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[Just Saying] Chief Justice Rodil Zalameda and the question of respectability

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[Just Saying] Chief Justice Rodil Zalameda and the question of respectability
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Under Article VIII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the Supreme Court functions as a co-equal branch designed to check executive and legislative overreach. It also has review powers concerning criminal and civil cases. Its new leader has been appointed: Chief Justice Rodil V. Zalameda. His credentials are impeccable.



However, rightly or wrongly, many believe that he assumes the highest judicial seat carrying public skepticism coming from some critics not born of abstract baseless opinions

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