Presidential Spokeswoman Claire Castro said Mayor Benjie Magalong’s appointment as ICI special investigator was “under review due to possible conflict of interest.” The remark insulted a man whose integrity is beyond question, and Magalong walked out on the spot.
The ICI was meant to prove the President’s resolve against corruption in general, and the flood control scandal in particular. Instead, Magalong’s resignation exposes it as hollow theater. He was doing the Palace a favor, not the other way around.
The nation owes Magalong gratitude. The Palace owes him an apology. And the President owes the people the truth.
Or must we now ask: was the ICI itself nothing more than a smokescreen?
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