Scandal had already led thousands of students to speak out in the city of Quezon on September 12.
Thousands of people gathered this Saturday in the capital of the Philippines, Manila, in protest against corruption, when investigations are derived from millionaire full-year-in-law control projects that have never been completed or of low quality.
About 13,000 people gathered this morning at the Scope Park.
“If there is a budget for ghost projects, why is there no budget for the health sector?” Asked Aly Villahermosa, a 23-year-old nursing student who classified the diversion of public funds as “truly shameful.”
Teddy Casino, president of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, an alliance of leftist organizations, required the back of the back and that those responsible are sentenced to prison penalties.
“People are going out on the street and expressing their indignation in the hope of pressuring the government to really do their work,” he explained.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. asked the protests to be peaceful.
An even larger crowd is expected to the end of the day on a street that became known for the protests that deprived Ferdinand Marcos, the current president’s father in 1986.
The scandal had already led thousands of students to speak out in the city of Quezon on September 12.
More than two thousand young people dressed in black protest at the University of Quezon, according to the Student Council data cited by the Filipine ABS-CBN broadcaster.
The protests that occurred in the Philippines were organized at a time when the country’s indignation is recorded on multimillion -up of flood control projects, but which were existent or of poor quality.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered an investigation into the projects in August.
According to Finance Minister Ralph Ralph, the projects have caused losses of 1.771 billion euros to the public purse in the last two years.
The non -governmental organization of defense of the Greenpeace environment suggested a value close to the 15.3 billion euros.
Marcos created an independent body to review the contracts awarded by the Department of Public Works and Roads of the Philippines.
The Senate, the Filipino High Chamber, is also conducting an investigation into the matter, marked by allegations of corruption against two senators.
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