Marcoleta binira si Lacson sa privilege speech sa kapalpakan ng Blue Ribbon 

Mahiya naman kayo. Pagkatapos ng walong buwan natukoy na ba kung sino ang mga walang hiya? Yet to this day no one has been held accountable. Kaya ang tanong, ano bang kinakakatakutan ng chairman? Hanggang kailan po tayo maghahalukipkip ng mga kamay sa harap ng malawakan at karumaldumal na paglima sa ating kabangbayan? Hanggang kailan ang mistulang pagbubulag-bulagan? I rise today on a matter of personal and collective privilege.

Mahiya naman kayo. These are the very exact words uttered by the president 8 months ago. Yes, Mr. President, walang buwan na mula ng tumambad sa sambayanang Pilipino at sa buong mundo ang malawakang anomalya at korrupsyon sa likod ng mga flood control projects. Pagkatapos ng walong buwan, natukoy na ba kung sino ang mga walang hiya? Since the first blue ribbon hearing last August 19, 2025, the public has watched closely, anticipating the outcome of our inquiries and investigations.

The demand for transparency and accountability did not subside. It has only grown louder. Despite the increasing public clamor for transparency and accountability we stuck in a of indecision and complacency waiting for a report that has long been overd president as early as December of last year the minority submitted its observations, findings and recommendations based on the initial six public hearings of the blue rebbit and labeled it a minority report for lack of a better term.

Let me be clear it was not intended to the committee theate body aware of the hearings on the flood control anomal that had not concluded and in the absence of a commit report the public has long been waiting the report was not filed with the bills and index but course it through the office of the Senate president hoping for proper disposition the minority report was initiated out of our solemn duty to the Filipino people who are eagerly awaiting and demanding for the Senate’s decisive action on the nation nationwide flood control scandal.

Our intention was clear from the outset to uncover the truth, hold people accountable and propose legislative measures that will finally dismantle the deeply entrance corruption that characterize our infrastructure projects. Ladies and gentlemen of this chamber, the people have waited long enough. It has been 7 months since the first blue rebon hearing.

 For far too long, the public have been agitated, disgusted and tormented by the thought that more than a trillion have been openly looted from the national treasury. Yet to this day, no one has been held accountable except for the small fry. In several instances and interviews, the chairman of the Blue Ribbon committee has said that a partial committee report is to be released.

 Last November 24, 2025, the chair stated in an interview and I quote, “Magsau-submit kami ng partial committee report based on info so far gathered during the previous hearing. Natapos ang December 2025, walang report. Then on January 14, 2026 during the sa senado another statement was made that the report was still being drafted by his staff even tiding them for being inep.

Are we supposed toend toend solely on the capacity and perhaps the willingness of our st to produce a report that theino people have been waiting for a report that is not merely a formality but a duty to the public weerve it was out of exasperation that on january 206 we took it upon ourselves to formally release the minority report in a press conference to prevent the findings of our inquiry from being installed while the public continues to wait for answers.

 Yet again on January 26, 2026, the chairman once again said that BRC’s partial committee report was almost finished. Mr. President, the minority report was not done half heartedly nor was it done out of disregard for this institution. It was done because the Filipino people have been waiting for this chamber to tell them what has been found.

 The submission of a minority report therefore serve a simple yet necessary and urgent purpose to let our people know that something has been done at least from our side. Sadly after the minority press conference said report wasified without even the courtesy of reading it the brc ch even blun he said the place for the minority report is the trustan a submissioned in the same hearings of which actually the same resource person and theavid Masasabi ba niyang pangbasura lang din ang lahat ng iyon? Kung itatapon sa basurahan ng ulat na ito, hindi ba’t

para na rin nating itinapon ang lahat ng ebidensya kasama na ang dalawang privilege speeches niya na ginamit sa minority report. With your respect, the Senate was never meant to be a place where inconvenient findings are thrown into the trust bein just because they challenge the preferred narrative. The minority report exposes how ghost and defective blood control prossem from systemic corruption embedded in the country’s infrastructure planning, budgeting andation processes.

