Friday, February 15, 2008

Abalos lawyer: Lozada's motive is to bring down President Arroyo

The lawyer of Benjamin Abalos Sr. said the motive of whistle-blowers businessman Joey de Venecia III and Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada Jr. to come out with alleged anomaly in the national broadband network (NBN) deal is to bring down President Arroyo.

Lawyer Salvador Panelo said the motivation in the allegations that Abalos brokered for China’s ZTE company is ultimately to oust the President.

In a press briefing, Panelo said both de Venecia and Lozada have been trying to linking First Gentleman Mike Arroyo to the scrapped NBN-ZTE deal in order to destroy the Chief Executive.

He added that this de Venecia’s motive in destroying Abalos is because he did not get the multi-million dollar contract.

"Nagalit siya kay Chairman Abalos dahil di nya nakuha yung kontratang yun ( He got mad at Chairman Abalos because he failed to get that contract)," Panelo said, calling de Venecia as a "sore loser."

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