Noynoy, Robredo and jueteng EDITORIAL 09/13/2010

Noynoy, Robredo and jueteng

EDITORIAL

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09/13/2010
Archbishop Oscar Cruz knows what he’s talking about when it comes to government men receiving jueteng payola since he has been at it for more than nine years during the term of Gloria Arroyo.

Very intriguing was the token attention being given by Noynoy on the illegal numbers game and his apparent differences with Interior and Local Government Secretary or officer-in-charge (OIC) Jesse Robredo, who said earlier that Noynoy gave him an order to make his priority as Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) chief the eradication of jueteng.

Just a few days after this announcement from Robredo, Noynoy came up to state that his administration was not giving the fight against jueteng priority under his government.

Robredo is currently under heavy fire for largely his inaction on the hostage crisis with many calling for his head and Noynoy appears leaning on replacing him in the DILG post as Robredo’s name was not among those submitted to the Commission on Appointments (CA) and with the Palace giving statements lately that Robredo is only a secretary in an acting capacity..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100913com1.html