A fuming Sen. Edgardo Angara lashed out at the people who have been reportedly spreading a text message that he was lynched by supporters of Fernando Poe Jr. and is now in critical condition at the National Orthopedic Hospital. "Clearly this is black propaganda. They are all liars and mean to the bone," Angara said in a phone interview.
| "Obviously, I'm not in the hospital anymore, nor is my condition critical..." |
The text message said Angara was mobbed by Poe supporters when he visited Poe's wake because they suspected him of running with millions of pesos in campaign funds during the May 2004 election.
| "Nothing of the sort happened. Some tar, yes. A few feathers, yes... But no rope!" |
Angara said the rumormongers are the same guys who accuse him of being a patron of illegal loggers in Aurora. "In fact, the numbers they are using are the same [cell phone] numbers they used in spreading the alleged involvement of the Angara family in illegal logging. I know them," he said. |