Vox Dei: Free Trillanes! COMMENTS 08/05/2010

Vox Dei: Free Trillanes!

COMMENTS 08/05/2010 Aside from being a hauntingly beautiful aria from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway musical Sound of Music, Nothing comes from nothing for me marks the cornerstone of Julie Andrews’ career as a thespian and diva. For a theologian, it may suggest the awesome story of Creation, or for an atheist the reactionary theory of the big bang. For me, Nothing comes from nothing also suggests a people’s philosophical proof of their God-given sovereign power barking out the divine command that soldier Antonio Trillanes be accessed to all the senatorial duties which the electorate of 2007 ordered him to discharge. If you cannot grasp this esoteric thesis, my dear readers, please bear with me as I struggle through the next 700 words or so. Should Senator Trillanes be allowed to attend the regular sessions of the upper chamber? Absolutely. The doctrinal maxims Vox Populi Est Non Semper Vox Dei (the voice of the people is not always the voice of God) and Salus Populi Est Suprema Lex (the welfare of the people is the supreme law, i.e. even higher than the constitution) militate against the senator’s continued unjust incarceration. The two Latin adages assert the very essence of the sovereign character or nature of a people feeling, thinking, aspiring and acting in a manner reflective of the sentiments of their Majority (or plurality in appropriate cases). In a democracy, the majority or plurality rules while the minority takes a back seat.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100805com5.html

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