Truth is, I really don’t buy the scenario of Gloria Arroyo becoming a holdover president, mainly because the time for a “holdover” presidency — if it does come about at all, will have to start after June 30, 2010. There also cannot be a holdover presidency because the succession mechanism should be at play — which would call for the Senate president to become the acting president. It is being argued by some senators that, with a failure of elections and with the prospect of a holdover presidency, plus the fact that there will be no Senate president as acting president, along with no Speaker of the House of Representatives either, there is an urgent need for the Senate to elect a Senate president, since the incumbent Senate chief, Sen. Juan Ponce-Enrile, only has up till June 30 to his term. But he is running for reelection, and chances are very high that he will be reelected.... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100506com2.html |
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29. Alam n'yo kaya na ngayon ang ika-115 na pagdiriwang ng pinakaunang
labanan ng Himagsikan bago pa man ang pangkalahataang pag-aaklas? Ngayon
unang lum...
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