SPEAKER Martin Romualdez on Monday denied he was among the lawmakers who allegedly accepted commissions from flood control projects, saying he “cannot and will not allow lies and name-dropping to pass unchecked.”
“The claim in the Discaya couple’s affidavit that my name was used for commissions is false, malicious, and nothing more than name-dropping. Let me be clear: Wala akong kinalaman, wala akong pahintulot, at wala akong basbas sa mga ganyang gawain (I have nothing to do with it, I did not permit it and I did not give my blessing on such activities),” the Speaker said in a statement issued on Monday after the Discayas’ hearing at the Senate.
