MALACANANG denied on Friday that it was behind the testimony of a drug personality in Iloilo tagging two Liberal Party (LP) stalwarts as a drug protector in his province. “The administration has nothing to do with the testimony of a drug cartel bagman Mr. Ricky Serenio implicating Sen. Franklin Drilon and Former secretary Mar Roxas as to the illegal drug trades in the Visayas,” Abella said. On Wednesday, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd said the Department of Justice was ready to investigate Drilon and Roxas as it would consider Serenio’s affidavit a complaint. Roxas dismissed the allegations against him as merely “based on hearsay” while Drilon has yet to comment on the issue. Drilon heads the Senate minority bloc while Roxas ran for president in the May 2016 national elections.

Source: Manila Times October 27, 2017 05:48 UTC