VP Binay may take oath before SC chief
06/11/2010 While President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino has made it clear that he will be taking his oath of office before Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, Vice President-elect Jejomar Binay may take his oath before Chief Justice Renato Corona. Aquino’s decision to proceed with plans not to take his oath of office before Corona does not bother him, the chief magistrate reiterated. “That is the President-elect’s decision. He has that prerogative because there’s nothing in the Constitution that requires a newly elected President to take his oath before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,” he told reporters. Corona revealed that other elected officials, including VP Binay, have expressed their intention to take their oaths of office before him. Supreme Court spokesman and court administrator Jose Midas Marquez expanded the statement and said that Chief Justice Corona respects the decision of the incoming president to take his oath of office before Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales. Marquez said it has always been the position of Corona to respect whatever decision Aquino would make in connection to his inauguration, especially after the latter had vocally questioned the appointment of the chief justice last month. The SC official also stressed that the chief justice does not even see any malicious intent in Aquino’s decision. “I wouldn’t put it that way – that it’s his (Aquino’s) protest to the ruling that allowed the appointment of Chief Justice Corona. One can disagree with decision without really questioning it,” he explained.... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100611hed5.html |
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