Hi batchmates!

Escudero Marasigan Vallente & Villareal Law Offices (EMSAVVIL) is now
considering applications for underbar, as well as 1-yr or 2-yr experienced
lawyers to do corpo, IP, special projects and/or litigation, labor/coop law, and
media law.

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JP Lim
2009-A

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS...
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>The Filipino people need to know that Noynoy plans to control all branches and
agencies of our government. 
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>1. He already has the executive (including DOJ's de Lima and Ombudsman
Carpio-Morales). 
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>2. He obviously has control of congress, what with the Speaker reporting to the
President and giving him updates on the number of signatures collected for the
impeachment of the Chief Justice. 
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>3. Noynoy is now eyeing to control the Judiciary by getting rid of Chief
Justice Renato Corona. After denying that he had a hand in it, Noynoy threw
a thanksgiving party for the congressmen the day after the impeachment and
continued his rantings against the CJ. DOJ Sec De Lima has already made a
statement that 10 Arroyo appointees should resign or be impeached. Congressman
Tupas has already said that they have the "goods" to impeach more SC Justices
(aside from Chief Justice Corona and Associate Justice Del Castillo). If that
isn't meant to threaten them into subservience, I don't know what is! 
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>4. Once they impeach enough sitting SC Justices and replace with Noynoy's own
subservient Justices and Carpio as his CJ of choice to get the majority, they
plan to overturn the current ruling on Hacienda Luisita where the SC voted to
distribute the land to the farmers within 6 months. Noynoy and his family DO NOT
plan on giving up their land. Another scenario would be to follow Justice
Sereno's opinion of selling the land to the farmers at 2006 (?) prices, which
are so exorbitant that the farmers would never be able to afford it. Bottom line
is the Cojuangcos DO NOT want to give the land to the farmers. And Noynoy is
creating a constitutional crisis because of his greed. 
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>5. Today's headlines said that Senate President Enrile might be unseated.
Noynoy probably wants the likes of Drilon or Pangilinan to preside over the
impeachment proceedings. If that happens, Noynoy would have control of the
Senate as well. And who knows what they will do during the trial if Drilon
presides? He already rallied for the CJ's inhibition (so did Pangilinan), and
his arguments were used in the articles of impeachment. Doesn't that make him
biased?? He has obviously prejudged the Chief Justice already. But both of them
refuse to inhibit. As opposed to perceived or insinuated bias that they accuse
the CJ of, they made press statements and granted interviews, etc which showed
DIRECT bias against the CJ.
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>6. The "source" or evidence presented in the impeachment document is
information from an online magazine called "Newsbreak" which says that they get
their leaks from an "insider" at the SC. Newsbreak is owned by Carpio and
company. 
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>7. If Noynoy can influence the SC by replacing or threatening majority of the
Justices, he will manipulate the findings of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal
to declare Mar Roxas the winner in the vice-presidential race, thus kicking
Binay out.
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>There you have it. Noynoy takes over the Philippines. Isn't it ironic that he
is trampling upon and trashing the CORY Constitution (ratified during her
presidency) by his words and actions?

Please read on and educate yourselves. Please pass on to your friends if you
believe...
DRILON's Lies VS The Truth

LIE: The Truth Commission was arbitrarily struck down because of partisan
reasons and because the Supreme Court does not want to find out the truth

TRUTH: Unrevised, the creation of the Truth Commission goes against the Equal
Protection Clause. The SC decision's last words are as follows:

"Lest it be misunderstood, this is not the death knell for a truth commission as
nobly envisioned by the present administration. Perhaps a revision of the
executive issuance so as to include the earlier past administrations would allow
it to pass the test of reasonableness and not be an affront to the Constitution.
Of all the branches of the government, it is the judiciary which is the most
interested in knowing the truth and so it will not allow itself to be a
hindrance or obstacle to its attainment. It must, however, be emphasized that
the search for the truth must be within constitutional bounds for “ours is
still a government of laws and not of men."

