The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional Malacanang's first executive order, which creates the Truth Commission. The high court said the EO is created specifically for former President Arroyo, which violates the equal protection clause of the law.
This is a fact that Malacanang cannot deny since President Aquino stressed this in several occasions: that the Truth Commission is meant to probe, try and prosecute (and persecute?) the former President.
Now I'm quite surprised that the legal minds of Malacanang are now feigning surprise that this angle caused their defeat. Don't tell me you're not aware that this is indeed a loophole that any good lawyer can use against the EO. I'm not a lawyer but these legal minds should be reminded that they are dealing with the Megamind of Philippine politics. Dapat pinulido ninyo ang trabaho ninyo.
Now the Supreme Court is saying that this is not the EO's end. All Malacanang needs is to revise it. Include in its mandate investigations on the omissions of all past administrations. They can go back as far as the errors of the Arroyo, Estrada, Ramos and errr Aquino administration.
But alas they chose to WHINE instead of finding ways to cure the flaw. The President event went to the extent of making veiled threat against the magistrates. "Don't stand in my way", stated with the passion that reminds us of Prisco Nilo's failure to accurately predict the weather. Nang-aaway muna eh.
There are options available for a reversal of the decision. That includes the SC. Inginuso na nga sa inyo ang daan di ba? Sundin nyo muna kaya bago ninyo awayin?
And of course, there are other avenues - the original path as laid down by the Constitution: the Ombudsman and the courts.
Aba'y kung kayang awayin ni Noynoy ang SC, mas kaya niya naman siguro ang Ombudsman?
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