No fair probe coming
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Resigned Sen. Migz Zubiri showed that rare display of delicadeza. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima did not. Neither did Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes, both of whom lawyered for the former opposition candidates.
De Lima is notoriously lacking in delicadeza, having been the election lawyer of poll protestant and incoming senator, Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel, as well as being today’s Justice chief, who moreover, is to hold an inquiry into election fraud over which she is to supervise.
But from Brillantes’ — who is head of the Comelec also involved in the poll fraud probe — and De Lima’s comments shortly after Zubiri announced his resignation from the Senate in a privilege speech, how can they even convince the public that the poll fraud probe is going to be fair, when they have already prejudged the case?
What was that De Lima said after the resignation speech? She said Zubiri is not in the clear yet, insisting that cheating charges against the resigned senator by his closest rival, Koko, will still have to be included in the joint investigation of the Department of Justice and the Comelec on fraud anomalies that hounded the 2004 and 2007 polls..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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