Courtesy test? EDITORIAL 08/19/2011

Courtesy test?

EDITORIAL

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08/19/2011
Interparliamentary courtesy appears difficult to apply in the case of Iggy Arroyo, the congressman, allowing him the privilege to make his call on the invitation that the Senate issued him on the probe of the overpriced used choppers sold to the Philippine National Police (PNP) since it was he who had volunteered the information that the lease transaction on the helicopters that are the subject of the probe was made when he was the top man at the family-owned LTA group, which means he must know details on the aircraft that had eluded the Senate proceeding.

Not that it was an obvious reprise of his role as an alleged decoy in the Jose Pidal bank account which was suspected owned by his big brother Mike, but doesn’t his responsibility and that of all members of Congress in facilitating the creation of law and assuring that all laws are followed as well, take primordial value over an unspoken rule that seems to serve only the inordinate interests of legislators?

The argument goes that if the Senate compels Iggy to give his testimony to the chamber’s inquiry, nothing would stop members of the House from requiring senators to attend its hearings..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110819com1.html