Kusug Tausug Partylist Rep. Shernee Tan on Tuesday decried the alleged attempt to plant explosives in her car inside the House of Representatives complex.
In her privilege speech on Tuesday’s plenary session, Tan
revealed that there was an attempt to forcibly open her car Monday evening, as
she noticed that the rubber gasket at the right side car door was destroyed.
Tan noted that the culprit has familiarity with all the
areas within the premise, even the locations of CCTVs, since the perpetrator
was not seen in any CCTV footages.
The Philippine National Police has already ruled out
carnapping or theft as probable motives.
“The culprit may have intended to embed or plant an
improvised explosive under the front seat of my car, where I usually sit,” she
said.
“This unfortunate incident once more dramatizes the state of
security in our workplace as I call attention to the overriding need for the
strict implementation of security measures here in the House of the people,”
she added.
Tan recalled the Batasan blast on Nov. 13, 2007, which
killed at least five people including Rep. Wahab Akbar and injured a dozen
others.
She said that while the alleged perpetrators were killed in
a raid near the Batasan area, the masterminds remained “scot-free”.
The Department of Justice junked the multiple murder and
multiple frustrated murder charges against the suspected masterminds in 2008
and the other suspect was cleared by the Supreme Court in 2013.
“Our country has been in jittery since the recent bloody
bombing in Davao City
“We cannot therefore discount the possibility that the
mastermind or masterminds in last night’s incident intended to ride on the Abu
Sayyaf fever,” she added.
The solon sought for a thorough investigation of the
incident.
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