SC compromised in proposed federal Constitution, says retired justice

The  proposal to create three federal courts under the draft federal Constitution may help reduce the heavy case load at the Supreme Court, but retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Vicente Mendoza said this move may scale down the high court to “a mere shadow of its original self.”

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Davide questions non-mention of West Philippine Sea in draft Charter

“Why not clearly mention the West Philippine Sea? [Is it] because of the administrative fear of or love for China?”  This was the question posed by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution, during the Senate hearing on the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha).

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