MANILA, Philippines – Inutusan ng Senado si “Beng Ramos” (Divina Gracia V. Ramos), isang kawani ng Blue Ribbon Oversight Office Management (BROOM), na magsumite ng paliwanag kaugnay ng pagkakadawit niya sa isyu ng korapsyon sa flood control projects.
“I’d be meeting with the concerned Secretariat officials today. Meanwhile, Ms Ramos has been asked by BROOM (Blue Ribbon Oversight Office Management) Director General Quimbo to submit her written comment/explanation,” ani Senate Secretary Renato Bantug, Jr. sa interbyu ng ABS-CBN News.
Una nang tinukoy ng dating DPWH engineer na si Brice Hernandez si Ramos na umano’y may kaugnayan kay Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, bagay na itinanggi ng senador.
Giit ni Estrada at ng kanyang chief of staff na si Racquel Mejia, hindi kailanman naging bahagi ng kanilang opisina si Ramos at posibleng gumamit ito ng maling representasyon.
“Based on records, during the entire stint of Senator Estrada since 2004, we did not have in our plantilla any staff by the said name. She was never authorized to use the Senator’s name nor to act in his behalf,” ani Mejia.
“We are therefore requesting your good office to conduct an investigation on this serious matter. If proven guilty of misrepresenting the Senator, we expect that she will be meted with the appropriate penalty,” saad pa ni Mejia sa liham niya kay Bantug.
Ayon kay Sen. Panfilo Lacson, na bagong chair ng Blue Ribbon Committee, prayoridad nila ang internal cleansing ng Senado.
“In the House committee hearing today, a Blue Ribbon staff member identified by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada as Beng Ramos was linked to a supposed delivery of obligation aka ‘lagay’ by WJ Construction that was awarded a project by then Bulacan 1st DEO Henry Alcantara,” ani Lacson.
“Since I am not sure if there is only one Beng Ramos in the Blue Ribbon Committee which I was just elected by my peers to chair, just like DPWH Sec Vince Dizon, maybe I also need to do a simultaneous internal cleansing while buckling down to work,” giit niya pa. RNT
