Tulfo said he would be discussing with the other committee members the topics that were discussed with Remulla as well as the turnover of their documents related to flood control.
He said some paperwork was already handed over to the Ombudsman, including the documents that Senator Panfilo Lacson had concerning anomalies in infrastructure projects in Taguig City.
With the flood control probe out of their hands for now, Tulfo said the Blue Ribbon committee could focus on other corruption scandals, stressing that its goal is to develop legislation that would prevent such issues from recurring.
“The problem is that the Blue Ribbon is for legislation. We’re not here to investigate or prosecute; it’s just fact-finding for legislation. It has resulted in multiple bills being filed at the Senate because of the Blue Ribbon hearings into flood control,” he said.
With the committee poised to conduct its first official hearing under the second regular session of the 20th Congress, Tulfo said they would be investigating a particular government agency that was concerned with a service that “affected almost everybody.”
“We talked with the Ombudsman about numerous things that we may investigate in the next few weeks, but we’ll just be gathering evidence. We’re coordinating with them. There is an agency that we will investigate,” he said.
