{"id":147328,"date":"2018-01-18T21:34:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T02:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=147328"},"modified":"2025-01-29T15:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:16:19","slug":"palace-clears-go-in-frigate-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/18\/palace-clears-go-in-frigate-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace clears Go in frigate issue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. ( YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said that an internal investigation showed that the allegations against Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cBong Go\u201d on the multi-billion frigate project of the Philippine Navy were not true.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn investigation has been conducted and it has been found that the allegations of Rappler are untrue and unfounded,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said at a briefing in Legazpi City, Albay.<\/p>\n

According to reports from online news site Rappler, Go allegedly \u201cintervened\u201d in the selection of the combat management system (CMS) of the two warships.<\/p>\n

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Go has categorically denied the accusation, while Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and former Navy chief Vice Admiral Ronald Joseph Mercado have backed him up.<\/p>\n

Mercado has been earlier relieved as Navy Chief over issues related to the CMS.<\/p>\n

Roque reiterated that there was no way Go could have intervened in the acquisition of the two frigates, including the CMS, because the project was already awarded by the Philippine government during the administration of former President Benigno Aquino III.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo again, I\u2019d like to debunk the claim of Rappler that this combat system was procured separately from the frigates;\u00a0hindi po<\/em>.\u00a0Iyong<\/em>PHP15.7 billion\u00a0na binili po nating<\/em>\u00a0frigates includes already this combat system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd because this was already awarded to Hyundai, it was really futile on the part of anyone, including Secretary Bong Go, to intervene because at that point the winning bidder Hyundai had already specified\u00a0kung ano po iyong ilalagay na<\/em>\u00a0combat system\u00a0sa barkong naibili na natin. So malinaw po iyan<\/em>,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

The Palace spokesperson said Rappler\u2019s allegation against Go \u201cappears to be defense by way of an offense,\u201d noting how the allegations surfaced immediately after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declared that Rappler Inc.<\/p>\n

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and Rappler Holdings violated the ownership rules of the Constitution on mass media companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it appears that the best defense is an offense. But as you know former FOIC of the Navy Mercado has issued a statement stating categorically that SAP Bong Go never intervened in connection with the frigate project. Likewise, we have a clarification already issued by Secretary Lorenzana that the white paper was not handed to him by Secretary Bong Go,\u201d Roque said.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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