November 2011
4 posts
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/ The law – for what, for whom?
“…It is not surprising that a society so deeply steeped in personality dynamics will occasionally, or frequently, find itself in situations that reveals the hypocrisy of our political and justice system. After all, adopting democracy as the form of our government does not mean that our leaders found the wisdom and integrity to maintain such a value system. Neither does it mean that the...
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/ Leila de Lima is only using her common sense
“…Already, the justice secretary suspects that GMA may seek political asylum in some other country and not come back to face the very serious charges against her, why should she be allowed to leave the Philippines? Who would be blamed if De Lima allowed the former president to leave and GMA leaves for good? Coming in the wake of the escape of Ramona Bautista, a suspect in the murder of...
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“…The legal and constitutional issues are complex enough. The key question appears to be: Whether Department of Justice Circular No. 41, issued by then acting Justice Secretary Alberto C. Agra in the last remaining weeks of the Arroyo administration, violates the right to travel enshrined in the Constitution. The circular bears the title: ‘Consolidated rules and regulations...
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/ Arroyo’s pleas political, not human rights issue
“It would be the supreme irony to allow GMA (Gloria Macapagal-Aroyo) to invoke our most sacred human rights protections to escape justice. That would be her supreme, final perversion of our democratic institutions. While countless voices have correctly quoted human rights law, our democracy must recognize GMA’s pleas as a political, not human rights, issue. “…Gloria...