What Sparks had written about her being perched now on a “land of zero politics,” while envisaging from that supposed vantage point the state of our nation, particularly caught my interest. She must be working now as a fulltime staff in the Supreme Court, I wondered (well, members of the Court ordinarily claim their office [...]
Noynoy Aquino, a modern liberal
June 18, 2010 By 48 Comments
For the many who have enthusiastically supported or joined EDSA II, myself among them, the final push was almost certainly the failure of the constitutional process (the remedy of impeachment) to hold then President Estrada accountable for charges of multiple impeachment offenses. (President–elect Noynoy Aquino himself has threatened to go directly to the people the [...]
Final and infallible
May 20, 2010 By 163 Comments
The Supreme Court is neither final nor infallible. This constitutional truism is somehow easily illustrated by the manner the legal precedents imposing a ban on “midnight appointments” have been unceremoniously undone by the now infamous De Castro decision. On March 17, 2010, the all-Arroyo-appointed majority justices in De Castro have allowed a lame duck Gloria [...]
Manny does a Floyd (A missed opportunity)
April 13, 2010 By 43 Comments
In mid February 2010, presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino, who has been consistently leading the race at least according to the surveys, challenged his closest rival Manny Villar to a one-on-one debate on any issue of Villar’s choice. The challenge was accepted by Villar although conditionally. Villar said he would back off from the proposed debate [...]
Yes, we can!
March 28, 2010 By 18 Comments
In Constitutional Law litigation, there’s such a thing as the dynamics of “political settlement.” This happens in most cases when any of the three branches of the government exercises what is called statesmanship, or at times, just simple pragmatism, to avert a constitutional crisis. During the 2000 US presidential elections, it was however Al Gore, [...]
De Castro decision a threat to RP democracy
March 20, 2010 By 33 Comments
In a democracy, votes like money can get things done. President Arroyo for example has successfully overcome several attempts to remove her from office by impeachment because the numerical superiority of House members loyal to her proved to be too overwhelming to allow the constitutional process go beyond preliminary stages. Of recent, Senator Manny Villar, [...]
Kapihan at kampihan sa FV
March 12, 2010 By 19 Comments
Who will carry forward the project of ’86?
February 13, 2010 By 37 Comments
The Spirit of ’86 remains an unfinished project. Take note for example the parallel in how easily the Nazis were de-Nazified and returned to business as usual in Germany and in how discretely the Marcos loyalists were de-Marcosified and allowed to restore themselves to their pre-EDSA statuses (think of Danding who fled with the dictator [...]
Presidential Noynoy Aquino: his advocacies, philosophies, and perspectives
January 24, 2010 By 162 Comments
The polished performance of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III before the nation’s business leaders on January 21, 2010 will make Ferdinand Marcos turn in his grave. For many Filipinos (the businessmen, business managers and financial executives in attendance including) it could be their first time to get to know this gift from Noynoy (with his outstanding [...]
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