It’s called political payback
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Black and Whiter Edwin Lacierda, who is presidential spokesman, has been vigorously defending Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Dinky Soliman, just as he defended recently resigned Tourism Undersecretary for promotions Vicente “Enteng” Romano, also a Black and Whiter, and of course DoT Secretary Alberto Lim.
In the case of Soliman and the subpoena she is reported to be handed by the House of Representatives, after she ignored the invitation from the lower chamber to attend a congressional hearing on the PEACe bonds scam, Lacierda said that Soliman has nothing to hide and nothing to divulge because she was no longer involved with Code-NGO when the bonds were issued.
“There is nothing for her to hide. The problem is, even if she appears before the committee, since she was not aware of the transactions of the PEACe bonds, there is nothing she can offer in terms of substance,” Lacierda was quoted as saying, although he did say that if summoned, Soliman would appear before the House committee probing the bonds scam.
This is yet another display of arrogance in the Noynoy Aquino Cabinet: Malacañang aides quickly absolve the Noy favorites in his administration, despite the fact that the PEACe bonds issue was a clear scam that will be bleeding the Filipinos dry as the P35 billion in interest rates will fall due next year, which is not far away..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101201com1.html
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