From bad to worse EDITORIAL 08/30/2010

From bad to worse

EDITORIAL

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08/30/2010
From one foul up to another, authorities are digging the country into a deeper diplomatic crisis than where it is currently now. And all indications are pointing to a vacuum in leadership as a source of the problem.

A team of forensic experts from Hong Kong was denied access to the bus where the Aug. 23 hostage incident happened on the mere excuse that they did not have authorization from the Department of Justice and the Philippine National Police.

Verifying the Hong Kong team’s purpose, however, was illogical since the group is accompanied by the Hong Kong police and Hong Kong officials themselves had earlier stated that the group is being sent under an agreement with local officials.

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo also mentioned the willingness of the Aquino administration to cooperate with Hong Kong investigators.

Was it all for show then, Philippine style, which is the government’s style of claiming cooperation and effective coordination, where none is given or even exists?... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100830com1.html