House members in fertilizer scam won’t inhibit in investigation | ABS-CBN News Online Beta

House members in fertilizer scam won’t inhibit in investigation | ABS-CBN News Online Beta: "Despite the involvement of some congressmen in the fertilizer fund scam, the House Committee on Food and Agriculture will not require some of their colleagues implicated in the P728 million fertilizer fund scam to inhibit themselves from participating in their investigation of the case.

During the first day of the House probe today, Palawan Rep. Abraham Mitra, chair of the committee, said that there is no need to ask some of the congressman to inhibit from the case.

“They should not inhibit. They have not been found guilty,” said Mitra adding that they want the investigation to become a free and transparent hearing.

Mitra’s reaction came after two representatives—one of them a member of the investigating committee—admitted that they have benefited from the fertilizer funds when they were still governors."