Malacañang double standard raised over amnesty grant
11/29/2010Malacañang may be accused of exercising double standard in the grant of amnesty to soldiers who launched a series of coup attempts against former President Arroyo while refusing to act on the case of healthworkers suspected of being communist rebels, Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday.
Arroyo, for the first time, directly chastised President Aquino for pressing the grant of amnesty to rebel soldiers yet denying the same to the Morong 43, the group of health workers accused of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA).
The lawmaker warned Malacañang of the possibility of being accused of double standard in this particular issue.
The senator questioned Aquino’s posturing, intervening in the case of the rebel soldiers, due to be meted with a possible sentence while refusing to lift a finger on the case of the alleged leftists.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, meanwhile, maintained on radio there’s no more need for the rebel soldiers to admit guilt for apologize, before they are granted amnesty..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101129hed5.html
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