Manila, April 1 -- Malacanang on Wednesday said the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Ombudsman are currently "overwhelmed" by the volume of cases referred by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), clarifying that the panel's role was limited to fact-finding.

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the ICI, which concluded its operations on March 31, was tasked only to gather evidence, testimonies, and documents on alleged anomalies in flood control projects.

"Ang ICI po ay fact-finding committee lamang. Ang magsasampa ng kaso ay ang Ombudsman at DOJ (The ICI is just a fact-finding committee. The filing of cases rests with the Ombudsman and DOJ)," Castro said in a radio interview.

She noted that the commis...