Come clean on ‘Merci’ impeach, Tupas, justice panel members told 03/07/2011

Come clean on ‘Merci’ impeach, Tupas, justice panel members told

03/07/2011
Lawmakers participating in the impeachment case against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez should come clean and tell the panel that they are not going to be biased despite their pending cases before the Office of the Ombudsman.

According to Camiguin Rep. Pedro Romualdo, some of his colleagues in the panel “do not have the face” to admit their possible bias against the Ombudsman.

He was reacting to the statement of justice committee chairman and Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. that the partiality or impartiality of the members of the panel should be judged by the public.

Romualdo said that from the start of the hearings he, Rep. Douglas Cagas of Davao del Sur and Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron had already called on Tupas to inhibit because of possible bias relative to the pending graft case filed against his father former Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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