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BINUKSAN ng isang Palace official ang bagong taon sa pagbibitiw sa pwesto bunsod ng umano’y talamak na kultura ng katiwalian sa pamahalaan.
Sa isang Facebook post, nagpahayag ng panghihinayang si National Press Office-Presidential Communications Office (NPO-PCO) Assistant Director Arjay Lim sa suporta at panahong ginugol sa administrasyong Marcos.
Pag-amin ni Lim, ipinangako niya sa kanyang sarili na hindi na umano siya mananahimik pagpasok ng taong 2026.
Aniya, siya man napaniwala sa isinusulong na “pagbabago” sa sistema pamahalaan kung si Marcos ang uupong Pangulo ng bansa.
Gayunpaman, taliwas umano ang kanyang nasaksihan — gobyernong puro palusot, pagtatakip at pagkunsinti sa mga tiwaling kaalyado.
“Over time, I saw things I could no longer justify. Not isolated mistakes. Not growing pains. But patterns. Excuses. Cover-ups. A culture where corruption was no longer hidden because it did not have to be, and where accountability was treated as a threat rather than a duty.”
“I realized something uncomfortable. Staying meant participating. Silence meant consent. So I resigned,” pagbibigay-diin ni Lim.
Nagpahayag din ng kahandaan si Lim makipagtulungan sa imbestigasyon hinggil sa kanyang tinuran.
“There are things I know. Things I witnessed. Things that happened not long ago, and not by accident… if anyone chooses to misrepresent me, discredit this stand, or pressure me back into silence, they should understand that I am no longer interested in protecting people who never protected the public interest.”
“I am no longer inside the system. That gives me freedom. It also gives me responsibility. 2026 will not be the year I stay quiet,” pahabol ni Lim. (LOUIE LEGARDA)
