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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Impeachment is once again in the mind of the Noynoy congressmen, this time their target is the Supreme Court (SC), through its justices.
The latest report on this issue is that Rep. Rudy Fariñas is moving to have the impeachment proceedings going against the high court justice who stood accused by Noynoy allies of plagiarism but was cleared by the high court itself.
But there is some kind of hidden agenda in that move to revive the impeachment complaint against the SC justice, given the fact that the SC and the executive have been at odds over the unprecedented budget control of Noynoy over the Judiciary hiring funds, which the high court justices, including the Office of the Ombudsman, the Commission on Elections and the Civil Service Commission are against, as their fiscal autonomy is constitutionally guaranteed.
Deputy Speaker Jesus Crispin Remulla was quoted as saying that there are also now moves to get SC Chief Justice Renato Corona impeached..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110921com2.html
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