Not a people’s president FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 06/20/2010

Not a people’s president

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 06/20/2010 Noynoy Aquino’s yellows are trying very hard to project their anointed president as “The People’s President,” even when he is clearly not — in the sense that he appeals and listens to the elite in society. And Noynoy can never hope to become the “People’s President” mainly because he has very little masa appeal, even if he won the presidency electronically under an election that is still questionable, as the automated polls may not have reflected the true will of the people by way of real votes garnered. And, like his mother before him, Noynoy really does not have what is known as the “common touch.” Still, it wouldn’t harm for him to personally strive to become the People’s President, as it would do the nation good. From the statements and moves he makes, however, this is far from becoming a reality, as he cannot even seem to distinguish between institutions and personalities he dislikes. It is of course his choice to have Associate Supreme Court Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales swear him in, but did he have to state in his letter why he chose her by bringing up his objection to SC Chief Justice Renato Corona whom he believes to have been appointed illegally by Gloria Arroyo by stating in his letter that he and Carpio Morales have the same sentiments in the case of the SC decision exempting the appointment of the CJ from the election period ban? That’s really petty of him, especially as the SC decision is final, and has become law, even if Carpio-Morales dissented from that opinion. Her opinion is not law, and not necessarily the correct one. Like it or not, as long as the majority of the high court members say this is right, even if wrong, it is still law. Unfair perhaps, but that’s the way it goes, else, we go back to the mob rule, instead of the rule of law. What good will it do him and his administration if he keeps on harping against Corona and claiming that his appointment is illegal, believing this to be a midnight appointment? Noynoy is not the interpreter of the law; the SC is. He, as president, is supposed to enforce the law, not argue that the SC is wrong. All he is doing is to keep on destroying the institution.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100620com2.html

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