Yellow groups: Appointees ‘left-over seeds’ of Gloria
06/13/2010 Groups supporting President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III called on the so-called midnight appointees of outgoing President Arroyo, which some estimates put at as much as 250, to either not accept their designations or resign calling them “left-over seeds” for the countries continued discord. The letter stated that the midnight appointees were sown by an exiting president who apparently does not care for (the) people’s united effort to move forward with their new leader. “The need for unity is even more compelling now as our society emerges from nine years of politics damaged by questions of the legitimacy of the outgoing Arroyo Administration,” the letter said. The letter was signed by the Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO), the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), the Makati Business Club (MBC) and the US Pinoys for Good Governance. The statement was an apparent reaction to the statement of Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, an Arroyo ally, that the appointees are covered by the Civil Service Law and cannot be dismissed as Aquino had indicated since their appointments, made before the onset of the elections ban under Constitution, were presumed legal and valid. Aquino’s supporters, however, said the midnight appointees do not have to accept “these very questionable appointments that would pressure the new administration to uproot them.” “We note with admiration the fine example of (Arroyo) manicurist Anita Carpon who was reported to have declined her midnight appointment to the Board of the Pag-IBIG Fund. The delicadeza evident in the restraint of a simple manicurist is a modest but much appreciated contribution to our people’s unity behind the new administration,” the letter read. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100613hed3.html |
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