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Govt officials ignore the law
About “Iloilo raid turns into
blockbuster spectacle” (Wednesday January 24) and other reports
about the police action to carry out the suspension of Gov. Niel
Tupas:
Secretary Ronaldo Puno and
Ombudsman Merciditas Gutierrez should be the first to uphold the law
but they chose to ignore it. The reason must be political.
Only courts can suspend local
elected officials. The Ombudsman does not have such power. Both Mr.
Puno and Madam Gutierrez should go back to law school.
I am a lawyer.
Name withheld upon request
Likes Manny Francisco’s
cartoons
I like your editorial cartoons.
They must sting the targets. But I can’t decipher your
cartoonist’s name.
Ligaya T. Florentino
White Plains, N.Y.
Wage hike will cause inflation
It was right for President Arroyo
to be against the House of Representatives’ P125 across-the-board
wage hike bill. It will be a disaster for the economy indeed.
(“Palace kills all hopes for wage hike” Thursday January 25).
We own a small bakery and can
barely meet the expenses. We will be forced to close down. What is
worse is that with extra money for everyone the price of ordinary
goods will go up because there will be less producers of goods like
us when we close down.
Thanks your columnists who have
written on the folly of that bill.
Roberto and
Juana Lariosa
Pasay City 
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