Belmonte not keen on joining calls for Singson’s resignation 02/03/2011

Belmonte not keen on joining calls for Singson’s resignation

02/03/2011
Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte yesterday said he would not join calls for Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson to voluntary resign from his post, saying the beleaguered lawmaker will have all the opportunities to defend himself before the House committee on ethics.

The House leader, in a chance interview, stressed that Singson will be accorded due process despite his guilty plea last Monday for his drug trafficking case before the Wan Chai District Court in Hong Kong.

“Despite everything, due process is still very important and it does not automatically mean that we have to do this or that. Of course, they (Hong Kong court officials) have to finish (hearings),” Belmonte told reporters.

“I am not asking for him to resign or anything like that. All that I’m asking is that due process to be followed and I don’t think that people will be disappointed,” the Speaker said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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