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Quick absolution FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 10/23/2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Quick absolution

FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
10/23/2010
There he goes again, absolving his faves in his administration.

Reacting to the press report that Ed Angara wants the Malacañang-created truth body to also probe the PEACe Bonds scam, where Dinky Soliman and Teresita Deles have been alleged to have been involved, Noynoy, through his spokesmen, said it up to the Truth Commission to consider Angara’s proposal. Then they added: No evidence can pin Dinky and Deles on this issue because Dinky has not participated in such anomaly.

So why is Malacañang — and Noynoy too — quickly absolving Dinky and presumably, Deles?

No investigation has ever been made on the P10-billion PEACe Bond scam yet the Palace quickly absolves Dinky and the rest of her NGO group?

The truth body is not a creation of Congress, but of Noynoy. It is therefore not an independent body, and can never expect to be one, as it has to toe Malacañang’s line.

The fact that Malacañang has already absolved Dinky — even before an investigation — is enough proof that the truth body is not going to touch the P10-billion bonds scam, for which the Filipino people are to be burdened with some P35 billion payment. If the truth panel does touch it, then it is just as certain that Dinky and whoever else is favored by Noynoy who is involved in any other scam, will have to be absolved, because that message has already been telegraphed by Malacañang..... MORE

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