THE “GODS” ARE DEAD

Independence is the soul of the judiciary. I strongly believe this, therefore I think that this Supreme Court is dead.

The dismissal of the Motion for Reconsideration of the Supreme Court decision allowing the President to appoint a Chief Justice despite the constitutional ban made the judiciary suffer death twice.

I am immensely disappointed with this move by the same justices that lambasted the sanctity of the constitution in honor of lies and twisted logic in their decision that the appointment ban does not cover the judiciary even if the Constitution does not say so. The moment they inked the word “FINAL” in their decision on the motion for reconsideration, they also engraved another count of shame in the tombstone of the court.

But I am not surprised that the Court has let go of the opportunity to redeem itself and insisted on the correctness of their decision despite sound arguments from legal luminaries and overwhelming public outrage. The Court, as revealed in the recent public interview of candidates for the Chief Justice view public opinion irrelevant and irreverent.

While I agree that it is from the Constitution that the decision of the Supreme Court emanates, I disagree in the extreme disregard of public opinion especially from framers of the Constitution in such a time as this when the political climate that surrounds the issue is highly controversial. This poses the danger of having a court that embodies tyranny and self- righteousness.

The dismissal of the Motion for Reconsideration and the recent public interview exposed many repugnant faces of the Supreme Court including its absurd understanding of judicial independence that manifested in their recent actions.

The absurdity of the Court’s decision that set aside existing jurisprudence on the same issue has unearthed the politics and vested interests that maneuvered it. Considering the political context of the decision, I could not help but believe the speculations that the Court, while has chosen to be independent of public view and scrutiny, has opened its doors so widely to the possibility of escalating perception that it is controlled not by their conscience or the Constitution, as they claim but by the one that gave them the space in the High Court.

And while it can be said that the legal battle is over when the motion for reconsideration was dismissed, CSOs stand firm on its ground that midnight appointments is prohibited by the Constitution, therefore continues to impugn the decision of the Supreme Court.

People may be wounded but we do not grow numb and we will never be silenced by the repeated mischief of the Supreme Court. Unlike the court, we are still alive and we say, “HISTORY WILL JUDGE US, dead or alive.”

Post Script: My first midnight (organized) run was the one on this issue. I had fun running the frustration off along with almost a hundred "zombie" runners