FORMER senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday asked the Ombudsman to investigate and prosecute former President Rodrigo Duterte, Sen. Lawrence Christopher Go and two others for plunder and graft in connection with the P7.8 billion infrastructure projects awarded to the construction firm owned by the senator’s family.
Trillanes personally filed the case before the Ombudsman based on the evidence gathered during his term as a senator and recent documents he obtained from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Aside from Duterte and Go, Trillanes also named Go’s father Deciderio Lim Go and brother Alfredo Armero Go as respondents in the complaint filed before the Ombudsman.
Trillanes insisted that the respondents are liable for violations of the Plunder Law (Republic Act 7080), the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act 3019), and the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (Republic Act 6713).
He accused Duterte and Go of abusing their office to channel the multi-billion infrastructure projects to CLTG Builders, a company owned by Go’s father, and Alfrego Builders, a company owned by his brother.
The former senator filed plunder and graft charges against Duterte and Go, two of these cases were filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in July and August 2024 involving the same infrastructure projects and alleged P16 billion Navy frigate scam.
However, the cases were referred to the Duterte appointed former Ombudsman, Samuel Martires, by then DOJ Prosecutor General Bendicto Malcontento.
Trillanes said the cases did not prosper during the term of Martires.
‘Not even a day or an hour was devoted in investigating it,’ he claimed.
Trillanes added that over P816 million of these contracts were secured through a joint venture between CLTG Builders and St. Gerrard Construction, a company owned by the Discaya family, who are now at the center of the flood-control corruption scandal.
In total, CLTG and Alfrego Builders cornered approximately P6.95 billion in government infrastructure projects from 2016 to the present, mostly in Davao region and other areas in the Davao Region.
The former senator said his findings were based on the documents submitted by the Commission on Audit (COA) and other relevant agencies to his office in 2018 when he was still a member of the Senate.