Not deserving of the presidency FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/15/2010

Not deserving of the presidency

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/15/2010 Who cares if and when Noynoy Aquino is proclaimed president-elect, he won’t take his oath of office before the new Chief Justice, Renato Corona? Heck if he wants to, he can take his oath of office before a barangay captain, or lower.  But naturally, he won’t take his oath before a village chief. Insead, to make his “political” statement more dramatic. He will probably ask his favorite, a former member of the FIRM, senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, to swear him in. Having a barangay captain swear him in isn’t going to have that kind of impact he wants his message to the high court — specifically, CJ Corona — to have, since the message would be meaningless. Noynoy, after all, wants to snub Corona by not having himself sworn in by the new CJ whom he opposes. The issue here, for recalcitrant Noynoy, is to make it known that this is one way to let the people know that he does not recognize the CJ who has been appointed by Gloria Arroyo, which truly is pretty petty — if not stupid — of him, as it is very clear that Gloria, for all that she is, and that is plenty, was legitimately given the go-signal to appoint the replacement of Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno, by the SC itself.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100515com2.html

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