Press Release
April 15, 2009

Chiz calls on DOJ chief to stop media striptease

Senator Chiz Escudero on Wednesday called on Secretary Raul Gonzalez to stop his vilification campaign against leaders of the opposition and instead focus on going after big-time scoundrels in and out of government.

"He should end this virtual striptease. The secretary has become a master at feeding bits and pieces of innuendo to media," the senator said.

Escudero issued the statement a day after Gonzales said that there "will definitely be a linkage" between the BW stock manipulation case and the Dacer-Orbito murders after the Court of Appeals ordered the prosecution of BW chair Dante Tan and seven of his co-accused.

"The timing is once again dubious and questionable. All of these issues were resurrected after the former president Estrada signified his intent to unite the opposition and his plans of running should the opposition fail to unite," he said.

"I think all these calibrated, unsubstantiated, talk are simply designed to destroy the opposition and its leading figure. If indeed Secretary Gonzales has any evidence linking the former president then he should have filed the case in court," said Escudero.

Gonzalez had floated the possible involvement of Estrada and Senator Panfilo Lacson in the Dacer-Orbito slays based on the supposed affidavit of former police officer Cesar Mancao, who is facing extradition from the United States.

"Perhaps, the good secretary should do some housecleaning himself instead of proving his loyalty time and time again to the appointing authority by going after the opposition," said Escudero.

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