Sa mismong ika-17 taong anibersaryo ng Philippine National Police (PNP), isang katagang ‘garapal’ ang naging pasalubong ni opposition Sen. Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson matapos magpaggamit sa palasyo ng Malacañang upang dukutin ang testigo sa suhulan at overpricing sa national broadband deal.
Ayon kay Lacson, dating PNP chief, nakakalungkot ang katotohanang ‘garapalan’ ang pagpapagamit ng liderato ni General Avelino Razon Jr., kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo matapos dukutin sa loob ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) si Philippine Forest Corporation (Philforest) President Rodolfo ‘Jun’ Lozada Jr.
“Masyadong brazen, masyadong garapalan, they don’t care at all about public opinion. What they have in mind is always survival, survival not of country or stability but of the President. Why the interest in Lozada?” ani Lacson.
Kung susuriin ang ginagawang pagkilos ng PNP, nagmistula aniyang private army ni Mrs. Arroyo ang buong kapulisan. Aniya pa, mas lalo pang lumilinaw ang posibleng pagkakasangkot ni Mrs. Arroyo sa suhulan at overpricing sa $330 milyong NBN contract dahil pilit pinatatahimik si Lozada at nagawa pang ipadukot upang hindi makapagsalita sa Senado.
“It only validates the information that Lozada will certainly bring his testimony right at the doorstep of Malacañang,” ani Lacson matapos kasangkapanin ni Mrs. Arroyo ang PNP.
Sinupalpal din ni Lacson ang palusot ni Razon na humingi ng security sa PNP si Lozada kaya’t umeksena sa NAIA ang kanyang mga tauhan.
“Bakit nag-iiyakan ang pamilya kagabi kung humingi ng security before he arrived? ‘Yun lang, lokohan na. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist,” resbak ani Lacson.
Samantala, maging si United Opposition (UNO) president at Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay ay nagsabing pinatunayan ng pagdukot kay Lozada na nasa ‘panic mode’ ang Malacañang dahil sa magiging testimonya nito sa broadband deal.
“The abduction was a desperate move by an administration that is in panic over the impending revelation of Mr. Lozada,” ani Binay. “The action is clearly an abuse of power a violation of civil liberties.”
Ganito rin ang naging pananaw ni dating Senate President Franklin Drilon. “The brazenness of Malacañang’s attempts to muzzle Lozada to prevent him from testifying before the Senate is an outrage. It should be condemned by all Filipinos who still believe in the rule of law,” ani Drilon.
