Speaker offers Aquino specialc powers on a silver platter By Gerry Baldo 04/13/2011

Speaker offers Aquino specialc powers on a silver platter

By Gerry Baldo 04/13/2011

The House of Represent-atives is practically begging President Aquino to assume emergency powers to deal with the oil crisis after Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said the chamber is open to the emergency powers proposal for Aquino to address the impending oil crisis.

Belmonte said that Congress will seriously consider the proposal in the wake of the political conflict in the oil-producing countries in the Middle East.

“We have to study the proposal if it is really needed,” Belmonte said yesterday.

Sen. Gregorio Honasan aired the proposal amid the continuing oil price increases..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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