Big mistake FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares By Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/02/2012

Big mistake

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Ninez Cacho-Olivares

By Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/02/2012
Frankly, it is a mistake for the Senate impeachment court to subpoena high court justices, as this would really be a case of the Senate tresspassing on the judiciary’s independence as well as the separation of powers among the three branches of government.

While the Senate impeachment court may claim to be “supreme” and evidently regards itself as higher than the high court in matters of impeachment, it should also be noted that by summoning the justices to testify, for or against the accused, impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, their testimonies no doubt, will be to disclose certain matters which are best left undisclosed, just as the Executive, in junking the Freedom of Information bill’s proviso on the disclosure of certain executive discussions which it claims are “free and untramelled” claimed such executive discussions, if disclosed under an FoI law, would restrict the President and Cabinet members from discussing issues freely..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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