Excerpt: Arroyo said the accusation that Malacañang rewarded senator-judges to convict Corona “puts Malacañang on a slippery slope, placing the charge of at least impropriety, if not outright bribery, right at the presidential doorstep.”As far as Arroyo is concerned, Abad may be tagged for the crime of falsifying legislative documents under the Revised Penal Code when he explained that the fund releases came from DAP. “Secretary Abad took pains to massage the information regarding these amendments/appropriations in the budget as if they were part and parcel of the lump sum appropriation for the DAP, which he mentioned, if only to deodorize the stink of the accusation against them that they ‘rewarded’ the senators who voted to convict in the Corona impeachment trial,” Arroyo said.He raised an issue about what he sees the uniform amount of P50 million given to a majority of the 20 senators, except for then Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, then Senate finance committee chairman Franklin Drilon and a known presidential ally, Sen. Francis Escudero who were luckier than others for getting about P100 million each.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:20:44 +0000
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