The senate committee on foreign relations chaired by Senator Miriam Santiago is investigating another scandal. And this time a retired top official of the Philippine National Police is in question when he was caught by Russian airport authorities with an undeclared 6.9 million pesos or over 105,000 euros, on his way out of Moscow after attending the Interpol meeting weeks ago.
The committee recommended the criminal prosecution of the PNP delegation for graft, malversation of public funds, and violation of the anti-money laundering law and banking rules.
Obviously this is another act of graft and corruption. The senate is wasting again their time and publics money in investigating this scandal knowing that in the end nothing will happen just like the NBN ZTE deal scandal. Nobody was prosecuted. I am convinced that the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the PNP will cover up the controversy. PNP chief Director General Jesus Verzosa and Ret. Gen. Dela Paz has their own different claims where the money was taken from.
And now with Gen. Dela Paz carrying an undeclared amount of money in Russia. Does he consider himself a General? Did he never think that carrying big sum of an undeclared money to another country is not allowed?
I wonder what will be the next scandal the senate would investigate so that this Euro scandal will stop just like the ZTE. I think it would be Joc Joc Bolante's fertilizer scam when he comes back from the United States this Tuesday. Let's see....
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