House minority solons lambast Noy for not taking action on missing 2K container vans By Charlie V. Manalo 08/25/2011

House minority solons lambast Noy for not taking action on missing 2K container vans

By Charlie V. Manalo 08/25/2011
While quick on the draw when it comes to its perceived political opponents, the Aquino administration has yet to lift a hand on the anomaly at the Bureau of Customs (BoC), the latest of which was the disappearance at the Port of Manila (PoM) of some 2,000 container vans of highly dutiable goods.

At a press briefing, members of the House minority bloc yesterday lambasted the Aquino administration for maintaining its silence on the case of the missing 2,000 container vans while en route from the PoM and the Manila International Container Port (MICP) to the Port of Batangas (PoB) which cost the government at least P3 billion in revenue.

“Even as the mystery of the almost 2,000 missing container vans ferrying P3 billion worth of dutiable goods has been unraveled with the identification of the suspected beneficiary and the reported complicity of ranking officials of the BoC the Aquino administration has been ominously silent on the caper compared to the reckless cacophony it generates in cases linking political foes,” Zambales Rep. Ma. Milagros Magsaysay said.

The solon also dared President Aquino to prove his sincerity in implementing his “tuwid na daan” by directing Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to act on the matter..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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