Manila Bulletin

Hear-no-evil justice secretary?

- By JOSÉ ABETO ZAIDE gmailcom joseabetoz­aide@

LAWYER Vitaliano Aguirre II is the president-elect’s choice for his secretary of justice. Wazzat him who covered his ears during Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago’s tirade against the frivolity of the impeachmen­t hearings which dropped five of eight charges against Chief Justice Renato Corona?

Miriam might not have been noticed; but naughty Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano caught it on his cell phone to get her goat and cite Atty. Aguirre for contempt.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS. I don’t know if the Senate imposed the additional penalty conspired by Senators Francis Escudero and Panfilo Lacson to lock Atty. Aguirre in a room and play a videotape of one of Miriam’s privilege speeches.”

Will DOJ replace Justicia, the allegorica­l blindfolde­d impartial Lady Justice, with a new icon of the three wise ones which “See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil”? NEWS & OTHER VIEWS Realities of governance to mellow Rody – PNoy

After roundly criticizin­g Duterte in the heat of the campaign, President Aquino says the reality of running the country should tame his successor’s violent instincts.

Translatio­n: His bark is worse than his bite.

Aquino decides not to bash Duterte for one year

“If you don’t stop telling lies about me, I will tell the truth about you.” (Who said that to whom?)

Malacañang tells Duterte admin: Please mind the BBL peace process.

Malacanang spokesman PCOO Sec. Herminio Coloma Jr. said the country would be better off if the next administra­tion pursues the Mindanao peace process.

Conversely, Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, the touted next speaker of the House said that the BBL passage would take a backseat to the proposed switch to a federal government.

Translatio­n: Please mind your own business. Mayoral bet used donuts to cheat, claims loser

In Bayambang, Pangasinan, sore loser Zenaida Camacho declared that her rival, Mayor-elect Cezar Quiambao, smuggled a micro chip inside a donut to steal the election.

Translatio­n: “Donut do unto others what you donut want done unto you.”

Despite the promised no-holdsbarre­d campaign against drugs, pandan-flavored shabu emerges.

Just a marketing move in a threatened market.

President Obama nominates former US Ambassador to ROK Kung Kim as next envoy to PH.

President-elect Duterte would neither confirm nor deny that he asked for a new US envoy to Manila .

Gone too far: US lawmakers want Obama impeached for allowing transgende­r students to use restrooms of their choice.

Best suggested compromise: Avoid strange encounters by installing restrooms of a third kind. FEEDBACK:

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