LP dares admin to file raps vs Faeldon, gov’t allies ‘if serious about accountability’

Liberal Party (LP) senators challenged the administration to prove its seriousness about holding erring government officials accountable by filing charges against former Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and other allies.

“If the Duterte government is serious about accountability, it should also pursue those behind the push for a revolutionary government and the entry of P6.4-billion worth of shabu into the country,” the LP senators said in a statement on Friday.

READ: Ombudsman to probe P6.4B ‘shabu’ shipment from China

There are four members of the political party LP in the Senate including Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senators Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and Bam Aquino. Pangilinan is the party president.

“Dapat patas ang gobyerno pagdating sa isyu ng accountability (The government should be fair when it comes to the issue of accountability),” Pangilinan said.

Pangilinan asked: “Ano’ng nangyari sa kaso ni dating Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon at iba pang mga opisyal ng Bureau of Customs ukol sa P6.4 bilyong halaga ng shabu na nakapuslit sa loob ng bansa? May pinapanagot ba ang pamahalaang ito?”

(What happened to the case of former Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and other officials of the Bureau of Customs regarding the P6.4-billion worth of shabu that entered out country?)

Faeldon and other top officials of the BOC have been dropped from the charges which were filed over the P6.4-billion shabu shipment in May. /jpv

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