It unrabeled a corrupt monitoring and quality control system that gave way to a normalized system of kickbs, rig biding and budget insertions involving lawmakers, DPW officials and favored contractors even as it recommended comprehensive reforms through propose measures to address the issues across all stages of project implementation.

Finally the minority report rais serious concerns about bearing away from the initial course of investigation from pursuing major perpetrators to selective summoning of witnesses intimidation or discrediting of whistle blowers and the failure to summon key political figures. This shift will undermine public trust and weaken the truth seeking function of the blue ribbon committee.

 As we have witnessed after the testimony of ex-marine sergeant Orle Gutesa, there has been a month long halt in the investigation giving the persons mentioned by him John Paul Estrada and Mark Tixai to flee the country to parts unknown. The resignation of BRC chairman that followed already ch the narrative goa the only witness who connected the money trail from Sal to Martin Rez was painted to fake his notarized swatya pa ang tinakot kasuhan ng falsification of public documents at perjury to rectify this Mr.

 President, I just filed a disbment complaint against Attorney Espera and administrative complaint against executive judge season of Manila RTC. Meanwhile on February 11, 2026 my office received what appears to be a draft report from the blue rebond committee which can only be which can only assume to have originated either from the chairman’s office or from the blue ribbon committee which he chairs.

 What was transmitted to us Mr. president was a link to a PDF document bearing a watermark OS Marcoleta across each and every page. Yet the said partial report does not bear the signature of the chairman a formality ordinarily expected of any report issued by a committee particularly from the Blue Ribon committee.

Given the circumstances, the status of the Blue Ribon partial report is unclear and it could easily be disowned or disabed at a later time. In light of this, Mr. President, guidance is respectfully sought on how such a document should be properly regarded by this body. The same people were hell bent on criticizing the manner by which the minority report was submitted.

 Yet they have no qualm circulating a committee report in a manner that lacks even the most basic formalities expected of an official document of this institution. Maybe because of the following observed weaknesses. In the BRC chairman’s interview with D for on DCRH as early as July 31, 2025, he alle that there are at least 60 sitting congressmen who who also acted as contractors of infrastructure projects in their own districts.

 In a press conference and in a press release dated August 10th, 2025 posted on the Senate website, the BRC chairman disclosed that house members called him and that he had a list of 67 congressmen who were contractors. Yet he did not summon them to any BRC hearing. Why did he not name them to be fair to the rest of the members of the house of representatives? In this sworn statement of the diskayas, 17 congressmen were also mentioned why were not they asked to appear before the committee.

 On the other hand, the statements of former Yusek Bernardo and his cohorts Alcantara and Hernandez who named certain senators upon the intercession of the Department of Justice were readily heralded as gospel truth. The chairman of the BRC has also named at least 11 contractors in his first and second privileged speeches whom he crucified to be involved in the flood control mess.

Bakit hindi na sila ipinatawag? Bakit iilan lang mula sa 11 kontratisang kanyang tinukoy ang aktwal na humarap sa pagdinig? Bakit namimili? Ano ang ibig sabihin nito? Remarkably on November 14, 2025, the BRC chairman invited former speaker Martin Romaldes to testify in its seventh hearing. He did not appear. Then on January 22, 2026 as quoted by various media outlets, the chairman said that for speaker Martin will be invited again.

 If he wants to attend, he is welcome but he cannot be forced to come due to interparliamentary courtesy. Doctrine can be challenged in the light of section 27 article 2 of the 1987 constitution which reads the state will maintain honesty and integrity in the public service and take positive and effective measures against graph and corruption this doctrine Mr.

 President which is not even part of our rules is not absolute and should not prevail over a clear and categorical mandate of the constitution. The members of con have no immunity from investigation or public scrutiny. If anything those occupy the highest offices in the government must be the first to answer not the last to be asked.

And on January 11, 2026 in a radio interview over DZWB, the BRC chairman said that there is no solid evidence linking former Martin uh speaker Martin Romdes to the flood controls this is deeply troubling not only for what was asserted but for what was prematurely concluded because the records of the hearings clearly reveal otherwise.

