Kasong plunder ang ikinasa kahapon ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) laban sa mga miyembro ng gabinete ni dating Pangulong Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III na may kinalaman sa maanomalyang maintenance contract sa Busan Joint Venture na ugat ng palpak na serbisyo ng MRT-3 ngayon.
Sa charge sheet na isinampa sa Office of the Ombudsman sa pamamagitan ni DOTr undersecretary for legal affairs and procurement, Reinier Yebra.
Nangunguna sa sinampahan ng plunder complaint sina dating Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Sec. Joseph Emilio Abaya at dating Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas. Si Roxas ay nagsilbi ring kalihim ng DOTC bago si Abaya.
Bukod kay Abaya at Roxas, kasama sa inireklamo sina dating Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad, dating Finance Sec. Cesar Purisima, dating Energy Sec. Jericho Petilla, dating Science and Technology chief Mario Montejo, dating Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin, dating Public Works and Highways Sec. Rogelio Singson at dating National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief Arsenio Balicasan.
Gayundin sina dating MRT General Manager Roman Buenafe; dating Transportation undersecretaries Rene Limcaoco, Catherine Gonzales at Edwin Lopez; dating Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) officials; opisyal ng Busan Universal Rail, Inc. (BURI); at isang Marlo dela Cruz.
Ito na ang pangatlong reklamong isinampa laban kay Abaya sa Ombudsman na may kinalaman sa umano’y maanomalyang MRT-3 maintenance contract.
Iginiit ni Cong. Nograles kay Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales na imbestigahan ang payola scheme na sumingaw sa P3.8 bilyong maintenance contract na pinasok ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) sa Busan Universal Rail Inc. (BURI) para sa operasyon ng Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3.
Ayon kay Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles, sangkot diumano sa iskandalosong payola scheme sa MRT-3 maintenance provider ang mga nakaraan at kasalukuyang opisyales ng pamahalaan.
“I have received reports on an alleged payola scheme of past and present government officials that made this fake contract possible. I am in the process of verifying these facts and will expose them in the appropriate time and venue but I really think that the Ombudsman should also take the initiative to investigate this large-scale corruption that put the MRT-3 in a terrible mess,” pahayag ni Nograles.
Dapat aniyang simulan ng Ombudsman ang pagkalkal sa masalimuot at buhol-buhol na sistema ng korapsyon kaya nagawang pumapel ng BURI bilang maintenance service provider ng MRT-3 kahit na maraming butas sa kontrata at palpak ang serbisyo nito.
Binanggit ng kongresista na dahil sa pagkakadeklara ng Commission on Audit (COA) na non-existent at hindi balido ang kontrata sa BURI, nararapat lamang na ibalik ang milyones na pondo na ibinayad ng gobyerno sa naturang kompanya.
“COA has issued several notices of suspension on the payments made to BURI. According to the COA, BURI has no legal personality to collect payments from the DOTr and, therefore, should return the money,” giit ni Nograles.
Subalit maaaring imposible na aniyang maibalik ng BURI ang lahat ng binayad sa kanila dahil sa korapsyon.
“We are investigating and verifying if some personalities received bribes, commissions, campaign funds from this group. Paano nila singilin ang mga ‘yun? BURI may have also given commissions to past and present officials for every payment made to them,” ayon kay Nograles.
Bukod kay Abaya at Roxas, kasama sa inireklamo sina dating Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad, dating Finance Sec. Cesar Purisima, dating Energy Sec. Jericho Petilla, dating Science and Technology chief Mario Montejo, dating Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin, dating Public Works and Highways Sec. Rogelio Singson at dating National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief Arsenio Balicasan.
Gayundin sina dating MRT General Manager Roman Buenafe; dating Transportation undersecretaries Rene Limcaoco, Catherine Gonzales at Edwin Lopez; dating Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) officials; opisyal ng Busan Universal Rail, Inc. (BURI); at isang Marlo dela Cruz.
Ito na ang pangatlong reklamong isinampa laban kay Abaya sa Ombudsman na may kinalaman sa umano’y maanomalyang MRT-3 maintenance contract.
Iginiit ni Cong. Nograles kay Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales na imbestigahan ang payola scheme na sumingaw sa P3.8 bilyong maintenance contract na pinasok ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) sa Busan Universal Rail Inc. (BURI) para sa operasyon ng Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3.
Ayon kay Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles, sangkot diumano sa iskandalosong payola scheme sa MRT-3 maintenance provider ang mga nakaraan at kasalukuyang opisyales ng pamahalaan.
“I have received reports on an alleged payola scheme of past and present government officials that made this fake contract possible. I am in the process of verifying these facts and will expose them in the appropriate time and venue but I really think that the Ombudsman should also take the initiative to investigate this large-scale corruption that put the MRT-3 in a terrible mess,” pahayag ni Nograles.
Dapat aniyang simulan ng Ombudsman ang pagkalkal sa masalimuot at buhol-buhol na sistema ng korapsyon kaya nagawang pumapel ng BURI bilang maintenance service provider ng MRT-3 kahit na maraming butas sa kontrata at palpak ang serbisyo nito.
Binanggit ng kongresista na dahil sa pagkakadeklara ng Commission on Audit (COA) na non-existent at hindi balido ang kontrata sa BURI, nararapat lamang na ibalik ang milyones na pondo na ibinayad ng gobyerno sa naturang kompanya.
“COA has issued several notices of suspension on the payments made to BURI. According to the COA, BURI has no legal personality to collect payments from the DOTr and, therefore, should return the money,” giit ni Nograles.
Subalit maaaring imposible na aniyang maibalik ng BURI ang lahat ng binayad sa kanila dahil sa korapsyon.
“We are investigating and verifying if some personalities received bribes, commissions, campaign funds from this group. Paano nila singilin ang mga ‘yun? BURI may have also given commissions to past and present officials for every payment made to them,” ayon kay Nograles.
Samantala, ngayong ibinasura na aniya ng tanggapan ni DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade ang kontrata ng BURI, dapat ay kumilos na rin kaagad ang kagawaran at hanapan ng pangmatagalang solusyon ang mga problema ng MRT-3.
“The DOTr can solicit help from the private sector regarding the MRT3’s woes. The LRT system is running with minimal problems so if that is a working formula, why not replicate it? I think that the DOTr should use the LRT experience in its effort to rehabilitate LRT,” mungkahi ni Nograles.
“The DOTr can solicit help from the private sector regarding the MRT3’s woes. The LRT system is running with minimal problems so if that is a working formula, why not replicate it? I think that the DOTr should use the LRT experience in its effort to rehabilitate LRT,” mungkahi ni Nograles.
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