Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Justiciable Controversy and other Confusing Legal Terms

It looks like the proponents of Charter Change and Parliamentary form of government in the Philippines are using all the tricks in the book in order to advance their plan to perpetuate their hold to power. They've tried floating several political alternatives and designs to ameliorate Philippine society and presumably, to attain economic sufficiency and progress. One design is to inject amendments to the present Charter. But it is being done with such haste and speed that one suspects there is a heinous plot percolating under it. Pro-Administration congressmen forced the overnight approval of HR 1109, a resolution expressing the wish of the Lower House to convene as a constituent assembly to discuss amendments to the Constitution. This proposed assembly challenges a legal requirement, that of including the Senate vote for a constituent assembly. Now comes a term being introduced in the continuing attempt to make the public discusssion of issues very foggy and confusing. The term is "justiciable controversy". Only lawyers and those who go to libraries and check the Internet can avail of the meaning of this term. The other Filipinos, those millions of countrymen who work, if they have work, day in and day out to eke out a living and put food in the table for their families and loved ones, are expected to be confused and puzzled. Silence and avoidance to participate in public discussions would be the result. In short, there is an attempt by those looking for a way out to escape the wrath of the entire Filipino race for the abuses and plunder they've committed, to confuse everything. By so doing, those in power will continue to amass more opportunity to hold on to power and extend their stranglehold of the country.

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