CWS Party-list Representative Edwin Gadiola
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Rappler first reported in 2025 that the Gardiolas' companies had allegedly secured billions of pesos in DPWH contracts while he was House appropriations vice chairman
MANILA, Philippines – Ombudsman Boying Remulla said a preliminary investigation against Construction Workers Solidarity (CWS) party-list Representative Edwin Gardiola for 20 counts of malversation is now ongoing.
“The first case is about his being a contractor. He engaged in self-dealing within Congress, and he performed work that a congressman should never be doing. A ‘cong-tractor,’ as they say. You know what that means — it’s a clear conflict of interest,” Remulla told a press conference on Friday, July 31.
