Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol expressed anger towards
critics of the administration for allegedly twisting stories just to malign the
government.
In a Facebook post, Piñol said he promised not to comment anymore
but he couldn’t stand to not address another lie.
Piñol hit the person who posted a stolen photo with a 'malicious' caption, taken during his meeting with the boat’s owner and the cook, days after the
Reed Bank incident.
The Agriculture chief started off by sharing his meeting with
F/B GEM-VER boat owner Arlinda dela Torre and the cook, Richard Blaza. He said,
he wanted to hear their side of the story and to check how further the DA could
give further assistance.
“This was the same meeting where Captain Junel Insigne was
supposed to be present but he backed out as he was not feeling well according
to him.” Piñol said
“While we were conversing, our information officer, Solita
"Baby" Onquit, told me that several media photographers wanted to
take pictures.
“She asked if it was okey to open the door slightly so the
photographers could take pictures from a distance and I agreed.” He added
“So, through the slightly opened door pictures were taken. I
was aware that photos were being taken.” Said
Piñol.
He then shared the
exact post of a certain Michael Varcas with this photo:
"Mukha ng taong
tinatakot upang magsinungaling. Eto si Richard Blaza (boat cook) kinakausap ni
DA secretary Manny Pinol bago humarap sa media. “
“This is how the
critics of this administration distort facts just to push their agenda of
destabilization.” Piñol said
“By the way, my dare
stands: If anyone would like to know if I intimidated or threatened any of the
fishermen, go to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro and ask them.” He added
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