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Retired Filipino Archbishop Oscar Cruz says he is ready to talk to any investigation into allegations made by murdered whistleblower Wildredo “Boy” Mayor.
“It is up to the proper authorities to invite me or not but I have no problem with that,” Archbishop Cruz told Malaya.
He also said the ambush-slay of jueteng-gate witness Wilfredo “Boy” Mayor in Pasay city on Sunday is certain to send a chill down the spines of would-be whistleblowers.
“They did not only murder one person but they sent the message, a very chilling message: to everybody, keep quiet or else, you’ll get it,” he told a Church-organized forum.
Archbishop Cruz said he believes the ambush is related to a new expose that Mayor had wanted to make.
He said Mayor met him last week to consult on his plans to face the media and reveal information of a public works contract scam in Albay which involved a well-known private construction company in the Bicol region.
He said he believes that the same company could be behind the ambush.
Asked whether the alleged scam also involved government officials, Cruz answered in the affirmative.
Archbishop Cruz said there are members of the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD party and Nacionalista Party in the list.
He said the incumbent officials involved in the scam go as high as the “Upper House and Lower House”.
It was Archbishop Cruz who presented Mayor as a witness in the jueteng scandal being probed by the Senate in 2005.
Mayor testified that presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo, son Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and brother Negros Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo received cuts from jueteng payola.
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Tough times for whistleblowers, says bishop (Malaya)
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