Not a crime
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| Dinah S. Ventura |
Considering the pressure he must be getting from everywhere, it’s amazing that President Noynoy Aquino can still afford to smile. It was his smiley tendency that got him in hot water with Hong Kong nationals who thought he wasn’t taking seriously the tragedy that befell their compatriots while on vacation in Manila last August.
P-Noy has explained all that fairly well, but it seems he has more to explain regarding that unfortunate incident.
It took Malacañang over three weeks to review and release its recommendations based on the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC), the multi-agency body tasked to investigate the Aug. 23 hostage incident by former policeman Rolando Mendoza. In the interim, talk was rife that certain individuals would be spared from criminal charges, with attention focused on the President’s shooting buddy, Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno, and his boss, DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo.
There were those who primarily wanted to see whether the President would exercise an iron hand in this matter, especially as they thought he still had to prove his leadership abilities and sincerity. Then of course, there is that demand from the Chinese for heads to roll after the President had studied the investigation results..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101013com7.html
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