by Tetch Torres
Inquirer.net
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Renato Corona as the incoming chief justice upon the retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17.
Corona was appointed associate justice by Arroyo on April 9, 2002. He graduated law from the Ateneo Law School in 1974. While studying, he also worked full time in the Office of the Executive Secretary. He ranked 25th in the 1974 Bar examination out of 1,965 candidates.
After law school, he studied Master of Business Administration at the Ateneo Professional Schools and in 1981, he was accepted to the Master of Laws program in Harvard Law School, where he focused on foreign investment policies and the regulation of corporate and financial institutions.
In 1992, he joined President Fidel Ramos as Assistant Executive Secretary for legal affairs. Two years later, he was promoted Deputy Executive Secretary and eventually became the Presidential Legal Counsel.
After Ramos, he was invited by then Vice President Arroyo to become her chief of staff and spokesman. When she assumed the presidency in 2001, he became the Presidential Chief of Staff, spokesman, and later as acting Executive Secretary.
He became a faculty of Ateneo Law school, teaching Commercial law, Taxation and Corporation law.
He was born on October 15, 1948 in Tanauan City, Batangas. He is married to former Cristina Roco and they have three children.
This is the first time that there is a “chief justice in waiting.” Before, presidents announce their choices for the chief justice post upon the retirement of the sitting chief justice.
The appointment of Puno’s replacement has been the most contested, with some saying that President Arroyo can no longer make the appointment due to the ban under Section 15 Article 7 of the 1987 Constitution which provides that only temporary appointments can be made within two months before the national elections.
But the Supreme Court in its March 17 ruling said that positions in the Supreme Court are exempted from the appointment ban.
Constitution expert Joaquin Bernas also said that there can be no appointment without a vacancy.
Statement of Sen. Benigno Aquino III:
“Is it too much to ask President Arroyo to not add another problem for the next administration to inherit?
“Her appointment of a Chief Justice in waiting is at the very least inappropriate. Chief Justice Puno’s term has not ended. There is no vacancy to be filled.
“We call upon her to recognize the new government’s right to appoint the next Chief Justice.
“There is still time for Mrs. Arroyo to reconsider her decision. We hope she will choose not to add another burden on top of everything else she will be leaving behind. She should instead concentrate on ensuring a smooth transition.
“We will resolve the problem of the appointment of the Chief Justice with the utmost consideration for the provisions of the Constitution and the interest of the Filipino people.”
Statement of Akbayan:
Akbayan Party-list, belonging to the staunch opposition against Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s midnight appointment of the country’s top magistrate, called on Associate Justice Corona to “rise above personal loyalties and reject this appointment that is in brazen disregard of due process.”
Taking advantage of the public’s focus on the canvassing of votes, Arroyo appointed Corona as the successor to Chief Justice Reynato Puno upon the latter’s retirement on May 17, 2010.
His track record as an Associate Justice clearly identifies Corona as one of Arroyo’s operators in the Supreme Court, voting in favor of the vested interests of Arroyo and her allies in the cases that were brought to the Supreme Court.
“Corona’s appointment is another instalment in her efforts to extend her political influence and power even beyond her presidency,” Akbayan Party-list Representative Walden Bello said.
According to the Akbayan Representative, Arroyo is doing everything she can pre-empt prosecution and perpetuate her hold on power, especially that it is now likely the next administration will see to it that she pays for all the cases lodged against her.
“Having the Supreme Court beholden to her will definitely give her an edge over the incoming president that is sure to make her accountable for all her transgressions against the Filipino people,” Bello pointed out.
Bello appealed to the Corona’s sense of decency and refuse Mrs. Arroyo’s appointment.
“Thus far, the elections have succeeded in providing Filipinos a chance at real reforms,” Bello said. “By accepting Mrs. Arroyo’s appointment, Associate Justice Corona would be sacrificing the interests of the Filipino people to protect the interest of his patron.”
“If he has any sense of delikadesa, Associate Justice Corona must let the incoming president determine the next Supreme Court Chief Justice,” Bello concluded.
Statement of Rep. Risa Hontiveros:
Akbayan Representative Risa Hontiveros today called on Supreme Court Associate Justice Renato Corona to decline his appointment as Chief Justice by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. “It’s a time for hope and renewal and I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt that he will uphold the best interest of the country by refusing the appointment,” she said.
