By Rey E. Requejo

Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blancaflor yesterday gave investigators the go-ahead to pry into his bank account as he denied charges he was bribed to dismiss the drug trafficking case against the Alabang Boys.

?I am going to waive any legal right for the simple reason that I have to protect my name,? Blancaflor said a day after State Prosecutor John Resado refused to open his own bank accounts for scrutiny following allegation he also took bribe from the Alabang Boys.

Resado insisted that the money deposited in his accounts came from his family?s lending operations.

Blancaflor and Resado were ordered by President Arroyo to go on leave after they were implicated by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the bribery scandal.

Blancaflor challenged his accusers to come out in the open and substantiate allegation that P2,644,438.92 was deposited in his account last Dec. 19.

Blancaflor denounced what he called a well-orchestrated demolition job against officials and prosecutors of the Justice Department.

Prosecutors earlier threatened to go on mass leave to sympathize with their beleaguered colleagues.

?Let us not allow ourselves to be used by these people. We should know better than to allow ourselves to be used as part of a demolition job,? Blancaflor said.

E-mail messages circulated on the Internet about an official having allegedly received P2.6- million bribe to free the Alabang Boys.

?They?re all lies,? Blancaflor said, adding that those responsible for the circulation of the e-mails are also the same group behind the poison letter accusing Resado of accepting a P1.6-million bribe.

Blancaflor said he and his wife owned the Metrobank account 174-514-000507803 mentioned in the e-mail. He clarified that his Metrobank account is a loan account where a deposit is not allowed. And so, the P2.6 million could not have gone to that account, he said. The account was intended for the P7-million loan Blancaflor obtained last Feb. 2.

Even before investigators could prove that both officials received bribe, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption urged the Supreme Court to disbar Resado.

In a complaint filed with the high court, the group said Resado committed ?unethical conduct or conduct unbecoming of a member of the Bar? when he signed the joint inquest resolution recommending dropping of charges against the Alabang Boys, namely Richard Brodett, Jorge Joseph and Joseph Tecson.

Resado described the complaint as ?premature.?

The group should have first let the House and the newly formed independent panel to finish their separate inquiries on the Alabang Boys controversy, Resado said.?I am really hurt. The lawmakers and the independent panel haven?t even finished their probe and there is still no evidence implicating us. For me, this is very judgmental and unfair.?

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez agreed with Resado that the complaint was premature. ?What if he [Resado] were exonerated by the independent panel??