From the mouth of Noynoy
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Sometime this week, Justice chief Leila de Lima told beat reporters that in a few days, fugitive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson would be arrested, as the special National Bureau of Investigation team tracking him down, already has the information on his whereabouts in the country, but as the week is winding down, it is more probable that her special team will not be able to produce an arrested Lacson.
At the same time, she endorsed the Philippine National Police’s proposal to have a bounty of P2 million for the head of Lacson, which was rejected by the Department of Interior and Local Governments chief Jesse Robredo, who pointed out quite logically, that since the DoJ and its agencies were already monitoring Lacson, and that reliable intel information has provided them with the area where Lacson is at, there was no more need for a P2 million bounty.
Still, as it is usual for government to come up with a bounty, the DILG rejection of the reward proposal could raise suspicions that indeed, Malacañang is coddling Lacson, especially since Noynoy Aquino was quoted as telling the Inquirer that arresting Lacson is not “his priority” and that he is more concerned with the arrest of persons involved in violent crimes and who continue to victimize other citizens..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101204com1.html
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