Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Police: No leads on Silay mayor's house blast By Gil Alfredo B. Severino
POLICE are now following several leads related to the bombing of Silay City Mayor Jose Montelibano's residence over the weekend.
Senior Police Officer 3 Rolando Suelas, Desk Officer of Silay City Police Station said Sunday they cannot say with precision yet as to the progress of the case.
Suelas admits leads are at hand but are not to be discussed in public yet. He assured that in due time, his superior officers will inform media regarding the matter.
In an interview, last Saturday, Montelibano revealed that he had received an intelligence report that an 'assault' will be launch against him.
The Silay Mayor was unfazed because he and his family are prepared to face any untoward incident.
"It's always a case of stopping someone when he is leading, so what's new? An American diplomat was here, investors are coming in, even the new airport seems to be placed upon my shoulders as progress of Silay," Montelibano laments.
Montelibano stressed that the people of Silay need not be disturbed because these are "the prices of progress."
"There are people, who perhaps, cannot accept that Silay City is fast becoming to rise," Montelibano added.
Montelibano explained that his governance is characterized by transparency and therefore those who have questions need not resort to this and the boradcast airwaves.
"Go to the Ombudsman or go to court," Montelibano challenged his detractors.
Meanwhile, Silay Police Chief Roderick Alba estimated that the blast could have occurred between two to three a.m. as the desk officer that early morning received the report around 2:30 a.m.
According to the guard detailed at the mayor's house there were two men on motorbike that were seen at the time of the incident.
These evidences, however, are still undergoing thorough processing and would like to ask some few more days to validate all evidences gathered.
Alba will not speculate on the motive of the crime while evidences are not thoroughly processed yet.
"We will not put these evidences in a box and conclude political motivation. All angles must be considered," Alba stressed.
