“The only weapon we have is the truth and with the help of God, we will overcome these challenges,” Aquino told a press briefing after attending the preliminary investigation at the DOJ. Assisted by lawyers, Aquino appeared before the DOJ panel of prosecutors, along with former Health Secretary Janette Garin and former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad to personally submit their counter-affidavits. Not politicalAquino defended his Cabinet officials who approved and carried out the dengue immunization program, as he denied that it was designed to bolster the candidacies of his colleagues in the Liberal Party in the May 2016 elections. “We should ask the question, ‘Is it all right to disregard the dangers posed by dengue to the people because we’re having an election?’ Was it rushed? I don’t know how anyone could claim it was rushed because we have had antidengue programs even before we came in,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 04, 2018 22:07 UTC