ICI’s Reyes crafts 140-day report ‘with more recommendations’
MANILA, Philippines — Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) chair Andres Reyes said on Thursday that he is currently crafting a 140-day report detailing the commission’s accomplishments with “more recommendations.”
The ICI chair, meanwhile, said during the Manila Overseas Press Club’s event that he cannot give further details about the report.
“We have a 30-day report, a 60-day report… I’m making another one for a 140-day report with more recommendations,” Reyes said as he presented the commission’s accomplishments in the past 125 days since its creation in September.
“Syempre [Of course] this [is] a report, I cannot divulge to you what is inside this report until it has been transmitted publicly to the Ombudsman,” he added.
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Recently, the ICI submitted its 125-day report to the Office of the President showcasing the rundown of its breakthroughs in the flood control probe following Marcos’ earlier remark that the commission is “coming toward the end” and that the appointment of new commissioners would depend on the amount of the commission’s remaining work.
On Wednesday, the President said he is still studying the 125-accomplishment report submitted by the investigating body.
‘To fight until the end’
According to Reyes, the ICI will continue their fight against corruption by investigating flood control anomalies “if allowed.”
“I’m telling you straight from the heart, you can trust us, and we will not abandon our fight against corruption,” Reyes said.
“We will fight until the very end if allowed. And we will fight until whatever it takes,” he emphasized.
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When asked in an ambush interview after the event what he meant by his statement that the ICI will continue its fight “if allowed,” Reyes noted that he cannot do all the work on his own.
“I cannot function because I’m by myself,” the ICI chair said.
But he also said that the investigating body “is still functioning” and studying other cases.
He declined to comment when asked if he wants new commissioners to be appointed for the commission.
Reyes is the only commissioner left at the ICI following the recent resignations of former Public Works Sec. Rogelio “Babes” Singson and SGV Country Managing Partner Rossana Fajardo.
The ICI was created on Sept. 11 last year following public clamor for transparency and accountability on the flood control anomalies.
The body has a specific mandate of investigating anomalous infrastructure projects—not only flood control projects—across the country in the past decade. /jpv
