House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez cautioned former jueteng bagman Sandra Cam, a member of the board of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, to be careful in accusing anybody, especially a person whose integrity is beyond reproach.

“There was one philosopher who once said, ‘Freedom to shout/speak doesn’t necessarily mean you can shout fire at a movie house on a Saturday night.’ Ang ibig sabihin niyan (That means) once you accuse a person it stays. Kapag in-accuse mo si (If you accuse) General [Alexander] Balutan that you are corrupt, the media will pick it up. But how long will it take General Balutan to clear to the public that he is not corrupt?” the lawmaker from Quezon province said during a hearing on Wednesday.

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