MANILA, Philippines—Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday (July 1) threw a punch at Sen. Manny Pacquiao for supposedly listing the Philippine Navy’s frigate project as a corrupt deal among several others in the Duterte administration.
The allegation was made on an illustration, bearing Pacquiao’s image and a list of supposedly corrupt agencies, which spread on social media.
The camp of Pacquiao, however, has disowned it.
But it apparently prompted Lorenzana to issue a statement.
“Sen. Pacquiao, the frigate deal has been thoroughly investigated by the Senate… and they found nothing anomalous. In fact you were in one of the hearings, Senator,” Lorenzana said.
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