Duterte will not impose a revolutionary government not only because it has no constitutional and factual bases, but also because it is not in his interest.
A RevGov would result to the abolition of the Congress and even of the Supreme Court, and also of the Presidency to be replaced by a “revolutionary head of state”.
No amount of destabilization, chaos or designs to topple the government will justify President Rodrigo Duterte’s projected declaration of a revolutionary government (RevGov).
The RevGov to be imposed by the President has neither constitutional anchorage nor historical ancestry.
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno need not accede to the invitation of House Committee on Justice Chairman Rep. Reynaldo Umali to appear during the hearing on the impeachment case against her on November 22, 2017.
The Chief Justice can effectively and legally appear through her counsel on record who could also cross-examine the complainant and his witnesses on her behalf.
Why the inordinate fuss on whether President Donald Trump raised human rights concerns in his bilateral talks with President Rodrigo Duterte?
Whether or not there was a discussion on human rights violations connected with the Duterte administration’s violent war against suspected drug peddlers and users would not diminish or conceal the unabated transgressions in the country.
After the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recertified as non-abortifacient all 51 contraceptives, including the controversial sub-dermal implanon and implanon NXT and the commonly-used copper intrauterine device (IUD), there is urgent need to augment the 2018 proposed appropriations for family planning supplies and devices in the General Appropriations Bill (GAB).
