Malevolent control EDITORIAL 09/17/2011

Malevolent control

EDITORIAL

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09/17/2011
Noynoy and his Budget secretary, Butch Abad, can deny it till they are blue in the face, but it can hardly be denied that their move to control the judiciary and congressional funds by way of having these two co-equal branches of government come a-begging to them for their funds is a wicked Palace plan to make these two other branches toe the Malacañang line.

Any which way one cuts it, it all boils down to the same conclusion: Palace control over the two separate and co-equal branches, in the Palace’s bid to coerce them into submission.

The executive, when it needs legislative measures, needs the legislature to pass them. When it moves unconstitutionally, such as the postponing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), while vesting Noynoy with the power to appoint officers in charge instead of having the ARMM electorate democratically elect their leaders, Noynoy needs the approval of the Supreme Court.

And Noynoy’s way to get what he wants from the two other branches, is to control their moves through his, and his Budget secretary’s control over their funds.
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Source:  The Daily Tribune

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