Will he?

Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya has been tasked by President Aquino to conduct a thorough investigation of the "tanim-bala" extortion racket at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. After all, Abaya supervises the Office for Transportation Security which is in charge of NAIA security, but which is suspected of involvement in the scam.

But wait. Abaya has been charged before the Office of the Ombudsman by Sen. Alan Cayetano and the anticrime group Volunteers against Crime and Corruption with dereliction of duty for not doing anything to stop the "tanim-bala" racket, which is believed to have been going on for many years now. The complaint says that Abaya and three other officials should be dismissed because of command responsibility.

So can Abaya do a credible investigation of the scam if he himself should be asked to explain what action he has taken to stop the nefarious racket?

We don’t think so.

If the investigator is about to be investigated, then the honorable thing for him to do is to step down as investigator and submit himself to the Office of the Ombudsman for investigation.

Better still, Abaya should now submit his resignation as DOTC Secretary because the "tanim-bala" racket has taken place amid his gross mismanagement of the Metro Rail Transit. What is he waiting for?

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