Fumbling Palace men EDITORIAL 07/12/2010

Fumbling Palace men

EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 07/12/2010 Noynoy Aquino’s men at the Palace are not giving the presidency a good impression, what with the way they miscommunicate the administration’s stand on major issues and reflect Noynoy’s capability on running a government. But it also must be said that Aquino himself is clearly lacking in getting his people coordinated, as a leader should. This could be a major reason the Palace people appear to be dancing to different tunes, as evidently Aquino is leaving everything to his men, without, however, getting his policy or orders coordinated, as his men appear to doing their own thing, their own way. On his first official day as President, the Palace released Memorandum Circular No. 1 (MC 1) that was obviously targeting the political appointees of former President Arroyo but the way it was worded, it affected much more the state workers, thus causing a commotion among public servants. The order was reworded and the Palace refused to admit the mistake asserting that MC 1 underwent refinement. The only trouble was that it was already signed, issued and published in the papers before being refined. Lately, Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda went all out in saying that the Aquino administration will take all possible actions, including impeachment to kick out Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez from his office, only to withdraw his statement the next day, stating that Gutierrez may stay on as Ombudsman because of the fixed term provided for the head of the constitutional body.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100712com1.html

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