I have blogged a number of times here in FV criticizing the decision of the Supreme Court on the MoA-AD case arguing in the main that the development of the law on separation of powers could be heading further in the wrong direction as a consequence of the decision. Among others, I raised the following [...]
The other autocrats
October 22, 2008 By 27 Comments
Among the responses to Marcosian authoritarianism the Filipinos have decided to entrench in the Constitution are: 1) the expansion of powers of the Supreme Court, 2) the placing of additional curbs to executive powers via more specific provisions of congressional control, and 3) the augmenting of the Bill of Rights to strengthen the protections of [...]
SC review of MoA blatantly irregular, imperils peace process
August 18, 2008 By 2 Comments
The future State of Bicol per Senate Joint Resolution No.10 (SR 10) will have greater powers than the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity proposed in the MoA-AD (the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, now under scrutiny by the Philippine Supreme Court.) The senate resolution, [...]
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