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Read for yourself the Temporary Restraining Order issued by the Supreme Court today allowing former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to travel.

One of my Facebook friends – @Danilo Vallescas Adorador III – noted that the Supreme Court TRO “enjoined the Department of Justice from enforcing DOJ Department Circular No. 41 and” the Watchlist Orders pertaining to the Arroyo couple.

He said –

Interestingly, it says that DOJ is prevented from enforcing the entire portion of the department order on watch lists.

If this is the case, does this mean that the Supreme Court has just stayed the effectivity of the entire circular?

Does this mean that all those now under Watchlist Order, by virtue of DC41, can now travel abroad?

I hope the Supreme Court clarifies this soon.

 

UPDATE : Read the dissenting opinion of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio

GMA - TRO dissenting opinon 2

 

Read below the Temporary Restraining Order issued by the Supreme Court:

TRO - page 1

 

TRO - page 2

TRO - page 3

OTRO - page 4

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  1. Since the the MOA-AD Decision of the SC on 2008, I realized how powerful the SC and its 15 demi-gods Justices. I also realized how Dissents affected the decision-making of our highest Tribunal, especially those scathing ones. If the US SC they have Justice Holmes as a Great Dissenter, ours is Justice Carpio. I don’t read a Decision of SC kung walang Dissenting Opinions nina Carpio and Carpio-Morales(and now J. Sereno). I think the Corona Verdict is flowering decision of our Senate because Corona feared the Dominance and efficiency of Justice Carpio in a number of Decisions and Resolutions that concern any students and observers. Justice Carpio, in my honest opinion and perusal, is the picture why I believe in the teeth/legitimacy of the law. It’s mind-buggling why some groups feared na ma-appoint si Tony Carpio as Chief Justice. we disposed Corona because he was and he is unworthy. it is but sound to replace him with a worthy one in the persona of Justice Carpio.
    The opinion of x-senator Renato Saguisag in the INQUIRER endorsing Justice Abad kasi retiring na siya is quite misplaced and I’d rather support Solita Monsod opinion endorsing Carpio. I register that every Journalists worth his salt should now be digging the background of every Nominees who accept their Nominations.
    Corona enlighten us how powerful the post of the Chief Justice. we should not missed the chance to choose a worthy Chief…

  2. hindi ba Acting Chief Justice si Justice Carpio sometime May 2009?…May nabasa kasi akong SC decision re MEGAWORLD case…nakalagay sa last part Acting Chief Justice (Antonio Carpio). Pwede palang mag acting si Justice Carpio pag nag retire na si Justice Puno…Baket pilit na inihahabol at isiniksik itong si Corona ni GMA at the last minute of her term. Hindi ba CLEAR ang intention at plano ni Gloria?

    • dapat di c gloria ang nag appoint sa cj at di rin c pinoy, dapat ikaw greybrown mapagkakatiwalaan pa!

  3. @Raisa: Hindi ba dapat ang moderator ang nagko-control ng diskusyon sa blog? Bakit hinahayaan mo pati yung mga walang silbing komentaryo? Kung intellectual pro and con discussions, walang problema. Pero kung pambabastos at pang-iinsulto ang comments, dapat pa bang ipagpatuloy yun?

    • Kung hindi naman grabe, hinahaayan ko na.

      Una, gaya mo, nakikita mo ang pagkakitid ng isip ng iba diyan at puwede naman kayo mag-react.

      Ikalawa, di naman dapat siguro one-sided lang ang diskusyon at mga comments.

      Ikatlo, naghahanap ako ng paraan para puwede noyong i”ilke” at “dislike” ang mga comments.

      Kung may comment na grabe at nakalusot, paki pooint out sa kin.

      Sa totoo lang, meron na kong ilang mga comments na di pinalusot kasi talagang napakababoy o racist.

      Pakitingnan din ang comments policy ko –
      http://raissarobles.com/my-comments-policy/

      Salamat, Ed, sa iyong pagkabahala at payo.

      • galing mo raissa, wag kang maging one sided! dahil kung mabait o galit sila, ganun din kami. kung marami sila marami din kami, kung mas nakakarami sila mas nakkrami din kami, kung bastos sila bastos din kami. kung magnanakaw ang mga bossing namin magnanakaw din ang mga bossing nila. pareho lang tayong mga filipino. mahal natin lahat ang pilipinas!