“I am hoping that he can rise above personal ambition and whatever loyalties he has to the President,” said Hontiveros. “Otherwise, he will only further compromise the integrity and credibility of the Supreme Court.”
Noting the timing of the appointment, Rep. Hontiveros said, “This shows that Mrs. Arroyo has truly mastered the art of distraction. She chose to announce the appointment just when everyone is focused on the election results and with most of the people in a jubilant mood.”
“Considering Justice Corona is only 61 years old, this could well mean another eight years of protection for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the Supreme Court,” she added
Before his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2002, Justice Corona served as Mrs. Arroyo’s spokesman, chief presidential legal counsel, acting executive secretary, and presidential chief of staff. Among the current members of the Supreme Court, he is identified as an administration ally having decided on cases favorably to Mrs. Arroyo.
“Justice Corona is not without the option to decline the appointment and wait for the incoming administration to name the Chief Justice – and that would be the decent and constitutional thing to do,” added Hontiveros.
Paalis na lang, binaboy pa ang Supreme Court. Hinayupak na putang demonyang schizo bitch na Gloria Arroyo! Tapos ka na!
I still believe that the new president will have more than enough influence over the supreme court justices, congressmen and senators, sa Pinas pa. Huwag iwanan ng tingin ang putang yan bilang tulong natin sa bagong liderato. Grrrrr!!!!
I think GMA is just going All the Way before going all the way out. After almost Ten Years in Power, she lost all her bearings and she will be surprise how will it be to be just another Congresswoman and nobody will give too much attention to Her after give or take a few months, unless she still got the Billions to feed the Birds.
It was in this blog where i read all the things that can happen and they are indeed happening!…Gloria is really a delusional soul!
Gusto kasi ni Gloria na magkaroon ng utang na loob sa kanya ang Cheap Justiis para nga naman pag-sampa ng mga kaso sa kanya ay medyo may impluwensiya siya. Remember that majority pa rin ng SC justices ay mga bataan niya. There is power in numbers.
Eto ang sabi ni Glorya:
Ginulo niyo ang buhay ko bilang pekeng Pangulo …. eto naman ang ganti ko. Guguluhin ko rin ang buhay niyo.
Ayan mga kaibigan ang laman ng kanyang maliit na utak sa ngayon. Kaya abangan natin ang panggugulo nitong tiyanak na ito sa Kongreso.
Ngayon susumpa si Noynoy bilang Pangulo ng ating Bansa sa harap ni Corona bilang Chief Justice? Kung mali ang ginawa ni Glorya sa pag-appoint kay Corona … di para ding engot si Noynoy na manunumpa sa harapan ng isang taong in-appoint ng isang Glorya. Papano ngayon yan ….. 🙂
Hindi kailangan ni Noy na sumumpa sa harap ng Cheap Justice or Chief Justifier. Puwede siyang manumpa sa isang associate justice, RTC judge, or even a notary public.Sinabi lang sa Saligang Batas na dapat manumpa, pero hindi binanggit kung sino ang pagsusumpaan.
Kung may naglilingkod pa sa mga inappoint ng Nanay niya, whether Court of Appeals or RTC, I recommend na doon siya manumpa.
sax,
thanks .. akala ko sa cheap justice lang.
Ang galing mo sax! Buti na lang kakampi ka ng tama at hindi alipores ng masama. Mabuhay tayong mga nagbabantay at umaalma sa katiwlian! Hinding hindi tayo papayag sa pambabastos ni gagangGMA na hanggang ngayon ay ayaw pang tumiggil!!!
Statement from the Aldabes Group :>
We abhor the early crowning of Renato Corona as absurd, frivolous, done in haste and without delicadeza because Puno is still standing and not yet uprooted.
We will only accept its justification if done in a clear, and carefully worded statement based on the following:
In promulgating the esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and amicable philosophical or psychological observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity.
The communications must possess a compacted conciseness, a clarified comprehensibility, a coalescent cogency and a concatenated consistency.
Eschew obfuscation and all conglomeration of flatulent garrulity, jejune babblement and asinine affectations.
Let the extemporaneous descants and unpremeditated expatiations have intelligibility and voracious vivacity without rodomontade or thrasonical bombast.
