Court’s questionable rulings cannot be resolved through reconciliation-Kiko

MANILA, December 8, 2011-Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan weighs in on the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines's (CBCP’s) called on for reconciliation between the Chief Executive and the Supreme Court and end their recent war of words.

Pangilinan pointed out that the key issue in the clash between the executive and judicial branches are the string of controversial rulings that have placed grave doubt on the fairness and the impartiality of the court, saying that many of these rulings have prevented the executive department from pursuing its commitment to addressing pervasive corruption and exacting accountability and justice.

“These highly questionable rulings cannot be the subject matter of mediation or conciliation or talks. I may be mistaken, but I am afraid that, at this point, any talks between the two branches will just be for show or pakitang tao lamang and will not help address the problem,” he said.

Earlier, three bishops who are all known to be close to the Chief executive’s mother, the late and former president Corazon Aquino issued statements Tuesday to stress the need for Aquino and some SC officials to restrain comments after an unseemly public spat.

As they said, yuletide season is coming: thus; peace, reconciliation, and respect for each other is important as Christmas is fast approaching. (Jason de Asis)