Lacson: Butcher, trapo
"I hate politics. And I hate politicians even more".
Gen. Panfilo Lacson was forced to eat his words when he was booted out of power as chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) along with the overthrow of his boss Joseph Estrada. Lacson, now one of former Estrada minions trying to return to power, is a senatorial candidate in the coming May elections.
But it is not only his greed for power that has motivated Lacson to run for office. He is being bankrolled by Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, who maintains a stable of politicians or finances candidates who could protect his political and economic interests under any regime. Most of all, Lacson is a reliable puppet of US imperialism.
Candidate Lacson�s hands are dripping with blood. As he mingles onstage with other decadent remnants of the Estrada clique, we must thoroughly oppose his candidacy, expose his crimes and his role under the Estrada regime (especially in its final months) and stop him from further deceiving the people.
Still fresh in the people�s collective memory are the heinous bombings perpetrated in five different places in Metro Manila on December 30, which were masterminded by Estrada and Danding Cojuangco and carried out by Lacson�s men. The bombings killed 26 innocent persons and injured more than a hundred. Despite the scores who were killed and maimed, the bombings failed to divert the people�s attention from the explosive information that was being exposed in Estrada�s impeachment trial.
Prior to this, Lacson ordered the abduction and silencing of public relations practitioner Salvador "Bubby" Dacer in November to prevent him from exposing Estrada�s role in the BW Resources scandal. At present, at least seven PAOCTF personnel have been implicated in Dacer�s abduction and summary execution.
Ever since Lacson announced his candidacy in February, a spate of kidnappings and bank holdups has been perpetrated by Lacson�s minions in the Kuratong Baleleng and other criminal syndicates to raise funds for his campaign, sow terror and use this to spread the propaganda that is necessary for Lacson to return to power to maintain "peace and order".
Lacson�s use of elements of the Philippine National Police as escorts and bodyguards in his campaign has recently come to light. Five regional PNP directors from the Visayas and Mindanao are currently under fire for extending "VIP treatment" to Lacson when he campaigned in their respective areas.
And most recently, Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson disclosed that when the Estrada regime attempted to legalize jueteng, Lacson asked for 2.5% of the millions of pesos in gross earnings of jueteng operators. Like his boss Estrada, Lacson had wanted to monopolize the distribution of protection money to PNP regional directors to ensure the latter�s loyalty and strengthen his base within the police bureaucracy.
These are but the latest of Lacon�s crimes. More expos�s are sure to follow as reactionary political rivalries intensify.
The corrupt and fascist Lacson deserves to be loathed and junked like the overthrown Estrada regime. The hundreds of innocents who have fallen victim to his crimes cry out that he be prosecuted and punished.
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