Will he, or won’t he? EDITORIAL 09/23/2010

Will he, or won’t he?

EDITORIAL

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09/23/2010
Having been tagged as one of the “ultimate” beneficiaries of jueteng payoffs during the Senate hearing on the illegal numbers game, along with the disclosure of anti-jueteng crusader retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz that a presidential cousin had interceded for the bishop to go easy on the jueteng exposé and on the official linked to the numbers game, Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno yesterday said he is set to tender his resignation to Noynoy Aquino upon his return, to “spare the President.”

He may well do so, but the question is, will Noynoy accept Puno’s resignation, considering that he is not only a trusted aide, but also his very close buddy?

As it is always said, presidential aides serve at the pleasure of the president.

And going by the usual indecision, and even delaying tactics employed by incumbent Malacañang tenant, this resignation offer won’t likely be accepted quickly.

As things stood earlier, immediately after media exposed the jueteng payoffs, there went Noynoy, immediately dismissing the allegations saying that the reported P2 million in payoffs was too small to be true, considering that the jueteng industry was raking in some P37 billion annually..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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