At the 31st death anniversary rites of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy Aquino r. at the Ninoy Aquino nternational Airport (NA A) erminal 1, ice President ejomar Binay, in the strongest terms, warned that Philippine democracy would be in danger if the Supreme Court (SC) powers are clipped.
Previously, P Binay had declared his opposition to any attempt to change the Charter’s political provisions, including the lifting of the six-year term limit of the country’s President.
P Binay reminded the people that the system of checks and balances are the foundation of a democracy that the Constitution granted powers to judiciary in order to make sure that another dictatorship would not occur.
he Constitution’s intent is for all three branches of government to balance each other out to avoid grave abuse of power by either of them Executive and egislative departments.
According to constitutional law experts, the Philippine president is more powerful than the president of the nited States (SC). Clipping the present powers of the SC will make the President even more powerful for he will not be subject to checks by the Supreme Court. t would establish a de facto dictatorship. Binay urged those who fought against the Marcos dictatorship to fight any changes in the constitutional provisions to help preserve the legacy of Ninoy and Cory.
P-Noy must be reminded that it wasn’t the SC who elevated the cases against the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), but the public themselves. t was the igh ribunal who decided that parts of the program were illegal.
Senate President ranklin Drilon and ouse Speaker eliciano Belmonte r., P-Noy’s principal allies, have not come out to endorse political Cha-cha.
nterior Secretary Mar Roxas, the presumptive standard bearer of the iberal Party ( P) in the 2016 presidential elections, reiterated his proposal to lift the term limits of President Aquino and allow him to run for a second term.
Roxas clarified that he is not for an automatic term extension, but he was seeking to allow the President to run for reelection.
iberal Party ( P) Congressman Alfredo Benite (Negros Occidental) opposed the Cha-cha to lift term limits as it is self-serving if incumbent officials would benefit from it.
loilo overnor Arthur Defensor of the P said removing the constitutional provision prohibiting reelection of a President would be contrary to what the President’s parents, Ninoy Aquino and the late President Aquino, would have wanted.
ncles for Binay
Agapito “But Aquino, a former senator and brother of the assassinated Ninoy Aquino, declared yesterday during the wreath-laying ceremonies at the NA A that he and two other uncles support ice President Binay in the 2016 elections.
he 75-year-old younger brother of Ninoy was referring to ose “Peping Cojuangco r., and his brother Paul, father of Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam Aquino .
Recall that But Aquino and P Binay were together as leaders in EDSA 1 that ousted the military-backed Marcos dictatorship, which installed Cory Aquino to the presidency.
hey have been friends since their marching days when the August wenty-One Movement (Atom) led the anti-Marcos demonstrations after Ninoy’s assassination.
Binay also supported But Aquino’s candidacy as congressman of Makati.
But But said the Aquino family still had to decide which presidential candidate to support in 2016.
“When the family meets, that will be discussed. Whoever the majority wants to support, everyone should support. hose opposed should just shut up, he said.
COA orders Bongbong
he Commission on Audit (COA) has disapproved for being illegal and irregular the P10 million allocated from the Priority Development Assistance und (PDA ) of Senator erdinand “Bongbong Marcos r. to a livelihood program at Nakar town in ue on province, through a bogus non-governmental organi ation (N O) headed by whistle-blower Benhur uy.
he COA issued a notice of disallowance to Nakar Mayor eovegildo Ru ol, ordering the return of Marcos’ P10 million allocation to uy’s Social Development Program for armers oundation, nc. (SDP ) for the implementation of a project called organic farming for high value crops.
SDP is one of the bogus foundations associated with the alleged pork barrel mastermind anet imNapoles.
Marcos allocated P65 million from his 2012 PDA earmarked for six towns besides Nakar, namely Balungao, Sual, and Calasiao, Pangasinan Bulakan, Bulacan San Antonio, Nueva Ecija, and Pilar, Bataan.
Marcos denied any involvement in Napoles’ activities saying he has never met her nor having endorsed any Napoles foundation as a recipient of his pork barrel funds.
Tidbits
Makati City Administrator Eleno Mendo a said that cakes given for senior citi ens cost P306.75 only, not P1,000 as claimed by Atty. Renato Bondal. he city government gives the cakes to its senior citi ens on their birthdays and also during silver wedding anniversaries of senior couples. he Ebola virus death toll has reached 1,350. uguegarao residents report rampant killings in their city.
Msgr. Daniel ansip, chaplain of the Presidential Security roup (PS ), called for President Aquino’s extension of term.
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