MINORITY NIXES SPARING AQUINO ALLIES; AQUINO ABSOLVES PURISIMA ON UNPAID TAX
Ombudsman to make or break Noy — JPE
By Angie M. Rosales, Aytch S. de la Cruz and Gerry Baldo 05/03/2011The next Ombudsman could make or break the stay in office of President Aquino.
This was the warning issued by Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile to President Aquino in connection with replacing resigned Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez with a new Ombudsman.
At the same time, opposition stalwarts in the House of Representatives also told Aquino that he should not spare his allies and friends from being investigated and prosecuted by the new Ombudsman, but already Aquino had announced that his Finance chief, Secretary Cesar Purisima, whose tax returns were put into question by members of the Commission on Appointments (CA), as his assets in his statement of assets and liabilities do not jibe with the taxes he paid.
Aquino yesterday said that Purisima will not be undergoing any investigation, in essence, absolving him of any criminal and administrative liabilities..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110503hed1.html
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