Rosebud: I’ll take to the streets if...

Former undercover agent Mary "Rosebud" Ong vowed to take to the streets to press for the ouster of Sen. Panfilo Lacson if nothing happens after her exposé on his alleged involvement in kidnapping and drug trafficking.

"I would go to the streets kung walang mangyari (if nothing happens)," Ong told the weekly Fernandina Forum in Greenhills, San Juan yesterday.

Ong said she has revealed only one percent, and that the rest of her exposé is "nakakasuka at nakakatakot (stomach-turning and frightening)."

She appealed to the public to prod the Senate to resume the hearing on the alleged criminal activities of Lacson, former chief of the Philippine National Police and head of the controversial Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force.

Ong claimed the hearing was stopped because of alleged "pressure" by some opposition senators who wanted to protect Lacson. She did not elaborate.

Ong accused Lacson of diverting the issue when he accused First Gentleman Mike Arroyo of misusing funds of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. — Jaime Laude