Thursday, March 10, 2011

SPECIAL PROSECUTORS FACE PALACE PROBE


By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star)
edwin-lacierdaThe Office of the President (OP) is set to issue a show cause order for the five special prosecutors to explain the plea bargaining agreement with former military comptroller Carlos Garcia, who was originally charged with plunder.

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a press briefing at MalacaƱang yesterday that the OP has jurisdiction over the special prosecutors under the Ombudsman Act, even as he assured them of due process.
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