No SC TRO means axing of Gloria appointees on — Palace
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 08/12/2010 The Palace will pursue the termination of the so-called “midnight appointees” of former President Arroyo after the Supreme Court (SC) held off from issuing an injunction against Executive Order nos. 2 an 3 that reversed previous edicts on government postings. EO 2 revoked the appointments of officials appointed by Arroyo on or after March 11 and those appointed prior to March 11 but took their oaths and assumed office after the date which was the designated date from which a 45-day ban on appointments under the Omnibus Election Code took effect while EO 3 nullified EO 883 granting career executive service rank to lawyers in the Executive Department. Given the SC decision not to grant a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by some petitioners on both executive orders was taken by the Palace as a green light for Malacañang to pursue the firing of “midnight appointees”. “They (petitioners) asked for a TRO and the Supreme Court did not grant them that remedy, therefore, having no legal process to restrain us from performing our functions, all the Cabinet departments are still given the right to replace midnight appointees,” Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda told reporters. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100812hed5.html |
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