SOLONS SCORE PALACE’S LACK OF LEGAL CRAFTMANSHIP
Noy blinks, to amend Amnesty proclamation
By Angie M. Rosales 11/23/2010Malacañang’s move to “recall” and amend Presidential Proclamation No. 50, which grants amnesty to mutineers, including detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, who, during the Arroyo administration engaged in mutiny, highlighted once again the lack of legal craftsmanship of President Aquino’s aides.
An Aquino’s strong ally in the upper chamber, Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona, who is all set to sponsor
on the floor the said presidential issuance for concurrence of senators, took note of this yesterday, even as he was clearly ready to sponsor a flawed amnesty proclamation, Guingona, in announcing to reporters his decision to hold off the sponsorship of the amnesty resolution amid the announced amendment, admitted that such changes are becoming “quite frustrating.”
The senator was obviously referring to incidents where presidential issuances were found to have some technical or legal flaw, as the apparent case in proclamation No. 50 and the most notable of which was Memorandum Order No. 1 directing appointees of the previous administration booted out or declaring all non-career executive service positions in government vacant..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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