Got who appeared and categorically link him to the controversy. Second Saliko in his several video feeds identified him in others as the principal actor of this most despicable scandal. Third, at least two out of the 17 congressmen in this list reportedly referred to Martin Raldes. Sa mga unang pagdinig ng Blue Ribon committee sa ilalim ng pamumuno ng kasalukuyang chairperson, iminungkahi ko po ginoong pangulo na anyayahan din si dating Governor Luis Chavit S na nagpahayag din ng kahandaan at kagustuhan na dumalo upang tumestigo sa

mga flood control project sa Ilocos. Wala rin pong nangyari ginoong pangulo we are now seeing a clear pattern in this mambo jambo that whenever a witness points to former speaker as being linked to the controversy the credibility of that witness is quickly placed in question in a numbus interview at the Senate on November 14 2025 by various media outlets the VRC chairman clarified that a remote sworn testimony will be allowed only if Saliko appears before Philippine Embassy or consulate and a request for resume meeting under

oath will be valid. First, Saldiko fears for his life and therefore he cannot go to any Philippine embassy. Kung si Gutesa nga ay bigla na lang naglaho na parang bula. Sa halip na suportahan at pakinggan ng mga naglalantad ng katotohanan, sila’y pinababayaan at nailalagay pa sa panganib. Second, the statement is incorrect because under the apostle convention with the Supreme Court already implemented under Ocaircular number 210 2023, Saliko can take his oat before any commissioned notary in Portugal or elsewhere in Europe. He doesn’t have to

do it before a Philippine councular office. All he has to do is for his warn statement to be apostilled in that foreign country and it will have the effect of a statements worn before a Philippine consulate. In the 8 hearing on January 19, 2026 the VRC chairman stated let me emphasize the point or one point we always gover theidence lead us.

We do not target any particular person nor do we have the intention to cover up for anybody. If that is truly the guiding principle of this investigation Mr. President several matters would have been highlighted and pursued with equal. For instance, on November 18, 2025 he made a revelation during the plenar debates of the 2026 budget on general principles in the presence of DBC officials.

 sinabi niya na base sa usapan nila ni Yosf Bernardo meron siyang mga taong may mga taong nagne-name drop sa pangulo tulad ninaek Adran Bersamin at Tri Olibar na nagutos kay Saldico na ipasok sacam yung insertions ng 100 billion videoent Sabi niya ang pagkaalam niya kasama si Yekrian Bersamin Phillion Mr. president in at least 10 deliveries.

The modus that they yung arrangement nila is may tigisa silang armored band. May armored band sifar may armor band siya magpa-park sa basement ng diamond hotel darating iyung van driven by Olibar. And possibly, sabi niya hindi siya sigurado and possibly along with Edrian Versamin. Bakante yung armor van ipa-park, ida-drive yung isang ban na puno ng pera.

Ranging from 800 million hanggang 2 billion. umabot ng 2 billion only because sometime in March yung kanyang date na sinasabi from I think March hanggang April yung delivery very good nga raw siya sabi ni Yekayar kasi nakakapag-deliver ang biggest kasi na ipon because March 11 ngunit kailan man hindi po Naimbithan si Usek Adrian Bersamin upang harapin at linawin ang akusasyong ito na mismong chairman pa ang nagsiwalat sa plenaryo.

Earlier on November 14, 2025 in an ambus interview he already disputed the statement of Saldico about the alle 100 billion insertions allegedly allegedly made by the president in the BCAM. Ang malinaw rito Mr. President ay magkakaibang pahayag at pagkakaunawa sa parehong issue. Isang senyales ng contradiksyon na posibleng pagmamanipula na dapat sanay’y malinaw at tapatiko.

This becomes particularly concerning in light of the second supplemental affidbit of former DPW under Secretary Roberto Bernardo dated November 10, 2025 where he disclose that he handled 5 billion of projects for former DPW Secretary Manuel Bunoan each year from 202324 to 25 with kickb of 50% therefom from this kickb 75% will be shared byan and cabral that 25% goes to bernardo pinayagan din ng chairman ng brc ang pakikialam ng dj sa mga pagdinig lalo na sa pagpili ng mga gagawing testigo sa ilalim ng witness protection program ito

ay sa pamamagitan ng sapilitang pagre-require ng restitution na hindi naman hinihingi ng batas. Hindi rin po binigyan ng pansin ang mga naging kaganapan sa number 30 Tamarin Street South Forbes na binigyang diin ni Saldico sa isa sa marami niyang video revelations. Sinabi ni Saldico na nag-deliver siya ng 1 billion sa lugar na iyon.

