Blatant interference FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/17/2010

Blatant interference

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/17/2010 Noynoy Aquino really should know when to keep his trap shut, now that he is President of the Republic. But it seems he may never learn to do so. Just yesterday, Aquino was written up as saying that the coup charge against Sen. Antonio Trillanes for his involvement in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny was “unjust.” If Noynoy was still a senator, there would be nothing wrong in airing his opinion on the coup charge against Trillanes. But as he is now president, Noynoy shouldn’t even come up with such a statement, because this would be tantamount to influencing the courts that are hearing his case, especially as Trillanes has just posted bail that would release him from one court, even as he still has another coup case before another court, not to mention the fact that there is still the military — or the police — detention, which means that this would be another permit of sorts to release him. But of course, this appears to be Noynoy’s intent, as he is in the thick of getting votes for his candidate for the Senate presidency. Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, who certainly needs the vote of both Trillanes and Sen. Ping Lacson. But to get this vote of Trillanes, and possibly Lacson’s, if he surfaces at the Senate on voting day, Noynoy is directly influencing the courts to get Trillanes out of detention, which speaks badly of Noynoy.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100717com2.html

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