Senate blue ribbon subpoenas ex-LTO chiefs, firms over ‘disadvantageous’ IT deal

It was Senator Grace Poe and Senator JV Ejercito who pointed out during the probe that they cannot gather sufficient information as the former LTO officials and the relevant resource persons involved in the deal, specifically the representatives from LTO’s private contractor, Dermalog, were not around to participate in the investigation.

“Ang suggestion ko sana…let a subpoena be issued to all of them, not an invitation letter, Mr. Chairman. I-subpoena na po ‘yung mga yon—‘yung lahat ng mga hindi nagpunta ngayong araw at tsaka yung mga past leaders or heads ng LTO,” Pimentel said.During the opening of the investigation, Senate blue ribbon director general Rodolfo Noel Quimbo informed the panel that they have reached out to Dermalog through its email address registered with the Security and Exchange Commission.

Senate blue ribbon committee chairman Francis Tolentino then warned Dermalog’s legal counsel that he may be cited in contempt if his principals fail to appear before the panel.flagging the LTO for an "undue payment" According to the COA report, the contract for Component A of the IT project was perfected on May 28, 2018 and awarded to Dermalog Identification Systems, Holy Family Printing Corporation, Migrogenesis and Verzontal Builders, Inc. Joint Venture with a total contract cost of P3.146 billion.

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