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Applying the “Boss ko kayo” principle of Noynoy Aquino, it is hard to fathom the rationale for his wavering on the executive privilege issue that his Malacañang brought up as being reviewed for removal to allow full transparency.
It could be a signal that the temptations of power are starting to affect the new president.
The Supreme Court had indeed upheld the privilege in a 9 to 6 decision on a case former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri filed to stop the Senate committees on accountability of public officers and investigations, trade and commerce, and national defense and security investigating the anomalous National Broadband Network (NBN) deal from extracting from him answers to three questions: Whether the President followed up the (NBN) project; was he dictated on to prioritize the project; and whether the President said to go ahead and approve the project after being told about the alleged bribe..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100809com1.html
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