‘EO 1 CHALLENGE WON’T BOG DOWN PTC’
Only SC TRO can halt truth body — Malacañang
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 10/17/2010Unless the Supreme Court (SC) issues a restraining order, the Philippine Truth Commission (PTC) will not concern itself with petitions questioning the legality of the body pending with the tribunal, Malacañang said yesterday.
Echoing the views of PTC chief and former SC Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte said it’s just appropriate for the truth body to finally start working because of the limited time period of only two years it was given to complete its mission.
The PTC was created by virtue of President Aquino’s Executive Order 1 that Malacañang released last July 30 which aims to revisit allegations of corruption and irregularities of the previous administration, citing former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo as its top respondent along with other past officials who were suspected of having been involved in cases of corruption.
“We all know that there is a pending challenge on the constitutionality of the executive order creating the Philippine Truth Commission. But that, in itself, we should (consider) the statement made by one of our commissioners (in the PTC) and I think former Chief Justice Davide mentioned it also that we cannot let this issue to bog their work down,” Valte said.
Davide and Malacañang are holding on to their belief that because the high court had not yet acted on the motions filed by opponents of EO 1, composed mostly of Arroyo’s allies led by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, nothing should stop the PTC from executing its functions..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101017hed1.html
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