Atty. Bondal tagged Makati City
as “chop-chop
capital of the Philippines,” noting that the local government splits every
contracts for one project to allegedly bloat its total price.
During the recent Senate hearing
on Php2.7 billion Makati Hall II office and the parking building, Atty. Bondal
alleged local government led by Binays operates “modus operandi” whereby
projects are divided into different phases and then bid out separately.
“We only learn of the total price
when the project is already finished,” said Bondal. The office and the parking
building is now subject of plunder complaint filed against the Vice President Binay,
Makati Mayor Erwin Binay Jr., and others who were involved on the overpricing
case.
The same scheme was then implemented
for Makati City Building, which had a total price of Php7 billion. The “Ospital
ng Makati” supposedly costs Php.2 billion for phase 1; and Makati
Science High School.
Senator JV Ejercito ally of Binay’s, interjected saying San Juan —where
he was the former mayor – also divided the big ticket projects into phases
since an annual city budget may not be enough to fund the project entirety.
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