The Senate blue ribbon committee report on the investigation into the Department of Education's P2.4 billion laptop procurement deal is expected to be completed before Christmas break, Senator Francis Tolentino said.
The Senate blue ribbon committee report on the investigation into the Department of Education's P2.4 billion laptop procurement deal is expected to be completed before Christmas break, Senator Francis Tolentino said.
"Siguro po before Christmas break we’ll have the committee report and as we have done before, we will release the dispositive portion in advance," Tolentino, chairman of the Senate blue ribbon panel, told reporters Thursday night. The Blue ribbon chairman said he was hesitant to release the report before the yuletide season but since the issue being investigated surfaced in 2022, they will release the recommendations within the year.
"Nag-aalangan nga ako kung ilalabas ngayong Kapaskuhan o hindi e pero kung ilalabas mo naman sa January baka sabihin naman bagong taon na bagong taon nilabas. So dahil issue ito ng 2022, ilabas na natin ngayong 2022," he said.Asked if they will recommend further investigation or charges to the Office of the Ombudsman, Tolentino said: "Marami ."The sessions in the Senate will be adjourned on December 17, 2022 and will resume on January 22, 2023.
In August, the Blue Ribbon committee launched the investigation into DepEd's purchase of "outdated and pricey" laptops through the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service .focused on the memorandum of agreement used for the laptop procurement and the bidding process that the PS-DBM and the DepEd had conducted.
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