Pasig Metropolis Mayor Vico Sotto — File photograph from Galing Pook/Fb
MANILA, Philippines — The native authorities unit (LGU) of Pasig Metropolis is submitting a freedom of knowledge (FOI) request to entry some paperwork on town’s flood management tasks to assist examine throughout the metropolis’s jurisdiction, Mayor Vico Sotto stated on Sunday.
Whereas Sotto praised the “Sumbong sa Pangulo” web site because it comprises the record of DPWH’s flood management tasks within the metropolis, he famous that extra data is required to additional scrutinize the tasks.
“The problem is that we will’t decide the completeness/high quality of the tasks with simply [this] information. We don’t wish to simply make a subjective judgment; we wish actual accountability. Whether it is full and correct, then it’s good; if there’s a downside, we should always know so we will act on it,” he wrote in a mixture of English and Filipino in a Fb publish.
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Sotto stated that there’s a must entry this system of works and the Invoice of Portions of every mission. He defined that these paperwork present precise particulars of a mission, such because the supplies used, mission’s size, and applicable measurements of supplies used.
Except for this, Sotto added that paperwork such because the Detailed Unit Value Evaluation and bidding paperwork “may be price .”
With this, Sotto shared that the LGU will formalize the FOI request to the Division of Public Works and Highways this week.
“With these paperwork, the LGU will assist the nationwide authorities examine inside its [jurisdiction]. We’ll additionally interact civil society organizations, particularly for long-term monitoring,” famous.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier revealed that P100 billion of all the P545-billion funds for flood mitigation tasks from July 2022 to Could 2025 had been awarded to fifteen out of two,409 accredited contractors.
Shortly after Marcos made the revelation, Sotto identified that two of the 15 contractors recognized to have bagged most flood management tasks — Alpha & Omega Gen. Contractor & Improvement Corp. and St. Timothy Development Corp. — had been owned by the Discayas, the household of his 2025 mayoral election rival Sarah Discaya.
Whereas Marcos stated that the findings had been a “disturbing evaluation,” and didn’t make any accusations concerning the personal contractors, he stated that they “stood out very a lot.”
Sotto then stated that corruption in authorities contracting is an open secret within the public sector. He famous that corruption entails six levels, the place “anomalies” or “collusion” might already happen within the first stage, or the procurement or bidding course of.
The mayor additionally vowed that Pasig Metropolis, below his management, will ship all the knowledge and “crimson flags” involving corruption in authorities contracting to Marcos.
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With this, Malacañang earlier urged LGU officers throughout the nation to comply with the lead of Sotto in reporting anomalies in authorities tasks. /das
