by Franklin P. Gumapon
DIPOLOG CITY, March 29 (PIA) – President Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s campaign against graft and corruption is now gaining headway, according to former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr.
Davide said in press conference here this morning, “the facts now obtaining show that the President’s campaign against graft and corruption has started to gain results.”
“The Ombudsman is now acting on cases which have been long filed and all indications would show that we are heading toward eradicating corruption in the bureaucracy,” the former chief magistrate added.
With the President’s no-nonsense campaign against corruption, Davide believes everybody is now afraid of committing any wrongdoing.
As regards the Senate’s impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, Davide said it is a constitutional process and any impeachable official such as the President, justices and Ombudsman when accused of any offenses may experience it.
When asked of his definition on impeachable offense, he curtly replied: leave it to the Senate.
Davide was here to serve as guest speaker during the 66th commencement exercises of the Andres Bonifacio College (ABC), a non-sectarian private school owned by Amatong family, a fellow Cebuano. (FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)