ZTE-US

It is not surprising for people like Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago and the Arroyos to come to the rescue of the notorious Mike Arroyo. The former has still high hopes to be appointed as Supreme Court Associate Justice if not CJ and whose husband Jun Santiago is a member of the official family of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The latter of course are blood of the same category. However, for a lawyer and one who loves to flaunt her intelligence, Ms Miriam Satiago should know better than to cast aspersion on the motive of whistle-blower businessman Joey De Venecia who has named not only Comelec Chairman Abalos but also Mike Arroyo as having a hand in the awarding of the broadband contract to ZTE of Communist China.. If Ms Santiago does not know yet, this ZTE scandal came to public notice when the US Ambassador to the Philippines raised the question of the awarding due to the complaint of an American firm which submitted a lower bid and reportedly has better quality but failed to come across.. Besides this, security was also raised because of the US-RP Mutual Defense Treaty.