Amid the Flood Control Issue, Ombudsman Boying Remulla Speaks on Complaints
Ombudsman Boying Remulla spoke on the charges with regards to the issue of the supposed flood control corruption in the Philippines.
The investigation of the flood control issue in the Philippines is ongoing and countless Filipinos undeniably await for the charges to be filed against those who are accused of involvement in the alleged corruption. The supposed multi-billion corruption through the flood control projects led thousands of people to the street to protest last September 21.
Several celebrities in the showbiz industry joined and spoke in the said ‘Trillion Peso March’. The people called on the government to end corruption and hold the corrupt officials accountable.
Several congressmen and senators are accused of allegedly receiving “kickback” from the flood control projects. Amid the issue, President Bongbong Marcos ordered the creation of an independent body to probe the infrastructure projects of the government — the Independent Commission for Infrastructure or ICI.
Aside from the ongoing flood control investigation of the ICI which Malacañang said Marcos Jr. is satisfied with, newly-appointed Ombudsman Boying Remulla also vowed to speed up the legal process with regards to the flood control issue in the Philippines. Based on a report on GMA News, Remulla confirmed that at least five (5) cases “are going to preliminary investigation already”.
According to the Ombudsman, the legal process could be done faster that the time to be given to file the answer is 10 days. Furthermore, he stressed that the evaluation, to fact-finding and preliminary investigation to the filing or dismissal of the complaint should not take as much as a year.
“From evaluation to fact-finding to preliminary investigation to prosecution, umaabot siya may isang taon eh. It has to stop. Dismiss it or file it. Walang matutulog. Everything has to move. Iyon ang ating goal dito. And we expect things to be better. And of course, we still need dialogue with the judiciary and research on the part of the special prosecutor,” Ombudsman Remulla said.
Based on the report, Ombudsman Boying Remulla also required the return of the corrupted money before the accused can bargain over the flood control cases. However, recently, the ICI is urged to investigate First Lady Liza Marcos.