SC questions DoJ-Comelec panel’s ‘secret’ probe rules, rushed rulings
By Benjamin B. Pulta 12/09/2011The Aquino lawyers may yet again lose their case before the Supreme Court (SC), as the Department of Justice-Commission on Elections (DoJ-Comelec) panel appears to have neglected publishing the rules of the panel probing the alleged 2007 senatorial fraud, along with the speed with which the DoJ wrapped up the preliminary investigation against former President Gloria Arroyo.
The non-publication of the rules of the panel investigating the alleged fraud in the 2007 elections was among the issues raised yesterday before the SC as it resumed hearing the oral arguments on the constitutionality of the DoJ-Comelec panel.
In oral arguments at the high court yesterday, several justices questioned the lack of publication of the rules of the joint preliminary investigation of the DoJ-Comelec panel.
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Source: The Daily Tribune
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Why are the rules secret?
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