Bong Go on Trillanes complaint: ‘Culprits should be held liable’

Senator Bong Go on Tuesday urged former senator Antonio Trillanes IV to not deviate from the truth as he insisted that the real perpetrators behind the anomalous flood control projects should be held accountable. 

This, as Trillanes earlier this morning filed with the Office of the Ombudsman plunder and graft complaints against former President Rodrigo Duterte and Go in relation to a nearly P7 billion worth of government infrastructure projects awarded to firms owned by the latter’s family.

“Ngayon na nasa Ombudsman na siya, meron naman pong COA (Commission on Audit). Pwede naman pong tumingin kung meron bang pagkukulang, kung meron bang irregularities dito sa mga proyektong ito. Kasuhan ninyo po,” Go said in an ambush interview.

(Now that it’s in the Ombudsman, there is COA where you can check if there were any anomalies, if there were any irregularities in these projects. Sue the people involved.) 

“Sinasabi ko nga, ako pa mismo, willing po akong kasuhan kahit kapamilya ko, kahit sino pa ‘yan,” Go said.

(I said that I'm willing to file a case even against my own family members.) 

According to Trillanes, Go's father, owner of CLTG Builders, as well as the Alfrego Builders owned by Go's brother, secured billions worth of government contracts under the Duterte administration where Go served as Special Assistant to the President and later as a senator from 2019 to 2022. 

He said the CLTG Builders entered a joint venture with St. Gerrard Construction, a company owned by the Discaya family, to win P816 million worth of government contracts. 

Likewise, Trillanes said CLTG and Alfrego Builders also cornered approximately P6.95 billion in government infrastructure projects from 2016 to the present.

Go, in response, said that there should be no “scripts” when it comes to the allegation, emphasizing that the truth should come out. 

“Ang issue dito, ang flood control. Ang issue po dito, anomalous projects. Ang issue po dito, ghost projects. Panagutin ninyo po ang dapat panagutin. Kilala ni Trillanes ‘yan. Kilala niya kung sino ang mga kontraktors na ‘yan. Kilala niya kung sino ang mga dapat managot dito sa isyung ito,” the senator said.

(The issue here is flood control, the anomalous projects, the ghost projects. Culprits should be held liable. Trillanes knows that. He knows who those contractors are. He knows who should be responsible for this issue.)

Go earlier urged contractors Curlee and Sarah Discaya to "tell the truth" as he maintained that he has no connections with them nor their flood control projects.

This developed as Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said his office and the Ombudsman are now looking into the possible ties of the Discayas to the CLTG Builders. —AOL, GMA Integrated News