Former PGMA lawyer Romulo Macalintal said on 9 March 2011 as reported in Manila Bulletic that "even if the TRO or SQAO is issued without some justices having read the petition or issued on the same day the petition is filed is not a ground for impeachment since the act does not constitute betrayal of public trust or any of the grounds for impeachment." His basis is what he observed that he remembered many instances when the SC issued a TRO or SQAO on the day a petition is filed with the court.
Does a decision of obvious partiality towards the petitioner not constitute betrayal of public trust, considering that the public is losing its trust on the Supreme Court?
[Certainly, the quick TRO or SQAO that Atty. Macalintal observed go through a deliberation with the member justices, otherwise who will sign on a decision on a case they do not even understand, unless of course some personal interests are involved?]
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