Don't expect too much from the Supreme Court

If you think the pro-impeach people will get a fair decision from Davide's Supreme Court, you're bound to be disappointed... That is, if this SC acted the way they did last March when they sat as members of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal and dismissed the Poe protest by a vote of 15-0... using the lame excuse na patay na raw si Poe, at bawal raw ipagpatuloy ni Susan Roces laban para lumabas ang katotohanan.

MANILA, March 30, 2005 (STAR) By Jose Rodel Clapano - The last legal challenge to President Arroyo’s claim to winning the 2004 presidential election was dismissed by the Supreme Court (SC) in a unanimous decision yesterday. In a 14-page resolution, the 15 SC justices, sitting as members of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), dismissed the election protest filed by actor Fernando Poe Jr. "on the ground that no real party in interest has come forward within the period allowed by law, to intervene in this case or be substituted for the deceased protestant."

Poe died last Dec. 14 with his election protest pending, and his widow Susan Roces asked the PET to name her instead as the petitioner. But in the same resolution penned by Justice Leonardo Quisumbing, the PET dismissed the election protest, saying Roces — Jesusa Sonora Poe — was not the "real party in interest" in the case. "The motion of Jesusa Sonora (Roces) to intervene and substitute for the deceased protestant (Poe) is dismissed for lack of merit," the ruling said.

The SC said Roces cannot substitute for her deceased husband since under the PET rules "only the registered candidates who obtained the 2nd and 3rd highest votes for the presidency may contest the election of the president." "Patently, Mrs. Poe did not receive the 2nd and 3rd highest votes (as) she was not even a candidate for the presidency in the (May 2004) election that is being contested," the court said. Mrs. Arroyo won the presidency by over a million votes, but allegations of electoral cheating led to a drop in her popularity.

Eh hindi naman balak ni Susan Roces na pumalit kay Poe bilang replacement candidate eh. Gusto lang niyang malaman ang katotohanan. Just like what she is doing now.

GAGO talaga ang SUPREME COURT natin. and i'm worried na they will have to decide this election fraud case again.

And remember this, 9 of 15 SC justices are Arroyo appointees.