Ethics complaint against Lacson filed 09/15/2010

Ethics complaint against Lacson filed
09/15/2010
An anti-crime group yesterday filed a complaint against fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson before the Senate committee on ethics and privileges in connection with his departure from the country and continued absences from the upper chamber in the face of a standing warrant of arrest issued against him for the Dacer-Corbito double murder case.

In a 14-page complaint, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) is asking the Senate panel to investigate the lawmaker for his failure to surrender himself to the proper authorities; fleeing the country to evade arrest; and his continued absence from the upper chamber’s sessions. 

The complainants said Lacson had “tainted the prestige of the Senate” and was “guilty of dereliction of duty.”

They added Lacson “may be guilty of violating Presidential Decree 1829 (obstruction of justice) and abandonment of office, which are both penal offenses.”.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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