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Submit and be done with it EDITORIAL 02/02/2010

Tuesday, February 2, 2010


Submit and be done with it


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02/02/2010

Settling the issue of whether Gloria Arroyo can appoint the next chief justice should be simple and one that would put a stop to all these arguments coming from so-called legal and constitutional experts.

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), having already met to open the nominations for the seat of the next chief justice, should submit the list to the sitting chief executive and if she does appoint one before the campaign period, such a move will now become a justiciable issue, upon which the high court will have to come up with a decision on whether or not Gloria appointing a chief justice prior to the retirement of Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Reynato Puno is a violation of the Constitution...... MORE


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