SC stays demolition of Fujimi estate
By Benjamin B. Pulta 12/02/2010A year after its petition was filed, the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday issued a status quo order stopping the demolition of the Fujimi estate owned by the Philippines in an upscale corner of Tokyo, Japan.
The property houses the residence of the Philippine ambassador. The previous administration planned to tear down the building to put up a 21-story building.
In a resolution, the Court en banc acted on the petition filed by the Philippine Ambassadors Foundation Inc. led by former Ambassador Jose Macario Laurel IV and Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr.,
Laurel is a grandson of the late President Jose P. Laurel. Lawyer Gleo Guerra, acting chief of the SC Public Information Office, said the parties were also ordered to file their respective memorandums on the petition within 30 days upon receipt of notice, after which the case will be deemed submitted for resolution.
“The Court resolved to require the parties to observe the status quo prevailing before the public bidding for
the right to lease and develop the Fujimi property in Tokyo, Japan… No new issues may be raised by a party in the Memorandum, and the issues raised in the pleadings but not included in the Memorandum shall be deemed waived or abandoned. Being a summation of the parties’ previous pleadings, the Court may consider the Memorandum alone in deciding or resolving this petition,” the Court ruled..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101202hed5.html
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