CARANDANG SYMBOL OF PALACE ARROGANCE, GUILT!

Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office Secretary Ricky Carandang’ is a symbol of Malacanang’s arrogance and guilt in defying Supreme Court orders.

Reacting to Supreme Court Administrator and spokesman Midas Marquez that Malacanang’s defiance of court rulings has emboldened others to follow suit, Carandagng said it was just to divert attention from issues against Chief Justice Renato Corona.  

Carandang is either out of touch with reality or is simply a lousy, incompetent Malacanang defender.

Speaking at the Supreme Court media forum in Baguio City, Marquez pointed out at least three temporary restraining orders by High Tribual which were ignored by the Executive Department:

Collection of a 20 percent final withholding tax on P35 billion worth of Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe bonds) by the Bureau of Internal revenue last November.

In the same month, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) refusal to honor a SC TRO, on watch list orders against former first couple Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Mike Arroyo 

The DOJ's non-compliance with a Manila court’s order for the inspection of t National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Deputy Director Reynaldo Esmeralda’s vehicle when he was allegedly ambushed last Feb. 21.

Marquez also noted :

St. Theresa's College (STC) High School Cebu's refusal to obey a trial court TRO directing it to allow certain students to graduate despite posting their sexy pictures in the Internet!

SM Baguio's refusal to receive a trial court-issued Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) stopping it from cutting down 182 trees for its expansion.

But to all these, Carandang could only counter with the IRRELEVANT statement that Marquez should focus on explaining Corona's cash and assets.

WAHH! Where the hell is the connection?

Marquez DID NOT MENTION Corona’s money and assets in his statement. There is no link whatsoever between Corona’s impeachment trial and his finances. Neither did the ignored TROs come from the Senate Impeachment Court.

Carandang’s reply was DESPICABLY and PATHETICALLY IRRELEVANT and ILLOGICAL

And in a CRYSTAL-CLEAR sign of his INCOMPETENCE to correctly react, Carandang replied when asked by reporters if he would debate with Marquez: “Ano po ba ‘yung issues?  Let’s just face the issues in the impeachment court.”

As the kids say: OMG (Oh, my God)! It seems the guy is reacting from another planet!

Carandang did not have the HUMILITY and PROFESSIONALISM to simply say “Sorry, guys! I don’t think I’m in a position to comment!! Instead, he ARROGANTLY counters with an irrelevant reaction, never mind if he’ll hit Corona who wasn’t the one talking.

He did not have any convincing defense against Marquez’s pronouncements. Absence of a credible defense can only mean one thing – GUILT!

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