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No executive privilege for witnesses to crimeBernas.
(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Byline: Armand N. Nocum
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS who have witnessed supposed irregularities cannot hide such crimes by citing executive privilege when they are asked to testify at congressional inquiries, constitutionalist Fr. Joaquin Bernas said yesterday.
Bernas, a columnist of the Inquirer, also said the Supreme Court would be the final body to determine whether government transactions should be kept under wraps because of the principle of executive privilege.
If the anomaly is already done, its not a matter of [executive privilege]. The planning or the discussion of whether it should be done or notthats a matter of privilege. But once its done, its a matter of public interest, he said in an interview over dzMM ...
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