Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has filed charges of plunder against Senator Richard Gordon at the Office of the Ombudsman over the supposed corruption during his chairmanship in the Philippine Red Cross.
Trillanes asserted that Gordon allocated a part of his pork barrel to Red Cross during his first term as a senator. That time, he is also serving as the chairperson of the organization.
The complaint read: “There is an imperative need for this Honorable Office to investigate the subject alleged anomalous disbursements of the P200 Million PRC funds, around P193 Million of which came from the PDAF of Sen. Gordon, because if indeed the same were in fact amassed, accumulated and/or eventually utilized or used in support of Sen. Gordon’s candidacy as President in 2010 and as Senator in 2013, there would be a very clear case for the filing of criminal charge for the crime of plunder against Sen. Gordon and Ms. Pang.”
“If you look at it, there is really no problem. But, he is the chairman, he is the one disbursing the fund,” Trillanes said in Filipino.
DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 11/ 08 /17