Reminding BSA to respect the UN

AT the risk of being accused of “beating a dead horse,” we feel it is important to again remind the Aquino Administration of the gravity of the recent findings of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which declared the continued detention of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “arbitrary and illegal under international law.”

This time, however, the reminder is encouraged by a positive development, the appointment of Commission on Audit (COA) chief Heidi Mendoza as the UN Undersecretary-General of Internal Oversight Services. This is in recognition of Secretary Mendoza’s qualifications and effective performance at the national level, and we congratulate her on her promotion to the world body. It is an appointment that should be considered a legitimate point of pride for the Philippines.