VP Leni Robredo: “…if it will mean saving innocent lives, I will bear the burden…” (Her answer is a “yes if…”. ) This ends the giving of public legal advice from this small space here (see previous post embedded below). The Veep has a lot of competent lawyers who are smarter …
( will entertain official phone calls and emails. Tnx.)
the last line from the previous post is from Sting… say yes if it is possible “to clinch a lifetime’s argument…”
“for all those born
beneath an angry star…”
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(Credits: Video of the Veep’s speech produced by ABS-CBN used here non-commercially for academic purposes only. Music video: Words, music, performance and production by Sting used here non-commercially for academic purposes only.)
VP Leni herself has not responded … The answer is…
Many personalities have given their opinions on whether VP Leni should say yes or no to the presidential appointment as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs.
Yesterday afternoon when Neri Colmenares was asked his opinion, he said “I do not give unsolicited advice… etc”. i will do a Neri-Colmenares…
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… it has been an overnight now.
She herself has not said anything.
The answer to whether she should say yes or no is… well, i do not give legal advice unless called up (phone call or email ) or unless sitting in a meeting where you were invited to sit as lawyer so you can catch anything that constitutes a legal issue …
Most lawyers practise this way.
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Ok… it’s already near noon. This involves public interest …
Here’s a hint of the advice…
It’s not a yes or no answer, Ma’am… (see constitutional law, Administrative Code, and basic principles and experience in running government offices) …
Ok, it’s already 11:11am…
Ok… Since this involves public interest, here’s the gist of the advice: You’ll need hiring-and-firing powers, deployment powers (this is the calling-out power in constitutional law), and prosecutorial powers, to be successful in this assignment (delegated na lang muna) . PD30 will probably not agree to a blanket delegation but can actually agree to implementing specific recommendations by saying “Ok, I will approve every recommendation you make, we will implement it by authority of the President… etc. “
It’s not a yes or no answer. The point is: Is it possible to “clinch a lifetime’s argument” ?
