Gordon seeks signatures for Pharmally probe report; Pacquiao indicates support

Sen. Richard Gordon questions former presidential economic adviser Micheal Yang through an interpreter at a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing held on November 4, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Richard Gordon said on Wednesday that he hopes to get majority of the Senate to support the partial report detailing the blue ribbon committee's investigation about the government's pandemic spending.

The report, released to reporters on Tuesday evening, said charges may be filed against President Rodrigo Duterte for the "betrayal of public trust", after appointing foreign national Michael Yang as an economic adviser to the president in 2018, discrediting the Commission on Audit and Senate, and ordering a "patently-illegal" memorandum barring his officials from attending the Senate's hearings, among others.

Duterte is immune from suit while sitting president.

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