Word war further heats up between Lim, Domagoso

PNP defends men who carried out arrests By Erika Sauler, Marlon Ramos, Tarra Quismundo Philippine Daily Inquirer

Accusations and counteraccusations flew fast and thick Monday between former political allies turned bitter rivals Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and Vice Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso as each held a press conference to denounce the other and defend himself.

Lim called Domagoso a drama king and urged him to stop the lies and politicking while the latter accused him of sending threatening text messages to his wife.

Even Chief Insp. Ed Moratathe head of the Blumentritt police community precinct whose members arrested Domagoso and four councilors for illegal gamblingjoined the fray.

In an interview over Radyo Inquirer 990 AM, Morata claimed that former President Joseph Estrada, Domagosos running mate under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), bullied him at the city prosecutors office.

The continuing word war stemmed from the arrest of Domagoso, Councilors Joel Chua, Ma. Asuncion Re Fugoso, Ernesto Jong Isip Jr. and Yul Servo Nieto and former councilor Manuel Zarcal over a bingo game they sponsored on Saturday on Tambunting Street in the Sta. Cruz area on Saturday. The five are among UNAs candidates for city councilors.

Domagoso, who was accused of daring Morata and Manila Police District Station 3 commander Supt. Ricardo Layug to arrest him, cried harassment and claimed that the policemen were Lims lapdogs. He maintained that bingo was not a form of illegal gambling as he revealed that following his arrest, his wife has been receiving threatening text messages from an anonymous sender.

At the same time, he said his group would file in the Office of Ombudsman criminal charges of abuse of authority and assault on a person of authority against the police officials who took them into custody.

Asserting that his group was arrested illegally and forcibly, Domogoso said these policemen would also be charged administratively in the National Police Commission.

Out of 200 people, only six of us were arrested and their accusation was [a violation] of Presidential Decree 1602 (antiillegal gambling law). But they thought of the charges only nine and a half hours after our arrest, he told reporters.

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