A high wind changing direction
Posted on October 15, 2006 - Filed Under Review |
WE"RE tempted to liken the 8-7 decision of the really honorable justices of the Supreme Court to a churning, developing typhoon that changed course at the last minute. The feeling of relief that follows is very audible throughout an anxious archipelago.
But then, we also would like to believe there was really no sudden drastic reversal of direction but that it was the real path of the 'typhoon' all along and from the beginning. Follow the heart, and you will never go wrong, says an old proverb. Maybe there really was no change of heart at all, not even with Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban (who issued a dissenting opinion the first time around in the now-famous Santiago petition) and he and the rest of the Magnificent 8 from the start simply found the P.I. issue too dangerous for the stability of the Constitution, period.
And if that were the case, it gives a concrete lie to the oft-repeated line that women are fickle-minded and often change their mind. The four women justices who joined Panganiban in the concurrence vote disproved that resoundingly and with such lovely flair.
We predict there will be no motion for reconsideration to be filed by the Lambino group, if the Administration were to be tactical about its moves from here on. Filing one would only pre-empt the next option (not to mention unduly delaying the timetable) that is, the legal route of a Constituent Assembly to keep the Cha-cha train moving — despite initial derailment at the first station.
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