The DDS ask, bakit inuuna ng Ombudsman ang kasong plunder, or is it indirect bribery, vs Sen Rodante Marcoleta. Bakit daw hindi inuuna si Rep Martin Romualdez atbp. na matagal nang napangalanan na sangkot sa plunder of flood-control funds?
Malinaw naman kung bakit. Unlike Romualdez atbp. na mula’t sapol ay itinatanggi ang mga paratang — innocent until proven guilty, so kailangan pang maghalungkat ng ebidensiya ang Ombudsman — si Marcoleta ay umamin na, nakapagkuwento na, bistado na, na tumanggap ng Php75 million na campaign donations na hindi niya inireport sa kanyang SOCE o SALN, as required by law. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/
At bakit daw hindi niya ini-report? Kasi mapipilitan siyang pangalanan ang kanyang very generous donors who insisted that their names be kept secret.
MARCOLETA: They had one request: ‘Please do not disclose our identities.’ So if I put a figure in the contributions, I would have been forced to name names. Why? Because there’s a corresponding Deed of Acceptance of Donation. What happens then? This is a contribution.
They said, ‘No, we’re giving you a contribution, but that is your debt of gratitude to us. Treat it as debt.’ They called it debt, debt with no need for repayment, debt of gratitude.
A debt of gratitude. Utang na loob. Utang na hindi kailangang bayaran, not in cash anyway, but certainly, in the form of some favor in some future, like maybe a vote to acquit the VP? It’s like having a senator in your pocket. It’s like an investment that’s expected to pay off big time, or why donate at all? At kay Marcoleta ang tanong ay, bakit siya pumayag? Hindi niya alam na labag iyon sa batas? Well, handa naman daw siyang makulong. Good for him.
As for Iglesia ni Cristo‘s pa-Edsa drama, here’s a public Facebook post of Bernard Ong who reminds of “selective justice”, INC style.
SELECTIVE JUSTICE
Noong libo-libo pinatay ni Marcos Sr at bilyon-bilyon ang ninakaw. Kakampi kayo.
Noong may jueteng protection racket si Erap. Kakampi kayo.
Noong ninakaw ni Gloria ang eleksyon at pinagkakitaan ang ZTE. Kakampi kayo.
Noong libo-libo pinatay ni Duterte sa drug war at bilyon-bilyon ninakaw sa Pharmally at “Build Build Build” (kasama flood control projects!). Kakampi kayo.
Noong nag sanib-pwersa ang mga trapo sa Unithieves. Kakampi kayo.
Noong kinupit ni Mary Grace Piattos ang budget ng DepEd. Kakampi kayo.
Nasaan kayo sa deka-dekadang korapsyon at pang-aabuso ng mga mandarambong? Ayun, todo-suporta sa pamamagitan ng rally at bloc-voting.
Lagi kayo pabor sa injustice. Never dumepensa sa Justice.
Ngayong dawit si Marcoleta sa plunder – at inamin niya ang pagbulsa ng P75m na palihim. Iiyak kayo ng selective justice.
Oo selective nga kami. Hindi kami kulto. Hindi uto-uto. Pinipili namin yung tama at nararapat. Hindi si Sara o Marcoleta yun. https://www.facebook.com/bernard.ong