Lots of articles were written about this issue and one of those was this one. So tell me after reading this, what do you think his real agenda is?
Noy’s ‘real agenda’
I.N.S.I.D.E . C.O.N.G.R.E.S.S |
Charlie Manalo |
12/06/2011
There is really no stopping Noynoy Aquino from his newly-discovered pastime: that is bashing the Judiciary.
Yesterday, Noynoy again tried to humiliate the Supreme Court (SC) when he lambasted Chief Justice Renato Corona in front of so many people during the 1st National Criminal Justice Summit at the Manila Hotel.
While he was quick to stress he was not out to smear the credibility of the high court, he openly criticized the court of last resort saying it was the SC that had been playing with its interpretation of the law to benefit a particular group of persons, particularly former President Gloria Arroyo, who, incidentally, appointed Corona as Chief Justice.
Appealing to his audience, Aquino even asked them “what was the use of creating laws if it would not be followed.”
Yesterday was not the first time Noynoy hit the high court. In fact, next to GMA, the SC has been his favorite whipping boy the last few weeks.
And Noynoy, with his open defiance of SC rulings, plus his pronouncements that he would continue to do so if the high court again issues rulings contrary to his interests (which he wrongly perceives to be the people’s interest), might be inciting mob rule against the SC.
Relying heavily on his questionable popularity rating, Noynoy is hoping his pronouncements could send subliminal messages to his yellow followers to follow suit and defy the Judiciary in the event it issues rulings averse to their interests.
And while saying he definitely knows what he is doing despite not being a lawyer, Noynoy surely knows that his pronouncements are inviting mob rule against the Judiciary which could eventually result in a constitutional crisis.
Unless of course, if his mouth moves at a faster rate than his mind, firing those words even before his mind can comprehend them.
But let’s assume Noynoy really knows what he is doing, then it would be safe to assume also that he has a hidden agenda at the back of his mind whenever and wherever he bashes the judiciary.
Noynoy knows that with his pronouncement, he is courting a constitutional crisis. Then, what for?
Two things. First, if a constitutional crisis occurs, Noynoy could then justify the declaration of a revolutionary government, enabling him to dissolve the judiciary and the legislative and create bodies and agencies which would all be subservient to him.
In so doing, Noynoy could then persecute all of his perceived enemies without worrying he could be breaking any law or violating basic human rights as provided for in the Constitution. All then he has to worry is the backlash from the international community and human rights groups.
But then, Noynoy might not be thinking about a revolutionary government which could be quite messy if he cannot enjoin the support of the broad number of people, including the military establishment.
So, Noynoy might be actually contemplating on a second agenda, which is to rally the people against Corona whom he abhors so much he had to ask another SC justice to administer his oath-taking.
By openly criticizing Corona, expressing his disgust over the way the SC handles cases against his perceived number one enemy, the Arroyos, Noynoy might be actually laying the groundwork for the Chief Justice’s removal from office. Via impeachment.
And this line of attack is what Noynoy could actually be selling. While he is busy doing the rounds, assaulting the Judiciary at every opportunity available to him, his yellow troops are spearheading mass actions vilifying Corona, hoping that this could snowball to larger protest actions against the chief Justice. Hence, this two-pronged attack on the chief Justice could be meant to send signals to his allies in Congress to prepare the impeachment process against Corona.
But then, it was rather wise for the chief Justice not to be swayed by Noynoy’s bullying tactics and engage him in a head-on collision. He hit it right in the head when he retorted, “Magpapasko na, hayaan na natin.”
Isn’t Christmas for the kids? Or for those who think and act like kids?
No comments:
Post a Comment