00:03As a general rule kasi, pag fact-finding, hindi pa pwedeng banggitin ang pangalan.
00:08But as soon as the cases rise to the level of preliminary investigation, pwede nang banggitin.
00:15At dalawa na po yung umakyat, from fact-finding to preliminary investigation.
00:20Yun po yung kay Congressman Jojo Ang at Congressman Noel Rivera.
00:24So they are going to be, well the charge that was, or the complaint against them, involves conflict of interest.
00:34So that's a violation of RA-3019.
00:37Bawal ko kasi na magkaroon ng isang construction firm ang mga Congressman.
00:43Dahil ang Congressman ang may influence over the budget.
00:47And any reward to a construction company na nakapangalan sa kanila or can be traced to them via beneficial ownership
00:56is a violation of that conflict of interest rule.
00:59Napakasimple po. Napakasimple ng rule na yan.
01:04At naiintindihan ng lahat kung bakit nandyan yung rule na yan.
01:07Kaso nga lang, maraming congressman at maraming contractor din na pinagahalo yung mga interest.
01:14So, yung mga contractor na tinatawag, yun talaga ay bawal na bawal kahit sa constitution.
01:23Mind you no, the constitution is supposed to express the values of the Filipino people.
01:30Kaya nandyan yan.
01:32Ang saligang batas, siguro in the hierarchy of laws, yun ang pinakamataas.
01:38Dahil nga, yun ang kumbaga parang compendium or compilation ng lahat ng values ng Pinoy.
01:44At nandun mismo na bawal ang amount of interest.
01:47Pero ang tanong, bakit ang daming contractor na nandyan pa rin sa kongreso?
01:52Kaya sinay seryoso talaga ng Office of the Ombudsman yung mga ganitong kaso.
01:57Dalawa lang po yan ngayon, pero magkakaroon pa ng ibang kaso.
02:02So, aakit pa sa preliminary investigation.
02:05Sir, may identified project pa?
02:07Specific yung itong nalawa?
02:09Yun actually ang kaibahan.
02:11That's why these were somehow low-hanging fruits.
02:15Dahil hindi mo kailangan i-prove na merong kontrata.
02:19Or, sorry.
02:21Hindi mo kailangan i-prove na nakinabang ang tao sa isang kontrata.
02:26Ang kailangan mo lang i-prove, yung ownership ng congressman doon sa construction firm.
02:33At yun na yung conflict of interest na tinatawad.
02:36Sir, pasasagutin na po yung dalawang congressman.
02:39Yes, opo.
02:40That's the whole point po ng preliminary investigation.
02:43Na papasagutin po natin as part of due process yung mga respondents in those cases.
02:49Sir, 3090 graph pa rin yan.
02:51Yes.
02:52Conflict of interest.
02:53That's under 3H if I'm not mistaken.
02:55Okay.
02:5539B.
02:56Sir, shift on one.
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