Finally, sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolificacy and vain vapid verbosity.
Wow …. paki-interpret naman sa medyo naiintindihan ng mga taong hindi nag-aral ng abogasya. Paki-interpret lang sa salitang Jejemon ha. jejejejeejeje
Yun naman pala, sa iba na lang sya manumpa. Thanks, atty sax.
joeseg, in short the jejemon este aldabes group suggests to make katay of Gloria and Corona.
Kung sakali lang, pwde pa bang tanggihan ni Corona ang appointment sa kanya as SC Chief Justice from Gloria?
pwde po bang paki explain sa salitang anti-jejemon? lol
Hinayupak talaga si GMA!! Kaya siguro nanahimik bago mag election, pinaplano na ang mga pang asar kung mananalo si Aquino.
Corona warned vs accepting appointment as chief justice
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/190834/corona-warned-vs-accepting-appointment-as-chief-justice
Because of this, PBA president and former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo urged Corona to reject the appointment, especially since he, Corona, is “tainted” by his close association with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“There’s culpable violation of Constitution in accepting the appointment because the SC ruling is not yet final. I will consult with board of PBA on this issue but personally I think an impeachment case should be filed,” Marcelo said, adding that he himself would support the impeachment.
Balak ko ding sabihin yan, but I was hoping they would walk into the trap.
Because Simeon Marcelo showed off, now they will date the appointment letter after May 17, 2010.
Tapos ang boksing.
Even if the appointment letter was for today, can you get the numbers in the Senate? Have you seen who won, and who are the incumbents?
Mahirap yung masyadong sugapa sa media attention. Nauuwi sa telegraphed punches.
atty sax,
“There’s culpable violation of Constitution in accepting the appointment because the SC ruling is not yet final.”
Will the appointment of Corona after May 17 be valid even if the SC has not decided on the case with finality?
My reading is different. A decision has already been rendered. Until the Court reverses itself, the decision enjoys the presumption of validity. It is the movants (who filed the motion) who have the burden of getting a reversal.
Until reversed, the decision stands. So walang culpable violation diyan.
Note that the Supreme Court ordered the submission of the JBC list. That indicated a green light from the Court to submit the list, and impliedly, for the President to appoint.
Hindi ako agree, sa decision, but there is no way you can reverse, considering that there is only one dissenting opinion.
chi:
Talo na palang talaga, there was a denial of the motion for reconsideration. Second motion for recon na ang filed by Marcelo.
Good luck.
Yung impeachment, problema din, because there will be no basis. Kung hindi sana nagkaroon ng Davide case, then it could be said that the Senate alone decides the boundaries of impeachment. Yan ang rule sa America, kung saan kinopya natin ang impeachment concept. There is no judicial review of the impeachment process, because it is a political, not legal process. But the Senate, headed by Drilon, yielded to the Supreme Court.
Now, you reap what you have sown
A, tapos na pala talaga ang boksing, sila kasi e! Thanks, atty.
Lahat ng appointments ni Gloria ay walang saysay, ab initio, dahil fake siyang presidente.
Corona should not accept his appointment. Binoto ng tao si Noynoy dahilan sa pangakong revamp ng Judiciary para maayos ito. Kung tatanggapin ni Corona ang posisyon, para na rin tinanggihan ang mga pinoy ukol sa pagbabago at isa pa, di magandang tingnan ito para sa kanya. Dapat makita ng mga pinoy ito at ni corona mismo! Di dapat sa opinyon ko!
Ka Olan, kung may natitira pang delicadeza si GMA, hindi na sya nag appoint kay Corona. Duda ako na may delicadeza pang natitira kay Corona para tanggihan ang appointment. Sana nga mali ako at tanggihan nya.
Hindi ba pwedeng kasuhan sa IBP ng disbarment case si Corona? Isama na rin yung lahat na bumoto na pwedeng mag appoint si GMA ng CJ.
CJ PUno, MAGSALITA KA NAMAN!!!! Binababoy na ang institusyong iyong pinamumunuan hanggang lunes. Lumaban ka naman at ipakita mo ang moral courage na lagi mong sinasabi.
