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SC spurns Noy on live TV trial of Ampatuans
By Benjamin B. Pulta and Aytch S. de la Cruz 11/19/2010The Supreme Court and Malacañang are set for another head-on collision over the proposed live television airing of the Maguindanao massacre trials as SC spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said yesterday unless a petition is filed and a ruling handed down by the court, a standing legal precedent disallowing television coverage of hearings in the lower courts will stand.
President Aquino quickly fired off a retort, saying the SC should value “transparency” which was the aim of the proposed television coverage of the trial which he had publicly supported.
Since no less than Aquino has expressed support to the idea of airing live the trial proceedings of the Maguindanao massacre, a denial from the court could trigger a new round of tension between the executive and the judiciary, Sen. Francis Escudero said.
Escudero noted the fact that government prosecutors are not barred from appealing before the SC the judiciary’s position against live coverage of any court proceedings as in the case of the Maguindanao massacre..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101119hed1.html
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