Itinanggi ni Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson ang mga alegasyon ni dating Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon na sangkot ang kanyang anak sa smuggling ng umano’y bilyon-bilyong pisong halaga ng semento sa bansa.
Sa inilabas na pahayag ni Lacson, sinabi nitong hindi makatwirang mag-expose siya ng korupsyon sa Bureau of Customs kung mismong ang kanyang anak ay sangkot sa smuggling.
“First, I have nothing to do with my son’s business activities; second, there is no smuggling of cement as it is not subject to customs tariff and duties but only subject to VAT, which my son said when I checked with him just now, they always pay; third, he should have filed charges against my son if he now says, he’s into smuggling,”
“Fourth, it doesn’t make sense that I will expose the shenanigans in the BOC, if my son is cheating on taxes as Faeldon is now accusing him of. The logical thing for me to do is not to make the exposé and just keep quiet.”
Ayon kay Lacson siya mismo ang unang kakastigo sa anak kung gumagawa ito ng maling gawain.
“For the record, I have always reminded my son to be on the level in whatever business dealings he would have because if not, I’ll be the first one to castigate him and even initiate filing of charges against him.”
AR / DWIZ 882 / (with report from Cely Bueno)
