Student council brand used as alibi for Noy’s sealed lips
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/17/2011Sen. Joker Arroyo’s previous label on President Aquino’s administration as a “student council government” was given among the reasons by Malacañang yesterday when asked to explain its utter silence over businessman Eduardo Cojuangco’s recent triumph at the Supreme Court (SC) on a 20-year-old dispute with the government on his shares in giant food conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC).
Deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte was quoted as saying over state-run radio that Aquino and his spokesmen were merely exercising prudence before speaking about the issue on Cojuangco and the coco levy funds so as not to be branded as members of student council once again.
“We need to study it carefully because I remember we’re previously being criticized and branded as student council because of our opinion on particular matters and because we were studying some issues. I guess…it shouldn’t be taken against us. We want to be prudent before addressing a particular issue,” Valte said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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