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Pressured? Senators say questions posed to Pharmallys Mago done in calm, measured manner

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Senators on Monday refuted Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation Krizle Grace Mago’s claim that she was pressured to answer the queries posed to her, saying the interpellation was done in a calm and measured manner.

The senators made the statements after Mago said her admission that Pharmally “swindled” the government when it tampered with the expiration dates of face shields delivered to the Department of Health was a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

"She was under pressure, she says? But the questions posed to her were delivered in calm and very measured manners,” Senate blue ribbon chairman Richard Gordon said.

Gordon said Mago has already “embraced the devil” and it is expected of her to recant her previous statements.


“That she recanted? What do you expect- she has been taken into the bosom of Pharmally and interests protective of the administration’s interest- no matter how vile. Nakipagyakapan na siya sa demonyo, makakawala pa ba iyan? (She is already embracing the devil, could she escape that?),” he said.

Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon described Mago’s response as “spontaneous” and the same could be reviewed in the live video of the hearing.

“What is a ‘pressured response?’ Ms. Mago’s statement was spontaneous, with no trace of any ‘pressure’ being exerted. The statement was on video, under oath. Note that she did not deny making the statement that the government was swindled,” Drilon pointed out.

The lawmaker added that Mago’s statement that ‘she’s not in the best frame of mind to think clearly’ is totally self-serving, does not have any value, and cannot be corroborated.

Senator Francis Pangilinan, one of the senators who scrutinized the issues hounding Pharmally’s transactions with the government, called Mago as a “rehearsed witness.”

“Iisa ang layunin niya at ang mga opisyal ng Pharmally at pati si Michael Yang, ang magsinungaling at magkabalu-baluktot ang testimonya kahit huling huli na,” he said.

(They have one purpose— she, the officials of Pharmally, and Michael Yang. They will lie and twist the testimonies even if they were already caught.)

On the other hand, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III pointed out that Mago’s credibility is already at risk after her recanted statement.

He pointed out that the hearing was done virtually and without the physical presence of the senators or anyone from the Senate blue ribbon committee.

“Ibig sabihin n'un walang taga-Senado, o walang taga-Senate blue ribbon committee, o walang senador na nandon sa kuwarto kung nasaan siya at mape-pressure ka dahil nakaharap mo 'yung tao,” he said.

(That means, there’s no one from the Senate, the Senate blue ribbon committee, or even a senator that is with you in the same room where they can pressure you because you are seeing each other face to face.)

“Bakit, sino bang nandun na natakot ka, na nasa harap mo, nasa tabi mo? Wala naman eh. ‘Yung mga testimonies na hindi under duress, hindi under pressure, walang ka-pressure-pressure na tao physically,” he added.

(Who was with you during the hearing? No one. That’s why your testimonies are not under duress nor under pressure. There’s no physical pressure.)

During the Sept. 24 Senate hearing, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. tampering with the expiration dates of the face shields they delivered to the government when Senator Risa Hontiveros presented a witness who said that the supplies were You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

Asked by Gordon if she thinks they were swindling the government, Mago said, "I believe so, Mr. Chairman."—AOL/RSJ, GMA News


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