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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Noynoy Aquino is going the wrong way in handling the jueteng issue, especially by resisting all the moves to have the allegations leveled against the presidential aides who have been linked to the jueteng payoffs investigated.
The latest argument coming from the Palace, through the usual miscommunications group, is that Noynoy is not keen on using even a miniscule portion of his P600-million intelligence fund to investigate the matter, as he claims that he has nothing to go by until retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz reveals the names of the officials who allegedly received jueteng payola.
Quite frankly, this is a most stupid reason given for the hesitance of Noynoy to probe the jueteng payoffs and check on just who among his Palace aides have been getting payoffs because the more he hesitates, the more the public speculation rises that not only are his boys involved in the payoffs, but also that he himself is involved in the payola business.
Unfortunately for Noynoy, the cards are stacked against him as far as speculations go.
Right or wrong, the fact is that he not only claimed early on, that the elimination of jueteng is not a priority of his government — a day or so after his Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary had announced that he had been given a directive by Noynoy to stamp out jueteng..... MORESource: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100917com2.html
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