Noynoy Aquino, so said his propagandists, chose new Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, a court outsider, purely based on her credentials and that he did not know her personally. Malacañang has taken pains to state that Aquino does not know Sereno personally even if they were schoolmates at the Ateneo de Manila University. Maybe so. But it is usual in Ateneo, for Ateneans know each other, whether juniors or seniors. It’s that tightly knit among Atenistas. The issue, however, is why Noynoy Aquino, according to a recent report, asked the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), the body that submits to Malacañang the list of justices from which the President makes his choice, to add more to the list of three nominees it had submitted to him. Under the Constitution, whenever a vacancy in the high court occurs, the JBC is constitutionally bound to submit to Malacañang a list of at least three nominees from which the President is to select one. This was not followed by Noynoy, as he wanted a new list. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100817com1.html |
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