STOP HOUSE BBL DELIBERATIONS, IMMEDIATELY!

House of Representatives deliberations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law MUST BE STOPPED, INDEFINITELY. It should only be resumed after a FULL-BLOWN INVESTIGATION into reports that a suspected Chinese crime lord had financed supposed bribe money for the measure’s approval in the committee level is conducted and the TRUTH has been established WITHOUT A DOUBT.

Mere, and EXPECTED, denials of PNoy’s allies who had voted In favor of the BBL ARE NOT, AND SHOULD NEVER BE, ENOUGH. The details of, and the circumstances behind, the alleged payola are TOO SUSPICIOUS AND LOGICAL to ignore. Judge for yourself, boys and girls:

A story in manilastandardtoday.com quoted NO LESS than the treasurer of PNoy’s Liberal Party (LP), Oriental Mindoro Gov. Alfonso Umali, admitted that a deal was indeed made by Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison with the alleged BBL payola financier and Chinese crime lord Bo Wang. Even if Umali did not categorically say that the supposed agreement was for BBL payola, the mere act of a government official forging an agreement with a suspected international crime lord IMMEDIATELY WARRANTS A PROBE.

An order for Bo’s release from BID detention was issued on May 21, just days after Deputy Immigration Commissioners Abdullah Mangotara and Gilberto Repizo met with the suspected crime lord’s representative and reportedly revealed they were  raising funds for the passage  of the BBL in Congress. The release order was issued despite the fact that Bo had used a cancelled passport in coming to the country and the Chinese Embassy had requested for his deportation to Chine to face criminal charges there. Four days later, on the night of May 25, a truckload of money was reportedly delivered to the House of Representatives. Bags of cash were allegedly unloaded at the back entrance of the House main building and taken to the office of Speaker Sonny Belmonte.

No recordings were found on the CCTV cameras installed on the back entrance and the hallways and corridors leading to Belmonte’s office but SURPRISINGLY, the Speaker and House security personnel operating the CCTV cameras had DIFFERENT REASONS for this. The security guys said they ran out of storage for the real time recordings. But Belmonte said the CCTV cameras were already defective on the day he assumed office. And House officials who asked not to be named claimed that under the contract with the CCTV camera suppliers, real-time recordings must not be erased within six months.

If PNoy’s congressmen allies indeed have nothing to hide, then there’s no sensible reason for them to block an investigation at once. The Bo expose has cast doubts on their integrity and reputation. Any person will always grab the first opportunity to prove his or her innocence of any accusation. So it will be a golden opportunity for them to prove that they’re clean of ‘dirty’ money and put the issue to rest immediately. More importantly, a probe would give them the chance to identify the character assassin behind the ‘payola’ story. And Malacanang SHOULD NOT INTERFERE, OR EVEN COMMENT, on having a probe and deferring the deliberations on the BBL   

If anybody blocks an investigation into the Bo expose, that person’s bank deposits or withdrawals before or on May should be looked into WITHOUT DELAY.30