{"id":45263,"date":"2015-03-20T02:12:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T18:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=45263"},"modified":"2015-03-20T02:58:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T18:58:08","slug":"palace-says-no-reason-not-to-consider-roxas-an-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/20\/palace-says-no-reason-not-to-consider-roxas-an-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace says no reason not to consider Roxas an ally"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DILG Secretary and Liberal Party frontrunner for 2016 Mar Roxas with Pres. Noynoy Aquino (Photo from Roxas’ official Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — A Palace official on Thursday said there is no reason why the Aquino administration should not consider Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas an ally.<\/p>\n

President Benigno Aquino III and Roxas belong to the ruling Liberal Party (LP).<\/p>\n

\u201dWala naman po tayong napapatunayan o nakikitang mahalagang dahilan para hindi sabihin ang bagay na iyan [na siya ay \u201ctunay at mapagkakatiwalaang kaalyado”] <\/em>(Nobody can prove or give meaningful reason to say that [Roxas is not a trusted ally]),\u201d Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said.<\/p>\n

Coloma\u2019s reaction was made when asked about how President Benigno Aquino III felt when he learned that the police\u2019s Board of Inquiry (BOI) requested Roxas to relay to the President its request for an interview regarding the Mamasapano incident.<\/p>\n

News reports quoting Philippine National Police- Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) chief Police Director Benjamin B. Magalong, the head of police-formed BOI, said Roxas has admitted that he forgot to tell the President the BOI\u2019s request because of his work load.<\/p>\n

Malacanang has questioned the BOI conclusion that says Aquino broke the chain of command rule even as the report accepted the fact that the President has the prerogative who to directly communicate with.<\/p>\n

A day after the BOI report was made public Friday last week, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, in a statement, said the report \u201cwas thorough in scope and independent in nature\u201d and that \u201cthe narration of facts was exhaustive and provides a sober basis for understanding what transpired.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dIn gathering the facts, the BOI should have allowed the facts to speak for themselves,\u201d he said stressing the Palace stance regarding the issue on the chain of command.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, a Palace official confirmed reports that the President met with police and Cabinet officials in Malacanang Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201dYes we can confirm that the President met with PNP OIC Deputy Director (General Leonardo) Espina, Director Magalong, and (Directorate for Integrated Police Operations executive officer for Eastern Mindanao) C\/Supt (John) Sosito yesterday afternoon, along with other Cabinet officials,\u201d Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe President met them to thank them for their efforts and to give them the opportunity to clarify any matters,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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