Read today’s Inquirer opinion by Belinda Olivarez-Cunanan:
“In the first place, where does one question the constitutionality of the chief justice’s appointment if not before the same Court which, by a vote of 9-1, recognized the President’s power to appoint the chief justice. There’s also the political angle. The automation process proceeded with relatively fewer glitches than people feared, winning the confidence of the Filipino people and praises from around the world. Most losers have conceded like statesmen and citizens have welcomed Noynoy’s victory. To go after the new chief justice just because The Firm didn’t get its candidate appointed will put the nation at cross-purposes again.
Besides, the political situation could heat up because of the very tight race between vice-presidential candidates Jejomar Binay and Mar Roxas. Who knows what imponderables could happen? It’s still better to have an appointed chief justice at the Court’s helm.”
Sorry to most bloggers kung iba ako ng opinyon sa inyo but I agree with Ms. Cunanan’s comments na for all intents and purposes, there is a legal basis to appoint a new CJ. No less than Atty. Estelito Mendoza who requested the SC to appoint a new CJ must be recognized. Yung mga nagsasabi na bawal o hindi pwede, sinasabi nila to para pauupuin si Justice Antonio Carpio once Noynoy was elected. But come to think of it, di kaya naman magkaroon naman ng utang na loob kay Noynoy ang bagong CJ kung sya ang mag-appoint dito. In other words, people who are against the appointment say so because they want somebody na maupo dyan na tatanaw ng utang na loob sa kanila. Di naman tama yun.
As an example, yung Hacienda Luisita issue. do you think a Noynoy-appointed CJ will finally lift the TRO sa Hacienda Luisita para madistribute na finally sa mga farmer-beneficiaries?
Another point is yung dikit na laban nila Binay at Roxas sa pagka-VP. May mga pwedeng mangyari na baka kailanganin ang CJ to settle the issue especially if either Binay or Roxas lose sa pagiging VP. Kaya dun sa mga against sa appointment ni Corona, hope ymaging objective tayo na mas mabuting mayroong CJ kesa wala. kung May 17 mag-reretire si Puno, there is still 1 1/2 month bago makaupo si Noynoy. Matagal pa yun at maraming pwedeng mangyari na baka kailanganin ang CJ. Thanks guys.
“Puwede siyang manumpa sa isang associate justice, RTC judge, or even a notary public.” -sax
Chi – di ba may kababayan si Pareng Cocoy na Attorney Agaton, isang magaling na Notary Public? This is maybe Atty Agaton’s chance to be in the limelight.
Ka Orson, sorry, valid man ang points raised kaya lang galing kay Belinda Cunanan, a mouthpiece of GMA.
We can take out all the legal and political considerations in the appointment made by GMA as it boils down to one and only thing, i.e. propriety.
A Chief Justice vote is just one vote in the decision. He is not the sole arbiter in any case assigned to the Court, whether sitting en banc or a division. He alone cannot decided whether to lift the TRO or to resolve any issue in the VP votes.
Kasi nga galing tayo kay GMA ng 9 taon na kung saan lahat ng appointments ni GMA ay may kapalit or for political consideration, hindi natin pwedeng agad agad iattribute ang ganitong style kay Aquino, na hindi pa nga na poproclaim.
Yang The Firm na yan, sinabi na rin ni Corona yan laban kay Marcelo, ngayon iyan na rin ang linya ni Cunanan. Mabuti nga hindi sinabi ni CUnanan na ang information ay galing kay Mr. X na mataas ang pwesto sa gobyerno na nakasama nya sa dinner sa London sa isang party para kay Mrs. Y na siya namang kaibigan ni Ms. A na ngayon ay kasalukuyang nakaupo as Secretary of Department of LMNOP na sya namang nakasama ni Cunanan bilang sponsor sa kasal ng mga mayayamang lahi sa Province of QRS.
