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'Ang daming inabalang tao': Lacson, Trillanes slam Senate 'PDEA leaks' probe 

Published May 14, 2024 02:18 pm

At A Glance

  • Suffice it to say that former senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV aren't impressed with the way the "PDEA leaks" probe has been carried out in the Senate.

20240514_204043.jpgFormer senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (left), Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV (Facebook)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Suffice it to say that former senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV aren't impressed with the way the "PDEA leaks" probe has been carried out in the Senate. 

Lacson, also a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, posted on his social media Tuesday, May 14 what he thought of the Senate inquiry that had placed dismissed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intelligence officer Jonathan Morales in the limelight. 

“An agent can type an intelligence report. The said report was never submitted even for initial evaluation by his immediate superior. There is no official report on record. It is a scrap of paper," Lacson wrote. 

He was obviously referring to Morales and his revelations, which have been brushed off due to lack of credibility. 

"Ang daming inabalang tao (A lot of people have been inconvenienced)," added Lacson in what could be described as the perfect summation of fhe hearings. 

For his part, Trillanes claimed that the probe being carried out by the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs was part of a “communications plan” to overthrow the sitting Chief Executive. 

“‘Yung hearing na ginagawa ni [Senator Ronald] Bato Dela Rosa sa Senado ay parte ng communications plan in connection with the ouster plot laban kay President Marcos,” Trillanes said. 

(The hearings being conducted by Bato Dela Rosa in the Senate are part of the communications plan in connection with the ouster plot against President Marcos.) 

Incidentally, the phrase "former PNP chief" can also be found on Dela Rosa's resumé. 

Morales, the ex-PDEA agent who attested to the allegedly fake document that linked President Marcos to illegal drug use, was believed to have been effectively discredited after his string of criminal and administrative cases was brought up during the third hearing of the Dela Rosa panel on the topic Monday, May 13. 

Former PDEA director general Arturo Cacdac revealed that Morales had admitted to planting evidence during an operation against alleged Filipino-Chinese drug suspects. 
 

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