Laxatives Anyone?

Unusual title right? Well, this drug is made to induce bowel movements and loosen the stool. Maybe this type of medicine would let Senator Panfilo Lacson speak of everything that the investigators and the entire country need to know about the slaying of publicist Bubby Dacer and the disappearance of Edgar Bentain out of his gut.

For the past 2 or 3 weeks, Lacson has spoken to clear his name and to expose the other names that are behind the much concealed activities of former president Joseph Estrada. The senator’s statements rocked the media and much of the country. These things led to a number of charges against the ousted president and, of course, counter suing of his own. These details, by the way, were considered the first part of Lacson’s statements and that he promised to give part two last Monday.

Though he was truthful to his word, he left me, the media and, perhaps, the entire nation hanging and frustrated. His speech several days ago failed to mention the names behind the disappearance of Edgar Bentain, the person who allegedly videotaped then Vice-President Joseph Estrada gambling in a casino back in 1995. Up unto this moment, Bentain is still missing and is now considered dead.

Ping may have stated that there were people that he knows well who are behind the vanishing of Bentain but he was not able to mention them. That could have been the time that the family members of the missing person breathe with a little bit of relief after almost a decade because they could have known the people that disposed Edgar. But they didn’t quite get it.

What’s Lacson trying to do? He could have cleaned his name if he mentioned the people but he chose to keep them hidden. Are these names that powerful that made the former PNP Chief stay silent or Lacson is just afraid that if he spoke of names, it would just backfire on him for they can uncover his secrets as well? Let us remember that he also had more than a decade old issues. For now, we will never know. So we are left with no choice but to wait and fantasize that laxatives will let him unravel more.

BY RONDELL CHAZ C. MABUNGA