Kaban ni D_BystandeR; NAGPAGAMIT BA ANG OMBUDSMAN???
It will be known to the whole world
from hereon that Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has shamelessly allowed
herself to be used by the administration of BS Aquino, her appointing power to
the position she currently holds and to which she is greatly indebted to be
holding such powerful position when she should have been by now already retired
from her SC position as Associate Justice. This is purely politically motivated
and is completely devoid of any legal justification inasmuch as the COA papers covering the charges against Mayor
Junjun Binay has just arrived and his answer was yet to be drafted and prepared
by his battery of lawyers handling the case.
And yet Ombudsman Morales cannot wait for a considerable length of time within
which Mayor Junjun can, at a reasonable period of time, be able to make a comprehensive reply as customarily normally
allowed under a regime supposedly based on fairness and equality as there is
supposed to be a presumption of innocence before the court of law. But Morales
cannot wait for more time as she was presumably pressured by Malacanang to give
the "ultimate" dismissal order against Mayor Junjun even if by giving
such order, Ombudsman Morales will appear like a "playtoy" of Aquino
to destroy the future of Mayor Junjun politically. But judging from the
Ombudsman's "trigger happy" propensity towards the Binays, a very
sharp contrasting laxity to exercise the same speed and forcefulness is seen at
the way Morales treated the case of Budget Secretary Butch Abad where Abad is
facing a case in his fraudulent
involvement with DAP scandal. And everybody will notice how the Ombudsman
adopted a highly liberal and lax treatment of the case because the Ombudsman
chose to exclude BS Aquino from the DAP scandal even if it is known that no DAP
transaction can ever proceed without the approval and imprimatur of Aquino. If
Abad is charged with DAP scandal, how come the Ombudsman spared Aquino from his
involvement of same when he is even equally or more liable to the commission of
the crime than Abad?
Footnote: This
comment came out in connection with a news item in PDI, entitled, "Ombudsman
orders dismissal of Junjun Binay." It came out on October 10, 2015.
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