Better late than never

AFTER the 2007 elections, Arroyo's Supreme Court finally was able to issue the Rule on the Writ of Amparo:

Last week, while the country was absorbed in the latest twists of the National Broadband Network telenovela, the Supreme Court issued the Rule on the Writ of Amparo. The new package of protections will become effective on Oct. 24—just a little over three months after the high court convened an extraordinary “national consultative summit” on political killings and politically motivated disappearances.

This is, in truth, remarkable. The pace of judicial innovation is virtually unprecedented, a reflection of the judiciary’s sense of urgency over the crisis of political violence that continues to disturb the country. At the same time, it cannot be said that the high court threw all caution to the wind; a study of the process and the Rule it produced soothes our concerns. The court made haste, but slowly.

Alam nyo, tapos na ang "killing season." Meron pa ba kayong nababalitaang pinapatay na maka-Kaliwa, wala na di ba, unlike before na halos every other day may pinapatay. I think this has something to do with the removal of Butch Palparan. But I think the bigger factor here is that the killings were on the Lefties are election-related, and were meant to weaken Lefty organizations. At tapos na ang election.

Anyway, I hope Arroyo will finally pay for her permissive culture on political assassinations conducted by her appointee Palparan and other rogue military agents against Leftist activists.