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Is GMA eligible for any reelection? COMMENT 12/04/2009

Saturday, December 5, 2009


Is GMA eligible for any reelection?


COMMENT


12/04/2009

Is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as the sitting President, eligible for any reelection?

The answer is NO, for the following reasons:
1. The 1987 Constitution is clear. It materially provides: “The President and the Vice President shall be elected by direct vote of the people for a term of six years which shall begin at noon on the thirtieth day of June next following the day of the election and shall end at noon of the same date six years thereafter. The President shall not be eligible for any reelection..... MORE


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How have we come to this? EDITORIAL 12/03/2009

Thursday, December 3, 2009


How have we come to this?



EDITORIAL

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12/03/2009

Save for a very few good men (and women) in the Gloria Arroyo Supreme Court
, one is almost tempted to give up on today’s high court, whose majority — all beholden to Gloria — appears to be serving the needs of the incumbent president rather than its bounden duty to do right for the Filipino people, who are the highest power in this country.

It is hardly leveling.... MORE


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Of pots and kettles FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 12/03/2009


Of pots and kettles



FRONTLINE

Ninez Cacho-Olivares
12/03/2009

Calls for the resignation of Gloria Arroyo come much too late, especially the call from Fidel Ramos for Gloria to step down from Malacañang after she filed her certificate of candidacy for a congressional seat in the second district of Pampanga.

Ramos, in an interview.... MORE


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Obama struggles with Afghan exit dilemma focus 12/03/2009


Obama struggles with Afghan exit dilemma


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12/03/2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday faced a delicate balancing act as he announced a troop buildup in Afghanistan, seeking to reassure Americans he has an exit plan while convincing allies and an implacable enemy that Washington remained committed to the fight.


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