I think the best legal minds are the right people to talk about the constitutionality or the unconstitutionality of Executive Order 1, or the the formation of the TRUTH COMMISSION.
The only thing I'm concerned with is that Malacanang was so confident of this TRUTH Commission, now they are being asked of specific contingencies in place to pursue perceived anomalies of the previous administration, they mentioned they were still in the process of identifying alternatives if and when the appeal to legitimize EO1 does not materialize.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said they were prepared for other options, yet could not even give an overview as to how Malacanang would address the situation.
To be fair to all parties concerned, the ex President had shown willingness to appear before the courts of justice, and that was witnessed and mentioned by the media already on National Television. On the other hand, several key opposition figures already filed their complaints against the former administration before the Department of Justice.
They have done their share, now what has the current Executive branch done to fast track the resolution or even the process of finding out the truth, more than the potential of the Truth Commission?
The dependence of Malacanang on the Truth Commission has hampered their pursuit of justice for all, for those who accuse and see the need to address these issues right away, and even for the ex President who seems to be ready to face all of these charges.
Both sides have been victims of what seems to be Malacanang's unpreparedness for the worst case scenario. In the first place, they knew all along the constitutionality of the Truth Commission will be questioned before the Supreme Court.
I have never been a fan of adding another department/fact finding body/quasi-judicial commission into the already bloated bureaucracy, because as this Aquino government has mentioned many times, we do not have a luxury of resources to our disposal.
Another 83 million pesos will go to another padded bureaucracy when government is already hard pressed to find sources of revenue to fund new sources of expenditure. Mr. Aquino, will you please tell us where do you intend to get the 83 million set aside for the Truth Commission, since you have been an advocate of FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY?
Remember this is a new spending that will be introduced for the first time into the National Budget, and why is nobody looking at this figure, and instead, they have hit hard on the SUC Budget where this government contends that there is no source of funding to include the 2.8 Billion peso worth of capital outlay and maintenance and other operating expenses into the mainstream Education Budget.
Yes, everybody wants justice, everybody wants to witness the truth, but nobody clamored for the Truth Commission to be established. Everybody was clamoring for justice, and it does not take a Truth Commission to provide that justice and accountability on the part of public officials.
Unless you have fully functioning judicial processes free from the intervention of the executive, there can never be justice that would be fair for everyone. The job of the PNoy administration is to find out the truth about what happened, and not prosecute and submit the former President to a trial by publicity.
The priorities have been wrongly set and the current administration has been confused of what to do, mainly because it did not even convene the LEDAC (Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council). It has not consulted with our lawmakers about bills they want to have passed that will help them out carry forward their blueprint on the part of the executive.
The youth's concern should not only be about its own SUC Budget, but concerned about issues that has a correlative impact on basic social services and the prioritization measures of the current administration.
The only thing I'm concerned with is that Malacanang was so confident of this TRUTH Commission, now they are being asked of specific contingencies in place to pursue perceived anomalies of the previous administration, they mentioned they were still in the process of identifying alternatives if and when the appeal to legitimize EO1 does not materialize.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said they were prepared for other options, yet could not even give an overview as to how Malacanang would address the situation.
To be fair to all parties concerned, the ex President had shown willingness to appear before the courts of justice, and that was witnessed and mentioned by the media already on National Television. On the other hand, several key opposition figures already filed their complaints against the former administration before the Department of Justice.
They have done their share, now what has the current Executive branch done to fast track the resolution or even the process of finding out the truth, more than the potential of the Truth Commission?
The dependence of Malacanang on the Truth Commission has hampered their pursuit of justice for all, for those who accuse and see the need to address these issues right away, and even for the ex President who seems to be ready to face all of these charges.
Both sides have been victims of what seems to be Malacanang's unpreparedness for the worst case scenario. In the first place, they knew all along the constitutionality of the Truth Commission will be questioned before the Supreme Court.
I have never been a fan of adding another department/fact finding body/quasi-judicial commission into the already bloated bureaucracy, because as this Aquino government has mentioned many times, we do not have a luxury of resources to our disposal.
Another 83 million pesos will go to another padded bureaucracy when government is already hard pressed to find sources of revenue to fund new sources of expenditure. Mr. Aquino, will you please tell us where do you intend to get the 83 million set aside for the Truth Commission, since you have been an advocate of FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY?
Remember this is a new spending that will be introduced for the first time into the National Budget, and why is nobody looking at this figure, and instead, they have hit hard on the SUC Budget where this government contends that there is no source of funding to include the 2.8 Billion peso worth of capital outlay and maintenance and other operating expenses into the mainstream Education Budget.
Yes, everybody wants justice, everybody wants to witness the truth, but nobody clamored for the Truth Commission to be established. Everybody was clamoring for justice, and it does not take a Truth Commission to provide that justice and accountability on the part of public officials.
Unless you have fully functioning judicial processes free from the intervention of the executive, there can never be justice that would be fair for everyone. The job of the PNoy administration is to find out the truth about what happened, and not prosecute and submit the former President to a trial by publicity.
The priorities have been wrongly set and the current administration has been confused of what to do, mainly because it did not even convene the LEDAC (Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council). It has not consulted with our lawmakers about bills they want to have passed that will help them out carry forward their blueprint on the part of the executive.
The youth's concern should not only be about its own SUC Budget, but concerned about issues that has a correlative impact on basic social services and the prioritization measures of the current administration.
