Political greed
FRONTLINE |
Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
What a feeble excuse for Noynoy not to sign the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) election postponement measure immediately.
In trying to rid the public of suspicion that he is delaying the passage of the law on the ARMM poll postponement, he now claims that it is scheduled for signing on June 30, 2011, in order for all the “principal sponsors” of the bill to be present during its signing.
What? When the President says he will be signing a bill, or bills, the principal sponsors, all of whom are his allies, will quickly come, no matter the date. Not to attend would be seen an ally’s disinterest in the bills he sponsored. Yet Noynoy intimates that he could not schedule the ARMM delay bill because he wants the principal sponsors around?.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110622com6.html
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