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“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 …
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“That Juan Ponce Enrile is now suggesting going back to the martial law provisions of the 1935 Constitution/1973 Constitution is to forget and deny the atrocities and abuses of the Marcos regime” In my column last Saturday, I detailed how the Philippines became what emerged as the US-Marcos dictatorship. Unfortunately, the United States supported Marcos …
“One week after the official issuance of Proclamation 1081, the whole legal and extralegal structure to totally control the whole country was almost complete.” Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile floated the idea of reverting to the Philippines’ 1935 Constitution, which, according to him, has a broader provision for declaring martial rule. So, we are …
Tony La Viña