• 6 AUGUST - *1907 - Gen. Macario Sakay, one of the Filipino military leaders who had continued fighting the imperialist United States invaders eight years into the Ph...
    11 years ago

......................................................................................

The Daily Tribune

(Without Fear or Favor)

Specials:

Bulatlat.com

World Wildlife Fund for Nature-Philippines

The Philippines Matrix Project

CRITICS TOLD TO FORMALIZE OPPOSITION INSTEAD Impeach Corona call knee-jerk reaction—SC By Benjamin B. Pulta and Gerry Baldo 12/10/2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

CRITICS TOLD TO FORMALIZE OPPOSITION INSTEAD

Impeach Corona call knee-jerk reaction—SC

By Benjamin B. Pulta and Gerry Baldo
12/10/2010
President Aquino started the talk of his allies in the House of Representatives’ move to impeach the head of the judiciary, following the Supreme Court (SC) ruling that struck down Executive Order 1 (EO 1) creating the Philippine Truth Commission (PTC).

It appears, however, that none of his allies even heard of such talk of impeaching the Chief Justice on such a flimsy ground and denied that there was even talk of a move to impeach him, which fueled more talk of Aquino having raised again the impeachment threat against SC Chief Justice Renato Corona because he didn’t have his way again in the high court.

Amid reports of a brewing campaign to impeach Corona over the high tribunal’s decision to void Aquino’s EO1 creating the PTC, SC acting spokesman Ma. Victoria Gleoresty Guerra, at a press briefing yesterday, said that Corona is calling on his critics to “read his 24-page opinion” before condeming the ruling.

“Impeachment is a nuclear option (which) they should not get into it lightly,” Guerra said, referring to administration allies in Congress.... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101210hed1.html

0 comments

Blog Archive