MANILA, Philippines — The Senate blue ribbon committee is looking into Senator Manny Pacquiao’s claims of corruption in government to see if there is “smoke and fire” behind the allegations before the panel proceeds with an investigation, its chairman said Wednesday.
“The current allegations hurled by Senator Pacquiao against several executive departments, like any other allegation made by any other colleague, must be taken seriously. But before we can even think of proceeding, the Blue Ribbon must know what it will be specifically investigating,” committee chairman Senator Richard Gordon said in a statement.
“It cannot go willy-nilly into any battlefield without knowledge of…
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