Fishing for evidence
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
The appointed commissioners and chairman of the unconstitutional Truth Commission may as well call it quits and fold it up, because even they believe that the Supreme Court is not likely to change its ruling.
The chances are really slim as it would take so many justices to be convinced to reverse their opinions. Ten to 5 is a big majority.
But there went some members of the commission, chief among them Carlos Medina, who said that they are now banking on the justices’ individual conscience for them to see the merits of their motion for reconsideration which they are reportedly set to file before the year ends.
That’s still an insulting appeal to the high court justices — no matter how one cuts it, since the implication in such a statement is that the justices struck down Noynoy’s Executive Order 1 (EO 1) due to other political considerations — among which Noynoy’s Yellow aides charged were Gloria Arroyo’s appointments insurance now paying off, and that the ruling smacks of the justices’ debt of gratitude payment to Gloria.
Medina was quoted as saying that the high court justices should “go back to their conscience and hopefully will realize the practical consequences of their decision.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101220com5.html
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