Creation of Truth Commission hit
07/15/2010 A close ally of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo yesterday lambasted the Aquino government for establishing a “Truth Commission” which, he said, would duplicate the functions of the existing judicial system and work as a tool to get back at the former leader and her officials. Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said while the President can create non-permanent offices and commissions, the funding for such agencies would come from the House of Representatives. “There is delay in the issuance of the executive fiat creating the projected Truth Commission because there is need to ascertain to what extent can the President create a public office like a commission and the parameters of his authority to fund its operation,” he noted. Lagman, who is going to be the Lakas-Kampi-CMD’s bet against Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Belmonte of the Liberal Party in the speakership race, said the Truth Commission is a clear duplication of the functions of the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Office of the Ombudsman. He stressed that the Office of Ombudsman and the DoJ “are not bound by the findings and recommendations of a Truth Commission because these regular bodies determine the filing of cases as well as assess the admissibility and competence of evidence based on their own independent judgment.” Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100715hed5.html |
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