GMA’s mugshots published in newspaper violation of her privacy — lawmaker
By Angie M. Rosales and Gina Peralta-Elorde 11/23/2011Publication by a broadsheet paper of Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo’s mug shot taken by the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) criminal investigation and detection group (CIDG), could be a violation of her personal “right to privacy,” warned Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago yesterday.
Although Santiago, a noted constitutionalist admitted that there is no constitutional right to privacy per se, jurisprudence by the the United States’ Supreme Court (SC), which often used as a basis by the country’s legal systems showed that such is among an individual’s basic rights.
“A mugshot is necessary to protect the public because it is necessary for the police or the military to put it on file just in case there is a need for identification by the investigators. It is another question whether a newspaper or a Web site can publish a mugshot,” she said in an interview with reporters..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111123nat1.html
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talaga lang, ha? eh di in violation pala ang dating pamahalaan ni gloria arroyo9 y dorobo of the privacy of president joseph estrada!!! isa pa palang kasong maisasampa! lol.
"“So in effect, the SC in the US created a personal right to privacy, although there is no provision in the Bill of Rights. An American case is not necessarily decisive in our jurisdiction just because the US SC decided one way does not mean we will decide that way. But American cases, because our legal systems are basically the same, are considered authoritative in our country. If the US SC says there is a right to privacy, in all likelihood the Philippine SC will rule the same,” she said."
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