SC: Executive privilege ruling soon; Villar assures Puno senators respect the High Court SC to limit ruling to 3 unanswered questions - Puno.(Main News)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: March 7, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: REY G. PANALIGAN

Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno said yesterday the Supreme Court (SC) will decide immediately on the case involving the President's executive privilege on the basis of the pleadings filed and the oral arguments aired on the petition lodged by former Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Romulo L. Neri.

Speaking through lawyer Jose Midas Marquez, assistant court administrator and chief of the SC's public information office (PIO), Puno said t...

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