Constitutional Mechanism at Work, NOT Constitutional Crisis.

Midas my goodness! How can impeaching the chief justice translate to an assault to the judiciary? How does it usher in constitutional crisis when it is this same and very constitution that provides for, on the contrary, the only means, i.e. impeachment, of removing certain erring government officials?

I guess what would be crisis-like is a system that is bereft of means of redress and affords impunity to personalities of power. As long as these means are done in accord with constitutionally prescribed processes, we should see them in the light of democratic and republican exercise.

I stand by the Court, the institution, as opposed to its temporary occupants. I would not dare second-guess the capacity and ability of the chief justice and the Court to defend himself/itself. 

He has longer tenure than the president. If he weathers this question on his acts and dispositions, then he redeems himself, clears his name, and hopefully, finally earns the trust and confidence of the people.

To entertain the thought that the charges are completely baseless is almost schizophrenic.

Newsbits

Senator Mirriam Defensor-Santiago is elected to a judge's seat in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of the United Nation. Let's see how she fits in the oft sober ICJ. It is time it had its taste of ballistic representation. I am sure the senator will bring pride to the Filipino for her authentic personality and incisive wits.

RTC Pasay Judge Mupas issues warrant of arrest against former comelec chair Benjamin "HAMBORJER" Abalos. I can sense Veteran’s Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) is praying he does not suffer from any medical condition. GMA alone is a headache tagging along with her Ms. Horn who, insider says, even asked if there was a good restaurant inside VMMC. Two of them in the same facility would be a nightmare, worse if he turns up with his own "Horn."

It's time to dust off the 23 robes the senate bought for the botched Guttierrez impeachment trial, london parliament robe style @4-5k each I heard. One bought for then ombudsman may not fit the chief justice, but I'm sure the CJ can bring his own. Is this a case of every peso spent put to good use?

Quezon City local government giving free parking to senior citizens is a good move, but obviously it could not be as inclusionary and far-reaching as the yellow card -free health care access- of Makati. I can't imagine a good number of senior citizens driving around to really matter.