Lacson discovers 'pass through' scheme in overpriced infra projects

Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Sunday, August 10 said he has discovered a modus operandi involving lawmaker-contractors that may add to the overpricing or substandard construction or both of flood control and other infrastructure projects in the country.

- BY HANNAH L. TORREGOZA

The scheme, which he dubbed as "passing through", involves a contractor having to pay five to six percent of the project cost when building a project in a legislative district where the lawmaker is a contractor, or where the lawmakers' relatives are contractors.

Lacson, in an interview on Radio DZBB said the scheme is known particularly in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).