Ni: Ellson A. Quismorio
Sino ang nagnakaw sa mahahalagang gamit ng asawa ni Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. na si Elizabeth habang nakahiga ang walang buhay na katawan nito sa ikalawang palapag ng Resorts World Manila (RWM) noong Hunyo 2?
Ito ang katanungan ni Surigao del Sur 2nd District Rep. Johnny Pimentel nang magpatuloy kahapon ang joint panel inquiry sa Kamara tungkol sa pag-atake ng nag-iisang gunman sa nasabing hotel and casino na nauwi sa pagkamatay ng 38 katao, kabilang ang mismong suspek na si Jessie Carlos.
Sa pagdinig, nagtanong si Pimentel, chairman ng House Committee on Good Governance and Public Accountability, kung sinong mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) ang unang pumasok sa casino.
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“I’m asking this question because this is very important. This representation has received reports that there were some looting on the valuables of the victims,” sabi niya.
“In fact during the hearing at NAIA III, one of the BFP personnel testified that on their way up, they encountered an unconscious person and at that time, meron pang [suot na] relo. But when they came back, wala nang relo.”
Patuloy ni Pimentel: “Last night we had a conversation with Cong. Dong Gonzales in the presence of Majority Floor Leader (Rodolfo) Fariñas, and he recounted to us what happened to his wife.
“According to Rep. Gonzales, his wife had a watch which is a Rolex, and some jewelries (sic) which are missing already. Aside from that, the credit cards and ATM were also missing.
“Now what I’ll tell you next is more bizarre,” patuloy pa ng Mindanao solon. “The incident happened on June 2. Upon verification of Rep. Gonzales, there was a withdrawal of P25,000 on June 5. How could that be possible?”
Nagpahayag ng paniniwala si Pimentel na ninakawan din ang katawan ng iba pang mga biktima.
“This matter should be properly investigated. We should also ask the relatives of the other victims if what happened to the wife of Cong. Gonzales also happened to them.
“The image of PNP and BFP relies on this. Maraming looting talaga na nangyari,” sabi ni Pimentel.
