Palace eyes PCGG as option vs Gloria
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 12/14/2010To go around legal tangles plaguing the half-baked Philippine Truth Commission (PTC), after the Supreme Court thumbed down Executive Order (EO) 1 that created it, the Palace is now considering tapping the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) created by former President Corazon Aquino, the current President’s mother, to lodge graft cases against former President Arroyo.
Graft and corruption allegations against Arroyo can be investigated by the PCGG as an option to pursue cases against the previous administration, Aquino’s adviser for special concerns, Magdangal Elma, who previously worked as chief legal counsel for his mother, said.
In a four-page document given to reporters detailing his recommendations, Elma said the PCGG may take up prospective functions of the Philippine Truth Commission (PTC) after the Supreme Court struck down EO1, creating the body, on grounds that it violated the equal protection clause granted by the 1987 Constitution.
“The PCGG was charged with the task of assisting former President Aquino not only in the recovery of ill-gotten or unexplained wealth accumulated by former President (Ferdinand Marcos), his immediate family, relatives, subordinates, and close associates but also in the investigation of such cases of graft and corruption as the President may assign to the Commission from time to time and to prevent a repetition of the same in the future,” Elma cited in his proposal, putting great emphasis on the last phrase of the sentence..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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