Panganiban is wrong
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| Jonathan De la Cruz |
Former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban who reportedly said in a post-Edsa Dos lecture that he and his predecessor, former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., were inspired by a biblical passage about the “Restoration of Zion” or some such reference when they finally decided that then President Erap Estrada had to go, has come under fire from the lawyer of businessman Herminio Disini for, you guessed it, another kind of “inspiration.” I understand that lecture which formed part of Panganiban’s recollection of the events which led to Estrada’s downfall has been quietly taken out of circulation. But, in what the Disini camp described as his fixation over the business executive, Panganiban has apparently resorted to embroidering his writings including his recent piece entitled “After 35 Years, Still Languishing” in his “With Due Respect’ column of March 27, 2011 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI). Probably inspired by the global concern over the “fall out” from the breakdown of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant during the earthquake-cum-tsunami catastrophe which visited Japan, Panganiban proceeded to “spew out” according to the Disini lawyers all kinds of misstatements and misinformation about their client and his participation in the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) Project constructed more than three decades ago. Lawyer Jose Bernas assigned five errors to Panganiban’s oft repeated claims on the BNPP and Mr. Disini which reportedly remain unrepudiated by the former Chief Justice to this point but which he continues to peddle. Here goes:.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110525com4.html
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