Bong Go: Involvement in frigate deal, product of ‘irresponsible reporting,’ ‘fake news’

SPECIAL Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday insisted that he never intervened in the P15.7-billion frigate deal of the Philippine Navy and that the supposed controversy was a product of “irresponsible reporting” and “fake news.”

“I [neither] intervene[d] in the acquisition of the two frigates by the DND (Department of National Defense) nor interfere[d] in the selection of its Combat Management System (CMS),” Go said in a prepared statement read during the hearing of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security on the frigate contract that was crafted during the term of former President Benigno Aquino 3rd.