        • Hoy, marami nga kayo – dahil nagkukunwari kayong marami kayo.

          Iisa lang ang IP address mo at si balat sibuyas at master mind.

          Kawawa naman si Corona at GMA. Kaya pala hindi sila makakuha ng suporta – kung kayo ang halimbawa. Este – IKAW pala. Kasi IISA KA LANG TALAGA NA NAGPAPANGGAP NA MARAMI.

          NA NAGSASAGUTAN PA.

          Na-trauma ka ba noong bata?

        • Hehehehe. Kung sa basketball, na supalpal, nakuha ang loose-ball at na-i-shoot ng 3 points!

          Thanks Raissa and more power!

        • ok raissa say goodbye na kami. suportahan nalang natin ang presidente. sa isang electrical circuit di magliliwanag ang ilaw kung walang negative. happy new year sa inyong lahat!

  4. Hi Raissa:

    I noticed you published first the dissenting opinion before the majority opinion. This I think gives undue preference to the dissenting opinion. I do not see any substance to the dissenting opinion. It in fact agrees with the general rule on the right to travel. There is no actual case against GMA at the time of issuance. The law or rule is that until (a) a criminal case is actually filed by the Regional Trial Court (not the metropolitan trial court); (2) a warrant is issued against the accused and (3) a hold departure is issued by the RTC, a person has the right to travel. I do before not see any of the three requirements.

    My point is whether GMA was charged subsequently, there was no valid ground to prevent her from travelling abroad before she was actually charged, issued a warrant of arrest and HDO. The watchlist order is a violation or circumvention of the law.

    BTW, the SC resolution applies to applies to the whole DOJ Circular otherwise the SC resolution will be considered discriminatory and so it is not “interestingly” because it should be that way and there is n o need to clarify it. The DOJ knows that it cannot enforce its constitutionally invalid circular.

    Even those with valid HDO can still travel provided there is court approval.

    An application for TRO , as the application states, is ex-parte. It is being applied before hearing. A hearing before the TRO is indeed very unusual. Tama ang SC dito at Mali si Justice Carpio.

    • Dear Bong,

      There was NO majority opinion ever released.

      That’s the problem.

      I published first the TRO – which was the ONLY thing released. So please don’t accuse me of bias.

    • sobrang dami ang mga namatay ngaun sa bagyong sendong, kawawang kawawa ang mga kababayan natin don. pero christmas party ang inuuna ng supot nating presidente. ano na ba yan raissa, gumising na kayo raissa bago maging huli ang lahat, ang tingin ni pinoy sa mga kababayan natin dun ay mga hayop lang. life must go on daw sabi nina chris habang naghahanap pa ng mga kanilang mga nawawalang kamag anakk ang mga namatayan dun sa mindanao. walang konsensya c pinoy, laki sa layaw kasi sya,at easy go lucky sya. HOY GISIIING!

  5. Had the DOJ and this administration done its job well, we would not have these lurking dooms upon us.

    In a fastbreak attempt to keep GMA in the country, the DOJ teamed up with the Comelec and formed yet another unconstitutional body to charged GMA in a RTC with a very colorful Judge.

    The ever so willing court that is trying CGMA is one with many skeletons in its closet … RTC Pasay Branch 112 sala of Judge Jesus Mupas has some 11 cases of which 4 are of allegations of grave misconduct, GROSS IGNORANCE OF THE LAW, violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct and violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. In 2008 Mupas was slapped with a P10,000.00 fine and given a “stern warning that a repetition of the same or similar act in the future shall be dealt with more severely” by the SC.

    His wife, also a judge in Dasmarines Cavite [Judge Lorinda B. Toledo-Mupas] was found administratively liable for gross ignorance of the law. Being that it was her fourth offense, she was meted the supreme penalty of dismissal from the service, with all the accessory penalties appurtenant.

    Now, the Congress has stepped in. A total of 188 congressmen as of this writing has reached out to save their pork barrels and signed an impeachment complaint against the Chief Justice of our Supreme Court … mind you all these just over the weekend. Isn’t another fastbreak?

