Breaking news 1:50pm, i can see an inset box with no talkies of a live coverage of the Makati RTC with graphics that say Makati RTC to rule on Benhur Luy’s illegal detention case vs. Napoles– is that already the promulgation of judgment in People vs. Janet Napoles?
1:53 pm still no talkies, the clerk of court is alrady reading out loud the decision. it’s an inset box with no talkies of re-run of Talkback on the topic of OFWs… where’s the audio of the promulgation?
1:56pm Still no audio. It’s serious illegal detention. Capital offense. Pork barrel queen. Still no audio!
1:59pm. Anak ng kamote. Decision ba iyon o interlocutory order lang? It looks like promulgation of the decision, the clerk of court was standing in front of the judge reading it out loud while the accused and her lawyers were on their feet. It’s promulgation. Where are you 2:02pm Nawala na. Wala nang media coverage. Promulgation na ba yon… anobur
(original by Britney Spears, reinterpreted here by the millennial kids in Glee), is dedicated to the President (PNoy), but unlike Britney Spears, with the exercise of prerogative comes the duty to account by the executive —
in an earlier post, this site pointed out that the President had the prerogative of choosing the means, method, men and women to implement the “law-enforcement” operation, Oplan Exodus (formerly Oplan Wolverine) (“service of a warrant of arrest on Marwan) as Chief Executive BUT HE SHOULD OWN UP TO ITS CONSEQUENCES. Apparently, after the BOI report came out, the President’s Cabinet members (the DOJ Secretary, the Palace spokerpersons, et al) are using this line – well, half of this line: that it was the President’s prerogative as Chief Executive to mobilize any of his subordinates for the special operation. It’s half of the principle: IF THE PRESIDENT IS TO INVOKE HIS PREROGATIVE, HE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF EXERCISING THAT PREROGATIVE, i.e., be prepared to face the public whatever the consequences are. The President has shirked: it’s Napeñas, Napeñas,Napeñas (repeat 3X until you have a song). You can’t have your cake and eat your bibingka too. (presidential sister Kris Aquino, in answering why she was not running for public office in 2016, disclosed on TV that the family was preparing for a slew of lawsuits against PNoy after his term — You don’t have a good legal team if you think you have criminal liability when you greenlighted this operation — sa tingin mo ba, illegal ginawa mo).