 200 million December 2, 2025 at 800 million nung December 5, 2025. Ayon po kay Saldico, ang paghahatid ng 200 million ay ginamitan ng isang Grandia Elite. Yun namang 800 million ay ginamitan ng dalawang Grandia Elite. Ang mga ito ay tinanggap diumano ni Yusek Jojo Cadis sakay ng kanyang Toyota Fortuner kasama ang kanyang driver. Ang mga perang ito ay inihatid daw sa bahay ng pangulo sa Nara Street gamit ang mga nabanggit na mga sasakyan.

Ang dami pong dapat inimbitahan upang linawin at maimbestigahan ang bagay na ito. Si Yusek Jojo Cadis at ang kanyang driver, ang mga opisyales ng korporasyon na may-ari raw ng bahay, si Nelson Go na dami raw ni Martin Romalde sa nasabing korporasyon. Ang security agency na bantay sa nasabing lugar upang makuha ang lagbook ng pagpasok at paglabas ng mga sasakyan noong December 2 at December 5, 2025.

 O kaya ang CCTV footages para makilalang ganap ang mga sasakyan at drivers na may dala ng mga sasakyan at pagsapagitan ng 9:00 hanggang 10 ng umaga. Sa halip ang tinawag po ay dalawang babae na nagtakip pa ng mukha at hindi nagbigay ng statement sa mga miembro ng BRC. At nung tanangin ko sila, napansin naman po ninyo ginoong pangulo, ang chairman pa ang sumasagot.

Given the seriousness of these allegations, one cannot help but ask. Why hasad not yet been invited to testify before the BRC? The public deserves answers but some key witnesses remain uninvited. In the second in the same second supplemental affidavit of Bernardo he further alle that at least five cabinet secretaries and several under secretaries had aables recorded in what has come to be known as decabral files.

 On December 27, 2026, 2025 in a radio interview over DWIC, the VRC chairman Ecod Bernard statement at least five cabinet secretaries and some undecretaries had allocables amounting to billions in the controversial 2025 budget. But the only names revealed by former DPW Secretary Manuel Bonoan and former executive secretary Lucas Bersamin.

 Who are these other unnamed secretaries? And were they the same secretaries referred to by Bernardo in his second supplemental affidavit? We may never know because they were never invited in any of the proceedings despite the chairman’s apparent knowledge of who they were. So one cannot help but wonder if the chairman himself knew about their identities and their involvement in this whole mess.

 Why were they not summoned in the succeeding Senate investigations? Why were certain individuals being shielded from scruy? Is there someone up there who have been implicated or whose name would have been inevitably exposed and they been made to appear before the Senate? Mr. President, the matter does not end here. On February 24, 2026, a press conference was held in which one Attorney Levy Baligod presented a joint affidavit from 18 former members of the Philippine Marine Core, a former enlisted personnel of the Philippine Army and a reservist

of the Philippine Army. The affidavit alleges that they were involved in the delivery of maletas filled with c to various recipients purportedly under the orders of Saldico. Sino po? Sila po ay nagpahayag ng kanilang mga nalalaman tungkol dito sa malupit na pandarambong sa kaban ng bayan? Nabanggit nilang muli ang 30 Tamarin Street sa South Forbes Park.

Gayon din ang 14 at 41 Nara Street. Nabanggit din ang opisina ni Saldiko sa House of Representatives at bahay daw sa Aguado sa harap ng Malakanyang. Kinumpirma rin nila na totoo ang mga inihayag ni Orle Gotesa sa nakalipas na pagdinig ng commite. Bukod pa rito, isa sa mga nagsalitang ex Marines ay tumestigong isinama siya ni Saldiko ng magatid daw ng limang malalaking maleta sa bahay ng pangulo sa Ilocos Norte.

