FG Arroyo lined up for grilling in Senate over choppers scam
By Angie M. Rosales 07/27/2011Former First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo has been lined up for grilling in the Senate on the impending probe on the Philippine National Police’ (PNP) in the acquisition of alleged second-hand helicopters in the amount of P105 million in 2009.
It was earlier alleged by Sen. Panfilo Lacson, who filed resolution No. 518, that the documents he obtained on the said transaction supposedly indicated that the Arroyos were the former owners of the helicopters “forcibly” sold and priced as brand-new to the PNP.
Public hearings on this issue has been set this Thursday by blue ribbon committee chairman Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, with the present and former PNP officials as the first batch of invited guests.
“Then we will call on (representatives from) MAPTRA (Manila Aerospace Products Trading Corp.),” Lacson said, referring to the company that was awarded the contract in July 9, 2009 by the PNP negotiation committee for one Robinson R44 Raven II and two Robinson R44 Raven I helicopters, supposedly intended for use by the elite Special Action Force (SAF)..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110727nat1.html
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