EIGHT SIGN WITH BLUE RIBBON PARTIAL REPORT WITH ‘RESERVATIONS’
LP senators toe Noy’s line, find Merci guilty
By Angie M, Rosales 03/11/2011Senate blue ribbon committee chairman Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona III yesterday publicized a “partial” panel report that found Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez guilty of non-feasance over her approval of the plea bargain agreement between the prosecutors and former military comptroller discharged Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, even telling the House justice committee to include this in its articles of impeachment.
It was seen by many as yet another attempt on the part of the Liberal Party senators to pressure the Ombudsman to resign instead of undergoing an impeachment trial while others saw it as a blatant prejudgment on the part of the LP senators who are to be the judges in the trial..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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