Former Senator Richard Gordon on Friday expressed hope that the Office of the Ombudsman would “cast a wider net,” and that all major players of the Pharmally “high crime” would be charged as well. While describing the Ombudsman’s move a “welcome development,” Gordon, who led the Pharmally investigation as then…
Former Senator Richard Gordon on Friday expressed hope that the Office of the Ombudsman would “cast a wider net,” and that all major players of the Pharmally “high crime” would be charged as well.
“Let the wheels of justice, often characterized, by a blindfolded lady a carrying scale and a sword, proceed without regard to rank, office, or access, to the highest corridors of political power,” Gordon, in news statement, said.
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