Leviste ready for the worst, vows to release videos

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February 6, 2026 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — Neophyte Rep. Leandro Leviste is fully prepared for the worst that could happen to him with regard to purported key evidence implicating high government officials in the flood control scandal, expressing confidence that the evidence will come out in due time.

The Batangas first district congressman, now in an undisclosed location abroad, revealed it was against his will to leave the country at the height of the flood control controversy, but that numerous officials whom he refused to name requested his mother Sen. Loren Legarda that he do so.

“I’ve prepared videos so that whatever happens to me, the truth will come out,” he posted in Filipino on his official Facebook account, worried he may suffer the same fate as that of public works undersecretary Catalina Cabral, who fell to her death into a ravine in Baguio City.

Leviste confirmed he was granted travel authority by Speaker Faustino Dy III for his foreign trips.

He believes the so-called Cabral files are not just a ledger for the anomaly – the modes of corruption, and how much was disbursed to crooked officials – but contain actual “evidence that these officials indeed received kickbacks.”

“If this evidence comes out, you’ll understand why I’m being attacked, because they’re afraid I might expose them,” the independent legislator explained.

Leviste, 32, said he will not waver, however, no matter what the cost – political or personal.

“I won’t be cowed on baseless accusations, because I truly believe that all these evidence will come out in the proper time,” he said, adding he knew the risks he is facing.

Following investigations into his reported undelivered solar power commitments, Leviste – whose mother is an ally of President Marcos – earlier described the nearly four-year-old administration as a virtual authoritarian government.

“The Philippines is now under a de facto martial law – it may not have been declared openly, but we can sense and constantly feel it,” Leviste said in Filipino, as his Solar Para sa Bayan Corp. legislative franchise will be undergoing scrutiny by the House of Representatives.

“Many are choosing to be silent for fear of reprisal or having to face charges, because critics saw how the administration made examples of pressing charges against them while letting their allies be and going scot-free,” the congressman lamented.

Rep. Presley de Jesus (PhilRECA party-list) sought the investigation during last week’s hearing, citing recent reports involving the legislative franchise grantee including the alleged sale or transfer of a controlling interest without prior congressional approval.

Despite being a neophyte, Leviste complained that bills are passed in the House without any debate at all, while hundreds of billions of pesos in the yearly budget go to questionable infrastructure projects, which include troll farms that spread fake news like wildfire.