Drug link claims vs. Drilon, Roxas hard to believe —Lacson

The testimony of a drug personality against Senator Franklin Drilon and former Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II is “hard to believe,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said Friday.

“For me, not only probably because I know Senators Drilon and Roxas too well, but also it is hard to believe the words of a rival drug lord of Odicta, who cannot anymore confirm or deny that statement,” Lacson said in a text message.

A newspaper report had said that Ricky Serenio, a drug personality in the Visayas, tagged Drilon and Roxas as “protectors” of slain drug lord Melvin Odicta.

Odicta and his wife were shot dead in August last year at the Caticlan port.

In a Facebook post over the weekend, Roxas said he never had any dealings with Serenio nor Odicta. He called the allegations a “poor and laughable attempt at fake news.”

GMA News Online has sought  Drilon for comment on the issue but he has yet to respond as of posting time.

Malacañang, for its part, said the administration has nothing to do with Serenio's testimony.

“The Liberal Party (LP) is afraid of its own ghost after conducting several witch-hunt investigations against their perceived political enemies when they were in power,” presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement read by Assistant to the Presidential Spokesperson China Jocson.

Earlier, the LP said that the present administration is “going all-out to demonize the party in the eyes of the public and to divert attention from the pressing problems of the country.” —LBG, GMA News