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The Department of National Defense under OIC Jose Faustino Jr. is conducting a review of procurement contracts made by the past administration but an official bared that it was a “customary” procedure and not held because of corruption issues.

The Department of National Defense under the leadership of Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. is conducting a review of procurement contracts made by the past administration but an official bared Thursday, July 14, that it was a “customary” procedure and not held because of corruption issues.Among those being scrutinized by Faustino are the heavy-lift helicopter acquisition project of the Philippine Air Force which includes the procurement of 17 units of Mi-17 helicopters for P12.

“That Mi-17 [project] along with other procurement projects that are now under the Marcos administration will be subject to review so they are currently under status quo. I have never heard rumors that these will be terminated so [they are] subject to review,” said DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong. “It’s customary. When a new SND [Secretary of National Defense] comes in, all the outstanding and ongoing projects are given for him to review. He does not have to order it, it’s an SOP [standard operating procedure],” he explained.

Former Defense Secretary and now Bases and Conversion Development Authority Chairperson Delfin Lorenzana had paid the down payment in January this year but the completion of the program took a rough patch the following month when the Philippine government condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

 

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