US Against Pork Coalition: Drilon Should Resign as Senate President BY GEL SANTOS RELOS – SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 Los Angeles, CA — The United States Against PDAF or Pork Barrel System (USAP) Coalition on Wednesday asks for the resignation of Sen. Franklin Drilon as Senate President, following his decision to defer to the Ombudsman the Senate power to investigate its own peers. They contend that Drilon’s “deference to the Ombudsman is a backward step against justice”. In a press statement dated September 25, USAP said, “As Senate President, he should resign. He is blocking the Senate investigation under the guise of legal niceties of depending his decision on the advise of the Ombudsman. He should be ashamed of himself. He must serve the national interest of our people and our nation”. drilonUSAP posted the question to Drilon: Did you change your mind because plunder charges were filed against you? You and those involved in the pork barrel national scandal were entrusted by our people with the power to govern. This trust was betrayed . You should encourage the investigation, not find a way to impede it, [and] hide under the cloak of the OMBUDSMAN. “We ask again, why don’t you [Drilon] convene the Senate Ethics Committee and initiate the filing of the complaint of your colleagues involved? Members of the Senate, including you, are not above the law.”
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