Senator Raffy Tulfo on Monday evening alleged Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officers of corruption within the approval of cadastral surveys.
The lawmaker made the allegations through the Senate plenary deliberations on the DENR’s proposed 2024 price range.
According to the DENR’s Land Management Bureau (LMB), the Cadastral Survey Program is the systematic survey of the entire municipality (or an intensive portion) for the aim of figuring out and delineating the person claims of all land homeowners and claimants which can function foundation for the issuance of title or patents.
It additionally consists of the delineation of the boundaries of varied political models (barangay, municipality, and metropolis) in addition to the boundaries between the forest space and the alienable and disposable land.
According to the senator, corruption happens after a contractor finishes the cadastral survey.
“Bago ma-aprubahan ng DENR ‘yung ginawang survey ng contractor, the DENR has to sign, tama? Ultimately the DENR has to sign at aprubahan yung ginawang survey ng contractor…Pag hindi pinirmahan ng DENR, ibig sabihin hindi siya nag-a-agree doon sa ginawang cadastral survey, hindi mababayaran ang contractor,” Tulfo said.
(“Before the DENR gives approval to the completed survey of the contractor, the DENR has to sign, right? Ultimately the DENR has to sign and approve the contractor’s survey. Without its signature, it means the DENR doesn’t agree with the cadastral survey, that means the contractor gained’t be paid.”)
“Dito ngayon tumataga ‘yung DENR ng 30% commission…Bago pipirmahan yan ng DENR… that DENR personnel will ask for a percentage, at least 30%, yung iba medyo mabait daw, 25%,” he added.
(This is the place the DENR will get its reduce of a 30% fee… Before the DENR provides its signature… DENR personnel will ask for a proportion of at the very least 30% whereas others simply ask for 25%.”)
Tulfo,who mentioned he was knowledgeable by some contractors of this observe, additional claimed that DENR personnel asking for commissions has grow to be a “standard operating procedure.”
The senator advised the DENR that in the event that they solely have supervisors on the bottom, the entire course of shall be monitored.
Senator Cynthia Villar, who defended the price range of the DENR, mentioned the division will prosecute the people concerned within the alleged corruption.
“Ibigay daw nila ‘yung formal complaint nito then they will prosecute yung tao ng DENR,” Villar mentioned.
(“They said they will file a formal complaint then they will prosecute erring DENR personnel.”)
“Sana may mag-complain para naman in fairness to the management of DENR, para madiscourage. Kasi alam niyo pag hindi tayo nag-prosecute or mag-try tayo to teach a lesson, lalong mangyayari ‘yan. Kailangan may maparusahan para ma-discourage ‘yung gagawa niyan,” she added.
(“I hope someone files a complaint in fairness to DENR management to discourage [corruption]. If we do not prosecute or try to teach them a lesson, the practice will continue. Someone needs to be punished to discourage those who commit these acts.”) —RF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
