President Aquino appears to be a virtual dictator, having both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and now the Judiciary, under his control. With the House of Representatives ruled by the administration majority under Speaker Sonny Belmonte, and Senate President Frank Drilon acting like an extension of Malacañang protecting the President from allegations of abuse and misuse of public funds, with the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, and with most junior anti-graft court Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang as Presiding Justice of Sandiganbayan, the President now appears to rule over the three branches of government. Santa Banana, what happens now to the system of checks and balance which makes our democracy work? Not even the late dictator and strongman Ferdinand Marcos achieved what Mr. Aquino has done. Yes, during the years of Martial Law, Marcos was both the Executive and the Legislature. But he never had full control of the Judiciary, not the way President Aquino has done. Now, Malacañang can do anything it wishes with the people’s money and worse, even in the administration of justice.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:19:46 +0000
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