sax@24, so malabo pala yang sinasabi ni PBA president Simeon Marcelo na may lalabagin sa constitution si Corona… baka naman naman nagpapasikat lang si Marcelo at gusto makapwesto sa administration ni Noynoy…
sa isang banda… maganda din yang pinalabas na pagtutol ni Marcelo sa pag appoint ni Gloria sa chief justice para magkaron ng pagasa ang mga mamamayan na kalampagin si Corona para makapagisip at huwag tanggapin ang appointment… mukhang ang pagreject na lang talga mismo ni Corona ang natitirang paraan pra maiwasan ang pagdududa ng mga mamamayan sa Supreme Court at magtiwalang lubusan muli sa kanila…
Naway magsakripisyo si Corona para sa bayan sa pamamagitan ng hindi pagtanggap sa posisyon bilang CJ…
Well kung ganyan ang argument, Noynoy might as well fire all GMA-appointed justices including Corona and have a new clean slate. I think Drilon and the other legal experts at LP should give Noynoy a good legal advise on this. Yung talagang tamang advise at within the Constitution. It’s not good na magkamali si Noynoy sa isyung ito.
If it happens that Corona really gets to be the Chief Justice, can Noynoy opt to choose another Justice to swear him into office?
Why all this brouhaha over who should appoint the next Chief Justice? How does the Chief Justice influence the others? Aren’t they all supposed to be independent of each other?
Just what powers does a Chief Justice have over his fellow SC Justices? Does he approve perks and privileges? What?
The Cheap Justice presides over the impeachment.
Hey, I just saw on TV Saludo saying that if the incoming president (Noy, I presume) disregards Corona’s appointment, he could be impeached!
Imagine, hindi pa nga nakakaupo ang bagong presidente, may panakot na ng impeachment. What gall!
The bitch won’t stop, nanggugulo talaga e!
Pareng Phil, sa palagay ko hindi naman yung appointment per se ang pinupuna kungdi yung issue na dapat bang mag appoint ng Chief Justice sa period na pinagbabawal ng Saligang Batas at batas.
Kung si Puno ay nagretire nung January 12, 2010, wala namang aalma kung mag appoint si GMA ng bagong CJ bago mag March 12. Impunity, ika nga.
I think nasagot na dito na hindi mandatory na ang CJ ang mag administer ng oath ng presidente
The Cheap Justice, when in the majority, may choose to write the ponencia (opinion in the US). In fact, in the book “The Brethren” (non-fiction by Bob Woodward, not fiction of John Grisham), it is told that Burger used to change votes when the liberals won, so that he could assign the opinion writing to himself, and water down any liberal decision. He did not want the ultras, Hugo Black, William Douglas, or William Brennan to write the opinion, and declare sweeping liberal doctrine.
The Cheap Justice is also the ex-oficio Chair of the JBC, and can wield a lot of clout in the appointment of justices and judges as well as the Ombusman and Deputies. That is one vote for appointees of Noy. The anti- Noys need all the votes they can get, because they lost the DOJ vote. Noy will certainly replace Agra. The private sector appointee will also be Noy’s, as well as the retired justice, and the rep of the academe.
The private sector rep serves for one year, so an appointment may be made soon. The retired justice serves for two years, so baka patapos na rin.
Ala naman! Ay, siya, hindi na baleng malantad na nang tuluyan ang aking itinatagong “kuwan”. Pagkatao, ang ibig kong sabihin. Mga malisyoso!
Ay, kabayang Atong, ala’y bakin ga hindi mo ‘ata inisip na malalagay ka rin sa hindi magandang katayuan sa pagtanggap mo ng appointment mula sa only few days ay outgoing ng hindi tunay na hinalal na president? Ala’y ikaw ga’y papayag na ang ating lahing Batangan ay tuluyan nang mabaon sa lusak ng kahihiyan?
Paunayan mo namang ika’y naiiba kaysa kina Nani, Edong at Andro na pawang mga tsutsuwa ng lintek na si gloria.
Ay, kunsabagay ay magiging sikat ka naman dahil narating mo ang pinakatuktok ng iyong propesyon, ey.
Nakakahiya nga la’ang.
May oras pa naman. Ay, atras na!
Grabe si Gloria talaga. Pag nagsisimba siya, ano kaya ang sinasabi niya kay Lord. I guess it depends on who her Lord is. I just wonder how she prays or what she prays about. If she has no conscience at all, OMG, that’s is so scary. She probably needs to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Sax, ganun pala? Now I see why both sides are jockeying to be the one to appoint the Chief Justice.
VLo,
Ano naman kaya ang resulta ng psychiatric evaluation ni gloria, kung sakali?
Katulad din ng kanyang masteral na minaster ang kopya sa thesis ng tatay niya?
