Wednesday, June 10, 2015

DND denies seeking 7% commission on Huey deal

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 10): DND denies seeking 7% commission on Huey deal

The Department of National Defense (DND) vehemently denied allegations that Secretary Voltaire Gazmin sought a "seven percent commission" in exchange for awarding the Php 1.2-billion refurbished "Huey" contract to Rice Aircraft Services Inc. (RASI).

"The allegations of Rhodora Alvarez are figments of her imagination. The SND (Secretary of National Defense) has never asked nor issued instructions to seek favors from any entities nor manipulate transactions that would violate the public trust and result in a disadvantage to the government," DND spokesperson Dr. Reuben Peter Paul Galvez said.

He also said that Gazmin had strict instructions to all DND officials to avoid acts of impropriety in all their dealings or acts that might be wrongly perceived.

Alvarez, an employee of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, said in her sworn statement to the Senate Blue Ribbon committee that she learned about the alleged “commission” in a “secret” meeting between DND undersecretary Fernando Manalo and RASI president Robert Rice, Jr., inside the DND official’s office last Nov. 4, 2013.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=771024

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