By MANILA, Philippines — Rogelio Singson, who resigned from the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) investigating corruption in flood control projects, on Thursday urged Congress to pass a law to strengthen the fact-finding body and give it more authority to conduct a speedier probe.
The former public works secretary said the focus of the ICI’s efforts should be those on top of the corruption scheme rather than the small fries, but its lack of authority was hampering its work.
“What we wanted to convey was ICI, as it is today, does not have enough powers to be able to execute as quickly as we can what we need to do,” he said at a press conference a day after ICI head Andres Reyes Jr. announced that Singson would be stepping down later this month.
