Marcos on exposing flood control mess: Not for political advantage

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday said exposing the corruption and irregularities in flood control projects was nothing political. 

“I think we’re already there. Why would I even start such a thing if somehow it’s for political advantage. The reason I brought it up and made it part of the national discourse was quite simply because this could not go on,” Marcos said in an episode of BBM Podcast. 

“I will continue to bring it up because I do not see any point to anything that we’re doing unless we move the country forward,” he added.

Marcos first denounced the shamelessness of corrupt government officials and contractors in his State of the Nation Address in July, stating that he personally found out that some flood control projects were poorly done or non-existent in the first place.

In Bulacan province alone, Marcos, during one of his inspections, said he was very angry with the ghost flood control projects. 

An Independent Commission for Infrastructure was created to look into the infrastructure projects, including the flood control projects in the last ten years. 

The President ensured that his allies would not be spared in the probe of the ICI into anomalous and ghost flood control projects.

He also assured the public that the ICI would be very independent from other investigations. —AOL, GMA Integrated News