Palace crossed line in issuing EO 2, says QC prosecutor
By Benjamin B. Pulta 05/05/2011A former chief of the Quezon City Prosecutors Office yesterday said Malacañang crossed the line in expanding the definition of “midnight appointments” which ousted officials during the last days of the Arroyo administration under Executive Order (EO) 2.
In a reply filed before the Supreme Court, Dindo Venturanza, through his counsel, said “expanding the definition of midnight appointment is in effect an act of construing the Constitution which power lies not on the President, but vested only on the Court.”
“EO 2, insofar as it redefines the definition of midnight appointment is an invalid act of the President for it encroaches on the fundamental powers of the judiciary precisely defined in the Constitution,” he added.
Venturanza has joined other officials in seeking the high court’s help in their bid to get reinstated after being removed through EO 2..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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