Highly unpresidential, and unconstitutional
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Noynoy really should stop trying to influence the senators, as well as his devotees to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona, because what he is doing goes against the constitutional grain of the executive branch’s non-interference in a case which is the business of the legislative branch.
If in an ordinary court case — whether with political undertones or otherwise — a president is always cautioned not to comment on this, pro or anti, mainly due to the fact that any presidential comment can be taken to influence the court, all the more that in an impeachment case, especially when Noynoy has not hidden his hatred for the CJ even before he ascended to the presidency.
He has even come out publicly, on the day of the convening of the Senate impeachment court that he wants the CJ convicted..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120117com2.html
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