Gets mo na Noy?
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
As pointed out by Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona in his speech in a Philconsa gathering, a hostile Executive Branch will not stop the judiciary from upholding its mandate under the Constitution, which is the power of judicial review.
As he put it: “When the Supreme Court invokes its power of judicial review, it does not assert its moral or constitutional ascendancy over the other two co-equal branches of government. It only reminds all and sundry of the non-negotiable supremacy of the Constitution,” adding that while the judiciary may not have either the power of the sword as wielded by the executive or the purse as controlled by Congress, “it wields the power of the pen or the authority to interpret the Constitution and the laws.”
The key word of course is authority, something that is denied a president when it comes to judicial matters.
Gets mo na Noy?
The fact alone that Noynoy’s solicitor-general and even his officials named as respondents by petitioners, have to go to the high court whenever ordered to comment on petitions, is already sufficient evidence that in such matters concerning the interpretation of the law, they know they have to defer to the high court for a ruling of an issue, because this is the constitutional power vested in the judiciary.
Noynoy and his officials, as well as his sip-sip followers in the legal profession claim that, as Noynoy is president, he has the right and the power to appoint his officials and officers in the Executive Branch..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101022com2.html
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