(Eagle News)—-The Palace on Saturday, Nov. 10, reiterated Proclamation No. 572 is “by no means an intrusion or usurpation into the powers of the other independent branches of government.”
“As correctly stated by the Makati court, the President’s proclamation does not trample upon the Congressional prerogative to concur with the grant of amnesties since it is not the amnesty proclamation that was declared void, but its implementation,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, referring to Branch 148 of the Makati Regional Trial Court that upheld the constitutionality of the proclamation.
According to Panelo, the President’s proclamation on the nullity of the supposed grant of amnesty to Senator Antonio Trillanes is therefore a “valid exercise of executive power as it is part of the Constitution’s mandate for the President to ensure the enforcement of all laws, including the lawful prosecution of those who violate such laws.”
As for Trillanes’ contention it is an “invasion upon the prerogative of the Judiciary,” Panelo said this was not the case “since (the proclamation) merely seeks to correct an error upon which the dismissal of the charges against Senator Trillanes was based.”