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HINDI pwede sa Kamara ang testimonyang halaw sa haka-haka, ayon kay ACT-Teachers partylist Rep. France Castro kaugnay ng drug matrix kung saan kinaladkad ang pangalan ni Senador Bong Go.
Partikular na tinukoy ni Castro ang drug matrix na ipinakita ni PDEA Assistant Secretary Renato Gumban kung saan tampok si former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang, Allan Lin, ang pangalan ni Senador Go.
Ayon kay Gumban, bagamat kumpirmadong sangkot sa kalakalan ng droga si Allan Lin, inamin naman ng PDEA official na wala pa silang hawak na ebidensyang magdidiin kay Yang at Go.
“Are you saying that Michael Yang and Allan Lin are close, and they are involved in illegal drugs? Do you say, categorically, that they are involved in illegal drugs?” tanong ni Castro.
“Ma’am, Allan Lin is directly involved in illegal drugs but up to now we cannot connect Michael Yang yet in this link diagram,” ani Gumban.
“What we have now is just Michael Yang and Allan Lin are the same incorporators, so we are still digging into the accounts of Michael Yang, and that is for the AMLC (Anti-Money Laundering Council) to determine.”
Sinundot ni Castro ng isa pang tanong si Gumban – “So you placed an arrow between Allan Lin and Senator Bong Go… you said earlier that Allan Lin is involved in the illegal drug trade. So does this mean Senator Bong Go is also involved in drugs?”
“Ma’am according to our informant, they are just close friends, so we just put it there, they are close friends. It is not specific that they are involved in drugs,” paliwanag ng PDEA official.
“We are still digging what we can have against these people, it is not yet complete, Ma’am, it is ongoing.”
Muling nagtanong ang militanteng kongresista kay Gumban – “Is Senator Go aware of Lin’s activities?”
Tugon naman ni Gumban — “That will be answered by Senator Bong Go, Ma’am, not us yet, because we’re still investigating. We do not have concrete proof yet of what their transactions are. What we have here is just that they are close friends, according to our informant. We do not know what they are talking about… We are just guessing what they are talking about.”
Dito na nagpamalas ng pagkadismaya si Castro sa PDEA na aniya’y drug matrix na base lang sa tsismis.
“Sorry, Asec. Gumban. Do not create a matrix that is incriminating and that would connect people with a title saying Pogo and drugs connection. Complete your investigation first,” bulalas ng ACT Teachers partylist solon kay Gumban.
Sa panig ni quad committee lead presiding officer at Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers , hinikayat ang PDEA na maging mas maingat sa paglabas ng mga impormasyon maliban na lang kung kumpirmado at may matibay na ebidensyang pwedeng gamitin sa hukuman.
“May I ask the PDEA that when you submit to the committee a matrix, please make sure that the information that you have gathered is enough and sufficient to be able to prove your point,” wika ni Barbers.
“Now if personalities appear in the conduct of these proceedings… we need to substantiate that. Because it will be hard to make accusations without evidence,” dugtong ng kongresista.
Hindi rin pinalampas ni Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. si Gumban sa pagdawit kay Go dahlia lang aniya sa pagiging kaibigan ng isa sa mga personalidad na di umano’y pasok sa sindikato.
“Asec. Gumban, why do you have to include Senator Bong Go in the matrix when he is not even an incorporator? Because they’re just close friends, you have to include him? My goodness, is Senator Bong Go involved in Pogo and drugs? Were you able to investigate that?” patutsada ni Abante sa PDEA.
