BEFORE whistle-blower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada and his entourage of volunteers and nuns arrived in Dagupan City late Friday morning, the counsel of former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos has already pitched camp in the city earlier meeting with allies of the Arroyo government.

“Wherever Lozada goes, I will be there to tell the truth and dispute the lies he’s spreading, lawyer Salvador Panelo told the PUNCH.

“I will be his conscience,” he intoned.

He cited a litany of lies he claims being peddled by Lozada, among which was the claimed that Abalos threatened to kill him.

He said based on the records of Wack-Wack Golf club, Lozada was there every week  to play golf, often with his  family patronizing at the hamburger stand owned by Abalos.

“I should be where he is in order to tell the truth and show documents to prove what really the real score is.” Panelo added.

“He can not present any document to prove what he’s been saying. In my case, the documents are with me,” Panelo said.

The documents, he said, did not come from his client Abalos but from the Department of Transportation and Communication, Joey de Venecia III and the contract itself between Lozada and Commission on Higher Education Chairman Romulo Neri.

Panelco reiterated his challenge to Lozada and his lawyers to appear with him in any forum to debate the issues related to the NBN deal but Lozada, he said, refused to accept the challenge.

“That is why he (Lozada) hates me to the bone,” he added.–LM  

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