New probe style: Guilt by association
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
There really is something wrong with the way probes are being conducted under the Aquino regime which does not speak well of the Noynoy government.
Every single allegation or every single claimed witness testimony that is vowed to be probed by either Congress, both chambers, or the Department of Justice (DoJ), has the clear intention to link such alleged corruption or irregularity to either Mike Arroyo or his spouse, Gloria, or both.
It is almost as if none of those who want the heads of the Arroyos has any evidence with which to charge them, despite the many witnesses they trot out in public.
This is probably why the Noynoy allies continue with their favorite pasttime, which is conducting a trial and conviction by publicity.
There is today that charge that Bobby Ongpin, businessman, who had acquired a P660-million loan from the state-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) entered into a behest loan, and one that is now being claimed by some senators to be similar in nature to the used helicopter scandal involving the Philippine National Police (PNP)..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110924com2.html
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