MIDNIGHT APPOINTMENT OF CORONA PUTS SC IN A BIND; QUESTIONABLE MOVE BY GMA COULD BE LAST DITCH EFFORT
 TO SAVE HERSELF - KIKO PANGILINAN

Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan bewails GMA's appointment of Renato Corona as the next chief justice of the Supreme Court, adding that the midnight appointment could be a last ditch effort of an outgoing President to maintain her grip on the seat of power.

"We, as a country gearing up for genuine reforms, cannot start on shaky ground, especially on such a divisive and controversial appointment."

"The president should have, out of delicadeza, allowed the next president to make the appointment," says Pangilinan. "It appears there is no such thing as a sense of propriety when it comes to survival."