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Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino unleashes his pent-up disgust and disappointment.
The letter, coursed through the PSC’s in-house Commission on Audit office, was dated September 20—a day after Tolentino and top POC officials arrived here, the same day Hangzhou welcomed the Philippine delegation in a formal flag-raising ceremony at the Asian Games Village and three days before the opening ceremony.
The unliquidated P10 million is traced back to the term of Cristy Ramos as president of the POC, which had experienced issues with the PSC, then chaired by Philip Ella Juico. Ramos sought Malacañang’s help for the Bangkok 1998 campaign with then President Fidel Ramos heeding the request that cascaded down the government sports arm.
Tolentino added that the particular PSC check of P10 million was released only in September 2016, 18 years after the Bangkok games. “We’re not working as a team here,” he said. “Perhaps the PSC’s looking for ways to get back at the POC and in their haste, they did that through this unliquidated issue.”
“That P2.5 million we can liquidate because it was spend for the air fare of athletes and coaches who flew early for the SEA Games, even Commission Bong Coo availed herself of that early departure to Vietnam,” Tolentino said.
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