Noynoy told: ‘Don’t mess with Lacson’s case’ By Angie M. Rosales 06/29/2010

Noynoy told: ‘Don’t mess with Lacson’s case’

By Angie M. Rosales 06/29/2010 Outgoing Sen. Rodolfo Biazon yesterday warned incoming President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino to distance himself from colleague, Sen. Panfilo Lacson and adopt a “hands off policy” once he assumes the presidency formally, in dealing with Lacson’s double murder charges. Biazon issued this warning to his party mate from the Liberal Party (LP), despite being aware of the fact that Lacson supported the president-elect in the last national polls, even detailing some of his own staff during the duration of the campaign to the party and to Aquino himself. “I think the next administration should be very careful about that. What must not be projected by the new administration ‘publicly’ is that it is interfering in the functions of the judiciary,” he said in an interview with reporters. Biazon’s statements came amid reports on the latest sightings of Lacson, the most recent of which was claimed to have been in Malaysia and that Lacson is reportedly preparing to return to the country after almost five months of hiding abroad. Lacson, who is facing a warrant of arrest in relation to the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, flew abroad sometime late December and his whereabouts are largely unknown, despite there being a red alert with Interpol on him. Speculation is rife that Lacson would soon make himself visible again especially since Aquino, who is a political ally, won in the elections, as well as the fact that the LP faction in the Senate needs his vote to be able to wrest the Senate presidency. Even some of his colleagues such as Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile indicated this possibility of Lacson returning to the country while maintaining that they have not had any contact with the “missing” senator for months now. Biazon shared this observation, even noted the possibility of the public focusing on two cases, that of Lacson and the continued detention of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100629hed3.html

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