Rejecting waivers
FRONTLINE |
Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Looks like the ones who have something to hide are Noynoy, his Cabinet officials plus some holier-than-thou senator-judges and prosecutors, and not Chief Justice Renato Corona, who certainly wasn’t afraid to lead the way to ushering true transparency in government.
After Corona bared all during his second testimony and submitted an unconditional waiver of his bank accounts, a spontaneous movement appears to have suddenly sprouted, with people now calling on Noynoy and other government officials to bare open their bank accounts through a waiver, in the same way Corona did.
Groups are demanding that Noynoy should now fulfill his campaign pledge to waive his bank secrecy rights, but Malacañang quickly rejected this demand, even coming up with a non-sequitur reason for Noynoy not to do so..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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