Congress underrepresented at the JBC, Senator Arroyo tells Supreme Court
By Tetch Torres
Congress is under represented at the Judicial and Bar Council, Senator Joker Arroyo told members of the Supreme Court Thursday.
Congress is under represented at the Judicial and Bar Council, Senator Joker Arroyo told members of the Supreme Court Thursday.
Senator Joker Arroyo urged the Supreme Court to exercise judicial activism in resolving the issue whether there should be one or two representatives from Congress at the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
The 1987 Constitution provides that there should only be seven members of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), a Supreme Court Justice told Senator Joker Arroyo on Thursday.
Sen. Joker Arroyo on Saturday said he was “ill at ease” over Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte’s decision to pull out Congress’ representation in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), calling the move “tantamount to defying the Supreme Court.”
A party mate of President Benigno Aquino III has questioned a major component of the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, but one of the Chief Executive’s fiercest critics said the ally should be questioning something else instead.
A dose of her own medicine. Sen. Joker Arroyo said he warned an adamant Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo way back in 2001 that her enemies could use against her the Anti-Money Laundering Bill, which she had wanted signed into law, once she had left Malacañang.
If Chief Justice Renato Corona made erroneous entries in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), does this constitute an impeachable offense?
Senator-judge Joker Arroyo on Monday expressed apprehension on the alleged concerted effort to pin down Chief Justice Renato Corona saying sooner or later a senator-judge will be on his shoes if an order from Malacañang will be defied.
Why can’t you be like your mama? The man who ran and handily won the 2010 presidential election on the strength of his political pedigree should take a leaf from his mother’s style of governance and respect for the rule of law, said Sen. Joker Arroyo on Saturday.
Senator Joker Arroyo has accused the Aquino administration of imposing a “creeping martial law,” citing the government’s actions against former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The battle lines are drawn and so far, the score is pretty even. More than a month into the plenary debates, a good number of senators are still keeping their cards close to their chests on the issue of reproductive health.
