
DSWD chief bears brunt of Sen. Santiago's fury By Cathy Yamsuan Philippine Daily Inquirer 3:24 am | Thursday, December 15th, 2011 DSWD Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman What should have been the confirmation hearing of Corazon "Dinky" Soliman as social welfare secretary turned into a theology rant from Senator Miriam Santiago who blasted the Cabinet official's association with a group antagonistic to beleaguered Chief Justice Renato Corona and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. "You know what is good and evil because God says so? Oh, yeah? Did God speak to you, members of the Black and White Movement (BWM)?" Santiago fumed during a Commission on Appointments hearing Wednesday. Soliman is a convenor of the BWM, a group that was launched in mid-2005 to call for the ouster of the then President Arroyo. Last week, the BWM asked Corona to inhibit himself from the Supreme Court cases involving Arroyo, whom Corona served successively as chief of staff and spokesperson when she was vice-president, and as presidential chief of staff, presidential spokesperson and acting executive secretary. Santiago, who is friendly with Arroyo and her allies, has been expressing her irritation for some time over what she said was the BWM's interference in the decisions of President Benigno Aquino III, particularly on matters of government appointments. Guardian of morality "Some insinuations are wrong," the senator said. She is particularly irked by the group's seemingly appointing itself <b>...</b>
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