DILG assures no special treatment for flood control scandal indicted personnel

Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla assured that government personnel indicted in the flood-control scandal will receive no special treatment and will be treated as regular inmates.

He emphasized that all inmates, regardless of their alleged crime, would be housed in common areas and not given preferential accommodations, nor access to mobile phones, laptops, and other gadgets.

This policy applies to government personnel with salary grades up to 26, while those with higher grades will be tried before the Sandiganbayan.

The Pasay City Jail, designed for 103 inmates, currently houses 960 individuals and is expected to exceed a thousand with new detainees from the flood-control cases.

Remulla anticipates that approximately 200 to 250 individuals will be indicted in relation to the flood-control projects.

The DILG confirmed that the Pasay City Jail is prepared for the possible detention of government personnel with Salary Grade 26 and below implicated in the case.

The PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame will not be used for the detention of suspects in the flood control issue.