Indecisive presidency
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
What? Noynoy still doesn’t have an Ombudsman-candidate in mind, and he also still does not know whether a new Ombudsman would be given an appointment by him up till 2012, or the full seven years?
Heck, he does not even know how long it will be before he can appoint a new Ombudsman, because he says everything now depends on the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), whom Noynoy has called on to speed up the search for candidates for Ombudsman.
As one of his many mouthpieces, Abigail Valte, said: “How fast the replacement would take depends on the JBC’s submission of the list of people the body recommends. From what I read in the papers, the council is also looking for a replacement for resigned Deputy Ombudsman Mark Jalandoni. Usually the body will allot time to receive and screen applications, then transmit its recommendations to the Palace.”
But who recommends, and who applies? Without such papers, how can the JBC start the search?.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110502com2.html
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