Facts about Truth Commission.

Executive Order No. 1 establishing Philippine Truth Commission of 2010 (Truth Commission)

“Primarily to seek and find the truth of and toward the end, investigate reports of graft and corruption of such scale and magnitude that shock and offend the moral and ethical sensibilities of the people, committed by public officers and employees , their co-principals, accomplices and accessories from private sector, if any during the previous administrations and thereafter recommend the appropriate action or measure to be taken thereon to ensure that the full measure of justice shall be served without fear or favor.”

The Supreme Court said that this is in violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution because this EO1 singled out the past 9-year administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. According to Noynoy he will primarily investigate on the three main issues involving GMA like the Hello Garci Tape – this is about an illegally obtained tape through wire tapping by the military officials during the election of GMA, 728M Fertilizer Scam – wherein Undersecretary Jocjoc Bolante authorized the release to the congressmen of three to five million each for them to buy fertilizer even if their province is fully concreted and NBN ZTE deal – a project to provide telecommunication for public officials for easy dissemination of direction/information of the higher officials to their. According to Supreme Court this should not concentrate on the past administration of GMA only but also the past and future administrations for this order to be valid.

“Article III (Bill of Rights) Section 3. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws. “

Now Noynoy and his legal team are preparing for an appeal to save the truth commission which is his first executive order.