{"id":27148,"date":"2014-09-27T21:08:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=27148"},"modified":"2014-09-28T21:19:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T13:19:03","slug":"sc-cant-stop-senate-probe-on-binays-drilon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/27\/sc-cant-stop-senate-probe-on-binays-drilon\/","title":{"rendered":"SC can\u2019t stop Senate probe on Binays \u2013 Drilon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9989\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/franklin-drilon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9989\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/franklin-drilon-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Franklin Drilon delivers his speech at the Wallace Business Forum in 2013. Photo by Joseph Vidal\/PRIB via Drilon's Facebook page.\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/franklin-drilon-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/franklin-drilon-600x475.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/franklin-drilon.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Franklin Drilon delivers his speech at the Wallace Business Forum in 2013. Photo by Joseph Vidal\/PRIB via Drilon&#8217;s Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Following reports on Vice President Jejomar Binay\u2019s camp threatening to take the issue to the Supreme Court, Senate President Franklin Drilon said SC cannot stop the Senate inquiry on allegedly overpriced Makati City Hall Building II, because of the principle of the separation of powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe principle of separation of powers dictates that we are supreme in our own sphere,\u201d Drilon told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe separation of powers would call for the Senate to continue its investigation in aid of legislation,\u201dhe added.<\/p>\n<p>Drilon also added that Binay cannot question the jurisdiction of the Senate committee from inquiring into any matter or issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs defined in the rules, on the basis of the resolution filed, there can be hearings in aid of legislation. This is an investigation in aid of legislation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Remaining firm on his belief on the committee\u2019s jurisdiction, he also added that he could not recall any event from the past where the SC had stopped a Senate inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of cases have been brought to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court has always sustained the right of the legislature to conduct inquiries in aid of legislation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, recognize the right of Binay and his son, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin \u201cJun-jun\u201d Binay Jr. to question the committee\u2019s jurisdiction in the high court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the privilege of every citizen. But let me reiterate that the questions are in aid of legislation, not for anything else. That is consistent with the decisions of the Supreme Court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Following reports on Vice President Jejomar Binay\u2019s camp threatening to take the issue to the Supreme Court, Senate &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[4772],"class_list":["post-27148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-drilon","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}