Monday, October 17, 2005

Martial law days are back

Water-Cannon incident: Neal Cruz | Conrad de Quiros | Ducky Paredes | Ellen Tordesillas | Ninez Cacho-Olivares | Malaya Editorial | PDI Editorial | Oscar Cruz

Martial Law Talk--Prelude to a Charm Offensive? - Dean Jorge Bocobo

Scorched-earth governance - Manuel L. Quezon III

Realpolitik vs Ethical Politics - Randy David

GMA is fooling you, FVR - Rudy Romero

And PCIJ has an intro to the extraordinary presidential powers that GMA will get once she declares a "state of emergency":

TO help enlighten the public on the nagging issue of an impending national emergency declaration, we enumerate the extraordinary presidential powers at Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s disposal culled from a briefing paper prepared by the Free Legal Assistance Group. The President’s extraordinary powers, FLAG says, generally fall under three classes — powers vested by virtue of being the Commander-in-Chief, emergency powers granted by Congress, and emergency powers as provided for in the 1987 Constitution.

Read the whole thing.

1 comment:

Deany Bocobo said...

you know i listened to the interview with tito guingona on anc at noon. It's the Palace that's cruisin for a bruisin now. but i'm predicting the palace is gonna ease off a bit and back down. they've been playing a game of chicken with the opposition that they thought they could carry off indefinitely. but now they realize this could get hairy for them...they're the ones that have something coming down the road: a Mack truck if they keep this up.