Flood Control Contractor Donor of Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero Make Revelations during House Questioning
CHIZ ESCUDERO – The contractor donor of the Senate President admitted that his brothers have positions in the local government in Sorsogon.
After President Bongbong Marcos flagged 15 contractors for getting 20% of the total P545-billion spent by the country on flood control projects, Senate Pres. Escudero admitted to receiving a huge campaign donation from one of the contractors cited by the Chief Executive. He named the Centerways Construction.
Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero admitted receiving a P30-million campaign donation from the flood contractor flagged by Marcos Jr. However, amid his admission, the Senate President stressed that the person behind the Centerways Construction is his long-time friend. According to him, the person is also from the same province as his, Sorsogon.
Amid the issue, Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero called his publicized link to the said flood control project contractor as part of the alleged “demolition job” to oust him from the top post in the Senate. He also linked it to the impeachment case against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte.
According to Escudero, there are allegedly people who wants him removed from the Senate presidency in line with the supposed filing of another impeachment case against the Vice President next year. Under his lead, the Senate moved to archive the impeachment case against the Vice President with a 19-4-1 voting.
The Senate conducted its own investigation on the flood control issues in the country. The House Infrastructure Committee also invited the contractors flagged by Pres. Bongbong Marcos. One of them is Lawrence Lubiano, the president of Centerways Construction and the flood contractor donor of Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero.
During the questioning with Akbayan Party-list Representative Chiel Diokno, the flood control contractor donor of Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero was asked if he is related to any government official in Sorsogon. According to Lubiano, his two (2) brothers have positions in the local government in Sorsogon.
“Yes po, your honor. Kapatid ko po, your honor. Mayor po sa isang bayan sa Sorsogon. Brother ko po city councilor din po,” the President of the Centerways Construction said.
Diokno also asked Lubiano if how many government contracts has the Centerways Construction got. According to the contractor, from 2022 to 2025, they have bid around 80 contracts and most of them are projects in Bicol. He stressed around 30 projects are in Sorsogon.
Amid the issue, based on a report on GMA News, Department of Justice Secretary Boying Remulla has already signed the immigration lookout bulletin against the contractors and the DPWH officials. Former DPWH chief Manuel Bonoan also previously ordered the temporary suspension of travel authority application from employees amid the flood probe.
Aside from admitting his relationship to two (2) government officials in Sorsogon, the contractor donor of Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero claimed that his P30-million donation for his campaign came from his own pocket.