ON MALACAÑANG DECISION TO LET CABINET MEMBERS
APPEAR IN SENATE HEARINGS IN AID OF LEGISLATION...

"We welcome the decision of Malacañang to allow the Cabinet secretaries to appear before the Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing on the ZTE NBN contract tomorrow. If indeed they have nothing to hide then the appropriate course of action is to attend the hearing and defend the legality of contract."

"To refuse to appear does not only create the perception of guilt but also places the executive department in a constitutional collision course with the legislative, which does not do our constitutional democracy any good. We assure the members of the Cabinet that their right shall be respected and that they will be treated fairly and with due courtesy."###