Mob rule mentality FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/27/2010

Mob rule mentality

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/27/2010 Knowing that they have lost the battle with the high court that can’t be expected to reverse its decision vesting Gloria Arroyo the power to appoint the next Chief Justice, which translates to their not having their way in the next president’s appointment of their preferred CJ, the critics of the Supreme Court, mostly consisting of the yellows, and the usual civil socialites who don’t care a fig about the Constitution and its interpretation — unless Supreme Court (SC) decisions jibe with their unconstitutional nature — their idea now is to destroy the high court and its justices, save for one or two justices whom they favor and who they make out as being independent. Because if these same civil socialites truly believe in democracy and the rule of law, as well as respect for institutions, they would have followed the usual procedure, which is to file a motion for reconsideration, then accept whatever the SC final decision would be. The yellows refuse to do so. Instead, they stage protests and burn tarpulins with the pictures of the justices who voted in favor of the incumbent Malacañang tenant’s right to appoint the next CJ, saying that the SC is now an Arroyo court, no different from the Marcos court; that the SC should not interpret the Charter but merely do as it states and that these justices have destroyed the institution — the last bulwark of democracy.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune  URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100327com2.html

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