  6. I agree INNOCENT till proven Guilty puro kayo pagalingan sa mga Law “terms”nio point is hanggang wlang verdict ay Innocente! eha panu pala kung walang kasalanan akala nio kung cnu kayong mga diyos perpekto at malinis c ERAP nga na guilty kinalimutan na e2ng maglilitis pa lng Guilty na…mga Hypocrito! YANG ginagawa ni pangulong PALPAK aquino ay COVER-UP lng ka kapalpakan ng kanyang pamahalaan! para ma DIVERT ang attention ng tao at bumango ang pangalan Nia..Ang kinakatakutan ko pano pala kung NOT GUILTY magsosorry ba ang taong bayan? c PABNOy? im sure hindi maghahanap nanaman sila ng Butas.

  7. Just read on the news today, Big Mike is again ordering SC to junk the electoral sabotage case filed against his most beloved wife. Of course it is but logical for an employer to expect favorable response from his employees. The SC is composed of majority of GMA-appointees. That’s why any ‘syndrome’ being afflicted onto the Arroyos, they always go to their ‘clinic’ for immediate relief.

    Please note, the ‘machinery’ was well planned, and all these brouhahas were anticipated. That’s how resourceful GMA is. And you have to admire her for that alone; all her plans are now working well in place.

    • tanggapin nyo na at idilat ng malaki ang inyong mga mata, mas lalong dumaming filipino ang naghihirap ngayon at lalong humirap pa ngaun ang maraming filipino! sa panahon ni pangulong noy. magsumikap na lang tayo ng sobra sobra.

      • Huwag mong isisi sa Pangulong ng Pilipinas ang kahirapan ng buhay , matuto tayong magsikap, at magpakahirap, kung gaano man kabigat ang krus na yong pinapasan ay buhatin mo. pare-pareho lang ang ating ginagampanang papel , kumpleto naman ang ating pangangatawan, may paa, kamay at tamang pag-iisip gamitin natin ang mga ito. okey.

        • loko loko ka talaga malyn! itatak mo sa noo mo di ako nagbubuhat ng krus dahil masipag ako, di kagaya mo na tamad at umaasa sa patak ng ulan at pagiging sipsip mo.

  8. sa ating sambayan pilipino ay nais kung ipabatid na gaano man kalaki ang pagkakasala ni GMA ay wala na tayong magagawa kahit mamamatay sYa sa pilipinas at hinde na magpagamot ay sobra sobra na ang kanyang tinamasa sa pagkurakot sa ating bayan sapagkat hindi na kaya bilangin kung gaano karami pera at ariarian ang nakurakot nya kaya isinugal na nya ang kanyang buhay kay TANING na sa bandang huli ay syang ang MAGWAWAGI at pinagtatawanan tayong mga pilipino na naghihirap at nagdurusa dahil ang batas natin ay mahina … kaya sa mga followers nya at tagapag tanggol MAGKANO kaya ang binayad nya sa kanila na dapat ibalik nya sa taong bayan!….kaya kay LAMBINO,HORN,TOPACIO etc. siguro ay masuerte kayo at nakabahagi kayo ng kinamkam ni gloria na yaman ng bayan!

        • tama ka jan juan, yang mga alipores ni GMA of course they will defend their amo para makabayad ng utang na loob, pasasaan ba at may Panginoon tayong nakakaalam at magpaparusa sa mga kasamaan, nakakarma na sila na kailan man di nila pwedeng takasan,,

        • tontoooo! di ako nakakarma dahil nagpapasarap lang ako ngaun sa buhay. mamamayan ng pilipinas ang nakakarma baka yan ang ibig mong sabihin. at yan ay dahil sa tuloy tuloy na pagtaas ng mga presyo ngaun. ikaw babby ay kasama sa mga nakakarma ngayun. sa tingin ko hirap ang inaabot mo ngaun, mga tutaaa kasi kayo ng abnoy, mga tanga sa mga nangyayari ngaun!

    • Tandaan, ang lahat ng kapalaluan ng kahit sino mang nilalalang ay may hangganan. Iisa lang ang ating pangalan kayat huwag nating dungisan, kahit mahirap man o mayaman o may hinawakan mang mataas na puwesto. walang kaunawa na tayo ay nabubuhay sa malinis na pangalan ito ay hindi mapapantayan ng maraming salapi, ginto na kumikinang o anumang bagay na materyal. Mas masarap mabuhay ng walang dungis at mantsa ang dinadalang pangalan hanggang sa kaapo- apohan.. MAS MASARAP MAGPAMANA NG PANGALANG MAY DANGAL AT MORAL. BASTA AKO, MASARAP MABUHAY NG SIMPLE MAGING MASAYA KUNG ANO BIYAYANG MERON KA.

