Neri draws flak for gov’t post advice
06/24/2010 Senators have expressed their disapproval with Social Security System (SSS) president Romulo Neri’s statement cautioning “honest” men and women against taking any government position, stressing that Neri is not in the best position to give such an “advice.” “His advice is hollow. He covered up a crime,” Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday said, reacting to the embattled SSS official’s statements. “He’s not in a position to give such advice,” said Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero. Neri is said to be the key person on the matter of alleged accountability of President Arroyo in the controversy surrounding the botched $329-million ZTE-national broadband network (NBN) contract. The then head of the National Economic and Development Authority had told a Senate inquiry that he had informed Arroyo of a kickback offer from former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. who was facilitating the deal in exchange for the approval of the project in the Neda. Neri, as recounted by NBN scam whistleblower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada to the Senate inquiry, supposedly said Arroyo told him to reject the bribe but approve the project anyway. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100624hed5.html |
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