THE plan by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the alleged links of Sen. Franklin Drilon and former interior secretary Manuel Roxas 2nd to the illegal drug trade proves that the Duterte administration was “out to demonize” the Liberal Party in the eyes of the public. Drilon heads the Senate minority bloc while Roxas ran for president in the May 2016 national elections. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said on Wednesday that he would treat as a complaint Serenio’s affidavit tagging Roxas and Drilon. “After efforts to link the party to destabilization, it is now being accused of being involved in the illegal drug trade solely because of a baseless testimony of a so-called bagman of a drug syndicate,” the LP said. The LP said, “There seem to be incidents of ‘dagdag-bawas’ of evidence at the Department of Justice.

Source: Manila Times October 26, 2017 06:33 UTC