  9. Pnoy, executive branch, de lima are all megalomaniacs!! No one is above the law so how dare of them think they [email protected]#!!!! I am not for gma but I am not for pnoy et.al. either!! PNOY, DE LIMA EXECUTIVE BRANCH – RESPECT/OBEY THE LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION!!!!

    • And you are – what?

      Willing to suspend disbelief that the SC has the good of the nation on this issue?

      • Raissa… what law describes or covers… “good of the nation”?.. The final arbiter of what the law is, is the supreme court. and all their decisions are based on constitutional merits… would you rather have a supreme court using their hearts rather than their hearts? the law is hard but it has to be followed. and ignorance of the law excuses no one.

        • It’s not heart, Mike.

          It’s fair play.

          What would have cost the SC to hear oral arguments within last week? To verify the veracity of Arroyo’s TRO petition?

          Nothing.

          Considering that most of them were compromised by having been appointed by the very petitioner, they could have ensured they were not unduly favoring their appointee.

          That’s all.

        • I am with you Raissa. GMAs appointees are obviously partial and have committed serious blunders in the eyes of the public. Sereno’s dissention also has so much weight and substance but not heard. I am a layman but looking at how the SC decides makes me want to puke. SC’s supposed to have the highest intellects of the land. Instead they have become no more than corrupt justices and puppets controlled by their master puppeteers. I wish SC would wake up. People power is in the veins of Pinoys. I hope they do not wait until this becomes another last resort.

        • let’s have a glimpse of what have happened to a certain Yogie Martirizar… from here we could assessed how WLO controversy is being applied fairly….

          raissa robles (articles)

        • Hello! kaibigan tapos na ang pamamayagpag ni Gloria Arroyo hanggang sa sa apat na sulok na lang ng kulungan ang kanyang puwedeng ikutan, Si Pangulong Aquino na ngayon ang Presidente ng Pilipinas, Gumising ka na mukhang hindi mo pa matanggap na di na si Gloria Magnanakaw Arroyo ang Pangulo

    • where are you peter sipsiiip? what’s your take na hindi na makakaalis si glo mo? ikaw nalang kaya magpatingin para ikaw magpasalubong sa amin?

      • nakaranas na tayo ng diktadorya noon, ngaun nandito na naman diktadorya ulit ang daming tuta! batas ni pnoy ang umiiral.

  10. Gloria. Gloria. Gloria. what can i say? Looking back those years when she was the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She’s evil. The husband is evil…the whole clan is evil and now their saying that the administration or government now is unfair, cruel and mean? I mean, really? Now you’re saying that? She cheated on the election. Stole millions i meant billions of money that were supposedly for the country and alot..lot more! And plus, don’t we have good doctors in the Philippines?! What types of doctor they are looking for? Anyway, if you’d ask me what to do with this family. I would never hold them in the country, they can leave but return all those money they took from us! It has to be billions. Keeping them in our country will just give stress to all. make sure they surrender all their properties to the public. We have to be practical peeps. An next step is those Gloria followers should be investigated and there’s alot there.

    • pam..to whom should they surrender their wealth? is it to the present administration? wake up pips walang perfect n administration. have you heard pnoy going to other countries having lots of money then goes back without it..have you heard of that? have you? the question is saan napupunta?

      • Dende: Isurender lahat sa mamamayan. Am not saying perfect si pnoy pero sa mga nagawa ni Gloria sa ating bansa dapat managot sya/sila. Too bad lang na si Pnoy ang nkasunod ni Gloria kasi he’ll make her life hell and that’s for sure.

    • pam pam pam, you are evil. you stole millions i mean billions of money that were supposedly tor the country and a lot lot more! what can you say about that pam. this message is for you pam!

  11. This is just a TRO and not a decision on the main case. The SC has yet to rule on the constitutionality of the DOJ Department Circular No. 41. The TRO only applies to the applicants in this case.

  12. gloria had pinched nerve in the neck threatening paralysis below the neck. She had operations and titanium implants were used to stabilize the neck.

    Then came osteoporosis telling us that her bones are fragile. Added to that are the hypoparathyroidism which causes calcium imbalance and the possibility of a RARE metabolic bone disorder (the reason for the metabolic bone biopsy only available abroad according to her Horn) that may lead to further bone destruction. Both threaten the success of the operation. Failed neck stability will eventually lead to lifelong disability.

