Kaban ni D_BystandeR: NAGPAUGATAY ANG EHEKUTIBO UG HUDIKATORA BAHIN SA HINIKYARAY SA KITA???

President of JUDEA, Jojo Guerero, an association of judiciary employees, clearly defensive of the SC justices regarding the SALN issue, asked why  P-Noy is targeting the justices when there is a rule that governs the release of their SALN. With numerous controversial issues affecting the integrity and honesty of some members of the judiciary,  especially the SC's alleged involvement with a certain "Ma'am Arlene," who is said to have "thrown her weight around and fixed the cases" of her moneyed clients with high profile cases pending in the SC, P-Noy's dogged insistence to take to task the SC of this SALN issue is being welcomed by the concerned public. This, being the focus of P-Noy, could probably unearth some controversial issues which nobody can question them before because they were believed to be "above the law."

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a PDI headline, "SC: our SALNs no secret." The verbal tussle between P-Noy and the SC has resulted to BIR commissioner Kim Henares asking  the SC justices to furnish her office with their  financial statements from 2003 to 2012. Henares said the request was part of her commission's  investigation into the activities of someone in the judiciary known only as "Ma'am Arlene" who reportedly fixed wealthy clients cases. Henares  said by denying her request, the SC justices were "creating an exception for themselves." Henares first filed her request on Dec. 9/13 but due to failure to comply with some SC requirements, she filed again another application on Feb. 10/14 but was denied on June 17/14. Her appeal filed with the SC is expected to be acted soon. Recently, Sen. Koko Pimentel is reported to be backing  P-Noy on this SALN issue and on Saturday, 08/17/14, proposed that the Supremes submit  copies of their SALN to the Ombudsman for  transparency sake. That way, Pimentel said, the public could access the justices financial disclosure.