[PODCAST] Para saan ba ang P300M intel funds ng DICT?

Jodesz Gavilan

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[PODCAST] Para saan ba ang P300M intel funds ng DICT?
Bakit nga ba lumobo ang confidential funds ng DICT?

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MANILA, Philippines – Nalagay sa spotlight ang Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) nitong nakaraang linggo makalipas na magpakita ng intensyong magbitiw sa puwesto si Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. 

Umiikot ang kontrobersiya sa P300 milyong pondong napunta sa confidential funds ng DICT na pinangungunahan ni dating senador at ngayo’y Secretary Gregorio Honasan. Ang pondo ay diumano’y gagamitin sa surveillance at intelligence-gathering laban sa cybersecurity threats

Ayon kay business reporter Ralf Rivas, nakagugulat kung gaano kabilis tumakbo ang isyung ito at ang mga sunod-sunod na pangyayari: 

Ang heavy ng statements ni Usec Rio and ang dami niyang interviews, tapos suddenly, hindi na nagte-text. Kinabukasan, may joint statement na [sila ni Honasan]. I don’t think na doon titigil ang issue…This expose na biglang sobrang anti-climatic is just an indication na [DICT] is a very important agency that we all need to monitor.

May nagsasabi ring factor ang military background nina Honasan at Rio sa maagang pagtatapos ng isyung ito. Ayon kay defense reporter JC Gotinga: 

May mga nagsasabi na pareho silang military men. Our military men and women are big on loyalty. Pero kung tutuusin mo, sa ganitong sitwasyon, hindi na sila nasa chain of command…wala na silang chain of command.
May ganoong view from some people, that the members of the military, whether active or retired, will always have each other’s backs, nasa backbone kasi ng military establishment natin iyan.
Si President Rodrigo Duterte, karamihan ng nasa Cabinet niya retired military, and sabi niya, because of the military culture that they carry with them, even after they retired from the service, we can only say that much. Whether we can conclude, that their military background has something to do with [the DICT issue], we will see.

Sa podcast na ito, pag-uusapan nina Gotinga, Rivas, at researcher-writer Jodesz Gavilan kung pasok ba talaga sa responsibilidad ng DICT ang surveillance, kung paano napunta ang milyones sa confidential funds, at ano ang susunod na posibleng mangyari ngayon. Ano ang dapat nating abangan? Pakinggan sa podcast na ito.

Ang Newsbreak: Beyond the Stories ay isang podcast series ng Rappler tungkol sa mahahalaga at malalaking isyu sa Pilipinas. – Rappler.com

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Jodesz Gavilan

Jodesz Gavilan is a writer and researcher for Rappler and its investigative arm, Newsbreak. She covers human rights and impunity beats, producing in-depth and investigative reports particularly on the quest for justice of victims of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and war on dissent.