RESIGNED Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon said on Tuesday that he would challenge the constitutionality of the "immunity" from suit granted to lawmakers while Congress was in session.
At the same time, Faeldon also challenged Senator Panfilo Lacson and Rep. Ace Barbers of Surigao to file a case against him and other customs officials they have implicated in the alleged systematic "tara" or payoff system in the graft-ridden Bureau of Customs in exchange for unhampered facilitation of shipments.
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