Not Noy’s business EDITORIAL 08/13/2011

Not Noy’s business

EDITORIAL

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08/13/2011


Are they, or are they not independent and co-equal bodies of the executive branch of government?
Leaders of both houses of Congress — the Senate president and the Speaker, are pushing Charter change (Cha-cha), mainly focused on amending economic provisions.

Malacañang, whenever talk of Cha-cha arises, always has this reply: Cha-cha is not the President’s priority — as though that which Malacañang says on this specific subject is the end of the argument.

But apparently, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte does believe that it is of prime importance to get Noynoy Aquino’s nod on the Charter amendments the two leaders of Congress are proposing.

The Speaker reportedly said that Noynoy is against Cha-cha because such an exercise will prove divisive and would paralyze the economy.

Belmonte was quoted as saying in a report that he and Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile will be convincing Noynoy to go along with constitutional change.

But why would it be important to get the nod of Noynoy on Cha-cha, as claimed by both Houses of Congress — as well as Malacañang itself that always claims with a straight face the President does not interfere in the business of the legislature — that they are a co-equal branch and independent of the executive branch of government and Malacañang?.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110813com1.html