Short Circuit

We should learn from the lessons of the past. We need checks and balances, especially giving blanket authority to only ONE and only ONE person alone (as in the President's power of declaring Martial Law.)

Atty. Christian Monsod, one of the framers of the constitution has a soundbite that woke us to some rude awakening.  The Supreme Court and Congress especially should have understood the gravity of the situation when ML was declared and the problems that existed.