Senate Probe on Loren Legarda

Loren Legarda, the presidentiable is in deep s...h...i...t. She has a lot of explaining to do.

Now that the PNP has charged Mayor Isnaji and his son Haider of complicity to the kidnapping and even received ransom money as what this photo is showing, the PNP and the Senate should call for an investigation into the extent of Senator Loren Legarda's participation in the kidnapping negotiations.

Loren was the one who announced the "unconditional" release of Ces Drilon. She said that the kidnappers released Ces "without paying any ransom money" to the kidnappers.

Now, this. The photo shows wads of bills being counted by the Sulu Vice Governor and Mayor Isnaji calling the kidnappers, telling them that the money has just arrived. The PNP said that the family of Ces Drilon paid 5 million pesos in ransom money and 3M pesos went to Mayor Isnaji.

Question---how about Loren Legarda? How much pork barrel funds did she commit to the kidnappers in exchange for the life of Ces Drilon? Sources say that this was the tactic used by Loren in previous releases. Loren allegedly promise a part of her pork barrel funds to kidnappers of Arlyn dela Cruz and even when she negotiated for the release of an AFP officer hostaged by the CPP-NPA-NDF.

Loren should be made to explain this thing before the Senate. There could be ethical violations on the part of the legislator.

This is a big scandal which could rock the very foundations of Congress. Or, quite possibly, affect the career of Loren.

This is why other presidentiables, such as Mar Roxas, avoided being enmeshed in this controversy. They recognized early on that politics has nothing to do with police matters, such as this high-profile kidnapping.

Politics complicates police operations since politicians are not trained to be negotiators. Over at Filipinovoices.com, Nick pointed this out and surely, Loren should have been advised not to involve herself with this. She may have earned "ganda" points, but what about this latest development? Surely, her name would be dragged into this controversy.

I hate to say it to a friend, but Loren has a lot of explaining to do.