Truth body vehicle for vindictiveness, retribution, says SC
By Benjamin B. Pulta12/09/2010
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday made available to the public its decision written by Associate Justice Jose Mendoza declaring unconstitutional Executive Order 1 putting up the controversial Philippine Truth Commission (PTC) .
As earlier announced by the tribunal’s spokesmen, the ruling said Malacañang should have included previous administrations under the coverage of the PTC which had originally been given a 29-month deadline to complete its fact-finding mission exclusively on the Arroyo administration.
“Not to include past administrations similarly situated constitutes arbitrariness which the equal protection clause
cannot sanction. Such discriminating differentiation clearly reverberates to label the commission as a vehicle for vindictiveness and selective retribution,”the majority opinion said.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101209hed1.html
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