Ex-mayor bares 2017 plot to smear opposition

FORMER Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog told a congressional panel Thursday he was not the drug protector that former president Rodrigo Duterte made him out to be in 2017.

He also told the quad committee of a plot to have him implicate opposition leaders led by former Senate president Franklin Drilon and former Interior secretary and presidential candidate Mar Roxas in the drug trade, in exchange for taking him off Duterte's so-called narco-list.

In an emotional appearance at the panel, Mabilog said he was forced to abandon his sworn duty as Iloilo City mayor because of fears for his safety.

He said that in the six years that he FORMER Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog told a congressional panel Thursday he was not the drug protector that former president Rodrigo Duterte made him out to be in 2017.

He also told the quad committee of a plot to have him implicate opposition leaders led by former Senate president Franklin Drilon and former Interior secretary and presidential candidate Mar Roxas in the drug trade, in exchange for taking him off Duterte's so-called narco-list.

Former Iloilo City mayor Jed Mabilog turns emotional as he speaks during the start of the quad committee hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Sept. 19, 2024. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN Former Iloilo City mayor Jed Mabilog turns emotional as he speaks during the start of the quad committee hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Sept. 19, 2024. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN Former Iloilo City mayor Jed Mabilog turns emotional as he speaks during the start of the quad committee hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Sept. 19, 2024. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN Former Iloilo City mayor Jed Mabilog turns emotional as he speaks during the start of the quad committee hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Sept. 19, 2024. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN Former Iloilo City mayor Jed Mabilog turns emotional as he speaks during the start of the quad committee hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Sept. 19, 2024. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN Former Iloilo City mayor Jed Mabilog turns emotional as he speaks during the start