
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas, and other victims of the Arroyo administration believe that the removal of Chief Justice Renato Corona is a step forward in holding Arroyo accountable.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas, and other victims of the Arroyo administration believe that the removal of Chief Justice Renato Corona is a step forward in holding Arroyo accountable.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The widening rift between the executive, led by President Benigno Aquino III, and the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Renato Corona, has been hogging the headlines of all the major media networks. The first salvo was fired by President Aquino during a forum sponsored by the Makati Business Club last…
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Cojuangcos have long benefited from their illegal and immoral stranglehold of Hacienda Luisita and the farmworkers’ have long paid for the land.”– Randall Echanis, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Arroyos will not run out of cards to play as long as they have the numbers in the Supreme Court. So what really matters now, apart from sound legal tactics, is the political decisiveness of the Aquino administration.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Two progressive lawmakers and leaders of various peoples organizations said the blame over the attempts of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the country should be laid at the doors of two institutions: Malacañang and the Supreme Court. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño’s said the High Court’s…
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It’s good news but it [the decision] took so long. Unfortunately, the decisions of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court have not resulted in the surfacing of the disappeared.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño, mother of missing UP student Karen Empeño
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“By not issuing any decision today, the Supreme Court prolongs the sufferings of farm workers and provides opportunity for the Cojuangco-Aquinos to maneuver.” – Lito Bais, president of the United Luisita Workers Union (Ulwu) said.
Finally the congressional move to oust Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez (for the second time since 2009) has regained momentum. With the new administration’s avowed war against corruption and its majority control of the House, the militant party-list representatives hope the impeachment game will be played fairly this time. Nonetheless, they don’t rule out delaying tactics by the Ombudsman and her backers in the House. By SATUR C. OCAMPO
By taking the slower tack of forming a truth body, the pursuit of accountability with respect to the crimes of graft and corruption linking the previous regime has been entrusted to the constraints and weaknesses of the country’s justice system. By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy (PSPA) Center for People Empowerment in Governance December…
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The Supreme Court has declared Executive Order 1, creating a Truth Commission to investigate the corruption cases of the previous Arroyo administration, as unconstitutional citing the equal protection clause of the Constitution as basis. This is strike two for the administration of Pres. Benigno Aquino III. Earler, the Supreme Court issued…
The ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Human Security Act of 2007 is the latest in a series of negative decisions the Supreme Court made with regard to human rights, lawyer Edre U. Olalia said.