Aquino bends further, calls off Merci impeach
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 07/15/2010 Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez knows how to play her cards well as President Aquino himself took a policy of friendly persuasion instead of direct confrontation even hinting that the administration may go slow on the impeachment bid against Gutierrez, adding that his House of Representative allies should carefully weigh the consequences of supporting moves to have her impeached. Aquino, instead, now supports the proposal to talk with Gutierrez and settle issues between themselves. During the first Media Night he hosted at the Palace last Wednesday, Aquino said it is not the proper time to push an impeachment complaint against the Ombudsman, realizing that undergoing such process will be lengthy and might just slow down his administration’s efforts toward attaining judicial reforms. “This is not the time to talk about impeachment. This is the time we’re really mapping out judicial reforms (which are among) the major planks in our platform and we are trying to find the best way to afford complete justice for all at the fastest time. So if we can address our issues with other branches of government through requests instead of arguing with them, why not?” Aquino said. Aquino said that Gutierrez holds “levers” that would make an impeachment against her a tedious process. Aquino said, instead, he wanted to see the shortening of the “adjudication period” of the Office of the Ombudsman from six years to just one or two years to deny public officials under prosecution “exit points” if they wish to run from any accountability.... MORESource: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100715hed4.html |
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