MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo Lacson did not mince words as he hit the Makabayan bloc after one of its members branded the Senate probe on red-tagging a “venue for witch hunting.”
“Just because they cannot have it themselves, the Makabayan bloc now accuses the Senate of being a ‘venue for witch hunting’ in our red tagging inquiry,” Lacson,who led the investigation as chair of the Senate defense panel, said on Twitter on Wednesday.
Just because they cannot have it themselves, the Makabayan bloc now accuses the Senate of being a “venue for witch hunting” in our red tagging inquiry. Looking for a scapegoat is normal for people who feel they were a bunch of losers.
— PING LACSON (@iampinglacson) December 1, 2020
“Looking for a scapegoat is normal for people who feel they were a bunch of losers,” he added.
It was Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate who called the inquiry as “being reduced t…
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