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Aug 3

Aug 3 Corruption law meets legal challenge

Just when the fledgling government of Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III was about to fire its opening salvo in investigating the high-profile corruption cases allegedly committed by his predecessor, a Senator tagged his “anti-graft weapon” as unconstitutional.
The President signed Executive Order (EO) Number 1 on July 30, which created the so-called Truth Commission, tasked to investigate the anomalies supposedly committed by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her government.

Three days later, the Chief Executive’sNueva Vizcaya, until the end of Cagayan Valley, without the government having to spend a single peso,” the Chief Executive announced.

Money, he added, can also come from leasing some government properties, such as the Navy headquarters on Roxas Boulevard, to foreign firms which would help modernize the Philippine navy. The navy currently has just 32 boats to patrol 36,000 nautical miles. Some of the boats were built during World War II, Aquino said.

Such public-private partnerships will benefit all Filipinos, the president said. Foreign partners will take care of the funding necessary to transfer the Navy Headquarters to Camp Aguinaldo, along with an initial payment of 100 million dollars and a portion of their profits from the businesses that would occupy the land.

These proposals and more were great applause