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SC declares Truth Commission unconstitutional

From ABS-CBN:

In another blow to President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s administration, the Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the much trumpeted Truth Commission.

Voting 10-5, the Supreme Court ruling effectively bars the prosecution of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and other officials and parties involved in alleged scandals under the previous administration.

The 5 who dissented were: Associate Justices Antonio Nachura, Antonio Carpio, Conchita Carpio Morales, Maria Lourdes Sereno, and Roberto Abad dissented.

The high court apparently gave credence to the petition of minority lawmakers led by Rep. Edcel Lagman, who sought to have the executive fiat that created the Truth Commission quashed.

House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman praised the Supreme Court for junking the Truth Commission, a move that, he said, signals the triumph of the rule of law. Negros Rep.Ignacio Iggy Arroyo also approves of SC decision.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12/07/10/lagman-sc-decision-triumph-rule-law

The commission, tasked to investigate the anomalies during the 9-year term of Mrs. Arroyo, was created with too much power that it has already stepped on the rights of constitutionally-created bodies, they had said.

The commission, headed by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr., has already actually convened. It has not started investigations, however, absent a ruling from the high court.

This decision comes in a string of setbacks for the Aquino administration.

Verzosa as ambassador to Russia?

Three days after the Aug. 23 hostage-taking fiasco that left eight tourists from Hongkong dead, the survivors were accompanied by Malacañang officials to the airport for their flight back home.

At that time, tempers were high in Hongkong against the bungling of the Philippine government that turned their compatriot’s holiday into a tragedy. The survivors and their relatives couldn’t help expressing their disgust over the post-tragedy attitude of the Aquino government. They wondered why nobody was taking responsibility. All that they were getting were excuses and justifications for the incompetence that was witnessed live by the whole world.

Despite statements of condolences, the impression that the survivors and their relatives got was, the Aquino government was not serious in making officials be accountable for the debacle. They cited the melamine scandal in China in 2008 when two persons found responsible for the contamination of the infant formula that caused the death of six babies and illness to thousands were executed.

That sentiment was relayed by a Malacañang official to officials involved in the debacle. The official said, then PNP Chief Jesus Verzosa replied, in his typical emotion-devoid manner of speaking, “Okay, I’ll let Magtibay go.”

Noynoy tsunami

It’s a Noynoy tsunami.

If elections were held today, in a five-cornered presidential contest, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, will win hands down with 50 per cent of the votes, according to a survey conducted by the Social Weather Station last Sept. 5 and 6 in the vote-rich province of Pangasinan and the regions of Metro Manila, Central Luzon and the Calabarzon.

Click below for the survey:

Sept 5 to 6 SWS Survey

The survey, done after Sen. Mar Roxas withdrew from the presidential race and before Aquino declared his presidential bid showed Aquino getting 50 percent of the votes followed by Sen. Manuel Villar with 14 per cent, former President Estrada with 13 per cent, Sen. Francis Escudero with 12 per cent and Vice President Noli de Castro with 7 per cent.

Kris to Noynoy: kung saan ka liligaya

In Kris moving funeral mass speech, she related that her son Josh asked her brother, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, “Please, Tito Noy, never get married.”

But Kris assured Noynoy not to worry, “Kung saan ka liligaya, pwede na rin.”

A source close to the Aquino family said Noynoy, 49, had brought to the already sick President Cory his girlfriend, Shalani Soledad.

Click here for PEP article on and photos of Nonoy and Shalani.