{"id":92878,"date":"2017-03-07T04:35:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T09:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92878"},"modified":"2017-03-07T04:35:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T09:35:58","slug":"senate-dismiss-probe-on-lascanas-on-grounds-of-credibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/07\/senate-dismiss-probe-on-lascanas-on-grounds-of-credibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate dismiss probe on Lasca\u00f1as on grounds of credibility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a six-hour probe yesterday, the Senate Committee on Public Order adjourned its inquiry on SPO3 Arturo Lasca\u00f1as citing lack of evidence on his claims and questionable credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

Committee chairman Panfilo Lacson said that there was nothing to pursue and it will be up to the Philippine National Police and the Commission of Human Rights whether or not they would want to pursue further action on Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 testimonies. <\/span><\/p>\n

The committee will instead recommend filing a perjury case against Lasca\u00f1as for lying under oath but said that it will not initiate the filing.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an interview after the hearing, Lacson said, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to believe, to be honest. He can\u2019t remember the first person he killed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III dismissed the testimonies, calling it \u00a0\u201chearsay\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLascanas\u2019 statements were a pure expression of opinion. Hearsay so to speak! Informal survey\u2026the general public is not buying,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the hearing, Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito questioned <\/span>Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 motive to retract his testimonies all of a sudden.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lasca\u00f1as confirmed that he did attempt to put up several businesses such as setting a small time lottery franchise, a customs brokerage, submitting an application to operate a van terminal and a contract to supply a government-funded construction project. Eventually, these were rejected by allies of the President.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sen. Francis Pangilinan said that Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 testimony were \u201cserious allegations\u201d and that it is better to wait for more evidence and witnesses to support the claim.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement, Sen. Leila de Lima supports Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 claim, saying that both testimonies including that of Matobato\u2019s \u201care based on their personal first-hand knowledge, hence, admissible and worthy of credence\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, who facilitated Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 public confession insist that Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 credibility is still intact and that there is a case that can be filed against the President. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a six-hour probe yesterday, the Senate Committee on Public Order adjourned its inquiry on SPO3 Arturo Lasca\u00f1as citing lack …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95,483],"tags":[10823,15907,15180,16278,16279,16192,16277],"class_list":["post-92878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","category-politics","tag-davao-death-squad","tag-senator-antonio-trillanes","tag-senator-leila-de-lima","tag-senator-panfilo-lacson","tag-senator-vicente","tag-senator-vicente-sotto-iii","tag-spo3-arturo","mauthors-phoebe-balubar","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}