“Ito lang, itong mga contractor.  The first whiff, makaamoy ka lang na hinihingian ka… Dito sa DPWH malakas ‘yan diyan. Projects, ‘yung mga project engineers, iyan, iyan lahat, road right-of-way, grabe ang corruption diyan. Walang — walang construction na uumpisa dito na walang transaction. Mayroon ‘yan.

If Congress would want really to know, ang mga project ng DPWH mayroon talaga ‘yan para sa give. Hindi ko — hindi ko alam kung sino. There are so many officials lined up in the bureaucratic maze so hindi ko alam kung sino diyan, pati ‘yung sa medisina and all.” sabi ni President Rodrigo Duterte during the Talk to the People public briefing, October 14, 2020.

Ito naman ang sagot ni Secretary Mark Villar, sa hiwalay na panayam:

“‘Yung mga corrupt, siyempre kami po ay nakatutok at hahanapin namin kayo. Gagawin namin ang lahat para maging malinis ang government dahil ‘yon po ang layunin ng ating Pangulong Duterte.”

“We will be more aggressive in monitoring our projects and of course servicing complaints. Kaya kung mayroon pong [If there are] cases of corruption, we welcome any piece of evidence that might help us catch the perpetrators.”