Senate Pres. Tito Sotto Denies Claims of Sen. Imee Marcos
TITO SOTTO
– The Senate President reacted to the accusation of Senator Imee Marcos against the chamber’s leadership over the flood control mess.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives conducted flood control investigation amid the supposed massive corruption in the government through the flood control projects. The probe in the upper chamber was led by the Blue Ribbon Committee which is now chaired by Senate Preside Pro Tempore Ping Lacson.
The House of Representatives stopped its flood control investigation after the creation of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure. According to
House Speaker Bojie Dy, the flood control probe is best left in the hands of the ICI
. The commission was created under an executive order.
During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s flood control hearing, several congressmen and senators were tagged in the supposed multi-billion flood control corruption. However, according to presidential sister and Senator Imee Marcos, the Senate leadership allegedly prevents the members of the committee from implicating influential people in the issue.
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Based on a report on PhilStar, the claim of Marcos was made during a Zoom press briefing. According to her, she lost trust on the committee since Sen. Rodante Marcoleta was ousted from being the Blue Ribbon committee chairman.
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Senate Pres. Tito Sotto reacted to the accusation of presidential sister and Sen. Imee Marcos against the Senate leadership. Based on the report, the Senate Chief claimed that “nobody’s preventing anyone”.
“That’s impossible. Nobody’s preventing anyone from doing anything. Sen Lacson might get mad at such an accusation. Imbento,”
the Senate President said.
Aside from Senate Pres. Tito Sotto, Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson also reacted to the accusations of Sen. Imee Marcos. Based on the
report
, the Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman called the accusations of Sen. Marcos unfair and baseless.
“Out of respect for all the senators of the 20th Congress and the hardworking staff of the Blue Ribbon committee, I choose not to dignify Sen Marcos’ unfair, untruthful and baseless accusations,”
Lacson said.
Recently, Sen.
Imee Marcos also spoke on former Speaker Martin Romualdez, her cousin, allegedly not being a target for the flood control raps