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Will this be an acid test for P-Noy's sincerity?

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Lawyer: Ex-DA chief may link Arroyo to fertilizer fund scam

GMANews.TV

GMANews.TV - Thursday, July 8

The former Department of Agriculture secretary who fled the country four years ago may implicate former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the alleged misuse of multi-million fertilizer funds in 2004, a lawyer claimed on Thursday.

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Lorenzo was the superior of former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante, whom the Senate blue ribbon committee charged for plunder in connection with the scam. The case is pending before the Office of the Ombudsman. (See: Senate seeks plunder charges vs Joc-Joc Bolante, 8 others)

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Bolante, known to be close to former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, allegedly used the P728-million fertilizer funds to bankroll the 2004 campaign of Mrs. Arroyo. He has since denied committing any anomaly and had cleared the former First Couple of any involvement in the scandal.

On Thursday, Roque said that because Bolante had refused to divulge his knowledge of the scandal, maybe Lorenzo can spill the beans.

"Kung gusto mo linisin ang pangalan mo, ilantad mo ang katotohanan. Hindi puwedeng idaan sa political contribution (If you want to clear your name, you need to tell the truth. You can't just make a political contribution," Roque said, referring to the P20-million campaign contribution of Lorenzo's brother, Martin, to the Aquino presidential campaign this year.

"Nakatingin ang bayan kung ang P20 million ay makakabili ng immunity, o despite the P20 million, totoo ang sinasabi na walang reconciliation without justice. (The public is watching whether P20 million can buy impunity, or despite the P20 million, he will fulfill his promise that there can be no reconciliation without justice)," Roque added.

Is this going to be an acid test on how sincere/resolute P-Noy is in his promises to the Filipino people? Your opinions, please. Thank you.

Update:

will PNoy allow his gratitude to derail him from seeking the truth and prosecute those who did wrong? Php20M is a lot of money. one cannot just disregard the fact that it helped to finance some of PNoy's campaign sorties.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I do not think there is only one acid test for our new President. He will need to be consistent in all the things he does to maintain the level of loyalty from his supporters and to gain the respect of those who are still skeptical of his sincerity.

    For me, it is still too early to say BUT he seems to be doing a good job. Instead of asking too much of him, maybe we could try doing our part so to make our transformation easier for all. After all, it is our government and this is our country.

  • 1 decade ago

    IN A WAY, I should say yes. But since he already form a TRUTH COMMISSION to investigate allege Arroyo's anomalies in the past therefore the appearance of former Dept. of Agri secretary Lorenzo will give more light to the dark side of the 287 million fertilizer fund scam.

    But it is a start, I do not think Lorenzo knows everything about the fertilizer scam all by himself. Partially could be yes, and can tell where the money went or slip away. The main man is Mr. Bollante who is the script writer of it all, if the government can combined the two heads as ONE then I can say we have a fighting form. But only Lorenzo, I doubt that this will have a closure. They need all the witnesses they can gather, the more the merrier as they say to build a strong evidence against the Arroyo's particularly President Gloria Arroyo. It was said it was use in the campaign in the 2004 Presidential election.

    JUST LIKE P-NOY said the fight against CORRUPTION is not a ONE MAN TEAM. We as citizen of the Philippines is obligated to HELP and CONTRIBUTE to this quest to fight CORRUPTION in our midst. Lahat tayo kasali rito hindi lang ang Presidente ng Pilipinas. After all he cannot do all of this without our help and support. Sabi nga AKO ANG SIMULA NG PAGBABAGO hindi lang si P-Noy kung hindi tayong lahat.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Regardless of the campaign contribution made, the question is, since Lorenzo is coming out in the open and tell all about the scam, will he be accorded the status of being a state witness and therefore himself become immune from prosecution?.

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    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    alongside with love , you get possessiveness and feeling of possession. certainly there's a conflict if our cherished loves and likes somebody else. A deep rooted love for somebody has factor outcomes of suspicion and doubts and our protection mechanism gets totally activated in case we stumble on a intruder. i could opt to distinguish between love of mom it is in born and given, and there the situation could be of jealously in case she starts loving your brother or sister than you. yet in case of your love with a companion with opposite intercourse the situation is extra complicated. mutually as your dating is going on easily, it is particularly probable that there may be a third individual interior the dating and issues get disturbed. this might ensue any time , even after marriage ! So one will could shop away thoughts and take a rational call once you have faith your loved one develops soft dating with somebody else.

  • 1 decade ago

    As I have said before, he should have arrested GMA right after he has made his inaugural speech.

  • 1 decade ago

    Let us keep our fingers crossed and see what will happen!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    we all know P-Noy wants to hang PGMA, were you born only a minute ago?

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