Lawyers, trade group throw backing to SC rule on PAL By Benjamin B. Pulta 10/13/2011

Lawyers, trade group throw backing to SC rule on PAL

By Benjamin B. Pulta 10/13/2011

An official of the 40,000-strong Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), the country’s biggest organization of lawyers, has denounced what he said was an unwarranted if not premature attack on the Supreme Court (SC) over its recent ruling to recall its own September decision ordering the reinstatement of terminated Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight attendants.

The IBP call was bolstered by the biggest local trade group Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (PCCI) which expressed its support to the SC.

PCCI president Francis Chua said the high tribunal displayed extraordinary courage and grit for owning up to its mistake. “It’s not everyday that we see a Supreme Court correcting what it described as a misapplication of its own internal rules,” he said.

Chua said the SC has always been perceived as “infallible” and whose rulings are “cast in stone.” However, the case of the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (Fasap) versus PAL is a clear example that the Tribunal would not hesitate to recall a decision that it believes suffers from technical flaws..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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