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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Repost: Supreme Court Allows Grace Poe to Run for President
QUALIFIED. Sen Grace Poe starts her presidential bid in Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila on February 9, 2016. File photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler
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In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court (SC) decided to save Senator Grace Poe from disqualification as presidential candidate in the 2016 election.
The SC en banc on Tuesday, March 8, voted 9-6 to reverse the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to cancel Poe's certificate of candidacy (COC).
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was among the 9 justices who voted in favor of Poe. The rest are Presbitero Velasco Jr, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Jose Perez, Jose Mendoza, Marvic Leonen, Francis Jardeleza, and Benjamin Caguioa.
Of the 9, four are appointees of President Benigno Aquino III: Sereno, Leonen, Jardeleza and Caguioa.
The 6 justices who voted against Poe are Antonio Carpio, Teresita Leonardo de Castro, Mariano del Castillo, Arturo Brion, Estela Perlas-Bernabe, and Bienvenido Reyes.
Of the 6, two are appointes of Aquino: Bernabe and Reyes. Three of them – Carpio, Brion and De Castro – were part of the Senate Electoral Tribunal that earlier voted in favor of Poe. The 3 justices dissented in that SET verdict, insisting that Poe is not a natural-born citizen.
The verdict came after recent surveys showed Poe as the front runner in the presidential race.
The High Court heard oral arguments on the case for 5 Tuesdays, from January 19 to February 16. The SC justices interpellated Poe's counsel Alex Poblador, Comelec's lead counsel Arthur Lim, Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, and former University of the East Law Dean Amado Valdez.
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During the oral arguments, the views of at least 3 justices showed they were leaning toward recognizing Poe as a natural-born Filipino and as having established residency before running for president: Sereno, Leonen and Jardeleza.
Sereno and Leonen focused on the rights of foundlings, while Jardeleza expressed his concern that the Comelec might have deprived Poe of her rights to due process.
3 bodies
Poe fought disqualification cases against her before 3 bodies: the SET, Comelec, and the SC.
It was a close vote at the SET. In November 2015, the SET voted 5-4 to deny the petition to disqualify Poe from the 2013 senatorial polls.
A month later, in December 2015, the Comelec en banc decided to dismiss Poe's appeal to allow her to run. The commissioners voted separately on the two cases involving the senator's citizenship and residency requirements: the one handled by the First Division and the other by the Second Division. Both divisions previously ruled against Poe.
At the SC, the oral arguments showed that the justices were split on at least least 4 key issues on the case.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Controversial Reason for Her Non-Appearance in Projects
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While most actors and actresses would give an arm and a leg to obtain a role in any teleserye project of the network, MA must have had good reason for her decision. After much reflection, MA realized that she should take measures to curb her alleged addiction before the urge becomes totally uncontrollable.
The fast pace, glamour, finances, and temptation are elements that could eventually lead to addiction in any form. Saying that self-control is the only solution, the conscious action to stay away from addiction is much harder than articulation of words. For MA, having recognized her alleged problem did the best action, which is to seek help. Thus, sacrificing her appearance for professional treatment is a small price to pay if that means living a better life.
Sometime ago, MA has been linked to actors and singers in the industry. While at times, MA and her partner would admit their relationship, most often, her links to other men are often denied by her camp. Even if the togetherness of MA and an actor beams with sweetness, denials still proliferate in the air. Thus, over the years, MA has not been seriously linked with any actor, who would be man enough to admit his feelings for her in public.
Perhaps, her addiction had gotten in the way of her having serious relationships. Allegedly, when she feels that urge to be intimate, she calls on a former rumored special friend (SF) and they spend the time satisfying each other’s physical needs. Sometimes, MA travels abroad to seek her partners, as she is careful not to do anything in the local scene that could ruin her reputation as well as the conservative identity of her family. However, no one really notices her flying in and out of the country, which makes it convenient for her to seek an outlet of her addiction abroad.
While her fans wait for her appearance in any network project, MA has decided to be more mindful and to seek help for her problem that might be growing uncontrollable every minute.
To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things. – Kara Walker
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