Malacañang pushing anti-people laws

PRESIDENT Aquino has virtually ordered the Congress to pass 19 of 26 (earlier in mid-2014 the number was 29) priority bills for the good of the Republic.

“Order” is the correct word, although Palace press releases and reports carried by the conscript media use “ask” and “urge” to hide the fact that both houses of Congress have become slavishly obedient to Mr. Aquino. By customary and traditional practice since our Republic was born and by the will of the people as stated in the Philippine Constitution that they ratified, our two-chamber lawmaking branch of government is supposed to be co-equal to the executive branch of government (headed by the President) and to the judicial branch (whose highest body is the Supreme Court.)