Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Wednesday that he is willing to give Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president and chief executive officer Ricardo Morales the benefit of the doubt even as he and some of his colleagues are more inclined to believe that he was 'protecting' corrupt officials in his agency.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Wednesday that he is willing to give Philippine Health Insurance Corporation president and chief executive officer Ricardo Morales the benefit of the doubt even as he and some of his colleagues are more inclined to believe that he was “protecting” corrupt officials in his agency.
Sotto admitted, however, that the retired general’s credibilty was affected by his outright denial of his previous statement about the online meeting that prompted the new corruption claims against the PhilHealth. “Mabigat ‘yon. How much weight? I don’t think it’s a small lie. I don’t think simple ‘yon , eh. He should not lie. What does that make of you?” Sotto said.
“Inaasahang kong reaction is indignant …he was defending them, that’s what’s sad about it. Kaya nga mabigat ang impact niyan sa mga kasamahan ko ,” he added. “If he comes out clean and tells us everything that he knows that he was trying to evade, then it will be a different story. But if he insists on evading or trying to cover up for those people around him that are obviously pulling one over him, syempre mawawala na ‘yong benefit of the doubt ,” he said.
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