Evidence proves everything.
The start of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s term has been historical in
its own right, the first Mindanaoan chief executive, more than come from behind
victory, 16 million plus voted for him, first President elected as president
straight from being a local executive (mayor), and the list can go on.
And while this early his legacy is still being made,history will judge
Duterte if he will leave the office of the chief executive with a country in a
better position from the time he first assumed office in Malacanang.
Former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III (photo credit to INQ) |
But for his predecessor, Benigno “Noynoy” Simeon Aquino III, its been
more than 3 years since he left the chief executive post, his legacy is
somewhat already been written, the only remaining question is how much more it
can be bad.
Scandal after scam after scandal are
being one by one unfolded when the new administration took office. Filipinos
regardless of what color they belong to have the right to know what really
transpired in all of those government dealings, principally because it involves
taxpayer’s money.
Philippine Star veteran columnist Mr. Jarius Bondoc in his column “GOTCHA”
enumerates the top 7 messy projects of the Benigno Simeon“Noynoy” Aquino III.
For the sake of clarity and public knowledge we are quoting the said
article in full below.
Seven past deals worsened today’s crime, traffic,
health
Seven messy projects of the past admin worsen today’s crime, traffic,
and disease. Worth multibillions, the deals cripple police work, city
commuting, and public health. Quality of life deteriorates.
Three executive departments must fix the mess and save state funds.
Punishments also are needed to prevent recurrence.
All seven are hot news:
• P1.9-billion purchase of flimsy police vans. The Senate is to look
into a 2015 bid rigging for over 2,000 units from an inapt Indian supplier.
Rules were for bidders with at least ten years’ domestic presence. But the National
Police bought the Mahindra brand – no dealer network, after-sales service, and
spare parts. The vehicles have since broken down, rotting in disrepair in
police stations. Police mobility and response to distress calls are disabled.
Sen. Grace Poe’s warnings in late 2014 against the Mahindra purchase were
unheeded.
• P1.4-billion missing police combat and patrol gear. State auditors
have red-flagged the non-delivery of simple ponchos and commando rifle grenades
ordered in 2015. Sen. Panfilo Lacson, one-time PNP chief, laments the
repetitive anomalies. The purchases were made when then-interior secretary Mar
Roxas and PNP head Alan Purisima were feuding. The present Dept. of Interior
has yet to sue the erring police brass and suppliers to recover the money.
• P3.8-billion bungled fabrication of land vehicle license plates. For three years now millions of new cars, trucks, and motorcycles have been plate-less. Many old plates also have been lost, torn, or cloned. Lawmen have no way to identify crime getaways; traffic aides cannot enforce number coding. All because, in 2013, the Dept. of Transport contracted a blacklisted Filipino and undercapitalized Dutch partners for the five-year project. Aside from bid rigging, there was no congressional funding, so the Commission on Audit forbade payment. Prototypes were not tamper-proof as required; the metal crumpled like paper in floodwaters. Import duties unpaid, 600,000 pieces lie abandoned in cargo containers at the Manila pier. The present Land Transportation Office had to rebid and acquire platemaking machines. It started distributing 250,000 new plates this week, but only for vehicles bought July 2016 onwards. Government has yet to recover advances and damages, and indict the culprits.
• P3.8-billion purchase of flawed MRT-3 trains from China. Paid P565
million (15 percent) upon indent in 2013, Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock
Co. delivered late 48 faulty coaches in 2016. Incompatible length, overweight
(by 3.3 tons each), and bogey design make operation and maintenance iffy. At
least 15 safety and reliability tests, involving 94 components, were left
undone. Confirming the contract breaches, present Transport Sec. Arthur Tugade
says he will make Dalian redo the railcars. Their inoperability sets back
MRT-3’s expansion. Traffic has intensified along EDSA and, by consequence, the
whole Mega Manila. Had Dalian’s trains met the specs, the commuter rail would
have upgraded to four-car trains from the present three-, shortened train
intervals to 2.5 minutes from the old five, and increased ride frequency.
Uninvestigated are allegations by ex-MRT general manager Al Vitangcol of a
five-percent or P190-million kickback to transport bosses in 2013.
• P3.8-billion – the favorite deal price? – inept MRT-3 upkeep and
overhaul. DOTr rescinded last Nov. the negotiated three-year contract,
2016-2019. By then, frequent breakdowns had worsened traffic; train
dilapidation now requires years-long rehab. The cost is huge. Japanese giant
Sumitomo Corp., as MRT-3’s 12-year maintainer, originally had estimated P7.5
billion ($150 million). DOTr is borrowing more than double, P17 billion (¥34.48
billion) from Japan International Cooperation Agency. Only last month did the
Ombudsman indict ex-transport chief Joseph Abaya for graft. Implicated were
ex-deputies Rene Limcaoco, Catherine Gonzales, Edwin Lopez, and Roman Buenafe.
Also, DOTr managers Camille Alcaraz, Ofelia Astrera, Charissa Opulencia, Oscar
Bongon, and Joe Sabayles. And Busan Universal Rail Inc. incorporators-directors
Eldonn Ferdinand Uy, Belinda Ong Tan, Elizabeth C. Velasco, Brian C. Velasco,
Antonio Borromeo, Elpidio Uy, and Jun Ho Hwang.
• P3.5-billion untested anti-dengue vaccine. About 835,000
nine-to-12-year-olds were injected with untried Dengvaxia once to thrice from Apr.
2016 to Aug. 2017. Vaccinees were not blood-tested or queried for previous
dengue infection. Parents’ consents were not sought; side effects unexplained.
Malacañang rushed the project for the May 2016 election, in vote-rich Central
Luzon, Metro Manila, Southern Tagalog, and Central Visayas. It turned out that
the inoculant can cause severe bleeding, fever, and death to previously
uninfected vaccinees and those with congenital ailments. Sixty-five deaths have
been linked to the drug, and 30 times that number of hospitalizations.
Sacrificed were a dozen tried-and-tested necessary vaccines, including for
mumps, measles, chicken pox, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular
pertussis. Public hysteria over Dengvaxia is scaring parents and youths even
from safe vaccines.
• P8.1-billion infeasible construction of 5,700 barangay health stations
in public schools. Malacañang allegedly rushed the release of the amount in
Dec. 2015, along with the Dengvaxia deal. The money went to waste. Sites were
unworkable and constructors ineligible. Delays were interminable; equipment
were undelivered. Primary health care for the poor and hiring of barangay
nurses never happened. Ex-President Noynoy Aquino, budget secretary Florencio
Abad, and health secretary Janet Garin deny any wrongdoing.
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