THE brotherhood of pen pushers is vigorously opposing the appointment of lawyer Salvador Panelo as presidential spokesman. The National Press Club headed by Paul Gutierrez has already issued a statement urging President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider this appointment. I join Paul and the NPC leadership in this call against Panelo.
The main peeve of the NPC at Panelo is that he’s the lawyer of the Ampatuans, the main suspects in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre where 34 media men were among the victims.
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