Ni NOEL ABUEL
Huli man at magaling naihahabol din.
Ito ang naging tugon ni Partido Reporma chairman at standard-bearer Senador Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson sa ginawang pag-amin ni dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na nagkamali ito sa akusasyon at bintang na sangkot ito sa krimen.
Ayon pa kay Lacson, pinatawad na aniya nito si GMA bagama’t dekada ang itinagal ng tinanggap nitong harassment sa panahon ng Arroyo administration.
“‘Deus Ex Machina’: Late is always better than never. To ex-PGMA’s credit, she has the decency and courage to admit that she publicly and unjustly accused me of various crimes based on false information. Whatever, I have already forgiven her a long time ago,” sa Twitter account ni Lacson.
“For nine long years, under her regime, all I had been hoping and praying for was to get back my dignity and honor,” dagdag nito.
Nabatid na inamin ni GMA na pinainan ito ng maling impormasyon ni Antonio Luis Marquez a.k.a. Angelo “Ador” Mawanay noong 2001, na isinasangkot si Lacson sa iba’t ibang criminal activities.
Sa huli ay binawi ni Mawanay ang akusasyon nito laban kay Lacson samantalang si datong intelligence officer Victor Corpus na humingi rin ng tawad kay Lacson at nagsagawa ng public apology noong 2017.
Sinabi pa ni Lacson na maging ang pahayagang The Philippine Daily Inquirer ay humingi rin ng patawad noong 2019 nang ilabas nito ang artikulo noong 2001 na pawang mali ang inilabas na balita.
“Whether or not she was sincere and truthful in saying that there was no deliberate attempt to spread fake information about my person is no longer that important to me since I have already forgiven her a long time ago as I did to all those who maligned and besmirched my reputation,” pahayag ni Lacson kay Arroyo.
“If it’s any consolation, she taught me never to unjustly treat anybody knowing first hand how it is to be at the receiving end of such malevolent persecution by somebody in a position of authority and power,” sabi pa nito.
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