Katulad din ng doctorate degree na dinoktor?
Mas maige niyan , magpatuklaw na lamang siya sa king cobra at nang matodas na siya’t matuwa naman ang masa.
Problema lang, baka mas matindi pa ‘yung kamandag ng reina de futa kaysa king cobra.
sa mga malisyosong blogger dito, kung hindi nyo din lang ginagalang ang mga justices, supreme court, Chief justice e mag alsa balutan na kayo at umalis ng pilipinas, hindi kayo kailangan dito! kung gusto nyo ng pagbabago umpisahan ninyo sa sarili nyo!
kung galit kayo sa mga asal hayop mag asal tao muna kayo! bago kayo mangaral at magtuturo sa mali ng iba ipakita nyo muna na sumasangayon kayo sa batas at sumunod kayo!
puro kayo negatibo, puro kayo hate,bakit hndi nyo umpisahan na maging positibo para sa ikauunlad ng bayan? umpishan nyo na para naman may pakinabang sa inyo!
Yung mga nakatira dyan sa ibang bansa na hindi naman botante tumigil na kayo sa kadadada! higit pa kayo sa malansang isda ni jose rizal!
instead na tumulong kayo nagkakalat pa kayo ng tae!
Mac.bh, every one is entitled to his or her opinion. Masakit man yan sa ‘yo but you have to respect other people’s opinion.
Express ka rin ng sa iyo but avoid attacking commenters here. Respect their rights to express their views.
mac.bh, isang paglilinaw lamang: maraming nagkokomento rito na mga nasa ibang bansa ay bumoto rin sa kani-kanilang mga kandidato. Ganyan nila kamahal ang bayan na kahit wala man rito sa lupang sinilangan, ibig pa rin nilang makilahok sa mga pangyayari dito.
At wala sa kanila ang katulad mo kung manglait at magsalita. Hindi mo ba alam na kaya lamang may pera ang ating kabang-bayan ay dahil sa mga nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa at nagpapadala ng pera sa kanilang pamilya rito?
Mag-isip ka muna bago magsalita. Kahit na sila hindi bumoto, may karapatan pa rin silang magsabi ng kanilang dinaramdam pagkat may MALASAKIT sila sa Pilipinas.
Ms. Ellen, bahala na kayo sa kanya.
Ako kasi sa dami dami ng blogs, kapag hindi ko gusto ang usapan, hindi ako nagpaparticipate. Kami nga ni Pader nagbabangayan pero alam namin ang context ng malayang pagbibigay ng opinion. Kaya mac.bh, in the spirit of reconciliation, …………………….. wala lang!
If I am Noynoy, tanggapin ko nalang si Corona na ang next CJ. Wala na rin siyang magagawa eh. Hanggang pakiusap nalang tayo na sana huwag tanggapin ni Corona, pero I doubt kung di niya tatanggapin yun. Andyan na eh.
Tama sinabi ni outgoing CJ Puno, by not recognizing the rule of law (not recognizing CJ Corona) could become a constitutional crisis. Tinitira natin si Gloria na di marunong sumunod sa batas, heto nanaman tayo. The SC has already ruled na pwede ngang mag appoint si Gloria ng bagong CJ ngayong eleksyon so thats it. Ngayon kung sa palagay natin eh mali ang desisyon, eh di mag petisyon ulit ang mga kumokontra and hopefully the SC will reverse it’s decision. In the meantime, sundin natin batas.
Kung ako si Noynoy ituloy ko na sa Barangay Kapitan ang panunumpa. Tapos, kung lihis talaga sa Konstitusyon at walang magagawa sa huling kababuyan ni Gloria ay ilagay ko ang Nonong Cruz law office na mag-spy at mag-ayos ng mga justices para lahat sila ay lumipat ng loyalty sa kanya, pati na si Corona. Madaling gawin yan basta butong pwersa ni Nonong Cruz ay nakatuon sa SC. Hindi na mahigpit ang hawak ni korap Gloria sa kanila and loyalty of appointees is not forever lalo at bago ang presidente.
Nadisappoint ako kay CJ Puno. Hindi sya sumali sa deliberation ng kaso tapos heto nagbibigay na ng opinion tungkol sa pag appoint ni GMA kay Corona. Wala man lang syang nakitang mali sa appointment ni Corona as Chief Justice in Waiting bago pa man din sya magretire.
