By Mortz C. Ortigoza
After the exit of the Duterte Administration notorious
on its two-fist knuckle duster approached to illegal drug sellers, police officers have
been audacious in their involvement to countless mammoth kilos of methamphetamine
hydrochloride colloquially called shabu under the nascent Marcos Administration.
After the building’s Wealth and Personal Development Lending Inc. owned by Police Master Sergeant Rodolfo Mayo, Jr. in Tondo, Manila was raided by his colleagues in the Philippines Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) in October 8, 2022 where 990 kilos of shabu worth P6.7 billion, his identification card and other incriminating belongings were seized, too.
In the hot pursuit operation that ensued on the same day,
PDEG operatives confiscated from Mayo – an intelligence officer – at least two kilos
of meth worth P13.6 million, a gun, a sport utility vehicle, and a Philippine National
Police's identification card.
He is now in the slammer because of a non-bailable anti-illegal drug
cases.
The embarrassment in the police organization did not end
there after two Sergeants of the PDEG were caught in the security camera of the
lending company spiriting away 42 kilos of the illegal drugs during the raid.
This prompted them to return the two bags containing the shabu by leaving them in front
of the police national headquarter at Camp Crame in Quezon City.
Those giant kilos of cracks being seized in that raid were
believed to be recycled to be sold again to the public by sordid cops.
The scandals did not stop there as two former chiefs of the
PDEG – with the rank of General – have been mentioned on some online news as
the alleged ring leader of the criminal act.
PNP Chief Director General Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. told recently
a press conference at Camp Crame that an investigation was ongoing on the General
supposedly involved in this gargantuan narco raid.
“Again, ongoing ang
investigation natin. Ano, we have not been mentioning ang name because ang
investigation natin dito we could not just accuse anybody, di ba? These
officers have a career na pinaghirapan nila ang career nila that’s why very
careful kami. So I really don’t know bakit may mga lumalabas na mga pangalan na
sa PNP naman ay hindi pa namin na re-reach ang point na iyan”.
The top national cop’s pronouncement by not disclosing the
names of the General got the goat of beleaguered and suspended Bureau of Corrections
(BuCor) Chief Gerald Bantag who rebuked General Azurin’s double standard
by mentioning his name thrice as person of interest on the assassination of
acerbic tongue broadcaster Percy Lapid. His confessed killer Joel
Escorial told the police he got the order and the more than half-a-million
pesos bribe from Crisanto Palana Villamor who was jailed in the national
penitentiary in Muntinlupa. Villamor died mysteriously in October 18
inside the calaboose. According to the autopsy
report of Forensic Expert Dr. Raquel Fortun – his death was due to suffocation when his head was forcefully covered by a plastic bag.
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In the natal day in October 31 of Iglesia ni Cristo’s
Executvie Minister Eduardo Manalo this what I posted on my Facebook page:
“This what makes Iglesia ni Cristo Executive
Minister Ka Eduardo Manalo stands tall among the High Priests and Top Pastors
of all religious sects in the Philippines: Whenever he celebrates his birthday
(October 31) there is hubbub among national and local politicians who scamper
to have tarps and radio, TV, and newspaper ads to ingratiate with him and his
millions of his church's members. Not to mention, kumikita ang mga taga media
at taga gawa ng tarps hahaha!”
We laughed
how the INC instills fears to politicians who want to win and not lose the
election they are to hurdle. According to some sources in the past election
in my province, three district ministers of the church were sacked from their
post and the church - infamous for its bloc voting - because they duped the INC’s hierarchy on its Central
Temple in Quezon City. They showed there that the candidates for the
governorship and the congressional were shoo-in for the victory.
It was a quid pro quo for the two politicians
where they give millions of pesos for each of the district ministers in
exchange of the command votes the national office in Quezon City bestow them.
Although
the congressional bet they supported for the blessing of the hierarchy did not
win, the church thrown them out because of taking the bribe monies. Who cares,
they still laugh on their way to the bank to withdraw their huge dough.
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MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA
I am a twenty years seasoned Op-Ed Political Writer in various newspapers and Blogger exposing government corruptions, public officials's idiocy and hypocrisies, and analyzing local and international issues. I have a master’s degree in Public Administration and professional government eligibility. I taught for a decade Political Science and Economics in universities in Metro Manila and cities of Urdaneta, Pangasinan and Dagupan. Follow me on Twitter @totoMortz or email me at totomortz@yahoo.com.