Here we go again with charter change
TONY LA VIÑA, KALOI ZARATE, JAYVY GAMBOA ‘Do we really need to change the Constitution for economic reasons? No.’ Last March 6, the House of Representatives approved on third reading Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6 calling for a constitutional convention, or ConCon, as a mode of charter change. RBH No. 6 states that…
A day of reckoning for Duterte et al.
“The day of reckoning is coming for Duterte and others.” On March 5, 2018, the Duterte government announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. On March 16, 2018, it formally submitted its Notice of Withdrawal through a Note Verbale to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet. These prompted the filing of petitions questioning…
The ICC and Duterte, the next phase
“The International Criminal Court can only intervene where a State is unable or unwilling genuinely to carry out the investigation and prosecute the perpetrators.” The victims of the war against drugs inflicted by the Duterte administration on the Filipino people cry out for justice. Thousands have died from this war; many families have been affected.…
Gigi Reyes and everyone’s right to speedy trial
“The SC said while Reyes’ detention is based on a court order, her prolonged detention, without any progress on the case against her, is considered ‘vexatious, capricious, and oppressive.’” I fully support the decision by the First Division of the Supreme Court to release Attorney Gigi Reyes from detention by granting her petition for the…
Anti-Terror Law’s slippier slope
“Fortunately, the Supreme Court did declare unconstitutional a provision in a Section of the ATA for being overbroad and violative of freedom of expression, in essence agreeing with the proposition that activism is not terrorism” In my last column, I summarized Judge Maldoza-Malagar’s decision on the proscription case against the Communist Party of the Philippines…
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