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Ping Lacson sneaks out of RP
« on: February 03, 2010, 12:32:59 PM »
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Close this MANILA, Philippines—By his own admission, Sen. Panfilo Lacson has flown the coop.
But the senator, who is facing charges in connection with the November 2000 murders of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito, disclaimed guilt, saying he left the country because he did not want to fall prey to an “evil conspiracy” purportedly hatched by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

“This is one case that I will dispute the argument ‘flight is an indication of guilt,’” Lacson Tuesday said in a text message to the Philippine Daily Inquirer and in a subsequent statement he issued to other media outfits.

“I am not guilty but I cannot risk putting my life and security at the mercy of that evil conspiracy,” he said.

Lacson, who has not been seen at the Senate since Congress resumed session on Jan. 18, was apparently compelled to break his silence after Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan told reporters that he had been put on the watch list.

Being on the Bureau of Immigration watch list means that authorities have to be notified of one’s arrival or departure.

Lacson said Libanan’s announcement confirmed what he had “correctly suspected”—that the “harassment” by the Department of Justice (DoJ) “upon the order of Malacañang will never stop.”

“That’s exactly the reason I left the country. I am a victim of a conspiracy of whispers between Ms Arroyo and her stooge in the DoJ,” Lacson said.

Earlier Tuesday, Libanan said Lacson was put on the watch list a week after he flew to Hong Kong on a Cathay Pacific Airlines flight on Jan. 5.

“He has not yet returned home,” Libanan said of the senator, adding that it would be difficult for the bureau to find out his final destination.

“Whenever the DoJ is investigating a case, it requests us to place certain people in our watch list,” Libanan said.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said Lacson sought and secured travel authority from his office before Christmas.

Enrile provided no details except to say that Lacson’s travel authority had since lapsed, which was why he was now being marked absent in the chamber.

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. told reporters that as early as last week, he heard that Lacson had flown to Australia.

Pimentel said he did not know why Lacson would fly to that country.



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