Former PAOCTF colleague twits Gatdula on Lacson quip By Angie M. Rosales 07/12/2010

Former PAOCTF colleague twits Gatdula on Lacson quip

By Angie M. Rosales 07/12/2010 The camp of Sen. Panfilo Lacson yesterday did not take lightly the statements made by newly appointed National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Magtanggol Gatdula that there will be no letup in pursuing the fugitive legislator over an arrest order for his involvement in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case despite Gatdula’s past association with Lacson. “Gatdula should know Lacson better. He won’t use their past association to make him not perform his job,” said Lacson’s administrative officer, retired Chief Insp. Ricardo Dandan. Dandan issued the reaction in view of the pronounce-ments made by Gatdula, who will formally assume the NBI post this week, that the country’s premier investigating body will go soft on the fugitive senator who happens to be a former superior at the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF). Dandan, himself a former subordinate of Lacson at the Philippine National Police (PNP), reminded the incoming NBI chief that the senator is not known to have used past associations to keep the likes of Gatdula from performing his duty. Gatdula will most likely formally assume his new post today, facing tasks to handle the controversial cases including the Dacer-Corbito killings, “Hello Nico and compact flash card election related probe,” and the Nov. 23, 2009 massacre.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100712hed2.html

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