Ingay politika lang

BIGYANG diin muna natin ang paliwanag ni Secretary Martin Andanar ng Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) sa mga naglalabasang kontrobersiya gaya ng Pharmally at umano’y ‘overpriced’ na mga medical equipment.

“Political noise” o ingay pulitika lamang daw ang mga ito, para sa ating kalihim. At hindi kayang sirain ang mga ipapamanang mga bagay sa atin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.

Sinabi ito ni Sec. Andanar ng humarap siya sa media sa Cebu at natanong tungkol sa mga ganoong isyu. Wala nga raw anomalya sa mga ito, katunayan, at ganun din daw ang opiniyon ng Commission on Audit (COA).

Ang pagiingay ay di na raw dapat ikinagugulat lalo na kung papalapit na ang eleksiyon.

Kung sabagay, kung saan-saan na napunta ang pag-iimbestiga ng Sente Blue Ribbon Committee sa mga isyu na ito. Kanya-kanya na rin sakayan ang mga senador na tatakbo sa eleksiyon.

Paliwanag pa ni Andanar, mismong si COA chairman Michael Aguinaldo, ang nagsabing simula pa lamang ay walang anomalya sa isyu ng Pharmally. At kung mayroon man, agad itong ihahayag ng COA sa bayan gaya ng iba nitong mga inilabas na maanomalyang transaksiyon sa pamahalaan.

Issue from the very beginning. He said it is normal for COA to flag certain transactions yearly when it lacked some supporting documents.

Ngayon nga namang malapit na ang panahon ng kampanyahan at Presidential election, pa, kung anu-anong isyu ang talagang maglalabasan. Panahon na ng batuhan ng putik, Ika nga.

The Duterte Legacy Caravan, which Andanar leads, had no difficulty in delivering the “correct information” to the people despite these controversies.

Suprisingly, it is not difficult because the people believe that the legacies of the President is there. It is very tangible. You can see it, you can touch it, you can feel it, you can smell it. It is really there,” he said.

Andanar said he had no quarrel with the senators or congressmen who called out for an investigation into the government purchases part of the COVID-19 response.

“It is okay. It is part of democracy. Again as I said, I am a technocrat. I joined the government with my technical skills and intend to exit as a technocrat. I will not ruin my reputation by lying or by saying fake news or by doing black propaganda because that is not my personality.”

“It is all political and it is the right of the Senate to find out. It is the right of Congress to find out and investigate. And it is our right (to know).”

of the Cebu-leg of the “Duterte Legacy Caravan“ aimed at informing the public on the projects completed by the current administration which only has eight months left in office.