SUPREME Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, by sitting for a year now on candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s election protest against Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo, is mocking our democratic system. Worse, this is not just any body hearing the case but the Supreme Court itself, constituted as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). Despite the importance of the case, Leonen has practically done nothing in the one year that the case has been with him. DemocracyFor the sake of our democracy, the Supreme Court must not acquiesce to the travesty of our electoral system — and therefore of our democracy — by Leonen. Wouldn’t that be such a huge slap in the face of our Supreme Court members?

Source: Manila Times October 22, 2020 16:12 UTC