No more decency and fairness
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Even when the watch list order (WLO) against Mike Arroyo was ordered by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, along with pronouncements that a WLO would also be issued against the former President, Gloria Arroyo, it had already been seen as an abuse of power and a sign of clear vindictiveness by the Palace through the DoJ.
De Lima says she issued the WLO against Mike because that is what the Senate wanted. Unless memory fails, there was never a resolution from the Senate asking the DoJ to issue a WLO against Mike Arroyo.
It will also be recalled that the WLO was issued by De Lima at the time Mike was abroad for a medical check-up with his heart specialists, and immediately, there came talk that Mike had flown the coop, did not pass through immigration, which showed his sign of guilt. But all this talk suddenly stopped because Mike returned on the day his lawyers said he would..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110825com2.html
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