Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
IN our editorial of May 19, we considered some of the questions raised by the odd case of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, who has been the subject of a so-called investigation in aid of legislation in the Senate, this one led by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who chairs the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality. Those questions must be answered, but just as we have seen time and time again, an inquisition staged for the purpose of allowing senators to make a public spectacle of themselves while willfully disrespecting every principle of due process, civil rights, and even basic common sense and courtesy is utterly failing to provide those answers, and in fact, is likely making it more difficult if not impossible to resolve the real issues involved.
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