Confrontational Noy seeks support vs high court
12/09/2010
President Aquino yesterday, in a statement, sought public support against the Supreme Court (SC), saying that many were dismayed by its decision voiding his truth commission, stressing that the sins of the past decade committed by the Arroyo administration can never be unearthed, and that the “dark chapter” of our history under former President Arroyo can never have a closure.
In his statement, he tried to weasel out of the SC ruling of the truth body as being unconstitutional, saying: “Is it a sin to ferret out the truth? Is it not an obligation to learn the trurth? Is it not a duty to punish those who violated the law? Is it not our mandate to clear the names of those accused without basis?
“I vow, as your president, that I will defend the Constitution. I vow to make the law real and I vow to give justice to each and every Filipino. Whoever is a supporter of truth also vows to do his duty to uphold the truth. What we want is the truth. We created the Truth Commission in order to close a dark chapter, and it is clear that we can only achieve this if we continue adhering to the truth and find out the truth.”
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101209hed2.html
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