Empty threats FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/19/2010

Empty threats

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/19/2010 In the end, it will have to be Noynoy Aquino who will have to blink in the matter of the appointment of Chief Justice Renato Corona, because even if Noynoy refuses to recognize him as the CJ, whether he likes it or not, Corona is now the Chief Justice and head of the judiciary and quite frankly, the Supreme Court under Corona need not even bother with the tantrums of the chief executive. The high court will go its own way. Even those threats of Aquino and his lawyers saying that they will have Corona impeached is empty, given the fact that there are no existing grounds against Corona with which to have him impeached. Truth is, all those lawyers from the (in)famous FIRM, now allied with Aquino who wanted Justice Antonio Carpio to become the CJ, were applying all these threats and pressure on Corona, to embarrass him into not accepting the post of CJ, but these tactics failed, and Corona has come off a better judicial figure, while these FIRM members were shown up for what they really were: hungry for a strong influence in the judiciary — something that they had enjoyed in the early reign of Gloria Arroyo. So Noynoy threatens to have himself sworn in by a barangay captain? So what? This move is not going to embarrass Corona and the high court, but himself. Moreover, this move would only show up the vindictive nature of Noynoy, along with his pettiness.  It doesn’t bother the new CJ that he will not be around to swear in Noynoy should he be proclaimed president-elect by the Congress. It’s no big deal to him.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100519com2.html

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