Impeaching Merci
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Noynoy wants Ombudsman Merceditas “Merci” Gutierrez impeached. His allies in the House of Representatives, as well as some senators in the upper chamber, want her impeached as well.
But for what purpose, if not to kick her out of her constitutional office, if not to enable Noynoy to appoint an Ombudsman of his choice?
Congressmen who want Merci impeached under the heading of betrayal of public trust — which is pretty broad — but mainly due to the plea bargain agreement her prosecutors entered into with former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, hardly bothered to impeach the then Ombudsman, Simeon Marcelo, despite the fact that he too, did nothing to file money laundering and plunder charges against then Justice Secretary Hernando “Nani” Perez, despite the preponderance of hard and documented evidence coming from Coutts Bank and the Swiss authorities, along with a signed attorney in fact document from Perez assigning such powers to withdraw and deposit in that Swiss bank to his wife.
What did Marcelo do then? He, who was supposedly independent, submitted all the documents to then sitting chief executive, Gloria Arroyo, instead of filing the charges against Perez..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110222com2.html
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