
Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) commissioner Greco Belgica refused to name lawmakers under investigation for alleged involvement in corruption at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor dared him to name drop those congressmen involved after the commissioner revealed that some lawmakers were colluding with DPWH officials.
Belgica said baring these names would compromise the investigation and would turn the probe into a mere spectator’s event.
“I don’t want to do blind items or make a bulletin board or noise board of our investigation dahil kung sasabihin ko kung sino ang iimbestigahan bago ang inquiry or sino ang suspects, para ko pong sinabi doon sa huhulihin na huhulihin siya and that will compromise the investigation,” Belgica said.
[If I were to say who is being investigated before the inquiry or who the suspects are, it’s like telling the suspect that I will arrest them and that will compromise the investigation.]
Senators earlier flagged around P345.25-billion in lump sum inserted in the DPWH’s proposed 2021 budget, with lawmakers and officials of the department said to be asking for “kickbacks” from contractors that win projects from the agency.