Gibo calls on authorities to probe deeper into bombing incident

TOLEDO CITY –Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer Gibo Teodoro has called on the authorities to get to the bottom of the bomb attack believed intended for Sarangani Gov. Miguel Dominguez, and take decisive measures to prevent the possible escalation of election hostilities in the area.

“Dapat yan bantayan ng mabuti at sana wag mag-escalate yan (That incident should be closely watched and I hope it won’t escalate,” Gibo told reporters in a chance interview here after the inauguration of the new Toledo Garden City Hall.

The affair was attended by an estimated crowd of over 2,000 people, hundreds of them barangay captains.

“Ang bombing na yan nakakababahala. Si Gov Dominguez nga ang muntik maging mabiktima (That bombing incident is alarming. Gov. Dominguez nearly became a victim), Gibo said.

“I urge the authorities na maging agresibo sa pag imbesitga nyan so that hindi na kumalat (to be aggressive in their investigation so the situation doesn’t spin out of control),” the former defense secretary said.

Gibo said the bombing was apparently politically-motivated, noting that, “you can’t see any motive other than that.”

Also, the Harvard-trained lawyer and 1989 bar topnotcher said he is convinced Dominguez was the target of that bomb attack because it exploded just as his convoy passed by.

Earlier, former press secretary Mike Toledo condemned the bombing and attempted slay try on another Gibo ally, Mayor Enrique “Yoyong” Yap of Glan, Saranggani province. Yap escaped unhurt in the reported ambush try in Sitio Tamparan, Barangay Pangyan in his town past midnight Sunday.
Toledo, who is now Gibo’s spokesman, said he hoped that the attacks were not the handiwork of sinister groups out to advance their interests in next month’s balloting.

On Monday, immediately after the attacks, Gibo expressed relief that nothing bad happened to his political allies. In his speech at the Mindanao Polytechnic College in General Santos City, he appealed for genuine reconciliation and unity to avoid a violent election.


“Sa pagdaan ng convoy ni Gov. Migz, may sumabog sa tabi ng kotse pero andito pa rin sya sa awa ng Diyos dahil gusto nya makasama tayo.(As Gov. Migz’s convoy passed, there was an explosion near the car but he’s still here by the grace of God and because he wants to be with us). You cannot put a good man down,” Gibo told the crowd. -30-