Lorenzana should review or revoke PNoy-era biddings

If newly installed Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana wants to start with a clean slate at the scandal-ridden agency, he should immediately review all biddings conducted by his predecessor, and if warranted, revoke all pending deals tainted with irregularities or allegations of corruption.

We recall that Lorenzana, a former special presidential representative for veterans affairs at the Philippine embassy in Washington, DC, was offered the DND post by then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte. Lorenzana narrated that during his “job interview,” Duterte told him he was needed in the anti-corruption drive to clean up government agencies.