Ayon sa kanyang pahayag, si Congressman Sandro Marcos paumano ang tumanggap ng pera at ilang oras lamang ang lumipas ay dumating rin daw ang pangulo at ang unang ginang. Pero ano ang ginawa ng chairman ng BRC sa halip na iharap sa taong bayan atsahang tanungin mga pahayag kahagad na pinag-alinlanganan ang kanilang kredibilidad bago pa man masuri ang kanilang salaysay sa harap ng senado, tila nabuo na ang isang konklusyon sa mismong chairman na dapat sana ay isang magsiasat nito.

Ipinagkibitbalikat na lamang ang kanilang mga salaysay ng hindi man lang binigyan ng oportunidad na sumagot sa mga konklusyon at teorya. Kung ang kanilang mga pahayag ay hindi kapananiwala, lalong nararapat na sila paharapin sa isang pormal at pagdinig upang doon mismo masubok ang kanilang inihayag. Ang chairman po ba ng BRC ang dapat magpasya kung sino ang dapat ipatawag sa pagdinig kung ang bilang ng miembro ng Blue Ribon Committee? Nakonsulta po bang isa-isa ang mga miembro ng BRC? Kinausap po ba halimbawa si Senador Bam,

si Senador Kiko, si Senadora Risa, Senador Gatzalan. Nagkaroon po ba ng focus? Nagkaroon po ba ng hearing man lang para pagpasyahan po ang napakalaking bagay na ito? Mr. President, Mr. President, sila ay matapang na nagsalita at handang tumestigo ayon sa kanilang nakita. Saksi sila sa kung saan at kanino dinala ang limpak-limpak na perang nakapaloob sa mga maleta, mga kahon at iba pang mga sisidlan na kanilang ginamit.

Ano bang patunay pa ang dapat nilang ilabas para lamang sila’y inyong umpisahang pakinggan? O baka gusto nilang ang maliit pa ang magsalita. Hindi raw kapanipaniwala eh. sila nga ang inutusang magdala ng pera ginoong pangulo. Kaya ang tanong, ano bang kinakakatakutan ng chairman? Ano na po ba ang nangyari sa pagsunod sa ebidensya? O piling ebidensya lamang ba ang susuriin at ipipikit na lamang ang mata sa iba? Ngayon sa Romans 1:18, nahayag mula sa langit ang puot ng Diyos laban sa lahat ng kalapastangan at kasamaan ng mga taong

dahil sa kanilang kasamaan ay hinahadlangan ang katotohanan. Hanggang kailan po itong tahasang pagharang sa katotohanan? Ginoong pangulo, ano na po ba ang nangyari sa makulay na kasaysayan ng Blue Ribon Committee na sa mahabang panahon ay tiningala at nagsilbing isang bantayog sa pagtukoy at pagtutok sa mga katiwalian at pagdarambong na nagaganap sa ating burokrasya? Hanggang kailan po tayo maghahalukipkip ng mga kamay sa harap ng malahawakan at karumalumal na paglima sa ating kabangbayan.

Hanggang kailan po maghihintay sa wala ang taong bayan na mistulang ninakawan sa tanghaling tapat? Hanggang kailan ang mistulang pagbubulag-bulagan ginoong pangulo? Hanggang kailan po magtitiwala sa atin ang taong bayan na nandito tayo para proteksyunan ang kanilang kapakanan? Hanggang kailan po sila mapapaniwala na makakagawa pa tayo ng mabuti para sa kanila? Hanggang kailan po kaya ang pagmamaangmaang ginoong Pangulo, naghahanap po ng kasagutan ang mga mamamayan.

Hindi po bukas, hindi po sa makalawa, ngayon na po Ginoong Pangulo. Kasihan nawa ng Diyos ang ating bansa. Maraming salamat po, Ginoong Pangulo. >> Well, we wish that the distinguish gentleman can deliver that when the BRC chairman is here. But nevertheless, I was informed that he will answer all the points tomorrow.

Thank you >> majority muchent spe gent rules