{"id":146851,"date":"2018-01-16T22:38:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=146851"},"modified":"2018-01-16T22:38:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:38:28","slug":"pres-duterte-wants-review-of-delayed-govt-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/16\/pres-duterte-wants-review-of-delayed-govt-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Pres. Duterte wants review of delayed gov’t projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Duterte. (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday, January 16, announced that he would initiate a review of public works projects that remained unfinished for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I will review with the Cabinet this one. All public works projects, which have been delayed for years, you get out immediately and I can maybe look for the money,\u201d President Duterte said in a speech in Pasay City during the inauguration of the new Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS\/ATM) Systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing good in the field of taxation. I\u2019m sure Tugade and Dominguez can look for the money.\u00a0Umalis kayo diyan, \u2018yung lahat ng butas, \u2018yung may<\/em>\u00a0manhole\u00a0diyan,<\/em>\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

The Chief Executive noted that highways in the country are clogged with unfinished products and that accidents multiply because of the sheer negligence also of the people handling the project.\u00a0\u201cThis insanity must stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte reiterated his call to do away with the practice of awarding government contracts to the lowest bidder. \u201cBecause everyday that a certain contract is bidded out, it\u2019s always tainted with corruption, 90 percent,\u201d he said, noting that it is hard to find a transaction that\u2019s \u201calmost clean.\u201d<\/p>\n

To address this, the President said he would propose to do the turnkey phases. \u201cWe will come up with the specifications, the projected cost and everything \u2014 just like the Swiss challenge,\u201d Duterte explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will present it to you. I\u2019ll give you 10 percent for mobilization. But you must be a company with a track record. You must have the equipment. And I will not allow subcontracts, which means to say that those who \u2014 a few people that have also improved their lives maybe have reached the middle-income state because of that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During his speech, the President also issued a warning against local officials who are sitting on their job. \u201cI\u2019m warning the local government officials. I do not want to threaten you but you just do your duty also because remember, I can always suspend or dismiss you if I want to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been sparing. I\u2019m not the Ombudsman. But administratively I can hang you. So do it, those governors and mayors who are deadwoods or who do nothing\u00a0at hinayaan mo na lang kami ditong mga pulis pati<\/em>\u00a0the Armed Forces to take care of everything and you are not doing anything to serve your constituents, including dying for your people,umalis kayo diyan<\/em>,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

President Duterte on SEC\u2019s decision: How could it be political?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the same speech, the Chief Executive denied he had a hand in the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke Rappler\u2019s Certificate of Incorporation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never had a hand,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He insisted that the corporate regulator\u2019s decision is not political. \u201cRemember that the composition of SEC ngayon is puro Aquino\u00a0\u2018yan.<\/em>\u00a0There are about five, I only appointed one. So how could it be political?\u201d he said in a media interview following the inauguration.\u00a0\u201cWala akong pakialam diyan.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on Rappler\u2019s report that Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence \u201cBong\u201d Go intervened in a project to acquire new frigates, the President said, “We do not intervene in the affairs of the Armed Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are just an office that receives complaints or papers for reference and we transmit them to the proper agency. We do not get any money. We are not interested in that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The President also challenged the media to prove their allegations. “I-research mo nga mabuti kung saan nakuha nag-intervene si<\/em>\u00a0Bong. You prove it to me one word and I will tell him to resign,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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