Absolute abuse of presidential powers it is, along with Noynoy’s direct interference in a constitutional office where he has absolutely no right to interfere.
For the fourth time, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) postponed its vote for the shorlist of candidates for the Chief Justice (CJ) post.
The reason given was that an unconstitutional Noynoy created JBC interim membership post moved to reset the voting on account of the body being unable to reach a consensus on amending the JBC rule on disqualifications of cadidates/nominees.
Guess who made the motion, if not Noynoy’s appointed JBC member, Undersecretary Michael Frederick Musngi of the Office of the President?
And guess who insists on having the disqualification rule, if not Noynoy’s puppy in the House of Representatives and a for-the-meantime JBC member, Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., who seconded the motion of Musngi to defer the vote?
And Noynoy berates his predecessor Gloria for having abused her power, even as he himself abuses even more the same presidential powers?
His direct interference in the selection process of the JBC is much too evident to be denied.
From the start, Noynoy, as he himself has admitted, got his Palace legal lackeys to work on the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and get this lawyers’ group to dismiss the disbarment cases against his Justice chief, Leila de Lima.
And his legal lackeys did get to work and hit second base with an IBP investigating officer, who was tasked by the IBP board on this matter.
Guess what? The same IBP officer quickly dismissed the cases which he was neither  allowed nor had the authority to do.
Thankfully, the IBP Board of Governors rejected the IBP member investigating the case as the board announced that it was rejecting it and decided to pursue a full-blown investigation on De Lima’s disbarment cases.
Noynoy and his lackeys then went to work on the JBC, with Tupas quickly announcing that he was going to introduce an amendment to the disqualification rule.
The latest move from the Palace of course was to get Musgni to make a motion to amend the rule, while the congressional puppy of Noynoy seconded it. And all done to ensure that Noynoy gets to appoint his lackey for the post of CJ.
There was, however, a snag when it came to the voting of the motion.
One JBC member objected on the question of integrity.
Apparently, any objection on the basis of integrity is akin to a one member veto.
Tupas admitted that even one JBC member raising the question of integrity could defeat the motion.
But that is not the end of all this presidential lobbying to get the disqualification rule amended, that is for certain.
In a voting by the JBC members, constitutionally sitting and unconstitutionally seated, Noynoy can count on his JBC member-allies, who don’t seem to care about being seen a totally submissive, partial, absent of integrity and probity, to the Malacañang tenant, to get the JBC disqualification rule amended or even suspended. Lobbying goes on.
Both Noynoy and the JBC are destroying themselves if Noynoy gets his way by having his allies to vote for amending the screening body’s disqualification rule.
The JBC would be a useless and publicly disrespected body that screens nominees for posts in the judiciary, as it would be proved to be completely bereft of integrity, independence and probity and as such, the JBC has no business screening nominees for the judgeships and the high court nominees on such constitutional mandates as candidates and nominees  having integrity, independence and probity. If the JBC members don’t have these qualities, how can they be expected to put in their list candidates with these qualities, since they do not even know what they mean?
As for Noynoy, he has already proven himself to be a first class pimp as he gets independent constitutional bodies to prostitute themselves — for him and for his appointees.