Senator Raffy Tulfo has urged the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to investigate a former Davao del Sur mayor along with his people for alleged graft and corrupt practices.

During the September 5 hearing of Senate public services panel which Tulfo chairs, the National Bureau of Investigation revealed to him about their findings that up to 1,200 Chinese nationals were given Filipino birth certificates through late registration during the term of the said local chief executive.

The NBI also admitted to Tulfo that they are yet to file cases against personnel of the Local Civil Registrar’s Office and Philippine Statistics Authority who work in connivance with them to give Filipino birth certificates to foreign nationals who applied for late registration.

This earned the ire of the senator who said that this has been happening for decades and yet not a single person involved has been imprisoned.

Tulfo also urged the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to hold accountable former LTO officials, particularly two Assistant Secretaries and the members of their Bids and Awards Committee, due to anomalous purchase of alcohol breathalyzers.

His committee, after investigating, found out that there was overpricing in the procurement of breathalyzers with a total cost of P10.2 million in 2015 and P23.512 million in 2017. Worse, many of these are defective.

Moreover, Tulfo instructed the Department of Transportation to file necessary charges against Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya due to questionable contract and acceptance of defective Dalian trains amounting to P3.759 billion.

Aside from this, Tulfo ordered the Manila International Airport Authority and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines will no longer allow passengers on chartered flights to leave and enter the country without going through the strict screening process.