CBCP Chief Backs Probe on 'infomercials'

MANILA, August 27, 2009- The head of the Catholic bishops' leadership has welcomed moves to prosecute those who are allegedly using public funds on the so called political "infomercials."

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said the Senate probe could help ferret out the truth who among those officials is abusing people's money.

"Sapagkat ang mga public servant ay dapat mayroong transparency sa panunungkulan at mayroong transparency sa kanilang paggastos ng pera kahit kanino man 'yun," he said over Church-run Radio Veritas Wednesday.

But Lagdameo is giving the officials the benefit of the doubt when they argued that the infomercials are solely intended for disseminating their advocacies and programs of their respective agencies.

He said the hefty money spent in producing the infomercials should have been used for other important projects instead. (CBCPNews)