Miriam blasts Noy’s poor excuse in shelving polls
By Angie M. Rosales 03/01/2011A senator criticized President Aquino yesterday for his lame excuse of the political upheaval in the Middle East in justifying the postponement of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections scheduled on Aug. 8.
“(Postpone it) on the basis of what are the developments abroad, the Egyptian contagion as they call it?” Sen. Miriam Defen-sor-Santiago said, sneering at Palace’ supposed reasons of deferring the local polls due to political unrest being experienced in some countries in the Middle East.
“What is the basis for seeking postponement?” she asked.
Santiago also branded as waste of time the continued holding of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) meeting in which she said Cabinet officials and legislators merely engage in useless lectures..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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