Nag iwas pusoy si CJ Puno na hindi yata naayon sa lagi nyang pinagmamalaking moral courage at gatekeeper ng transparency. All this time, in favor pala sya sa pag appoint ni GMA during the constitutional ban. Mahiya naman sya kay Justice Morales na nagpakita ng balls laban sa isyu.
mac.bh,
Ano’ng karapatang mo’ng palayasin kami sa Pilipinas? Pagbawalan kami sa anumang nais naming i-koment dito? May bayad ba?
Kung hindi mo kayang tanggapin ang aming opinyon, HUWAG MONG BASAHIN, tapos!
mac.bh,
Ano ba ang magandang nagawa ng presidente mong si gloria sa Pilipinas?
Meron ka bang alam?
Baka naman sobrang gutom lang ‘yan, eh. Halika, pakakainin kita ng kabsa.
‘Wag kang sobrang hayblad, kaibigan. Bihira ang nakakaligtas d’yan.
Bakit galit na galit sa amin si mac.bh?! Bumoto naman kami a! Si Anna nag-drive pa ng malayo sa Francia. Si Ako nag-drive from bundok to D.C. para makaboto.
Ano ang problema ni mac.bh?! Para syang si Gloria unana, pikon at naghahari-harian. Iniiwan ba sa ‘yo ni Gloria ang Pinas, mac.bh?
Oblak, magretiro na si Puno, wala na syang paki sa atin, like those who retired ahead of him. Malabnaw naman yan si Puno, kita mo ba?
Madam Chi, nakakadismaya lang talaga. Meron pa nga yang Moral Force na grupo at gusto pa daw patakbuhin na Presidente dahil sa kanyang honesty and integrity tapos ganito ang stand nya. Nagpa inhibit pa kunyari sa kaso ng midnight appointment ayun pala nag Pontio Pilato lang.
Ignored ko ang moral force na yan. Same ol same ol sila.
Puno has always been a weakling. No surprise that he will play safe and have Corona at his side. Where are all the brave ones? Parang lahat ay brave ONCE!
Chief Justice should possess highest integrity and probity, he should lead the judicial branch of gov’t by showing best example through highest level of morality and delicadeza. With the controversy surrounding Corona’s appointment, Corona should give up his appointment and allow incoming President Noynoy to appoint next CJ.
whether Corona’s appointment was legal or illegal , delicadeza dictates Corona to submit his courtesy resignation and allow incoming president to appoint CJ.
Morality and delicadeza must be the foundation of a credible judicial system.
Noynoy, being the incoming president ay may kapangyarihang i-revoke ang lahat ng midnight appointments ni hija de putang gloria, if all legalities will be based on the Constitution, re banning an outgoing president (if legally elected and with mandate, ha?) in his her last sixty days in office.
Tinatakot la’ang naman siya ng mga lamanlupang kakampi ng bruha (ulyaning Planas, sipsip na Makalinta, gagong Olivar at iba pang naghahangad na maging ispiker ang demonya).
‘Langyang mga ‘yan! Halatang halatang himod sa tumbong ng mag-asawang kawatan.
tama ka Ms. ellen, ang opinyon ay dapat na igalang, pero ang magmura ay hindi opinyon.
