Arroyo aware of corruption allegations before signing NBN deal!

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Arroyo aware of corruption allegations before signing NBN deal


[SIZE=2]President Arroyo on Saturday admitted that she was told about the purported corruption in government’s scrapped broadband project with China before the signing of the contract. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"Nagsumbong sa akin the night before the signing of the supply contract… So, papaano mo naman maka-cancel the night before, meron kang ibang bansang kausap?" Mrs. Arroyo said in an interview on dzRH. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2](I was told about corruption the night before the signing of the supply contract. How could we cancel it the night before the signing, given that another country was involved in this contract?) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The President added: "So, tuloy iyong signing pero sa unang pagkakataon, kinausap ko kaagad iyong pangulo ng China para sabihin sa kaniya na kailangan kanselahin iyong proyekto."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2](So, the signing pushed through but for the first time I immediately talked to the Chinese president to tell him that we needed to cancel the project because of this issue)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mrs. Arroyo said the Chinese government was initially shocked but eventually it conceded. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The President said she was assured by the Chinese government that the relations between the Philippines and China would not be affected despite the cancellation of the alleged irregular national broadband network (NBN) project. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The President said like the public she also denounces corrupt practices, citing her decision to scrap the NBN deal after the scandal broke out. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"Kanselado na iyon, matagal na. Oras nga na may sumbong sa akin, tiningnan ko na iyong paraan kung papaano kanselahin (It has been cancelled a long time ago. The minute someone told me about the irregularities I immediately ordered for its cancellation)," she said. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The President also agreed that the practice where contractors will offer to build projects funded by loans from other governments should be stopped.[/SIZE]

Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
Feb.23, 2008

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