Noy insists on Davide as ‘perfect’ for truth body; solons divided
By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Angie M. Rosales 08/19/2010 It’s Hilario Davide Jr. to head the Truth Commission, or nothing. This was the gist of President Aquino’s reaction to Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada’s privilege speech last Monday calling Davide, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a man of dubious integrity and a violator of the Constitution. Aquino, at a press conference in Malacañang yesterday, rejected the allegations leveled by Estrada against Davide, the personal choice of Aquino to head his Truth Commission. The supposed excellent “track record” of Davide in the legal profession served as Aquino’s lone defense as he underscored Davide’s instrumental contributions in crafting the 1987 Constitution under which government operates today. “I guess we should emphasize the fact that he (Davide) was a member of the constitutional commission (con-com). There are so many provisions (in the Constitution) that have become controversial today. He is among the leading members who debated at the con-com. For instance, in the redistricting, it was he who clarified in the debate what rights can each citizen hope for his representatives. How many Filipinos are needed to constitute one district? Of course, there are some decisions made by the Supreme Court today that are somehow no longer in line with the debates at the con-com before,” Aquino told reporters. Aquino lauded Davide’s efforts in leading the investigation on the several coup attempts perpetrated by restive military soldiers during the turbulent periods in the administration of his late mother, former President Corazon Aquino. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100819hed4.html |
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