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Ping warns Palace of cover-up perceptions in ‘Cabral files’
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson urged Malacañang not to dismiss allegations of Cabinet secretaries' involvement in budget insertions for flood control projects.
He warned that premature dismissal of accusations could be interpreted as a "cover-up."
Lacson suggested an inter-agency investigation using evidence from Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings.
Presidential Communications Office Usec. Claire Castro had previously dismissed the accusations as "hearsay without probative value."
The senator countered that testimonies supported by official budget documents and admissions under oath established involvement in the alleged plunder of public funds.
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Senator Panfilo Lacson urged a thorough investigation into alleged budget insertions by Cabinet officials, citing testimonies and documents from Senate hearings.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson urged authorities to give the family of the late DPWH Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral space to grieve before pursuing any documents she may have shared.
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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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The Makabayan bloc is questioning President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s unfulfilled promise to arrest "big fish" involved in a flood control scam before Christmas.
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The Palace, through Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro, dismissed claims linking Cabinet secretaries to controversial insertions in the 2025 infrastructure budget as mere "hearsay" with no "probative value."
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