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GO CALLS FOR IMPARTIAL COVID FUND INQUIRY

JAVIER JOE ISMAEL

Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go appealed for fairness and impartiality in the Senate investigation into the use of Covid-19 funds, at the same time assuring the public that the Duterte administration will never tolerate any form of corruption nor favor personalities based on connections.

In a manifestation during the blue ribbon committee hearing on Friday, Go asked his fellow lawmakers to use

the forum to uncover the truth and hear all sides.

He also asked the resource persons to help in the investigation by telling the truth.

“Ang pakiusap ko naman sa mga resource persons, makipagtulungan kayo at magsabi kayo ng totoo. Just tell the truth. ‘Yung katotohanan lang naman po para maliwanagan po ang lahat, para naman po hindi madamay ang mga inosente (My appeal to the resource persons is to cooperate and tell the truth. Just tell the truth to make everything clear, and not to implicate the innocent),” he said.

Go expressed displeasure at unfounded claims that President Rodrigo Duterte tolerates corruption just because certain individuals being investigated by the Senate have close connections with him.

“Ang problema po dito, ‘yung iba pinagpipilitan na malapit ang isang tao sa amin ni Pangulo, pero hindi dahil malapit sa amin ni Pangulo ay ibig sabihin ay nagbibigay pabor na kami. Nagkakamali po kayo (The problem is some of us here are insisting that when a person is close to us and the president, we are already giving favor to that person. You’re wrong),” he said.

He said that in his long years in government service, his one asset is delicadeza, which he learned from Duterte while serving him in Davao City.

While he acknowledged that businesses need to make profit, the senator emphasized the Duterte administration’s stand that businesses need to conduct their activities, especially those with the government, lawfully.

When Duterte was mayor of Davao City, he never tolerated individuals who do not respect the law, Go said.

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