Noy’s ‘attack dog’ snarls at SC majority justices By Benjamin Pulta 03/02/2011

Noy’s ‘attack dog’ snarls at SC majority justices

By Benjamin Pulta 03/02/2011
A day after key Palace allies in Congress vowed to pursue impeachment charges against the justices of the Supreme Court who had voted to issue a status quo order on the House of Repre-sentatives to hold in abeyance the impeach-ment hearings against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, President Aquino’s head lawyer herself denounced the SC justices and accused the tribunal of railroading the issuance of a status quo order in the impeachment case against the Ombudsman.

“You know one can’t help wondering what is happening to our Supreme Court,” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said, citing portions of a concurring opinion by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio.

Carpio pointed out that the “justices themselves (are) being deprived of the opportunity to take a look at the petition to determine whether a status quo order is proper or not.”

”It is saddening among us, especially lawyers, if you see the Supreme Courtbeing hounded by all these issues.” De Lima added as she said that “the SC should not have issued status quo ante order and there even this controversy now.”.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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