MANILA STANDARD EDITORIAL: DAMAGED GOODS
President Aquino, who gave Napoles an audience at the Palace when she surrendered last year, and personally escorted her to police headquarters, now seems to be keeping her secrets. He can rant and rave all he wants about the previous administration, but Mr. Aquino is now damaged goods, his credibility in tatters for protecting his allies who were part of the pork barrel scandal. Since the President is not a lawyer, we might remind him that there is a term for hiding criminals - it's called aiding and abetting, and the last time we looked, that was against the law.
President Aquino, who gave Napoles an audience at the Palace when she surrendered last year, and personally escorted her to police headquarters, now seems to be keeping her secrets. He can rant and rave all he wants about the previous administration, but Mr. Aquino is now damaged goods, his credibility in tatters for protecting his allies who were part of the pork barrel scandal. Since the President is not a lawyer, we might remind him that there is a term for hiding criminals - it's called aiding and abetting, and the last time we looked, that was against the law.
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