By buddies I mean those with whom he has had close personal ties, but who have utterly botched their responsibilities.

Consider for instance this most shameful “tanim-bala” racket at our Manila international airport, which would have been kept from public knowledge if not for a middle-aged female OFW victim who refused to pay the extortion money, so that she had been detained for days until the media discovered her plight.

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