Senator Mar Roxas this week fired at the Office of the Ombudsman for absolving the First Family from graft charges over the controversial $329 million NBN-ZTE deal.
Roxas insisted that at the very best, First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo should have been included in the charge sheet filed with the Sandiganbayan against former Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos and former NEDA chief Romulo Neri.
According to Sen. Roxas, Mr. Arroyo is equally guilty of graft when he brokered the NBN-ZTE deal. He insisted the First Gentleman clearly had no business brokering in the project, and thus his unusual interest was uncalled for.
Roxas also questioned the timing of the release of the Ombudsman’s report, noting that the impeach-ment complaint against Gutierrez started only last Wednesday, August 26.
"Did they think that by releasing this report, Gutierrez will be absolved from the charges in the impeachment complaint? Of course not! She has to be held liable for betraying public trust by protecting the interests of Malacañang instead of the public, and the many other high profile graft cases that she just chose to sit on," he said. /MP
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