SENATORS, SC EXEC BLAST PALACE REFUSAL TO DIALOG
Noy’s mouthpieces placed on firing line
By Benjamin B. Pulta and Angie M. Rosales 10/17/2011Malacañang, particularly the spokesmen for President Aquino, received censures from senators yesterday and were accused of inflaming an already heated conflict between the Executive and the Judiciary.
Supreme Court (SC) administrator Midas Marquez wrote The Tribune yesterday questioning President Aquino’s refusal to meet with Legislative and Judiciary officials concerning the budget of the Judiciary stating doubts that if such a stand really is “coming from the President himself.”
“With who to meet is the President’s prerogative. I just wish that the President has been fully informed of the issues, and was not given just a sanitized summary regarding the matter. After all, what we are all after is continuing judicial reforms which I understand is high on the President’s agenda,” Marquez wrote.
“The issue of fiscal autonomy is far from settled, contrary to what (presidential spokesmen Edwin) Lacierda and (Abigail) Valte say. Maybe settled among themselves, yes but certainly not with the Judiciary and the constitutional commissions whose respective budgets they continue to play with,” he said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111017hed1.html
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MORO.MORO. hmmmp.
"Senators also chastised Palace officials over continuing bickering with the judiciary telling off Aquino’s spokesmen to engage the SC magistrates instead to a more productive undertaking, including that of holding a dialog.
"Aquino’s spokesmen were reminded anew to refrain from making personal opinions on issues at hand since they are not in a position to do so."
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