The problem was minor and could have been remedied by a simple amendment to
include all other past administrations. But the fact is there has been no effort
to rectify that particular defect, yet the President is blaming the Supreme
Court for its demise.

LIE: Drilon claims that Corona has had a “consistent voting pattern favoring
the Arroyo government’s controversial policies.” 

TRUTH: These Supreme Court decisions were either unanimous decisions, or those
in which only one to five justices dissented. 

LIE: Drilon alleges that in 2004 Corona favored Arroyo by voting as
constitutional her Proclamation No. 427 which declared a state of rebellion in
the wake of the 2003 Oakwood mutiny. 

TRUTH: What he doesn’t mention: only one out of the 15 justices dissented.
Hilario Davide, then the chief justice, and his successor Artemio Panganiban
voted for the proclamation. Is Drilon saying that these two chief justices were
Arroyo’s stooges as well? Drilon even forgets that Arroyo consulted him on
that proclamation, when he was a supportive Senate president then.

LIE: Drilon complains that in 2005, Corona voted to dismiss a petition by
communist-affiliated groups to declare unconstitutional “Arroyo’s VAT reform
act.” 

TRUTH: It was also a unanimous Court decision. Drilon is saying that Corona is
pro-Arroyo for voting for a law which he forgets he pushed for when he was
Senate president.

LIE: Drilon whines that in 2006, Corona voted to uphold Arroyo’s executive
order that invoked executive privilege in congressional investigations.
TRUTH: The Court’s decision was unanimous, and was even penned by
Carpio-Morales. 

LIE: Drilon claims that “Corona concurred in the Court decision stopping
Aquino from revoking the appointment of alleged midnight appointees made by
Arroyo.” 

TRUTH: There is no such decision. There is only a status quo ante order, and
only for one official. And even that order was agreed to by 12 justices, while
three were on official leave.

LIE: The Chief Justice allegedly favored the former president in Gudani

TRUTH: The records of Court show that the Chief Justice was on leave at that
time. 

LIE: Coming from a trip from the US, Corona cut his trip short to make sure the
TRO for the DOJ circular would be given.

TRUTH: Corona's itinerary was never changed. He was scheduled to receive the
main award of the Seagull Philippines' First Asian Leaders Awards for
Excellence, Best Values and Social Responsibility in Makati City, November 11
which was a Friday. The SC met en banc on Nov 14 which was a Monday. The event
was even covered by ABS-CBN's Ina Reformina here

LIE: Chief Justice Corona has a consistent voting pattern ALWAYS favoring of the
former administration's policies

TRUTH: CJ Corona voted against the former administration in the following:

In Islamic Da’wah Council of the Philippines v. Office of the Executive
Secretary, the Chief Justice nullified EO 46 which was issued on 26 October 2001
by the former administration. 

The Chief Justice also joined the majority in The Secretary of National Defense
v. Manalo in ruling that “[t]he ineffective investigation and protection by
government agents under the secretary of defense and the AFP failed to guarantee
the right of security of respondents as required by the Constitution

Corona voted with the majority in Central Mindanao University v. The Honorable
Executive Secretary, concerning the annulment of Presidential Proclamation 310
that took property from a state university for distribution to indigenous
peoples and cultural communities

In David v. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the Chief Justice, as a member of a
unanimous Court, voted to nullify the warrantless arrests against petitioners
David, Llamas and others, and the searches and seizures against the Tribune,
under authority of Presidential Proclamation No. 1017 and General Order No. 5 of
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for being unconstitutional.

THE TRUTH: As a separate branch of government the Court and the Judiciary must
resist all attempts and efforts to turn it into a compliant tool for any of the
other branches. It is precisely in keeping with the republican system that the
Court must never be seen as a mere lackey or yes man of the executive or the
legislative departments. What others want is to have enough influence to dictate
how justice should be dispensed and what the outcome of cases should be.

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