PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd should not be the one to appoint members of the proposed independent Truth Commission that will investigate the Mamasapano carnage because it will cast doubts on their impartiality and worse could fuel speculations that the probe will just lead to a whitewash, Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Tuesday.

Instead, Binay proposed that the search committee be led by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), which should choose the panel’s members.

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