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Leviste seeks probe of P8-B DPWH projects from ‘Cabral files’
Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste is calling for an investigation into alleged "Cabral files" pertaining to P8 billion in projects in the Department of Public Works and Highways' 2025 budget.
Leviste claims these files, supposedly from the late Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral, indicate P8 billion in projects proposed by "OP (ES/SAP)".
He highlighted that P300 million of this P8 billion is allocated for a solar streetlight project in his district, Batangas 1st.
Leviste clarified that 60% of the projects were flood control and slope protection, while 40% were streetlight projects.
He questioned the anomaly of a solar streetlight project costing P230,000 per piece, noting that 1,202 pieces of these lights are slated for the Nasubu-Tagaytay Highway.
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Malacañang maintains that documents linking Cabinet members to insertions in flood control projects are hearsay unless validated by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
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Batangas Representative Leandro Leviste is accused by DPWH personnel of forcibly taking documents and copying files from the office of the late DPWH Undersecretary Catalina Cabral.
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DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon has denied authenticating documents that Batangas Representative Leandro Leviste claims to possess, stating he cannot authenticate files he has not seen.
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The Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP) has denied allegations linking it to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects, referring to the claims as unfounded, false, and misleading.
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Palace Press Officer Claire Castro confirmed that the authentication of the "Leviste Files" is now with the Office of the Ombudsman.
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