Philstar.com
August 27,2009
MANILA, Philippines -- The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed support to the Senate investigation on the alleged use of government funds by public officials -- specifically those who plan to run in next year's elections -- to finance their so-called "infomercials."
Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, outgoing CBCP president, said that as public officials, those involved in such infomercials should be held accountable for the money spent by their departments.
"Sapagkat ang mga public servant ay dapat mayroong transparency sa panunungkulan at mayroong transparency sa kanilang paggastos ng pera kahit kanino man 'yun," Lagdameo said in an interview today (Aug. 26) with the Church-run Radio Veritas.
He, however, said he is giving the officials the benefit of the doubt when they argued that the infomercials are solely for the purpose of notifying the public on the advocacies and programs of their respective departments.
Lagdameo said the money spent in producing the infomercials should have been used for other meaningful projects instead. - By Dennis Carcamo
August 27,2009
MANILA, Philippines -- The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed support to the Senate investigation on the alleged use of government funds by public officials -- specifically those who plan to run in next year's elections -- to finance their so-called "infomercials."
Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, outgoing CBCP president, said that as public officials, those involved in such infomercials should be held accountable for the money spent by their departments.
"Sapagkat ang mga public servant ay dapat mayroong transparency sa panunungkulan at mayroong transparency sa kanilang paggastos ng pera kahit kanino man 'yun," Lagdameo said in an interview today (Aug. 26) with the Church-run Radio Veritas.
He, however, said he is giving the officials the benefit of the doubt when they argued that the infomercials are solely for the purpose of notifying the public on the advocacies and programs of their respective departments.
Lagdameo said the money spent in producing the infomercials should have been used for other meaningful projects instead. - By Dennis Carcamo