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PNoy respects the decision of the Supreme People's Court of China while disregarding the Philippine Supreme Court's decision to allow former PGMA to travel abroad

Press Statements
  • Office of the Minority Leader
  • Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
  • 05 December 2011
  • 0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137

  

             It is ironical that while the Aquino Administration “respects the decision of the Supreme People’s Court of China” imposing the death sentence on a Filipino who tried to smuggle 1.4 kilos of heroin in 2008, the same Aquino Administration disregards the Philippine Supreme Court’s decision to allow former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to travel abroad for medical treatment.

             While the Aquino Administration defers to China’s “legal processes” and concedes that “the decision of the court is final”, it defies our own Supreme Court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) which is immediately executory prohibiting the implementation of the DOJ Circular No. 41 and the Watch List Orders issued by Sec. Leila De Lima against the Arroyos.

             It is alarming that while the Aquino Administration submits to the jurisdiction of a foreign forum which forfeits the life of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), it refuses to accord recognition to an order of the Supreme Court which upholds civil liberties and protects the life and rights of a Filipino former Chief of State.