A SENIOR administration lawmaker is calling on the government to “dismantle” what he described as “Davao Mafia,” and pave the way for the immediate arrest of fugitive pastor Apollo Quiboloy who is wanted for human trafficking and several other offenses.
Rep. Rolando Valeriano, chairman of the Metro Manila Development committee of the House of Representatives, urged authorities to “uproot the mafia-like system in government and private offices in Davao City that allowed Quiboloy” to get away with constructing an underground bunker.
“Those underground facilities could not have been built without the acts of commission and omission of government offices, private entities, and individuals,” the solon from the second district of Manila said.
The outspoken veteran legislator at the same time suggested that there must be “some sort of general cleaning should get underway soon to wash away the systemic corruption that allowed Quiboloy to flourish.”
“There should be a thorough inventory of guns, ammunition, explosives, and dangerous chemicals in the possession of individuals in Davao City. Any and all illegal POGOs and fake BPOs in Davao City must be raided and dismantled,” Valeriano said.
According to him, the order of President Marcos on “banning POGOs must be implemented also in Metro Davao.”
“The National Telecommunications Commission must conduct a regulatory audit of all entities with broadcasting and internet services franchises in Davao. NTC must make sure none of those franchises are being used for purposes that are illegal and contrary to their franchises from Congress,” Valeriano stressed.
