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BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter
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MANILA – In trying to divert attention away from the series of accusations levelled against her, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano accused Sen. Leila de Lima of employing “squid tactics.”
“Instead of facing allegations of her involvement in the illegal drug trade, senator de Lima found it more fitting to file a case against the President of the country. Now, she is targeting Special Assistant to the President secretary Bong Go with baseless accusations,” Cayetano said.
The senator was referring to the “test case” filed by de Lima against the President last November.
The former secretary of the Department of Justice also claimed recently that Go called Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to reinstate Superintendent Marvin Marcos as regional director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Region 8.
Marcos was one of the police officials involved in the killing of Albuera, Leyte mayor Rolando Espinosa Jr. inside his cell at the Baybay, Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail.
Cayetano also criticized de Lima for making assumptions about Go’s character based on “pure hearsay.”
The senator from Taguig said that Go is a “professional” and only followed the “directives” from the President.
“He should not be dragged in controversy especially when there is no clear proof. These new intrigues are merely part of Senator de Lima’s and her shadowy allies’ plan to replace the President with their own,” Cayetano said.
The former Justice secretary, the other hand, expressed doubt over the President’s admission to put Marcos back to his post.
Earlier, Duterte said he ordered for the official’s reinstatement because he was “doing an investigative job” on Marcos. “I was keeping track of his movements,” the President said.
But, de Lima was unconvinced saying Duterte has a “more sinister” reason for his decision.
“I don’t believe for a single moment Duterte’s cited reason for the reinstatement, that the President himself was hatching a cloak and dagger scheme to further entrap Marcos or his partners in the illegal drug trade,” the senator said.
“Why would general ‘Bato’ go through this charade of pointing to a ‘kumpadre’ instead of just admitting from the start that the President ordered the reinstatement?”/PN
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