFP.

00:33Sa datos na nakalat ng GMA News Research, kulang ng mahigit 1,100 na fire truck ang BFP.

00:39Noong naklang taon nga, mahigit isang daan na local government unit sa bansa ang walang truck ng bumbero.

00:46Pero ayon kay DILG Sekretary John Vic Rimulia, hindi raw sana ganito kalaki ang problema ngayon.

00:51Kung malinis lang sana ang makakontrata ng BFP sa pagbili ng mga fire truck.

00:55Dahil sa corruption na ito, dahil sa overpriced na ito, we could have bought an additional, I think, 400 trucks.

01:05Sa isinigawang investigasyon ng DILG, nadiskubre na tagtad daw ng anomalya ang pagbili ng BFP ng 350 fire trucks mula

01:142018 hanggang 2024.

01:17Noong 2014, halos 6 million lang ang 1,000 gallon na fire truck.

01:21Pero pagsapit ng 2024, bigla na lang daw sumipa ang presyo ng mahigit doble sa halos 15 million pesos.

01:30Hindi inflation na nagpataas ng presyo ng mga fire trucks.

01:34Corruption.

01:35Ang maanumalyang pagbili ng truck ng bumbero, ang dahilan kaya magsasampa ang DILG ng reklamong kriminal at administrativo sa Office

01:44of the Ombudsman laban sa 45 kasalukuyan at dating opisyal ng BFP.

01:49Nasa taas ng listahan ng mga magiging respondents, ang tatlong dating BFP chief na sina Jesus Fernandez, Louis Purakan at

01:58Leonardo Banyago.

01:59Hinihingan pa namin sila ng pahayag.

02:02Damay din sa isasampang criminal at administrative complaint sa Office of the Ombudsman, ang dalawang supplier ng mga fire truck

02:09na pinaburan daw ng BFP sa pamamagitan ng pagmanipula sa bidding.

02:13Even before procurement began, they already have a supplier in mind.

02:19The law requires that all deliberations between the Bids and the Wards Committee have to be recorded.

02:26Dito, there was a failure, a deliberate failure at that, to record deliberations at wala rin minutes.

02:33Hiling din ang DILG sa Ombudsman na ilagay sa preventive suspension ang mga opisyal na nasa active service pa.

02:40In our eyes, sa team na binuko, we think this is a slam dunk case. Nakukulong lahat yan.

02:47Para si GMA Integrated News, June Venerasyon Nakatutok, 24 Horas.

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