HOUSE Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” A. Marcos on Thursday showed resolve as he faced the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), authorizing the panel to release the video of his testimony and stressing he had nothing to hide, even as he sought an executive session solely to protect the integrity of the investigation — not himself.
Marcos reiterated that his primary concern was safeguarding the integrity of the fact-finding process — even as he made clear he was opening his testimony to full public scrutiny, subject only to the commission’s judgment on what might compromise its ongoing work.
“I have given the ICI full authority to release if they deem fit to release the video of my testimony — if they believe there’s no information there that might jeopardize their investigation,” Marcos said.
The lawmaker had earlier declared, “I’m innocent,” dismissing allegations attempting to link him to supposed irregularities in flood-control projects.
His counsel, Atty. Michelle Lazaro strongly underscored the rationale for the executive session request, spotlighting the need to protect the commission’s investigative efforts.
“There may be critical information that may be elicited from his testimony which may jeopardize or compromise further investigation of this commission,” Lazaro said, explaining that unrestricted public disclosure could alert individuals under monitoring or undermine sensitive evidence-based gathering.
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