Has Villar Violated the Anti-Plunder Law or Is He Fit to be President?
FRANKLY SPEAKING by Frank Wenceslao I’ve held in high regard former UP President Jose Abueva, PhD since we were involved in the “Charter-Change Movement” before the appointment to the Supreme Court of Justice Antonio Eduardo Nachura, among others. To make his point that Manuel Villar is the most qualified to be the country’s next President, Abueva dismissed the charges of corruption against Villar in one fell swoop, “For all the unrelenting damnation Manny gets for alleged misuse of his power and office, no judgment of his alleged corruption has been made by any court of justice.” Abueva contradicts himself, though, by adding: “Manny Villar’s leading rival is banking mainly on the heroism of his parents and his potential for honest leadership. But given the state of the nation and the weaknesses of our democracy, we need much more than the assurance of honest leadership. Our revered President Cory was indubitably honest and religious.” It’s precisely “honest leadership” above other qua
