MANILA, Philippines - Barely two days before he is to supposedly board a flight that will take him home, former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante was advised to bare all on the P728-million fertilizer scam once he returns home.
The advice came Friday from Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr., who earlier this year decided to spill the beans on another anomaly - the $329.48-million ZTE broadband deal mess.
"As a father, I am asking you to please think about your children, please consider the legacy you are going to leave to them. Are you going to forever leave them as pariahs branded as children of a thief - or as children of someone who did wrong and yet chose to serve his country in the end, rather than to be a captive forever of the dark forces he used to serve?" Lozada said in an open letter posted on the blog site of the Black and White Movement.
The advice came the same day that law professor Harry Roque Jr. said that he expects Bolante to take a Northwest Airlines flight home on Sunday, and may arrive in Manila at 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Bolante has been tagged as the engineer of a P728-million fertilizer scam where funds for liquid fertilizer were allegedly funneled to the campaign kitty of then administration presidential bet Gloria Arroyo.
In his open letter, Lozada also appealed to Bolante as a fellow Rotarian to take the four-way test as part of his discernment process.
"Is it the Truth? Is it fair to everyone concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendship? Will it be beneficial to everyone concerned? You have been a good Rotarian for many good years of your life. Will you now turn your back on these ideals in the biggest test of your Rotarian values?" Lozada said.
On the other hand, he urged Bolante not to be afraid of the consequences.
"It is my faith in this God that allowed me to face all the fears that I am confronted with when I decided to tell the truth that I know about the NBN-ZTE scam. May you find the faith to lead you to the Light of God's love that no darkness can ever defeat, not even a President of the Republic of the Philippines," he said.
But Lozada advised Bolante to prepare his family for whatever decision he will make.
He said one of his regrets in coming out on the ZTE mess was that he did not prepare his family enough for the consequences.
"I am sharing these insights with you, because if there is one thing that I did regret in telling the truth about how this Arroyo administration has been stealing from the very people it is supposed to serve, it is that I was not able to prepare my wife and my children well enough against the backlash of this government's wrath against me for telling the people about their crimes,"Lozada said.
"You still have time to discern your next move, whether or not you are going to tell the people the truth about the fertilizer scam or bring the secret to your grave, just like Romy Neri," he added. - GMANews.TV
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