Arroyo lauds PNP on Gringo capture

President Arroyo commended the police operatives who implemented the arrest of former military colonel and former senator Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan.

In his statement, Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the President extols the operatives from the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group for "the hard work that led to the arrest."

Part of Bunye's statement reads:

"This is another milestonethat brings to a close a broad conspiracy to destabilize the Government andis a harbinger of growing political stability underlying steady economicgrowth.

"No one can make a mockery of the law by playing hide and seek with our lawenforcement agencies, and get away with it. We call on (former Senator Gregorio) Honasan’s companions to come out andface the music.

They will be accorded due process like any other Filipinoand there is no need for any quarters to cry persecution. Let the evidence be presented against him and let the courts decide his fate."