On Emergency Powers and Death Penalty

By: Ulysses R. Butuyan

 

PUNCHLINE: WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF THE POLICE? Their wives and mothers-in-law, definitely.

GOV. “POGI” ESPINO CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Will there be free dark glasses for the cross-eyed and brain food for some politicians?

PINOYS AMONG WORLD’S SHORTEST. Former Senator Juan Flavier and Former Comelec Commissioner Nic Ferrer may not agree.

SENATORS WILLING TO GRANT EMERGENCY POWERS TO DUTERTE. Include the power to recall them if and when all they do is investigate, prosecute and condemn, ostensibly “in aid of legislation.”

HOUSE EYES INCREASE IN RETIREES’ PENSION. Hurry up! Many of them have died or are now dying, not of old age but of poverty.

DEATH PENALTY ON TOP OF CONGRESS AGENDA. Match it with due process of law. Better yet, abolish the death penalty. Even innocent people die, anyway.

CATHOLIC BISHOPS PLEASED WHEN DUTERTE SAID THERE SHOULD BE NO SEPARATION BETWEEN GOD AND STATE. His smart way of saying there should be separation between him and the bishops!

SC RULES: EDCA CONSTITUTIONAL. What is unconstitutional is EDSA because a religious shrine stands on government property, in violation of the principle of separation of Church and State.

1, 177 DRUG SUSPECTS IN URDANETA CITY SURRENDER. But 7, 711 did not.

DRUG SUSPECTS, NOT COPS, SHOULD DIE IN ENCOUNTERS. It may be because the cops are armed while the suspects are not.

PNP ASKED TO CURB SUMMARY KILLINGS AMID ALL-OUT DRUG WAR. In the first place, were the police authorized to launch extrajudicial killings after all?

INFANTA FISHERMEN WHO FISH IN SCARBOROUGH SHOAL HAIL THE UN ARBITRATION DECISION AND HOPE IT’S FINAL. The only thing that seems to be final is China’s adamance to honor it.

NATIONAL SECURITY MEETING ATTENDED BY FIVE PRESIDENTS. In the published photo none of those present smiled. Could it be that some of them may be security risks themselves?

DUTERTE SHAKES DE LIMA’S HAND. SHE THINKS IT WAS AN ICE-BREAKER. Some people say “goodbye” in that manner, however.

CON-ASS REPLACING CON-CON TO MAKE FEDERAL SHIFT CHEAPER, FASTER. Will assholes be barred from the deliberations?

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