DESPITE the festive holidays being just around the corner, the season of Lent seems to have come earlier to Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo who has been bypassed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) not just once but twice.
DESPITE the festive holidays being just around the corner, the season of Lent seems to have come earlier to Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo who has been bypassed by the Commission on Appointments not just once but twice.Tulfo's confirmation is being held in abeyance on account of two seemingly fatal handicaps. His citizenship and his libel conviction have been raised as issues by some members of the CA.
for his conviction in a tax case, certainly it can also be used to bar anyone from being appointed to a government position.A crime is said to involve moral turpitude when it disrespects and antagonizes social norms, to the point that it becomes so vile and is done with vicious and evil intent. The court, in AM P-1356 issued in 1979, included libel in its enumeration of crimes involving moral turpitude. Not all crimes are considered as involving moral turpitude.
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