But event was ‘unplanned social function’
MANILA, Philippines — Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. invited the First Couple to play golf in Shenzhen, China, in late 2006, but it was an “unplanned social function” and had nothing to do with the controversial national broadband network (NBN) deal, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Quoting Abalos, who he said is on a Caribbean cruise with his wife and will not be back in the country until May 20, lawyer Salvador Panelo said the former Comelec chief had nothing to do with an allegedly secret meeting between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and officers of ZTE Corp., the Chinese firm that won the bidding for the allegedly graft-ridden NBN project.
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