Go to Trillanes: Did you stop parents as suppliers during your stint in PN?
Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go on Monday July 5 demanded that his critic, former Senator Antonio ‘’Sonny’’ Trillanes IV, explain whether he tried to prevent his parents from entering as suppliers when he was with the Philippine Navy.
Trillanes was a former Navy officer before openly defying then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
In a video statement, Go labeled Trillanes as ‘’Mr. Fake News’’ and ‘’walang delicadeza’’ (no sense of propriety) for alleging that he and President Duterte, then Davao city mayor, should be accused of plunder arising from an alleged P6.6 billion worth of contracts entered into by Go’s father and half brother with the Davao city and Davao region local governments.
Go, a confidant of then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and later as Special Assistant to President Dutete, said he never helped his father and half brother land contracts and that he has not benefitted financially from their business interests.
‘’Noong nagtatrabaho pa ako sa city hall, sinabihan ko ang aking pamilya na huwag silang lumapit sa City Hall (ng Davao) dahil kapag lumapit sila, aalis ako sa aking trabaho (When I was working at Davao city hall, I told my family not to approach me because if they do, I will resign from my work). Ang ibang tao ay nakakalapit sa akin para humingi ng kahit anong tulong, basta nasa tama, tutulong po ako (Other people could approach me and I helped them when it is legally correct). Pero ang pamilya ko, hindi yan nakakahingi ng anong pabor mula sa akin (But my family did not ask favors from me),’’ he said.
Go said Trillanes latest attacks are old and rotting.
‘’Wala na bang bago (is there anything new)?’’ he asked.
‘’Katunayan, noong Setyembre 2018 pa, hindi pa ako Senador, ay sinagot ko na ito at hinamon ko pa nga si Trillanes na imbestigahan nya at magsampa siya ng kaso (Truth be told, on September 2018 when I was not yet a senator, I already answered the chargers and I even dared Trillanes to investigate and file the appropriate charges). Hinding-hindi ako uurong sa kaso dahil alam ko na malinis ang aking konsensya at wala akong batas na nilabag (I will not back away from any cases because my conscience is clear and I did not violate any law),’’ he added.
Go asked aloud whether Trillanes could make his alleged plunder allegation stick because the transactions were legitimate and that he has nothing to do with the contracts.
‘’Sinabi ko na sa kanya noon na kung mapapatunayan niya ang paratang niya, magre-resign kaagad ako (I told him I will resign if he can prove his charges.) Nakalipas na po ang halos tatlong taon at wala namang napatunayan si Trillanes (Three years have passed yet Trillanes still has to prove his accusations). Lahat ng mga ito ay nasagot ko na (I have answered all these charges). Puro kasinungalingan ang pinapakain niya sa taumbayan… Kaysa makatulong, nilalason lang niya ang isipan ng mga Pilipino para sa kanyang pansariling interes (These are all lies that are being fed to the people. instead of helping, Trillanes has been poisoning the minds of Filipinos to serve his personal interests),’’ he added.
Go lamented that all these charges are being rehashed as the 2022 election approaches.
Trillanes, according to Go, is re-cycling fake news.
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