Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and 16 other alumni of the UP Law said they “strongly condemn” the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte, which they also described as “clearly unconstitutional.” | cgonzalesINQ
‘He can’t do that’, says Gordon on Duterte’s move to bar Cabinet men from Senate probe
The only exception, as ruled by Court in the said case, is when the executive official properly invokes “executive privilege,” which refers to matters involving national security, military or diplomatic secrets, or conversations and correspondences between the President and his officials. “President Duterte’s directive has created an unnecessary constitutional crisis in the middle of a pandemic that has wrought havoc on the lives of Filipinos. The President must respect the constitutional exercise of power by a co-equal branch of government,” the lawyers said.
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