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                    [Title] => Palace: What midnight appointments?
                    [Summary] => Malacañang said yesterday that President Arroyo’s designation of 18 justices to the Court of Appeals (CA) cannot be considered as "midnight" appointments since she submitted them before the election-related ban on her appointing power took effect.


Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told Radio Mindanao Network yesterday that there was nothing irregular in Mrs. Arroyo’s March 9 appointments of the new appellate court justices.
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The "midnight" appointments were signed on March 9 by the President and transmitted by the Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel to Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. on March 10. The list was received by the Office of the Supreme Court’s Clerk of Court en banc on March 11.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 242491
                    [Title] => Palace: What midnight appointments?
                    [Summary] => Malacañang said yesterday that President Arroyo’s designation of 18 justices to the Court of Appeals (CA) cannot be considered as "midnight" appointments since she submitted them before the election-related ban on her appointing power took effect.


Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told Radio Mindanao Network yesterday that there was nothing irregular in Mrs. Arroyo’s March 9 appointments of the new appellate court justices.
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The "midnight" appointments were signed on March 9 by the President and transmitted by the Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel to Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. on March 10. The list was received by the Office of the Supreme Court’s Clerk of Court en banc on March 11.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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