Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III issued the release orders for detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives Mohit Dargani and Linconn Ong, who spent months in Pasay City Jail after getting cited in contempt by the Senate.
Senate Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said Wednesday that he will only sign the draft report on the Blue Ribbon s Pharmally probe, if the allegations against President Rodrigo Duterte will be dropped.
Minority Floor Leader Sen. Franklin Drilon said that those who will be part of the 19th Congress should wrap up the investigations related to the multi-billion peso deal between Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. with the Philippine government.
Two executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. detained by the Senate for contempt in the course of its investigation on the alleged multibillion-peso scam in the procurement of pandemic supplies will be released on June 30, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Sen. Richard Gordon announced yesterday.
Detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical executives Linconn Ong and Mohit Dargani "only have themselves to blame" after failing to submit documents related to the start-up s dealings with the Budget department, according to Sen. Richard "Dick" Gordon, who chairs the Blue Ribbon Committee.