Punong-PUNO na kami!

The last bastion of democracy is under siege.

We, the students of the University of the Philippines, in solidarity with the youth of the land, join the outrage against the assault on the independence of the Supreme Court  and strongly condemn the machinations contrived by  nefarious and evil forces  to initiate impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno (UP Law Class of ‘62);

We understand that the impeachment initiative  is  calculated to serve partisan, selfish, and unpatriotic interests;

We understand that its underlying premises contradict the most fundamental principles governing procedure inside the Supreme Court and the due process of law well-enshrined in the Constitution;

We understand that destroying the character and integrity of Chief Justice Puno will in effect undermine the integrity of the very institution that he represents;

We stand by and lend our full support to Chief Justice Puno, a man of unassailable and unsullied integrity, and therefore call for the cessation of all acts seeking to attack him and the Puno Court;

We advocate transparency, honesty, and integrity in public service, so ably exemplified by Chief Justice Puno. We shall fight for the protection of judicial independence!

Tags: chief justice, judicial independence, rey puno, reynato puno

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