Sen. Loren Legarda’s son and Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste has offered to assist the new leadership of the Senate blue ribbon in its investigation into the flood control projects controversy.
In a letter dated June 5 addressed to Sen. Erwin Tulfo, Leviste thanked the senator for pushing for the investigation of the flood control projects.
‘I would like to present information relevant to this at your earliest convenience. I would appreciate being informed by your office if this may be possible,’ Leviste said in his letter, a copy of which was shared with the media by Tulfo’s office on Monday.
‘I remain available to assist in any investigation on flood control projects and other projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),’ he added.
Tulfo currently heads the blue ribbon panel following a Senate shakeup on June 3. Sen. Pia Cayetano, however, insists she remains the chairperson of the committee.
Notably, Leviste’s letter was written only a day after the Cayetano-led hearing on the DPWH projects.
Legarda insisted during that hearing that she is still the Senate president pro tempore.
‘We have never clung to any position, but I am here to show that we are present and that I have not resigned from my position,’ she said.
In January, Leviste attended a hearing of the blue ribbon panel when Sen. Panfilo Lacson was still its head.
The congressman earlier claimed he has the so-called ‘Cabral files’ or the budget documents which he said he obtained from late DPWH Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral.
The files supposedly link several high-ranking officials, including Cabinet secretaries, to the alleged 2025 infrastructure budget insertions.