Go after allies, too FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 04/08/2011

Go after allies, too

FRONTLINE

Ninez Cacho-Olivares

04/08/2011
Noynoy is really going full blast against the previous administration and its appointees and it certainly won’t be long before Noynoy and his boys go after Gloria Arroyo and her spouse, Mike.

First, it was Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, but Noynoy failed in getting him out, as legally, he coudn’t oust the CJ. Then came Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, and he succeeded, as he ensured the impeachment vote in the House of Representatives with an added pork sweetener offer. Next came Prospero Pichay, of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), and now, the latest target is former presidential son Rep. Mikey Arroyo and his wife on tax evasion, with the Justice secretary, as usual, quickly getting into the publicity picture by saying that graft and corruption cased can be filed against Mikey stemming from the tax evasion raps. Note that there has been no evidence as yet and no investigation of graft, yet such charges are already being prepared. No vindictive politics involved?.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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