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Yesterday,
the Supreme Court issued a status quo ante order (SQAO) that orders the
government to stop for 20 days the burial of the late and former dictator
President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
According
to Spokesmen Theodore Te, the SC has reset the oral argument to August 31,
instead of today (August 24), on the six consolidated petitions from different
groups that aim to stop the burial.
The SQAO
refers to “the state of affairs that preceded the onset of a controversy”. It was granted to the respondents in the six
petitions.
The Office
of the Solicitor General earlier already asked the SC to dismiss the petitions
because on top of other procedural and substantive arguments, the challenge
against the decision of the President to bury Marcos in the LNMB is a political
question that cannot be resolved by the SC.
“In
essence, petitioners assail the wisdom behind President Duterte’s decision to
inter the remains of a former President at the LNMB, made pursuant to the
constitution, laws, rules, and regulations,” said the OSG.
The OSG
also stressed that, “It should likewise be
emphasized that President Duterte’s order to allow former President Marcos’
interment at the LNMB is based on his determination that it shall promote
national healing and forgiveness, and redound to the benefit of the Filipino
people. Surely, this is an exercise of his executive prerogative beyond the
ambit of judicial review.”
The Marcos heirs has expressed their support to the justification
of the government. They also asked the petitioners to clearly point out
unmistakable rights or grave injury that they would then suffer if the
interment pushes through.
“Allegations of violations of human rights
personally experienced by petitioners and of others, in general, after declaration
of martial law on Sept. 21, 1972, are denied. Apart from being irrelevant to
the issue at hand, the allegations may not be assumed as facts but needs to be
established with competent evidence,” they added.
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SC postpones Marcos Burial
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