“The move to link several prominent Liberal Party members to illegal drugs is their attempt to cover their lack of governance, which requires hard work, facts, and truth,” the former ruling-party said in a statement. READ: LP: Drug links aim to demonize partyResponding to the political party’s previous statement, Malacañang on Friday did not take LP’s comment lightly as it slammed the former-ruling party for supposedly conducting “witch-hunt” probes during its supremacy. “The Liberal Party is afraid of its own ghost after conducting several witch-hunt investigations against their perceived political enemies when they were in power,” the Palace said. “The admin has nothing to do with the testimony of a drug cartel bagman Mr. Ricky Serenio implicating Senator Franklin Drilon and former Secretary Mar Roxas to the illegal drug trade in the Visayas,” it added. READ: Liberal Party afraid of its own ghost, says Palace

Source: Philippine Star October 28, 2017 10:18 UTC