Sa halip na agad manawagan ang imbestigasyon na nilalaman ng mga expose ni Batangas first district representative Leandro Leviste kaugnay ng umanoy bilyongbilyong pisong budget insertions sa 2025 DPW budget. Ang pinuntiya ng palasyo ay ang paraan kung paano napunta sa kongresista ang tinaguriang Cabral Files.

Ayon kay PCO Claire Castro, mas mahalaga umanong siya sa atin kung saan at kanino nagmula ang mga dokumento na iniuugnay sa yumaong dating DPW Und Secretary Maria Catalina Cabral lalo’t hindi pa umano ito nakikita o nave-verify ng mismong DPWH. Linaw din ng palasyo na si TPW Secretary Vince Dison ay hindi pa nag-a-authenticate ng anumang dokumentong hawak ni Leviste taliwas sa panawagan ng kongresista na ipa-verify ang mga ito sa kalihim.

Kaya gustong paimbestigahan ng palasyo si Leviste ay tila gustong papanagutin nito sa pilitang pagkuha daw di umano ni Leviste ng dokumento kay Yose Cabrad. Pero ayon sa batas, liable ba si Congressman Leandro Leviste for taking and disclosing DPWH documents? Why Congressman Leandre Leviste is not liable for taking and disclosing DPWH documents? The documents are public and meant to be seen.

TPW project lists, budget plans, and funding records deal with public money. When taxpayers money is involved, the public has a right to know where it goes. These records are public documents created and kept by government offices in the course of official work. They are not military secrets. They are not intelligence files. They are not trade secrets.

There is no law that declares TPW budget programming or project lists confidential. The constitution recognizes the people’s right to know how public money is spent. Roads, bridges and flood control projects affect daily life and public safety. Government officers cannot hide these records simply because disclosure may invite criticism or expose mistakes.

Openness is the rule. Secreasy must be clearly allowed by law. claims that these documents should be hidden because of national interest have no legal effect by themselves. National interest does not automatically mean secrecy. Only narrow situations justify withholding information such as matters involving national defense or security operations.

Public works budgets do not belong to the category. Calling a document sensitive does not change its legal nature. is reinforced by the government’s freedom of information policy which requires disclosure of records relating to official actions and decisions. TPW planning and budget documents falls curly within that rule and no valid exception applies to routine infrastructure records.

Transparency is not a criminal act. Disclosing public documents is not a crime. Philippine law does not punish a person for showing how public funds are planned or spent. The revised penal code does not criminalize transparency. There is no offense called unauthorized disclosure of public records when the documents are not classified.

A law makaker does not commit a crime by revealing information that the public has a constitutional right to know oversight and exposure are part of democratic governance. discomfort, embarrassment or political consequences doclosure illegal act. The allegations do force or liability. The allegations against congressman Leandre Leviste are that he entered DPW offices ask for project and budget documents insisted on access when there was delay and copied or recorded files from a computer.

Even if their claims are accepted as true they do not amount to force or coersion. There were no allegations of physical threats or harm and intimidation. The personally involved were government employees performing official duties. They were not restrained. They were not placed in fear. They could have refused access, ask for higher authority or followed formal procedures.

The fact that the documents were made available shows that access was given freely, not taken by force. This were public files involving public funds, not private or confidential records. On this fact, there is no basis for criminal liability. Even administrative liability does not arise. Administrative offenses require bad faith or abuse of authority.

Requesting, accessing, and copying public documents in the course of transparency and oversight does not constitute miscond. causing discomfort or inconvenience to an office is not an offense. Any administrative complaint would still have to be assessed. And on this fact, there is no legal ground for sanction.

At sa sobrang taranta na rin ng palasyo nina BBM at ni Auntic Clire, ang Cabral Files ay kinquweston na napunta kay Congressman Leviste at nais pang paimbestigahan si Leviste. So dito pa lamang umami na sila na ang nilalaman ng Cabral Files ay authentic. Panoorin natin ang buong video. Nagpapanic si Claire Castro kung ano-ano na sinasabi tungkol sa Cabral Files.

Ang sabi niya dapat imbestigahan. si Congressman Libe bakit nga nakuha ‘yung mga files na ‘yan? So inaamin niyo, inaamin ninyo na talagang merong ganyan na files. Ang kine-quest lang ninyo kung paano nakuha ni Congressman Libiste para kung sakaling dalhin sa korte ay gagamitin niyo yung principle na the fruit of a poisonous tree.

Bakit ka kaya nagpa-panic? Meron ka rin ba doon? Ha? Yung initial ay sissy ha? Ibig sabihin klarong-klaro.  Ewan ko sa inyo. Basta kami, nag-aantay lang kami na malaman namin yung buong kwento. Alam na namin na nagnakaw kayo. Alam na namin na tinarantado niyo yung taong bayan.

kung papaano at kung sino ang mga nakinabang diyan. Yan na lang ang hinihintay namin. At sana ah kami ay ah we are hoping no as a Filipino people na hindi makakatulong na mas lalo kayo magtagal diyan sa Malakanyang dahil lalong bumababa ang tiwala ng taong bayan at ng mga investor dito sa ating bansa. Paano? Oo na. [tawanan] Ang tatay namin ay karton pero yung nanay niyo penguin.

[tawanan] Ang kalaban ko ay bayot at ang nanay niya ay aswang [tawanan] nabungi. Sayang ang bayot. Walang legal grounds, walang sanctions ang maipapataw kay Congressman Leandro Leviste dahil ang dokumentong ito ay dapat i-public, dapat malaman at dapat makita ng taong bayan dahil ito ay pera ng taong bayan.

Galing sa kaban ng bayan na dapat malaman ng taong bayan o ng Pilipino kung saan napupunta ang kanilang pera mula sa kanilang buwis. Ano ang inyong opinyon? Huwag ng kalimutang i-share ang video na ito. Mag-iwan ng comment at like