President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has asked for help from senators in prosecuting individuals behind corruption-tainted and ineffective flood control public works projects, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said. | MRamosINQ /PDI
“‘Even with regards the flood control projects . If you find something , we should pursue filing cases … Please go for it.’ That’s really the request of the President,” he added.According to Villanueva, the President supports the Senate hearing set for next week to review the existing flood control programs of the DPWH, which was headed by Sen. Mark Villar under the Duterte administration.
“We should not be content with band-aid and palliative solutions,” Villanueva said, adding that the country should have an infrastructure “roadmap” to prevent wasting public funds “again and again.”Among the areas worst-hit by the floods caused by Egay and Tropical Storm “Falcon” , which followed it, was Bulacan province. Fernando Hicap, chair of the fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas , blamed the floods largely on reclamation projects.
SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon Ang, however, gave assurances in 2020 that the company would use “engineering intervention measures” to mitigate risks, such as flooding. He also said that some real estate developers continued to build housing projects on flood-prone areas with permission from the local government.
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