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FORMER PCSO chair Manuel \u201cManoling\u201d Morato. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines — “Why persecute me?\u201d<\/p>\n

This was the immediate reply of former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office director Manoling Morato to his inclusion in the plunder charges filed by the Ombudsman against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other officers and directors of the institution.<\/p>\n

“The use and release of the intelligence funds are between the President and the PCSO president.\u00a0 I\u2019m only a director from 2004 to 2010, our job is only ministerial. How can we override something which has already been approved by the main parties concerned?\u201d said Morato in a phone interview.<\/p>\n

Morato side-stepped questions on what legal actions he would to take to stop his impending imprisonment as plunder charges would be non-bailable. “What\u00a0 can I do? What explanation do they want? We acted in good faith in using the funds for blood money,\u201d said Morato, referring to the use of PCSO funds as blood money to save Filipino workers from Saudi Arabia\u2019s death row.<\/p>\n

The alleged misuse of PCSO funds by Arroyo and her officials covered several transactions, including the payment of blood money.<\/p>\n

He said his inclusion in the charge sheet was unjustifiable and that it was largely meant as “payback\u201d for being one of the loudest critics of President Aquino during the 2010 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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