    Nowhere can I see a threatened life other than having a COMFORTABLE life. This means there is no life-and-death situation that requires a race for time.

    The Minerva brace is doing its work at present, i.e., to stabilize her neck while healing takes effect in 3-months time (last operation was in September; brace may be removed in December…possibly in jail?).

    The insult to gloria’s bone because of the late diagnosis of hypoparathyroidism and/or possible, and I repeat, possible RARE metabolic bone disorder already overtook her lifetime (including the stolen time of her “presidency”). Why were they racing for time?

    gloria’s condition is in jeopardy right now because of fluctuating blood pressure. Hypertension is proven to be a life-threatening condition and it’s a race for time to really control the condition.

    Yet, gloria herself didn’t consent for a buzzer-beating clinic appointment today with a Singaporean specialist. Well, travel definitely is ill-advised considering the life-threatening diagnosis at the moment. Besides, local medical specialists can easily control gloria’s BP to normal.

    The point here is this:

    Life not threatened by a SUSPECTED diagnosis, go abroad. A race for time.

    Life threatened by an ACTUAL diagnosis, stay here. Suddenly, gloria can wait.

    This is further irony, or aptly, titaniumly to Congresswoman gloria’s colorful saga!

    • have you been sick? lets say a sudden allergy or a skin disorder, is it a life-threatening condition? yet you seek a doctor. am I right? its her choice and right to choose where, when even to who! so don’t SUSPECT the ACTUAL the Irony of her INTENTION.

      • I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS UP WITH POWER AND MONEY …EXECUTIVE MEDICAL CHECK -UP IS A MANDATORY ON OUR SCALE OF LIFESTYLE…SO AS THE HIGHEST OFFCIAL OF THE GOVENMENT…JUST AN SOP …
        NOW CERVICAL ISSUE IS UNDERSTANDABLE THING…BUT PARATHYROIDISM…I DONT THINK SO…IF YOU HAVE IT …THAT CAN BE MEDICALLY SEEN EARLY…OSTEOPOROSIS…THAT’S DEGENERATIVE ISSUE AND UNDERSTANDABLE…I CAN THINK OF OTHER ILLNESSES THAT WILL BE A SECONDARY TO CURRENT MEDICAL ISSUE OF GMA…BUT WHY NOW?
        TREATMENT ABROAD? FINE! BUT WHY NOT U.S.A/EUROPE/OR SPECIFIED COUNTRY WHICH WE HAVE EXTRADITION TREATY AGREEMENT…????
        GMA IS SO BRILLIANT…ANTICIPATING THESE CURRENT MOVES…BUT LIKE HER WE OUR FILIPINO’S …SMART LIKE HER…

  13. “…and continuing until further orders from this Court.”

    Wow, puwede na itong habambuhay..!

    Why is it that in other TRO’s there is a definite duration?
    But this one is just way so spectacular!

    • Only the dead would fail to see what is so evident to the eyes of the living;
      It seems that the Supreme Court is lawyering for the Arroyos, as if it was new.

    • dapat matakot sina GMA sa tahimik na Ombudsman Conchita Carpio paglabas ng plunder case within 48 hrs. Nonbailable yun.magpagawa na siya ng Arroyo wing niya sa St Luke’s dahil permanente na siya dun. Si FG biglang magkakasakit din.Bale wala ng TRO.

      • isampa na nila lahat ng kaso, para matapos na agad at makaalis na c labandera. di aalis c labandera kung may kaso. babaeng may bayag yan. ung woman w/ balls ay TUTA UN!

        • Nagtatahe na si labandera. Hindi makakain kasi parating kaharap si FG. Peste siya sa mukha niya dahil FG ang lahat ng maysala. Itanong sa driver nila paano murahin ni labandera si tabatsoy. Kaya ayaw ng umuwi ni Luli, pati sila ni Luigi nadadamay.

        • ha ha ha! ok ang message mo pards malapit na akong humanga sa yo. yan ang gusto kong basahin na mga message, di nakaka antok.

        • alam mo pala na c FG ang may kasalanan bakit ang labandera ang binabanatan nyo. kayo kc ang hilig hilig nyu sa tsismis. puro tsismis ang mga basis nyo!