BY his words and deeds, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez seems to believe that he is the most powerful man in the country. While President Rodrigo Duterte pays lip service, at least, to the Supreme Court’s role as the final arbiter in all legal matters brought before it, Speaker Alvarez observes no such niceties. But like the pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Speaker Alvarez apparently believes that some animals are more equal than others. Not content with bullying the appellate court justices, the House is also threatening to detain Ilocos Notre Gov. But in their hubris, they should remember that those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad.

Source: The Standard July 04, 2017 16:18 UTC