22/08/2025
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ก๐๐
CALLING FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
ON ALLEGED ANOMALOUS FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS
August 22, 2025
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ.
The Vice Mayors for Good Governance (VMGG) expresses deep concern over persistent reports of graft and corruption in the implementation of flood control projects across the country. These projects, meant to protect lives and livelihoods, have too often become vehicles for profiteering by unscrupulous politicians and contractors.
We join President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. in condemning the misuse of public funds, substandard construction, and the manipulation of procurement processes that undermine the very purpose of these projects. Every peso stolen is a life put at risk, a home left unprotected, and a community condemned to repeated suffering from floods.
As local leaders committed to integrity and service, we put forward the following calls to action:
๐ Full Transparency and Public Disclosure: All flood control projectsโbudgets, contractors, timelines, and technical plansโmust be made accessible to the public. Citizens deserve to know how their money is being spent.
๐ Independent Oversight: The Commission on Audit (COA), civil society organizations, academic institutions, and peopleโs groups must be empowered to conduct real-time monitoring of project implementation to prevent corruption before it happens.
๐ Accountability for Wrongdoers: We call on investigative agencies and the Ombudsman to pursue cases against politicians, contractors, and officials of the DPWH proven to have engaged in anomalous practices. Corruption in disaster resilience projects is not just theftโit is a crime against public safety and endangers the lives of millions of ordinary Filipinos.
๐ Strengthening Local Government Capacity: Local governments must be empowered to take a bigger role in planning and monitoring flood control projects in their jurisdictions, ensuring that projects meet real community needs and are not dictated by political or business interests.
The VMGG stands firm: flood control projects are lifelines, not profit streams. We owe it to our people to safeguard these initiatives from corruption and deliver solutions that are durable, effective, and just.
We call on our fellow leadersโnational and localโto reject the politics of self-interest and embrace the politics of service. Our communities deserve nothing less.
