MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon accused Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez of turning a “blind eye” to the “devious schemes” of the Philippine International Trading Center (PITC), but the latter said he would be the first to investigate should there be signs of anomalies.
Drilon, who earlier flagged some P33-billion “parked” in the bank accounts of the PITC, criticized Lopez on Friday for his supposed inactionin having the said funds reverted to the national coffers.
“Sec. Lopez turns a blind eye and a deaf ear to a practice that is legally and morally wrong. It is willful ignorance,” the minority leader said in a …
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