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INQToday: Marcos on protests vs corruption: ‘If not president, I’d be on streets’
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr. as the chairperson of the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI).
The commission, formed through Executive Order 94, will investigate anomalous national government infrastructure projects over the past decade.
President Marcos stated that the ICI's mandate includes investigating corruption in flood control projects and all other national government infrastructure works from the past 10 years.
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson expressed optimism about the ICI's ability to deliver justice, citing Reyes' integrity and the qualifications of other members.
Marcos also voiced his support for protests against government corruption, stating that if he were not president, he might have joined demonstrations himself.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. established the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) via Executive Order No. 94 to investigate anomalies in government infrastructure projects, particularly flood control projects, over the past 10 years.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has established the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to investigate anomalies in flood control and other infrastructure projects from the last 10 years.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stressed the total independence of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to ensure its integrity amidst corruption allegations concerning flood-control projects.
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. vowed not to interfere with the Independent Commission on Infrastructure's (ICI) investigation into anomalies in government flood control and infrastructure projects over the last decade.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared that his cousin, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, and their allies in Congress will face an independent investigation into flood control and infrastructure projects from the past decade.
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