What Neri did not disclose in the Senate hearings on the ZTE deal, Jarius Bondoc bared in his column anyway. The stench of the ZTE corruption is starting to get to me, I hope I won't be writing about it anymore.
Anyway, Neri reportedly warned Gloria about the stinky deal three times but pressed him to approve it anyway. In addition, he said the deal was the handiwork, apart from Abalos and ZTE officials, of Enrique Razon of ICTSI which holds the container port services monopoly at the Manila South Harbor.
I don't know how Razon got into the picture, since ICTSI is a port operator and not into telecommunications. Razon earlier threatened Neri over the latter's plans to liberalize port operations at the Manila South Harbor. International port services are currently operated only by two companies, the other one being ATI. (How do I know this? I covered both companies when I worked as an investment analyst).
To deflect the heat away from Gloria, clearly Abalos will have to be the sacrificial lamb.
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