IBP scores senators’ ‘abuse of power’

A legal expert and a respected political analyst on Sunday scored some members of the Senate for “abusing” their power to investigate which, according to them, results in “wastage of public funds” and in some instances violates jurisprudence on the conduct of public hearings set by the Supreme Court (SC).

In separate interviews, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) national president Vicente Joyas and Ramon Casiple noted that some of these abuses were observed in the ongoing Senate probe of the alleged hidden wealth of Vice President Jejomar Binay which, they said, is actually “in aid of elections.”