Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go warned the public not to entertain anyone using his name to solicit money purportedly for his senatorial candidacy in 2019.
“There are different groups enticing me to run. But we did not authorize anyone to raise fund, even one peso,” Go said in a radio interview.
“I am not a candidate,” he added.
Go also denied that he, through his representatives, asked Benedito Lor, former company executive officer of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund-Oil Mills Group (CIIF-OMG), for campaign funds.
Lor, in an affidavit, claimed that a couple named Lou Luy and Jocel Luy introduced themselves as having “strong connections with Go,” and then asked for funds for the Senate run of the President’s top aide.
Go disavowed any connection with the couple.
CIIF-OMG Vice President Joven Evangelista admitted that they were not able to verify the legitimacy of the request and that the couple may have been using Go’s name.
CIIF-OMG officials claimed that the Luys plotted to have Lor kicked out from the agency because of his refusal to provide such funding.
Lor and 11 other CIIF-OMG top officials resigned in protest of the appointment of Rehan Lao as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the agency.
Lao has a pending administrative case before the Office of the Ombudsman allegedly for pretending to be a lawyer.
Go said he has no involvement in the resignation of the 12 officials.