Sen. [Salvador] Doy Laurel was ousted by the Senate Committee on Justice (8-5) which decided not to investigate the [Eduardo] Quintero case inasmuch as the Supreme Court has acquired jurisdiction of the bribery case and the issuance of the search warrant.
He has resigned his Chairmanship which resignation was tabled. Tomorrow the matter will be appealed to the floor. Because of the absence abroad of [Lorenzo] Sumulong, [Helena] Benitez and [Alejandro] Almendras, it may be a 10-10 tie vote with Senate President [Gil] Puyat deciding it to the chair.
Official Gazette for June 8, 1972: THE PRESIDENT had a two-hour conference with public works and communications official led by Secretary David Consunji to find out how the drive against graft and corruption in their offices was progressing.
The President prodded the officials to intensify the drive by weeding out the grafters, especially in the Bureau of Posts and the Land Transportation Commission.
During the conference, the President also ordered the public works officials to coordinate closely to hasten the completion of vital government projects, such as the Pan Philippine Highway.
Be likewise directed:
1) Secretary Consunji to assume tighter supervision over the bureau heads, and the bureau chiefs to coordinate more closely with the department secretary and the other bureau chiefs.
2) The release of ₱2 million for the dredging of esteros as a measure of flood control during the rainy season.
3) CAA Acting Director Epifanio Raymundo to act faster on emergency matters, particularly complaints coming from the international pilots and international organizations like the PATA and the IATA.
4) Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor to earmark 200 of the 500 jeeps coming from Okinawa for the National Electrification Administration for the Bureau of Posts which has only 200 delivery vehicles, and the Bureau of Posts to set up an efficient workshop to service its vehicles.
Present at the conference, aside from Secretaries Consunji and Melchor, were Budget Commissioner Faustino Sy-Changco, Public Highways Commissioner Baltazar Aquino, Land Transportation Commissioner Romeo Edu, Reparations Commission Chairman Anacleto Mangaser, PACD Officer-in-Charge Rosendo Marquez, Postmaster General Felizardo Tanabe, Telecommunications Director Pedro Villaseñor and Public Works Director Alejandro Deleña.
Following the conference, the President received the top forestry officials of Indonesia who paid their respects to him shortly before flying to Tokyo and Seoul on a survey trip.
Headed by Forestry Director General Soedjarwo, the Indonesian forestry officials visited Davao, Bislig, and the U.P. College of Forestry in Los Baños.
The other Indonesian visitors were Ir. Moh. Sunarjo Hardjodarsono, director of forestry exploitation and industry; Ir. Moh. Sadikin Djajapertjunda, director of marketing; and Ir. Moh. Harris Suranggajuva, director of forest product research institute.
They were accompanied to Malacañang by Forestry Director Jose Viado and Indonesian Ambassador Kusno Utomo.
The President worked on official papers in the afternoon, in the course of which he granted executive clemency to the first batch of 218 deserving prisoners in connection with the celebration of the 74th anniversary of Philippine Independence
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Meet the Department of Public Works officials on the 9,0000 units of heavy equipment worth P890 million most of which is deadlined (although Com. [Baltazar] Aquino claims only 39% is deadlined).
Then Pan-Philippine Highway.
The Bicol and Cagayan Valley roads.
A complete Philippine national plan for irrigation; power and flood and river central including metropolitan Manila.
5,000 more school houses from reparations.
4,000 artesian wells.
34,000 barrio projects calamity funds requirements
Schoolhouses repair
Post Office
Infrastructure and transport equipment
Personnel and discipline
Telecommunications
CAA [Civil Aeronautics Administration] procurement of air navigation and communications to be expedited.
PACD [Presidential Assistant on Community Development] on cooperatives.
I will tie these up with the program to reorganize the government and restructure our society.
The columnists are now turning against Quintero. I attach Doroy’s [Teodoro Valencia] columns and Luis Beltran of Evening News.