Leila’s dilemma
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Justice Secretary Leila de Lima must have been feeling very left out or isolated in the cliquish administration of Noynoy Aquino to pour her heart out to the media after the Palace’s dilution of the recommendations in the report on the hostage taking crisis that was painstakingly crafted by the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) that even the Hong Kong government had surrendered in order to have and exhaustive probe of the incident and do justice to the eight slain residents of the territory.
De Lima, one of two officials who crossed over from the Arroyo administration — the other being Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, both of whom obviously do not have access privilege to Noynoy’s inner circle — is obviously guessing most of the time on the political weather at the Palace.
She intimated in a press briefing that resignation from her post crossed her mind as a result of the apparent whitewash on the accountability of some officials close to the administration in the IIRC recommendations.
The feeling of isolation should have been turned up several notches more after Noynoy issued Proclamation 50 granting amnesty to all soldiers who rebelled against Gloria, including Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, without De Lima being consulted on the pardon..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101015com1.html
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