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Blame it on Noynoy

Monday, July 2, 2012

Blame it on Noynoy

Justice Chief Leila de Lima has accepted her nomination for the post of chief justice, saying she had reached this decision after a “heart-to-heart” talk with Noynoy.

That is of course her call. But if she is appointed by Noynoy, a healer of the high court she can never be. And neither can she expect to be respected and held in esteem and wisdom by her to be peers, precisely because she does not abide by the rule of law, and has disrespected the high court rulings. She also has a disbarment case against her.

What should prove interesting, if she does not get the top post, is whether she will be resigning from her job as Justice chief.

Probably not, as she is not known for delicadeza.

Teddy Boy Locsin, nominated for the top post, had a more honest way of declining his nomination, saying that he cannot possibly aspire for the highest seat in the judiciary when he believes that the former CJ was removed illegally..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/commentary/item/967-blame-it-on-noynoy

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