Contractors Pacifico ‘Curlee’ and Cezarah ‘Sarah’ Sarah requested Tuesday to postpone their hearing with the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to allow them more time to collect certain documents, the commission’s Executive Director Brian Hosaka said.
ICI Executive Director Brian Hosaka disclosed the development after the ICI concluded its hearing with the Discayas.
‘With regard to the Discayas, they asked for a reset of seven days. The next hearing would be set on Oct. 15 at 2 pm,’ ICI Executive Director Brian Hosaka told reporters in a chance interview.
‘They were asking for time for them to retrieve certain documents [that] the commission requested,’ he added.
Hosaka, however, declined to divulge what these documents were.
Asked about the current stage of the ICI’s hearings, Hosaka responded that it is still ‘an ongoing process.’
‘As long as we complete the case build-up, then we will file the necessary recommendation and filings before the Office of the Omb or any other government agency, for that matter,’ he said.
Tuesday’s hearing marks the second time the Discayas appeared before the ICI. They were first invited as resource persons on Sept. 30.
The Discayas are linked to controversial infrastructure projects plagued by graft across the country-an allegation they themselves confirmed, stating that several lawmakers and government officials had demanded money from them in return for awarding government projects. /jpv/abc