President Arroyo yesterday vowed to ensure a peaceful turnover of power to the next chief executive on June 30, assuring critics that she would not stay a day longer in office.
The Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) will press ahead with its work as the government plans to appeal a court decision declaring the body as unconstitutional, a Palace official said Wednesday.
Presidential Spokesman Ricardo Saludo said government lawyers are expected to exhaust all legal remedies to reverse the court ruling and affirm the legality of the anti-smuggling group formed by President Arroyo.
Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. yesterday denied offering P1 billion to Sen. Jamby Madrigal in exchange for her withdrawal of her complaint on the C-5 Road extension project controversy.