Gloria should answer Congress inquiry; Bunye should shut up

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) prefer that Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo face the issues squarely and prepare to answer the Congressional investigation on the raging tape scandal of the past elections.

We believe that it is only the President who can either confirm or deny the tapes containing alleged wiretapped conversations between her and Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano that are now being downloaded and by Filipino communities worldwide. We OFWs and families would definitely want to know the truth.

The recorded conversations between the President and Commissioner Garcillano is inextricably linked with the issue of cheating in the last elections. That is why the President is also duty-bound to make formal replies and even appear at the Congressional inquiry. The public knows fully well that the legislators who shall conduct the investigation were clear winners of the last elections - much unlike Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

We also strongly suggest that Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye immediately pass the microphones to Pres. Macapagal-Arroyo. We think that Bunye should be ashamed of himself since he is acting as a human shield to deflect attention that is rightly for the President alone to answer.

We OFWs and families await the President's official comment and reply on this raging scandal. The longer she remains silent and uses Bunye as a shield, the faster she angers the people who are now accumulating strength to push for her resignation or ouster from Malacanang. #