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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Monday, March 13, 2017
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Councilor Plaridel Nava of Iloilo City accuses Cong. Jerry Treñas of plotting to kill him before the elections last year. Treñas has denied this. He says he is not a violent man and he has nothing against Nava.
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ILOILO City – If Councilor Plaridel Nava were to be believed, Cong. Jerry Treñas wanted him dead before the elections last year.
According to Nava, he learned about the alleged plan to assassinate him from businessman Rommel Ynion in Metro Manila just last week, March 8.
Treñas sought the help of suspected drug lord Melvin “Boyet” Odicta Sr. to carry out the plan, said Nava.
The councilor said Ynion heard Odicta and Treñas talking about it over the phone during a visit to the drug lord’s residence in Barangay Tanza Esperanza.
From what Nava gathered from Ynion, a defeated candidate for city councilor in the 2016 polls, his death would then be blamed on Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog who was then at loggerheads with him.
Sometime in April or May last year before the elections, Ynion arranged a meeting with Odicta to clarify the alleged death threats that the then candidate for city councilor was getting, according to Nava.
“While they were talking,” said Nava, “Odicta’s phone rang. An excessively boastful person, Odicta had to show off to Rommel that the one calling him was Congressman Treñas. Indeed, Rommel saw the name of Treñas appearing as the caller. To further prove that it was, indeed, Treñas calling, Odica switched the speaker on then answered the call. So Rommel heard everything,” said Nava.
Treñas was supposedly asking about the progress of the slay plot but Nava said Odicta replied, “Alang-alang pa, congressman. Basi mabangdan si mayor.”
Then Treñas allegedly replied, “Pigado e.”
Realizing the sensitivity of the topic, Nava said Ynion told him that Odicta switched off the speaker of the phone, walked away while continuing to speak with Treñas.
“Odicta returned to Rommel. The drug lord eventually disclosed to him that Jerry Treñas wanted me dead. Odicta said not now because the mayor might be dragged in the case but the congressman was in a hurry,” Nava said further.
Nava said he learned about this from Ynion only last week because they were not on speaking terms for quite some time. They had a misunderstanding last year, he said.
“We’re not even Facebook friends. There was no opportunity for him to disclose the information until we renewed our friendship. We had dinner in his resto in Alabang. That was the first time we talked after a long while,” said Nava.
Nava believed Treñas had reason to kill him.
“Treñas believed I masterminded the grenade throwing in his house last 2010. He knew we do not like each other. He did not support me in the 2010 and 2013 elections. In fact, he used his resources and organization against me. Yes, there was never a confrontation but behind my back he always attacked me and campaigned hard against me. The barangay captains and barangay leaders knew this. We have a ‘cold war,’” Nava claimed.
Nava won his reelection bid for a city council seat last year. He could be running for a higher position in the 2019 elections – either for vice mayor, mayor or even congressman.
Nava said if Ynion will execute an affidavit, he will use this to file a complaint against Treñas before House’s ethics committee.
He will also request for a probe by the National Bureau of Investigation, he added./PN
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