A budding autocrat
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What end does the Palace intend to achieve in pursuing the withholding not only of the judiciary’s budget but those of constitutional commissions as well, and whose fiscal autonomy is all expressly guaranteed in the Charter?
The Supreme Court (SC), the Office of the Ombudsman, the Civil Service Commission, the Commission on Audit and the Commission on Elections all received the Palace assault on their independence when it declared that allocations for unfilled positions in these bodies should revert to the National Treasury.
For the SC alone, that Malacañang-sponsored provision in the 2012 budget will mean P2 billion being slashed from its allocations next year..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111018com1.html
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