Nakakalungkot isipin na pati na ang isang sangay ng gobyerno na syang may dala ng simbolo ng isang babaeng may tangang timbangan na may piring sa mata, ay napulitika ng husto. Kahit na ang isang simpleng ingles sa konstitusyon na nagsasabing bawal ang pagtatalaga ng isang upisyal ng pamahalaan 2 buwan bago maghalalan ay nagawang baluktutin mismo ng korte suprema. Sa isang simpleng ingles sa konstitusyon na walang binabangit na salitang “maliban sa mga hukom ng korte suprema” ay nagawa nilang isingit ang mga salitang ito sa kanilang interpretasyon. Kahit na kumuha ka sa Amerika at sa Britanya ng mga dalubhasa sa pag-unawa ng ingles, ay hindi papasok sa kanilang pag unawa ang mga salitang “maliban sa korte suprema” sapagkat wala naman ito sa mga katagang binabanggit sa konstitusyon. Malinaw ang nakasaad doon, na maaari lang magtalaga ang pangulo sa mga upisyal ng pamahalaan na makaka apekto sa serbisyo publiko. At kung ang mga umugit ng kasalukuyang konstitusyon ay may intensyon na hindi isali ang mga hukom ng korte suprema sa pagbabawal na ito. Ito ay kanilang ililimbag ng malinaw sa bawat kataga ng mga salita sa konstitusyon. Kaya nagagawa nila ito ay sapagkat ang pagkaka unawa ng mga taong ito na kapural sa pagyurak sa mismong saligang batas ng bansang Pilipinas, ay kayang kaya nila ang mga pilipino na paikutin sa kanilang mga palad. Kung ating bibigyang halimbawa sa mga bata ang ginawa nilang ito, walang pagkakaiba na ang saging ay ipinipilit mong santol.
Ang aking pagkakaintindi sa bahaging ito, ng website ni Ms ellen tordessilas, ito ay inilagay upang magkaroon ng pagkakataon ang mga mambabasa na maipahayag ang kanilang mga kuro-kuro, pang unawa sa mga pangkasalukuyang paksa. Pagbibigay kontribusyon sa mga paksang tinatalakay, upang ito ay higit pang maunawaan ng nakararaming mambabasa, At pagbabalanse. Naniniwala ako na magiging malusog at makabuluhan ang pagtalakay sa paksang isinulat ni Ms ellen, kung tayo ay magbibigay ng mga kuro-kuro, opinyon at paglalahad ng ating mga saloobin sa ilalim ng desente at maayos na pagtalakay sa bawat paksa. Marami po ang nagbabasa ng mga ito, maging ang mga bata ay may kakayahan ng makita ito, higit sa atin. Kaya sana ay pamalagiin nating makabuluhan ang bawat pagpapahayag upang may matutunan ang makababasa nito. Ang paghahayag ng ating mga saloobin sa ibat ibang pamamaraan ay naghahayag ng ating tunay na pagkatao. Ngayon lang ako sumubok dito, subalit nakakalungkot na ginagawa itong basurahan ng iilan. Atin pong tandaan na ang bawat paghahayag, ay isang paraan din po ng pagtuturo. Kaya atin po sanang pakaisipin kung may matututunan ang magbabasa ng ating ihahayag.
Where is the delicadeza of associate justice renato corona. Is he salivating the position which in the first place should not be for him.
There are at least two associate justices who are more qualified, dignified and honest than him, yet they declined to be appointed by the FAKE PRESIDENT because they knew that it is against the constitution of the land.
By why Renato Corona you are accepting the position. Are you so greedy? Or you have so many debt of gratitude to the FAKE PRESIDENT that you opted to close your eyes and conscience and just accept the position which you have salivated to be yours.
HINDI IYAN PARA SA IYO. SANA MA KONSENSYA KA SA SAMBAYANAN AAT MAHIYA KA SA IYONG MGA ANAK. KAWAWA NAMAN SILA.
mac.bh,
Sa loob ba naman ng halos sampung taong winalanghiya kami ni gloria, yung ipinagtatanggol mo, magagawa pa naming magpakadisente samantalang hindi lang pambabastos ang ginawa niya kundi sinalaula ang lahat ng sangay ng pamahalaan, niyurakan ang Saligang Batas, nilimas ang kaban, binaboy ang buong smabayanan, ANO sa palagay mo ang mas tamang gawin at sabihin sa kanya? Purihin?
Ikaw, ‘yung mga pinagsasabi mo sa itaas na parang ikaw na ang may ari ng Pilipinas at pinalalayas mo kami, ano ang karapatan mo?
Ano mang uri ng opinyon, may kasama mang pagmumura, kung hindi naman ikaw ang minumura, huwag kang magre-react dahil lumalabas na mas pabor ka sa katiwalian kaysa katiwasayan.
Kung nagmumukha man kaming masahol pa sa taong gubat na walang modo sa isip mo, dahil na rin ‘yun sa pinaggagawa ng idol mo.
Aba, meron na pala ritong mga blog police. Ninenerbyos ako niyan.
Ang internet at pantilihing demokratiko. Bawal ang pulis!