Gordon seeks arrest of two individuals with alleged links to Pharmally

Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday sought the arrest of two personalities who allegedly had links with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation, the firm that bagged billions worth of government procurement contracts for COVID-19 supplies.

During the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's inquiry into the controversial purchase of COVID-19 items, Gordon presented the passport photos of one Jayson Uson and a certain Gerald Cruz.

Gordon said that the two individuals were connected to the firms of former Presidential Economic Adviser Michael Yang.

"Tinatawagan ko ulit ang Pangulo natin na kung maaari pahuli niyo na sila Lao. Kayo nagappoint diyan, di pa ho mahuli 'yang mga 'yan. At itong si Uson... mayroon na kaming litrato, ibinigay ng Department of Foreign Affairs," Gordon said.

(I'm again calling on our President: If possible, have Lao and his companions arrested. You appointed them, and they can't seem to be caught. And Uson... we have his picture. We gave it to the Department of Foreign Affairs.)

"Si Gerald Cruz at saka si Jayson Uson, ito'y mga opisyal ng Pharmally at kasamang kompanya ng Pharmally na nagtatago na ngayon. Papakita ko ang kanilang mga litrato sa kanilang passport," he added.

(Gerald Cruz and Jayson Uson, who are now in hiding, are officials of Pharmally or with companies with links to Pharmally. I will show their passport photos.)

According to the senator, Uson is the president of Filipinas 168 Shopping Mall, Yangtze Group Trade, and Paili Holdings Corp. On the other hand, Cruz is a stockholder of Filipinas 168 Shopping Mall, corporate secretary of Pharmally Biological, and corporate secretary of the Yangtze Group Trade.

"Balita namin nasa Japan [si Uson]. Hihilingin ko na macontact ng embassy natin diyan kung mayroon silang makukuhang balita diyan para mahuli 'yan," Gordon said.

(We have information that Uson is in Japan. We will coordinate with the Philippine embassy in Japan to locate Uson.)

"Nananawagan ako sa mga nanonood, sa publiko, kung kilala niyo ito ipagbigay-alam ninyo sa Blue Ribbon Committee. Itong dalawang ito kailangang mahuli sapagkat para mabuo natin ang istorya," he added.

(I'm asking those who are watching, the public, if you know these people let the Blue Ribbon Committee know. These two need to be caught so we can have a full picture of what happened.)

Meanwhile, three people with the name of Jason Uson were presented during the panel hearing but they were not in any way connected with Pharmally. — DVM, GMA News