Ex-senator joins call for Deles’ ouster
By Gerry Baldo and Aytch S. de la Cruz 10/22/2010Former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday called on President Aquino to seriously consider the resolution passed by members of Congress to junk Secretary Teresita Deles of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process for the sake of peace in Mindanao.
According to Pimentel, the peace efforts of the government will not be successful without the cooperation of the Mindanao lawmakers whom Deles had allegedly maligned.
“In my view, the Executive should consider that (reso-lution) seriously for the sake of peace efforts in Mindanao. This won’t be successful without the cooperation of the Mindanao lawmakers,” Pimentel said yesterday.
He was one of the guest panelists at the weekly Usaping Balita Media Forum at the Serye Restaurant in Quezon Circle in Quezon City..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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