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Noy’s House allies follow suit, slam high court on stay order By Gerry Baldo 10/16/2010

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Noy’s House allies follow suit, slam high court on stay order

By Gerry Baldo 10/16/2010

Predictably, the allies of President Aquino in the House of Representatives, taking his cue in Supreme Court (SC) bashing, also slammed the high court yesterday in a show of support,

Members of the House echoed Aquino’s criticism of the high court for issuing a status quo ante order on his Executive Order (EO) 2.

House Majority Leader Rep. Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales II said the SC should exercise some caution in issuing a status quo ante order against its co-equal in government even as he cited the earlier status quo ante order issued by the high court mandating the House committee on justice to stop the impeachment proceeding against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.

“Earlier, they (SC) intervened in the constitutional duty of Congress to hear impeachment cases and now they are trying to prevent the Executive Department from performing its duties. It seems that the Supreme Court is looking for a clash,” Gonzales stressed.

Gonzales said he is hoping that the SC will have some good reasons in issuing its ruling against EO2. which he said rescinded the alleged “midnight appointments.”.... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101016hed2.html

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