MANILA, Philippines – Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon denied on Tuesday Batangas Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste’s allegations linking him to supposed flood control insertions in the national budget.
“[Dizon] categorically denies the baseless and malicious allegations made by Rep. Leandro Leviste regarding supposed ‘insertions’ or ‘allocables’,” the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said in a statement.
Leviste accused Dizon of making insertions in the controversial infrastructure projects funded through the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).
In a separate statement, the BC also shut down Leviste’s allegations, saying “no such funds exist within BCDA projects or its authority. Claims to the contrary are unsupported by evidence and false.”
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“BCDA does not receive or control discretionary funds and does not participate in budget insertions. All projects are financed only through approved government programs, released through the National Treasury, implemented under the General Appropriations Act, and governed by procurement laws and Commission on Audit rules,” the BCDA added.