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Itlog, anyone? NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 11/18/2011

Friday, November 18, 2011

Itlog, anyone?

NO HOLDS BARRED
Armida Siguion-Reyna
11/18/2011
I’m fully aware of where my newspaper stands on whether Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be allowed to go abroad, or not. “The woman’s rights are our rights,” says my Editor-in-Chief. I am not arguing with that.

My brother, Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, has likewise aired his position, as have Senators Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Franklin Drilon, and eminent legal expert Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ. They believe that preventing Mrs. Arroyo from leaving is “an impingement of her constitutional rights.” Not quarreling with that.

Nor with my good friend Ellen Tordesillas’ contention that Department of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is courting a “constitutional crisis to cover up for incompetence.” I’m not a lawyer so I get lost in a maze of legalese, especially as the lawyer on the other side of my bed has moved to the Great Courtroom in the Sky..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111118com4.html

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

haha. sino ba ang talagang maniniwalang may life.or.death na sakit yang si gloria. mismong surgeon niya pinabulaanan yan eh. naman.

"“Pangalawa: Ang mother-in-law ko, may problema rin sa lower back, may spondylosis, kaya pirming naka-baston. Nagpe-perform siya sa entablado, kumakanta — naka-rubber shoes. Sa mga airport, pirming naka-wheelchair — naka-rubber shoes.

“E, si GMA, naka-sapatilya, tingnan n’yo pa sa front-page photos ng mga diyaryo, at least 1/2 inch ang takong, na mataas na, given the condition she and her doctors say she’s in. Bakit di man lang nag-chinelas, o flat rubber shoes na may traction, tutal din lang at ang sabi’y matter of life and death itong ipinagbi-biyahe niya?"

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