Veteran journalists belongingto the Association of Philippine Journalists/Samahang Plaridel are calling for the creation of an Independent Truth Commission that will ensure a “fair, impartial and exhaustive” investigation of the pork barrel scam.
In a resolution signed on August 30—at the 163rd birth anniversary of Marcelo H. del Pilar—Samahang Plaridel officials urged Malacañang to issue an Executive Order forming an Independent Truth Commission to be “composed of five commissioners, of acknowledged integrity and honesty” who will investigate “the use and misuse of public funds of government, especially the pork barrel allocation of the legislative and executive branches” of government and submit their findings and recommendations within six months.
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