GMA abused power in midnight appointments By Angie M. Rosales 06/08/2010

GMA abused power in midnight appointments

By Angie M. Rosales 06/08/2010 Last-minute appointments made by President Arroyo showed bad faith on her part, knowing very well that it would undercut her successor’s authority in picking his chosen officials for the job. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said this yesterday as he joined the growing ranks of senators urging those so-called midnight appointees to tender their courtesy resignations. Arroyo’s move, making an estimated 250 “midnight appointments” last March or shortly before the ban on new appointments took effect, was clearly a blatant abuse of presidential power, the senator noted. It is very unfortunate that the outgoing President would commit such offensive acts instead of exercising restraint and judiciousness in her decisions in her last months in office to ensure a smooth transition and avoid conflicts with the new administration, Pimentel added. “If only for these reasons, the incoming President has the prerogative to ask for the courtesy resignation of the beneficiaries of midnight appointments,” he said.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100608hed6.html

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