Power play
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Some type of power play seems to be in the works within the Supreme Court (SC), with one faction pitting itself against another faction, in a bid to destroy the justices who do not toe Noynoy line, with perhaps the end result of the majority of justices being impeached, as the other faction takes on the high posts in the high court, along with a new set of justices who will now be at the beck and call of the appointing power: Noynoy.
This was fairly evident after SC Chief Justice Renato Corona tackled the “controversial” matter of the SC majority issuing a status quo ante (SQA) order --- or a TRO, for better layman’s understanding --- preventing the House committee on justice from holding hearings on the impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez last September.
It appears, from the SC rules, that the chief justice, or for that matter, any high court justice, on his own, is empowered to issue a TRO, subject to affirmation of the en banc when justices meet.
The rule also provides that the entire petition is not required reading in voting for the issuance of the SQA or TRO, since an SQA is not a decision but merely for the justices to thoroughly assess the case and decide on it after assessing the petition and ruling on it..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110312com2.html
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