Dumb FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/14/2010

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FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/14/2010 Noynoy Aquino has become more arrogant than ever, which stance really bodes ill for the nation. Just the other day, he again raised his threat not to recognize the new Chief Justice chosen by Gloria Arroyo, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Renato Corona, and also said that it was “inappropriate” for Gloria to appoint the new CJ, as it is the right of the new president (meaning himself) to appoint a CJ of his choice. Either Noynoy can’t get it constitutionally right, no matter how many times it has been pounded on his balding head, or he just refuses to abide by constitutional rules, deluded into believing the presidency and its powers are the be-all and end-all. Just what makes Noynoy think that it is his right, and not Gloria’s, to appoint the next CJ? Who is the sole interpreter and arbiter of the law? The president of the republic or the SC? Who the heck does Noynoy think he is? Hello, he has not even been proclaimed president-elect and he thinks he is higher than the law itself!....MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100514com2.html

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