“The Liberal Party is afraid of its own ghosts after conducting several witch hunt investigations against their perceived political enemies when they were in power,” he added. With the Berya-Camaria group taken out of play, Serenio said Drilon and Roxas could turn over the drug operations in the region to Odicta. The opposition would continue to speak out and uncover any misdeeds of the administration, Pangilinan said. “They plant or manufacture evidence to pin down their enemies and tamper with the evidence to free and absolve their allies,” he said. Senator Panfilo Lacson said he does not believe the accusations being hurled against Drilon and Roxas, not only because he knew them well, but because it was difficult to take the word of a drug cartel bagman.

Source: The Standard October 27, 2017 16:03 UTC