{"id":199952,"date":"2019-01-29T23:19:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T04:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=199952"},"modified":"2019-01-29T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T04:19:04","slug":"dioknos-call-to-honor-house-panel-show-cause-order-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/29\/dioknos-call-to-honor-house-panel-show-cause-order-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Diokno\u2019s call to honor House panel show cause order: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Panelo pointed out that Diokno can still seek intervention from President Rodrigo R. Duterte during the next Cabinet meeting. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday said that it will leave to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to decide, whether he will honor the show-cause order issued by the House appropriations committee against him for his failure to show up during a congressional inquiry into the 2019 budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is the call of Sec. Diokno. Since it\u2019s directed to him, we\u2019ll wait for his response,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the House panel issued the show-cause order asking Diokno to explain why he should not be cited for contempt for skipping their probe on January 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will let him decide for himself,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with CNN Philippines, Diokno said that he snubbed the Jan. 3 congressional inquiry \u201cas advised by (the) Palace\u201d.<\/p>\n

Panelo pointed out that Diokno can still seek intervention from President Rodrigo R. Duterte during the next Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will leave it to Sec. Diokno, his stand. If he feels that he needs the official intervention of the President then he will raise that in the Cabinet,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo said that the Palace will not oppose the House panel\u2019s move to issue a show-cause order unless there is an abuse in the exercise of questioning Diokno.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst,\u00a0trabaho ng Kongreso yun<\/em>\u00a0(that\u2019s the job of the Congress). Unless there is an abuse of the exercise that is given to them by the Constitution, we will not oppose,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

However, Panelo described the House panel\u2019s show-cause order as \u201cpremature\u201d if Diokno had a valid excuse for not attending the congressional inquiry.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeron siyang excuse e. Sumulat siya. Kung halimbawa meron siyang<\/em>\u00a0previous engagement that\u2019s a valid excuse,\u00a0kung meron siyang sakit<\/em>, that\u2019s a valid excuse (He has an excuse. He wrote them. For example, he has a previous engagement, that\u2019s a valid excise, if he\u2019s sick, that\u2019s a valid excuse),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung yung<\/em>\u00a0show-cause is based on just because\u00a0di siya naka-attend na valid naman yung\u00a0<\/em>excuse, e\u00a0<\/em>premature\u00a0\u2018yun<\/em>\u00a0(If the show-cause is based on just because he wasn\u2019t able to attend even with a valid excuse, that\u2019s premature). Even then, Sec. Diokno has the opportunity to respond,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

House appropriations committee chair Rolando Andaya Jr. earlier claimed that Diokno orchestrated the PHP75 billion worth of \u201cinsertions\u201d contained in the PHP3.757-trillion proposed national budget for 2019 without the President\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n

Andaya also alleged that a contractor favored by Diokno bagged billions in government projects in the proposed 2019 budget, which the Budget secretary already denied.<\/p>\n

Duterte and his Cabinet members have rallied behind Diokno\u2019s integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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