Lacierda doesn’t deserve his post, says Aquino ally By Angie Rosales 09/03/2010

Lacierda doesn’t deserve his post, says Aquino ally
By Angie Rosales
09/03/2010

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda does not deserve to stay a minute longer in his office

, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday as he scored the Palace official’s reported mistreatment of a Tribune reporter covering the Palace beat, hinting that the issue will be raised against Lacierda when he faces the bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) for confirmation.

The Tribune’s editors came up with a protest editorial on its front page the other day against Lacierda for

harrassing newspaper’s Malacañang beat reporter Aytch de la Cruz by repeatedly airing threats of her facing libel charges for stories that carried her byline.

The senator, while a known political ally of President Aquino, expressed disgust over the manner in which Lacierda has been dealing with Palace reporters, specifically pointing out the offensive acts he committed against De la Cruz.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100903hed3.html