Tilaok
Tilaok
By MANA volunteers around
Roosterman No. 11; January, 2012
No law should be passed abridging the freedom of the press
Persecuted by swift justice
T owards the end of the year, the Philippines was rocked by the arrest and
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detention of former president GMA. The process, that included a perceived defiance of the Supreme Court, was swift, too swift for Arroyo’ s comfort. At once, their lawyers and some so-called legal experts raised a howl over the speed that it took government to prevent the former president from escaping out of the country; skirt and dodge around a Supreme Court Temporary Restraining Order; file a case; secure a court arrest warrant; and effect arrest.
Why? It because our lawyers were so used to the slow motion grind of our wheels of justice. And justice in this case was abnormally normal. We’ ll legal luminaries were just accustomed to inept system that the efficient appeared queer and suspicious.
Or GMA’ s attorneys were just trying to fool the Filipino people? Professional oath( err, huge attorney’ s fee) might have compelled lawyers of Arroyo to defend her in court. But it should have stopped there. They should not have engaged in trying to fool the public through false propaganda on their client’ s innocence or blamelessness. That effort should have been exclusively directed at the court, not the people. After all, the court or justice is blind folded, the people are not.
Justice is blind. Yes, but some justices of the Supreme Court are deaf too. They can’ t even hear the uproar which is now very loud and clear. Isn’ t the voice of the people, the voice of God? And this is supposed to be the very foundation of democracy, acknowledged and manifested in the constitution when it says the power of government emanates from the people.
The voice of the people is loud and clear:“ just don’ t let Arroyo get away.”
Let’ s hope the impeachment of chief justice Renato Corona will put the other Supreme Court Justices back to their senses.
Simply, impeachment is a constitutional mechanism designed to enable the people to check the powers of the highest officials of the land. Impeachment is people speaking through their elected representatives. Clearly vast majority of Filipinos want to get rid of Corona because they know that if Corona will have his way, his little girl can get away.
Thus, to many of us, impeachment of chief justice Corona was warranted. So, nothing wrong if there were congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint without reading it. That was political reflex. They automatically heeded the outcry of their respective constituents. Anyway, leave it to the senator – judges to scrutinize the merits of the case.
In this case, the role of the House was merely to indicate or put the will of the people on testament. It would be up to the Senate if the will of the people would be found just and justified.( This is interactive item. You may react click http:// masangnagmamanok. wordpress. com / 2011 / 12 / 16 / persecuted-by-swift-justice /)
CVBA on the spotlight
F irst, a piece of bad light. What’ s this we hear that one of the founding fathers of Central Visayas Breeders Association( CVBA) has been sanctioned for some infraction he has inflicted on the groups powers that be? But insiders say it was a personal matter and should only be between them so why was he made to bear the ire of the entire organization. A case of“ what are we in power for?”
We don’ t think so. With due respect to these insiders, still CVBA is a responsible association run by responsible people. The leadership of CVBA would know what they were doing. If they did it, then there must be some solid grounds to justify their action.
The good news is that CVBA director Bebot Monsanto scored 10 wins against a lone loss in the 2011 Bakbakan. Another CVBA member Ben Dimaano scored 9.5 points. Congratulations to Bebot and Ben.( This is interactive item. You may react click http:// masangnagmamanok. wordpress. com / 2011 / 12 / 16 / cvba-on-the-spotlight /)
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