Misguided men masquerading as magistrates

Betrayed” was an apt title of the Nov. 9 Inquirer editorial.

By allowing the most despicable president this country ever had to be buried as a “hero,” the nine justices of the Supreme Court made a mockery of the 1987 Constitution, a single, most vehement testament to the Filipino people’s disgust with the Marcos conjugal dictatorship.

Soon after assuming the presidency, Cory Aquino reorganized without hesitation a Supreme Court packed with Marcos lapdogs. And now they are back?

How could a small cabal of misguided men masquerading as magistrates now tell the entire nation—and the whole world, for that matter—that the 1986 People Power Revolution was a colossal mistake? Maybe it’s time they themselves got a taste of what People Power can do to their posts, perks and privileges that enable them to live and behave like capricious and whimsical demigods accountable to no one.

ANNALEE LAUDER, [email protected]