ABS-CBN: Ex-CJ Puno tells Senate: You risk destroying yourself
Former CJ Reynato Puno said the Senate will wreck itself as an institution if it will surrender its right to investigate in aid of legislation. The Senate, thru its Blue Ribbon Committee, should uphold its right to investigate is a crucial component of the power to enact laws which the Constitution right to investigate in aid of legislation cannot be defeated nor diminished by any confidentiality rule which is only found in the Rules of Procedure of the Office of the Ombudsman. An administrative rule can never negate a constitutional grant of power," he said.
Former CJ Reynato Puno said the Senate will wreck itself as an institution if it will surrender its right to investigate in aid of legislation. The Senate, thru its Blue Ribbon Committee, should uphold its right to investigate is a crucial component of the power to enact laws which the Constitution right to investigate in aid of legislation cannot be defeated nor diminished by any confidentiality rule which is only found in the Rules of Procedure of the Office of the Ombudsman. An administrative rule can never negate a constitutional grant of power," he said.
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