Sen. Lacson links Gloria Arroyo to P2.5B Swine Scam

Malacanang Sen. Edgardo Angara won’t investigate her boss Gloria Arroyo in the alleged swine scam. Crocks protect each other.

Ping links Gloria to P2.5B swine scam
BY JP LOPEZ

SEN. Panfilo Lacson will ask the Senate to investigate Quedancor's P2.5 billion Swine Program fund in 2004, saying there is an indication that President Arroyo had a direct hand in the anomaly surrounding it.
"Nang inilipat ni GMA ang Quedancor sa OP (Office of the President) mula sa DA (Department of Agriculture) 'tsaka nangyari ang 'swine-dling'. May indikasyon na may direct hand ang Pangulo sa anomalya ala fertilizer scam," he said.
Quedancor (Quedan and Rural Credit Corp.) was placed under the OP during the elections in 2004.
Lacson said just like the P728-million fertilizer fund scam, the billions of pesos supposedly for the purchase of livestock could have been used to fund the 2004 campaign of Team Unity candidates.
Harry Roque of the UP College of Laws said that the Commission on Audit discovered that at least P1.4 billion of the P2.5-billion fund that Quedancor released for the swine industry remains unliquidated.
He said the farmers who supposedly received the hogs were paid P200 to P300 to sign papers that indicated they received the livestock. Malaya