Sen. Lacson's Statement on Dacer-Corbito Innuendoes

I will not respond to innuendoes. I simply reiterate my call to those concerned to make public Mancao’s affidavit to once and for all stop all speculations regarding my supposed involvement, which I categorically deny.

Since 2001 when this administration came to power, I have been the subject of an unrelenting vilification drive. All sorts of lies have been thrown my way –hidden wealth and illegal activities among them – and eventually proven baseless. The Dacer-Corbito case is just the latest innuendo thrown at me.

There is only one reason for this smear campaign: I have been consistent and unflinching in my crusade against corruption. In many cases, the crusade against jueteng, IMPSA, Pacific Telecoms, Jose Pidal, Hello Garci, the ZTE-NBN deal, the Bolante fertilizer scam, and the World Bank corruption scandal, led to Malacañang’s doorstep.

As I did when I headed the Philippine National Police, where I fought all forms of corruption, whether in the form of kotong that victimized lowly drivers, or crime syndicates involved in illegal drugs and gambling, I will continue to fight corruption without end.

I will repeat what I have said time and again.   I can look anybody straight in the eye and say that I am not involved in the Dacer-Corbito killings.  And I will not stop fighting corruption, which has doomed generations of Filipinos to poverty.

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