Angara defends UP professors over SC plagiarism
By Angie M. Rosales 10/26/2010Another senator has come forward in defense of the University of the Philippines (UP) Faculty of Law members who are being threatened of being cited for contempt by the Supreme Court (SC) for criticizing a high court magistrate over reported plagiarism.
“Even this is a sensitive issue, because it touches the sensibilities of justices, I think they (SC) should let it pass.
“There are more serious constitutional issues pending before the SC that they have to attend to. This is also a serious matter but it’s an unnecessary tension at this point,” Sen. Edgardo Angara said.
“What we need to confront are those big constitutional issues which the judiciary should concentrate on, as well as the public. We should pay attention to sideshows like this,” the senator, who was once UP president during the Marcos administration, said.
Earlier, Sen. Francis Pangilinan sided with the UP professors on their row with the SC magistrates, the issue stemmed from high court’s decision to clear Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo over charges of plagiarism..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101026nat1.html
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