“HINDI totoo ‘yan.”
This was the straightforward statement of Senate President Francis Chiz Escudero as he belied claims that Malacañang attempted to block or interfere with Senator Imee Marcos’s Senate hearing on the controversial arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
The speculation arose following reports that the Palace may have pressured the Senate to abandon or downplay the inquiry.
Escudero, however, was firm in defending the chamber’s independence.
“Hindi at hindi kami nagkausap kaugnay niyan,” he said, asserting that there had been no communication between himself and any Palace officials about the…