Inirekomenda ng Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) ang pagsasampa ng plunder case laban kina dating Pangulong Noynoy Aquino, dating Budget Secretary Butch Abad, dating Health Secretary Janet Garin at iba pang mga opisyal ng nakaraang administrasyon.
Kaugnay ito ng umano’y anomalya sa pagbili at paggamit ng nasa 3.5 bilyong piso na halaga ng dengvaxia vaccine.
Ayon kay VACC General Counsel Ferdinand Topacio, lumabas sa mga nakaraang pagdinig na aprubado ni dating Pangulong Aquino ang pagpapalabas ng pondo ni dating Budget Secretary Abad para sa dengvaxia kahit hindi ito kabilang sa general at supplemental budget.
Nangyari din aniya ito matapos na dalawang beses na makipagpulong si Aquino sa mga opisyal ng Sanofi Pasteur, ang manufacturer ng dengvaxia.
Dagdag ni Topacio, pinagtibay pa aniya ito ng pahayag ni dating Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Chief Kenneth Hartigan Go na ang programa ay politically motivated.
We say that releases were authorized by former President Aquino because upon conversation with two (2) former Presidents, whose names we will no longer mention, the inform does not… such a release of such a magnitude could have occurred without express Presidential imprimatur, either verbal or written.
- Pahayag ni VACC General Counsel Ferdinand Topacio
Kasabay nito hiniling ni Topacio na silipin ng Anti – Money Laundering Council (AMLC) ang bank accounts ng mga nabanggit niyang dating opisyal.
Samantala, pinutol naman ni Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon si Topacio at ipinuntong hindi ito maituturing na resource person.
We have resource persons, these are investigations… this is an investigation in aid of legislation.
With all due respect to Atty. Topacio, he comes around in all kinds of charges, I have not heard him say anything about the issue of Sanofi committed a discretion, etc.
He is not a resource person.
- Pahayag ni Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon
