I see a lot of questions on the
issuance of the erroneous media advisory that the Supreme Court (SC) has issued
a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the hospital arrest of former President
now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
First, who authorized the SC Public
Information Office (PIO) under Atty. Gleo Guerra to inform reporters through
text message that it will furnish the media and upload a copy of the TRO on GMA?
Considering the sensitivity of the
issue, the PIO would not have the guts to issue the advisory WITHOUT
authorization. If that had been the case, then who’s to blame?
Second: Media reports say the advisory
was sent out at 11:25 a.m.
Who noticed the error? How was it
noticed and what time? What happened after the error was discovered? What had
Guerra been doing all this time?
Third: It was only until before 3 p.m.
when Guerra sent e-mails to media to clarify that the TRO does not cover Mrs.
Arroyo That’s MORE THAN THREE HOURS after the erroneous advisory.
What took Guerra so long? What events
transpired?
Fourth: The TRO was issued by the SC
Third Division which is chaired by Associate Justice Presbiterio Velasco.
Was the erroneous media advisory cleared
with Velasco before it was sent to media? Was Velasco IMMEDIATELY INFORMED of
the erroneous advisory after it was sent?
If yes, what did he say or do? If no,
why not? Most of all, WHY isn’t Velasco or the other members of the Third
Division saying anything? Remember, it’s their TRO.
Having happened in the SC, this is
nothing less than a COLOSSAL BLUNDER
Unless the SC or Guerra, come out with
a DETAILED, BLOW-BY-BLOW account of EVERYTHING that had happened immediately,
then they shouldn’t complain or be surprised if the people DON’T BELIEVE THEM.
And raise the possibility of
intervention by Malacanang.
Why Malacanang? It’s only PNoy who can
deal straight with SC justices on an issue as sensitive as GMA’. 30 .
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