The Supreme Court has issued a Temporary Restraining Order which should have paved the departure of CGMA for abroad suspending the effect of the order of the DOJ preventing her from leaving. But the DOJ fully backed up by PNoy did not honor the TRO and instead filed a motion for reconsideration at the Supreme Court. Some wise guys pointed out that a constitutional crisis is in the making, the minority block in Congress is cooking an impeachment complaint against the President, the pro administration and opposition politicians are more polarized as ever especially that elections in 2013 is just around the corner. But these scenarios are not new to us!!
Tomorrow Friday, Supreme Court Chief Justice Corona has scheduled an en banc session to tackle the issue of the constitutionality of DOJ circular 41 used by DOJ Delima in her order not allowing CGMA to leave for abroad and tackle why the TRO issued by the Supreme Court has not been given due course by the executive branch particularly by the Bureau of Immigration.
What do we expect to happen in the coming days? Claims and counter claims have been made, namely;
PNoy is making sure that CGMA will be physically present to face the charges that will be filed against her but his critics especially politicians like him see that he is doing it not for the sake of justice but out of his vindictiveness. We the sovereign people be the judge and if you have time, reread my earlier posts for some insights. But you can also have your own of course.
CGMA and her lawyers claim that she should be allowed to travel abroad as a matter of constitutional right but is this right to travel absolute? The right to life is a human right which preceeds other human rights but how come hardened criminals like druglords who continue to ply their trade inside their prison cells destroying lives inside and outside prison cells may be executed by the order of the court if the law allows it for the sake of the lives of others who may be victimized if they continue to live? Precisely, this is one of the reasons why the en banc session is called by CJ Corona to resolve this issue of right to travel.
Some say that the health condition of CGMA is life threatening while Secretary Ona of the Department of health said that his investigations showed that it is not so.
For us Filipinos who are not partisans or politicians, the only relevant question for us I think is what if CGMA manages to travel abroad and she does not come back? What will happen to the cases that are filed and will be filed against top rank officials in the civilian government, the top military officials of the AFP, the PNP and other lower ranking politicians/government functionaries if CGMA will not be around to face the charges against her? Parang kagaya ng dati na walang nangyari?
BUT if CGMA will be around to face the charges against her, be able to defend herself through her brilliant lawyers and the wheel of justice turns freely that may result either to her conviction or her acquittal, will this not be a reason for other officials lower than her during her incumbency as President and Commander in Chief to also face their charges and defend themselves that may also result to their acquittal or conviction?
BUT if CGMA will be able to evade the charges against her by staying abroad and fight her legal suits from there through her lawyers, is it not reasonable for the other respondents/accused to follow suit and also go abroad like her especially those who have lots of money?
What will happen to us the sovereign Filipino people who would like to see an end to massive graft and corruption by prosecuting the culprits and put an end to the culture of impunity which has victimized us for decades??
Tomorrow Friday, Supreme Court Chief Justice Corona has scheduled an en banc session to tackle the issue of the constitutionality of DOJ circular 41 used by DOJ Delima in her order not allowing CGMA to leave for abroad and tackle why the TRO issued by the Supreme Court has not been given due course by the executive branch particularly by the Bureau of Immigration.
What do we expect to happen in the coming days? Claims and counter claims have been made, namely;
PNoy is making sure that CGMA will be physically present to face the charges that will be filed against her but his critics especially politicians like him see that he is doing it not for the sake of justice but out of his vindictiveness. We the sovereign people be the judge and if you have time, reread my earlier posts for some insights. But you can also have your own of course.
CGMA and her lawyers claim that she should be allowed to travel abroad as a matter of constitutional right but is this right to travel absolute? The right to life is a human right which preceeds other human rights but how come hardened criminals like druglords who continue to ply their trade inside their prison cells destroying lives inside and outside prison cells may be executed by the order of the court if the law allows it for the sake of the lives of others who may be victimized if they continue to live? Precisely, this is one of the reasons why the en banc session is called by CJ Corona to resolve this issue of right to travel.
Some say that the health condition of CGMA is life threatening while Secretary Ona of the Department of health said that his investigations showed that it is not so.
For us Filipinos who are not partisans or politicians, the only relevant question for us I think is what if CGMA manages to travel abroad and she does not come back? What will happen to the cases that are filed and will be filed against top rank officials in the civilian government, the top military officials of the AFP, the PNP and other lower ranking politicians/government functionaries if CGMA will not be around to face the charges against her? Parang kagaya ng dati na walang nangyari?
BUT if CGMA will be around to face the charges against her, be able to defend herself through her brilliant lawyers and the wheel of justice turns freely that may result either to her conviction or her acquittal, will this not be a reason for other officials lower than her during her incumbency as President and Commander in Chief to also face their charges and defend themselves that may also result to their acquittal or conviction?
BUT if CGMA will be able to evade the charges against her by staying abroad and fight her legal suits from there through her lawyers, is it not reasonable for the other respondents/accused to follow suit and also go abroad like her especially those who have lots of money?
What will happen to us the sovereign Filipino people who would like to see an end to massive graft and corruption by prosecuting the culprits and put an end to the culture of impunity which has victimized us for decades??
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