Law enforcers discovered mendacity to the Senate ought to face jail time, suspension and civil penalties, Senator Robin Padilla stated Friday.
The lawmaker issued the comment after saying that the detention of seven cops—who have been linked within the controversial P6.7-billion shabu haul in Manila final yr—contained in the Senate constructing is like dwelling in a resort.
“Di naman totoong kulungan ‘yan, parang hotel lang ‘yan…Sinasabi ko kay [Senate president] kailangan meron na tayong matibay na hawak-hawak na sinasabi ng batas kung papaano parurusahan ang mga sinungaling na ito,” Padilla stated.
Padilla expressed dissatisfaction with the 2021 regulation which will increase the penalty for perjury.
“Kailangan magkaroon ng batas na sinasabi na hindi sila pwede ditong magsinungaling… Kaming mga senador ay elected officials…tapos itong isang taong ito gagawin lang tayong gago, pagiikut-ikutin tayo? Di pwede,” he continued.
“Dapat may pagkakakulong talaga. Pangalawa, pag napatunayan nagsinungaling … halimbawa nagsinungaling siya sa amin, kailangan suspindihin agad ‘yan sa serbisyo…at sisingilin ‘yan kung anong ginastos ng taumbayan sa kanya kailangan bayaran niya. Di lang criminal case kailangan may civil case din yan. Di natin pwedeng pagaanin ang parusa sa mga taong nagbigay ng oath,” he stated.
On Tuesday the Senate public order and harmful medication committee cited in contempt Police Master Sergeant Rodolfo Mayo Jr., his superior Lieutenant Colonel Arnulfo Ibañez, and 5 extra policemen for failing to reveal important data to the panel in relation to the controversial multi-billion shabu haul in 2022.
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who presided over the listening to, bought down on his knees to plead together with his former colleagues within the Philippine National Police to inform the reality concerning the controversy.
Mayo, who served as an intelligence officer for the PNP Drug Enforcement Group, was nabbed after authorities confiscated some 990 kilograms of suspected shabu with an estimated worth of over P6.7 billion in a sequence of anti-drug operations in Manila.
Police officers have been accused of pilfering round 42 kilos of shabu from the unlawful medication seized from Mayo.
Criminal and administrative expenses have been advisable in opposition to 49 PNP officers and personnel. — BM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
