Palace surprised over Elma’s PCGG formula
12/15/2010Erstwhile Justice Magdangal Elma, who currently serves as presidential adviser for special concerns, apparently acted on his own as Malacañang yesterday couldn’t get its message straight when sought for its feedback in the matter of his proposal for President Aquino to just have the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) do the work in the event the Truth Commission won’t make it through the Supreme Court.
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Elma’s decision to publicize his proposal be-fore submit-ting it to the President was without the knowledge of Malaca-ñang as far as the legal team, composed of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Eduardo de Mesa, is concerned.
“I think the prudent thing to do was just to submit it to the President. But since it’s out, again, we’re saying that all the recommendations will be studied by the legal team,” Lacierda told a news conference..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101215hed4.html
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