NO SUCH CREDIT CARD, NO COMMANDER’S RESERVE — ACOP
Ping’s ex-aide denies P40-M slush fund claim
By Gina Peralta-Elorde 02/18/2011Was fugitive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson lying through his teeth when he claimed in an e-mail that there existed a P40 million fund known as “commander’s reserve” when he was head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and that he had given all of it to his close aide, Romeo Acop for the police troops, or was he trying to create trouble for some of his political foes, in and out of the PNP?
Then Lacson’s PNP comptroller and now Antipolo Rep. Romeo Acop yesterday denied his former boss’ claim that there was a P40 million fund given to PNP chiefs for their exclusive disposal.
Acop stressed that the commander’s reserve that Lacson speaks of is the fund used as a contingency fund for the PNP’s “unprogrammed activities,” adding that the money — which actually amounted P44 million — was not for anyone’s personal use, and that the money goes back to the national treasury if not spent.
Acop said he was not aware of the credit card privilege that Lacson claimed he was offered, with very high limits which he claimed could be used by the then PNP chief for his official and personal purchases..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110218hed1.html
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