Marcos orders full payment for contractors who get job done

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the immediate payment for contractors who delivered their infrastructure projects well.

In a press briefing on Monday, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the President urged his Cabinet to “move forward” from the flood control scandal and ensure all pending infrastructure projects will be completed swiftly.

“Ipinag-utos na ng Pangulo na siguruhing mababayaran ang mga contractor na maayos na tumutupad sa kanilang mga kontrata. Mas mabilis na proseso ang bayad, mas maayos na trabaho para sa mga Pilipino,” Castro said.

Castro said finishing the current infrastructure projects will help lift the country’s economy.

Payment of infrastructure projects slowed down as scrutiny of ghost projects came into limelight.

“Dahil napag-ingatan po kasi ng Pangulo ang pondo, hindi po agad naglabas ng bayad, ng pondo sa ilang mga contractor, habang binubusisi po iyong mga gumawa ng tama at iyong mga ghost projects o mga substandard na mga proyekto. So, ngayon po ay pinabubusisi na ng Pangulo lahat ng mga maayos na naging trabaho, bayaran po agad,” she said.

She said the public deserves to benefit from the ongoing infrastructure programs of government.

“Kailangan din ang magandang koneksiyon at ugnayang nasyonal at lokal na pamahalaan para mabantayan at matapos ang mga infrastructure projects,” she said.

“Buo ang paninindigan ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. na panahon na para iangat ang ating ekonomiya. Ito’y sa kabila ng kaniyang pangunguna sa pagpapaimbestiga sa malawakang pag-abuso sa pondo ng bayan,” Castro said.

Marcos blew the whistle on corruption involving contractors on flood control projects in his State of the Nation last year.

The article was originally published in ABS-CBN and written by Jervis Manahan.

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