Rather than outrightly and completely deny the “accreditation for sale” mess in flood control and other infrastructure projects, the Philippine Construction Accreditation Board (PCAB) should take an active role to address the problem, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Friday.
Lacson said that while the PCAB issued a statement claiming the shortcuts-for-a-fee practice is the work of scammers, it has to explain how some contractors got their accreditation after paying up.
“Instead of merely denying reports of misconduct involving what they claim to be scammers misrepresenting them, PCAB leadership should look at their own people and police their ranks. For how can they explain why certain contractors who, after coughing up at least P2 million were actually issued accreditation by PCAB?” Lacson said.
“As they say, the test of the pudding is in the eating,” he added of the PCAB’s claim that maintaining the integrity of the PCAB licensing system remains its “foremost priority.”
In Filipino: Aksyon Higit sa Salita: Lacson, Tumugon sa Pagtanggi ng PCAB sa ‘Accreditation for Sale’
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