FV scored an impressive ‘scoop’ on the mainstream press with Jon’s early posting on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity MoA.
As we try to make better sense of the high tribunal’s action, even a cursory reading of the decision main points shows that while the Court revuked the Executive, it carefully avoided saying if the abuse of discretion” committed by presidential peace adviser Hermogenes Esperon, who holds cabinet rank, constituted presidential acts.
No new statement has issued from Esperon and company. But it had been previously indicated in the oral arguments during the full bench session of the Supreme Court that Esperon, and chief negotiator Rodolfo Garcia did not carry with them a full presidential powers instrument. Or did they?
Was this accidental or by design? This is where the plot seems to thicken given that even the diplomatic press corps had been invited all the way to Malaysia with witness the formal siging of the MoA-AD.
Now if it is true that Garcia and Esperon had only been authorized to affix their initials on the agreement then was the whole party in Malaysia was only for show?
Who was telling the truth before the Supreme Court then?
Now that the the MoA-AD has been ruled unconstitutional, who will be held to account. Will the charge or charges that may result from the ruling end with Esperon and Garcia’s doorstep? Will these developments impact on the newly filed impeachment case?
Let’s see how far the affirmation of the law’s majesty will go.
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Here’s the full decision folks
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Ding,
The Supreme Court reserved an especial spanking for Jess Dureza, the Presidential Peace Adviser throughout most of this fiasco, now Press Secretary. He is found guilty of a grave abuse of discretion. The ruling also assails the very essence of the MOA in the concept of a BJE, which the Court struck down in no uncertain terms as incompatible and irreconcilable with the Philippine Constitution.
But Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has unruffled pleats and plausible deniability, in the judgment of the High (Hee hee) Court.
Ding, Ahem. What Scoop? I would be impressed if some body were to publish the actual written Opinions (about twelve of them?) BEFORE they go up on the Supreme Court website. I have not actually seen any of the decisions. Anyone?
DJB, Jon posted the story break, at least 2 hours before the majors….the full decision itself… no one really gets that agad really… But at Jon’s level… even the old fogey’s in my circle were impressed… telling me how FV got it first….
Re the “unruffled pleats”… you will curiously note how the decision talks about the process and castigate the ‘process managers’… like the little dwarfs went on their merry way with telling Snow White, a hands-on, O-C leaders nothing at all while she is the repository of executive power. My point, bro….
If who got it first is a concern, DJB doesnt have a timestamp on his post on the SC decision, but I think DJB’s post on the subject was up in his blog before Jon’s.
DJB,
A stOry break scoop ss what Jon did, we;ll ahead of the major as even my friends in the network on-liners told me about th FV break… what you are looking for, the full decision, would have been a leak of major proportions. Re the “unruffled pleats, ” precisely the point of my post as you will curiously note that the decision focused on the process and the utusan ‘process managers’, project Snow White as not being uninformed director of her alter-ego dwarfs even as she is a known hands-in, O-C leader. So there.
so this is about “scoop…?”
…and i thought blogging is a far cry from MSM’s vocalizations…
No, baycas, this not about a scoop. DJB and I are just fencing as a side exchange. Note that I had simply used Jon’s post as a take off hook. The discussion point, from where I am, at least, remains on how the presidential alter-egos are now on the carpet as scapegoats.
i think djb had a good point in raising command responsibility. vis-a-vis this post, couldn’t that be culpable violation of the charter?
thanks, ding. :)
thanks for jon for giving us that scoop! Kudos!