Birds of a feather flock together at LP?

The national treasurer of the Liberal Party, Gov. Alfonso Umali of Oriental Mindoro, was sentenced to 10 years in jail Monday by the Sandiganbayan after finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of graft. I won’t be surprised if Umali won’t be the last of the leaders of the party pursuing the “tuwid na daan” to get a jail term – if not during this administration then in the next. Just punishment should also be meted on those who raided the national coffers for pork barrel distribution and those who have made a mockery of our elections.

Umali committed the crime way back in 2004, a good six years before the anti-corruption hero, President BS Aquino The Last, strode to Malacañang. Certainly, BS Aquino should have known that Umali was facing graft charges before making him national treasurer of the administration party. This should further erode the credibility the Man in Malacañang as the stalwart fighting graft and corruption.