Gordon still mum on final 2022 plans

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With less than a week left from the filing of candidacies, Sen. Richard Gordon has kept mum on his final plans for the upcoming elections as he continues to lead the Senate hearings on the government's pandemic response funds.

on Monday, Gordon explained that he does not want his possible bid to compromise the ongoing probe into controversies surrounding Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corporation.he said.

[Translation: I don't want the elections to adulterate our ongoing investigation. I don't want to say that I'm only doing this because I'm running.] Gordon's blue ribbon committee is investigating Pharmally, the government's top medical supplier that bagged billions of pesos' worth of negotiated contracts despite being undercapitalized with a paid-up capital of just only ₱625,000.

Just last week, a Pharmally official admitted that they"swindled" the government's pandemic response funds by tampering with the expiry dates of government-procured face shields.The senator previously hinted that he will run for the 2022 elections.

 

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