More than a year after the Senate Blue Ribbon committee started its investigation on the botched $329.48-million National Broadband Network (NBN) project, a report on the result of the probe is finally being drafted.

Senator Richard Gordon on Friday told GMANews.TV he took charge of the drafting of the committee report.

"I'm drafting the report. Dati naman di ba sinasabi ko na sa inyo na gagawin ko yun. Hindi ako bolero (I have been telling you, I will do it. I make true my promises)," Gordon said over the phone.

He, however, refused to say when the report would come out as the committee still has to study the case carefully.

"I don't know when the report would be released. The last time I mentioned a deadline it took us three weeks to finally present it to the public," Gordon said.

He added: "We have to be careful. I don't want to be unfair (to the people involved in the issue)."

The senator is set to meet with the 17 senators who are members of the committee on Monday morning at the Senate Spouses Room.

He said he will formally tell the committee members that he is drafting the report and he would discuss with them the general direction of the report.

Gordon refused to disclose the content of the report, but he said amendments to legislation would be included.

He said the problem is that there is no consummated crime on the issue, except maybe for violations of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

Earlier, Gordon had traded arguments with Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, former Blue Ribbon committee chairman, on who should draft the report.

The committee chairmanship was transferred to Gordon after a change in Senate leadership last November.

Gordon said it should be Cayetano as he presided at more than 10 committee hearings on the controversy.

Cayetano, on the other hand, said it should be Gordon as he is now head of the committee.

Cayetano said he will take up the challenge of coming out with a report, but the committee should first finish its investigation by calling for another hearing.

He said the testimonies against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo and the statement of the telecommunication companies on the cost of the project should be included in the record.

He said without these the committee report would be half-cooked.

The government awarded the multi-billion dollar NBN contract to China’s Zhong Xing Telecommunications Equipment Co. Ltd. (ZTE Corp.) but cancelled it after allegations of bribery erupted.

Several government officials and public figures were dragged into the issue including Mrs Arroyo and her husband, former elections chairman Benjamin Abalos, former House Speaker Jose de Venecia.

The project would have linked all government offices through the Internet. Amita O. Legaspi, GMANews.TV