MANILA, Philippines – Inisa-isa ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ang mapupuntahan ng P255 billion na inilaan sa DPWH “flood control projects” subalit ipinag-utos niyang i-realign sa ibang posibleng venues.
Sa isang panayam ng Manila Bulletin’s “The Sit Down” na hinost ni Philip Cu Unjieng, para sa kanyang bagong BBM Podcast, binanggit ng Pangulo ang Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DoH), PhilHealth, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at Department of Agriculture (DA).
“DepEd for classrooms, specifically. We are going to put those 26 billion. For Department of Health, 29 billion for medical assistance, ‘yung MAIP, and then the completion of all the other hospitals, specialty hospitals that we were talking about,” ang sinabi ng Pangulo.
“PhilHealth, 60 billion, to increase the number of cove – the extent of coverage. DSWD, is very important because, you know, we really have to… They have run out of… They are very quickly running out of money,” aniya pa rin.
“This is something that we just have to do. We cannot leave these poor people alone. Thirty-nine billion plus will be going to the Department of Agriculture,” ang winika pa rin ng Pangulo.
Nauna rito, nangako ang Pangulo na ang bawat sentimo ng public funds ay mapakikinabangan ng mga filipino.
At para aniya masiguro na “free of these insertions” ang susunod na national budget at walang anomalya, ang Blockchain ang nakikita niyang maaaring gumana at hindi ang AI.
“Well, I haven’t seen any AI that specifically geared towards that. Blockchain is something that could work. However, what has happened has been – that we have violated the rules. Those rules exist and simply we don’t… In the last decade, they stopped following the rules,” ang sinabi ng Chief Executive.
“For example, when I was in local government, when national government came in and it was going to do a construction, they come in, they do the project. And then, at some point, they come back to the local government executives and say, “Tapos na. Natapos namin ‘yung project”. Iinspeksyunin namin ngayon ‘yun. ‘Pag nakita namin hindi maganda ito, hindi tama itong ginawa ninyo, hindi ko pipirmahan ‘yung acceptance,” ang nilahad ng Pangulo.
“Dapat ‘pag hindi ko pinirmahan ‘yung acceptance nung local government, hindi mababayaran ang contractor. Tatawagin ‘yung contractor, “Tingnan mo ulit. Hindi tama itong ginawa ninyo. Ayusin mo.” Pagka naayos ninyo ‘yan, pipirmahan ko ito, mababayaran kayo. Iyon ang sistema noon,” aniya pa rin.
“Apparently in the last administration, they removed that entirely. And I didn’t… I was shocked. I was shocked because this is the standard procedure, this is like – you don’t think about this anymore,” diing pahayag ng Pangulo. (KRIS JOSE)
