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REPUBLIC of the PHILIPPINES Supreme Court of the Philippines En Banc - M a N I L A REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Supreme Court of the Philippines En Banc - M A N I L A ARTURO M. DE CASTRO, JAIME N. SORIANO, PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION (Philconsa), per Manuel Lazaro, & JOHN G. PERALTA, Petitioners, - versus - G.R. Nos. 191002, 191032 & 191057 & 191149 For: Mandamus, Prohibition, etc. JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL and EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO ERMITA (LEANDRO MENDOZA), representing the President of the Philippines, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, Respondents. X---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X In re: Applicability of Article VII, Section 15 of the Constitution to the appointments to the Judiciary, ESTELITO P. MENDOZA, Petitioner, - versus - A.M. No. 10-2-5-SC X--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X JUDGE FLORENTINO V. FLORO, JR., (123 Dahlia, Alido, Bulihan, Malolos City, 3000 Bulacan) Petitioner-in-Intervention, - versus - G. R. No. ______________________ For: Intervention, etc. X-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X In re: (Noted, Not Denied by the JBC) Nomination dated February 4, 2010, by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr. of Atty. Henry R. Villarica and Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr. , for the position of Chief Justice subject to their ratification of the nomination or later consent thereof; with Verified Petition-Letter to CONSIDER the case at bar/pleading/Letter, an administrative matter and cause it to be appropriately DOCKETED; and Urgent Motion to Direct the JBC to include/submit the names of Atty. Batiller, Jr. and Atty. Villarica in the Final List of nominees/ to the President . In Re: Judge Florentino Floro’s Prophecy on the Faith / Fate of the Incumbent President, the Next Leader of the Nation, the Next Chief Justice and the Forthcoming Dire Pains, Horrible Deaths, Famine, Disasters, Accidents, Global Millennium Earthquakes vis-à-vis the Visions-Apparitions of/to Judge Floro of the Blue Madonna [Re: Enthronement-Consecration (of the Judiciary-Nation) of-to Mary-Holy Eucharist in the 5 Mystic Fire Burned Courts to Stop these Killings-Dire Pains-Deaths-Suicides- Accidents-Lingering Illnesses], with - Urgent Omnibus Motion to Disqualify/Inhibit Supreme Court Associate Justices Arturo D. Brion, Renato C. Corona and Teresita de Castro under Sec. 1 & 2, Rule 137, Revised Rules of Court & Rule 3.12, Code of Judicial Conduct. JUDGE FLORENTINO V. FLORO, JR., 1 (123 Dahlia, Alido, Bulihan, Malolos City, 3000 Bulacan) Petitioner-in-Intervention, A.M. No. _____________________ X------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X Verified Petition (With Leave of Court) for Intervention, Nomination and Letter-Request ( Administrative Matters ) With Urgent Omnibus Motions – I. To Docket Petitioner’s Intervention Cases & Administrative Matters, with Petition for Leave of Court to Pay Docket-Legal Fees , II. To Direct the JBC to include/submit the names of Atty. Batiller, Jr. and Atty. Villarica in the Final List of nominees/to the President, III. And to Note-Consider (before Judgment) Judge Florentino Floro’s Prophecy on the Faith / Fate of the Incumbent President, the Next Leader of the Nation, the Next Chief Justice and the Forthcoming Dire Pains, Horrible Deaths, Famine, Disasters, Accidents, Global Millennium Earthquakes vis-à-vis the Visions-Apparitions of/to Judge Floro of the Blue Madonna [Re: Enthronement- Consecration (of the Judiciary-Nation) of-to Mary-Holy Eucharist in the 5 Mystic Fire Burned Courts to Stop these Killings-Dire Pains-Deaths-Suicides-Accidents-Lingering Illnesses]; and to Appoint Intervenor Judge Florentino Floro, as Amicus Curiae on the paranormal, spiritual and legal aspects of this standoff case , IV. And Urgent Omnibus Motion to Disqualify/Inhibit Supreme Court Associate Justices Arturo D. Brion, Renato C. Corona & Teresita de Castro under Secs. 1 & 2, Rule 137, Revised Rules of Court & Rule 3.12, Code of Judicial Conduct. Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, and the MEMBERS, En Banc, Supreme Court, Padre Faura, Manila. Your Honors, COMES NOW, the undersigned petitioner-in-intervention, Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr. (hereinafter referred to as "intervenor," for brevity), as concerned citizen, taxpayer and litigant, by himself and for himself, AND WITH LEAVE OF COURT, most respectfully states: Opening Statement Oppositions-in-Intervention: Terrorizing the Supreme Court 2 Legal and virtual NONSENSE : the oppositions-in-intervention - Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) together with Courage, Kadamay, National Union of Students of the Philippines, Tayo ang Pag-asa, League of Filipino Students, Student Christian Movement and Anakbayan,1 the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers NUPL,2 Jaime N. Soriano, Lawyers Nestor Leynes III and Christian Robert Lim, Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Pasay, Paranaque, Las Pinas and Muntinlupa (IBP-PPLM) president Peter Irving Corvera3, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) chairperson Dr. Carol Araullo and Bayan Secretary General Renato Reyes, Jr., Courage chair Ferdinand Gaite, Kadamay secretary general Gloria Arellano, National Union of Students of the Philippines Chair Einstein Recedes, Tayo ang Pag-asa convenor Alvin Peters, League of Filipino Students chair Terry Ridon, Student Christian Movement chair Ma. Cristina Guevarra and Anakbayan chair Ken Ramos, represented by Atty. Al Parreno,4 Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO), and the Association of Law Students of the Philippines,5inter alia, are threatening not only the Supreme Court Justices but even the entire Judicial Department, that they will dance “Tinikling” in the streets and would make “Sumbong” to their Gods, if the PGMA Court (with some of her made SC Justices enemies) would PUTONG the Crown Jewel upon Justice Renato C. Corona and/or Arturo D. Brion (with spare tire Teresita Leonardo Jose de Castro, in-waiting). The Prophecy: Strictly Politics, Justices’ Personal Ambitions, Open Display of Power & Legal Survival of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Nakalimutan ng mga oppositors-in-intervention, na ang tanging ISSUE sa kasong ito ay hindi lamang ang ambisyon ni Corona-Brion at Carpio-Carpio Morales, datapwat, ang parating na LEGAL MOB laban kay PGMA sa July 1, 1 http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22516:more-groups-join- call-vs-gma-naming-chief-justice&catid=23:topnews&Itemid=58 2 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100301-256081/JBC-not-compelled-to-submit- chief-justice-nominees--NUPL http://www.gmanews.tv/story/185046/lawyers-block-moves-to-allow-arroyo-to-appoint-new-sc-chief 3 http://politics.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&article=20100225-255290 4 http://www.bulatlat.com/main/2010/03/02/bayan-youth-groups-file-opposition-to-midnight-appointment- of-chief-justice/ 5 http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/08/10/fsgo-law-students-protest-cj-midnight-appointment 3 2010, nina Harry Roque, et al sa Ombudsman, Sandiganbayan, kasama na ang Harana nina President-in-waiting NoyNOy at President-to-be MannyV. The Kennedy Court (Altria Group v. Good) vis-a-vis the Davide, Jr.- Panganiban-Puno ‘Gods of Faura’ Court – ‘May it please the Court!’ In many US landmark cases (Vide: Altria)6 the US Supreme Court would legislate a bad law due to highly divided rulings. Sa Altria, sigarilyo lang ang pinaguusapan, at $ billion ang cuenta. Pero dito sa JBC, dugo at ambisyon ! Noong panahon nga ni Marcos, ang galit at poot ng mga SC Justices nagliyab ng nanilip si Vicente Ericta ng grades para ipasa ang anak nito. Itong si Amuerfina Melencio-Herrerra nabuko ang garapal ng dayaan. Nagresign lahat sila. Ngayon, hindi nangyayari ito dahil solid pa ang mga factions sa Corte. Ejemplo: ang dami sanang babagsak na mga hijos at hijas ng mga Diyoses de Padre Faura y kamag-anaks, pero, binaba ang passing mark, para hindi na maulit ang iyakan noong 1983 Bar Exams kung saan bumagsak ang 70% ng Ateneo at UP takers, at si Judge Floro ay 12th placer, 87.55% with 21.3% one of the lowest passing in history; si Judge Floro rin ang nagtop sa Taxation, 86%, kung saan 58% lang ang nakuha ni Napoleon Pobador, Summa Cum Laude ng UP, dahil Magna Cum Laude si Imee Marcos. Arguing against the Pinoy Wall: Abandonment of Vallarta-Valenzuela March 12, 2004, JBC, 2nd Flr. With CA Justice Hormachuelos, listening – Justice Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr. “You do not know what you are citing … In re Vallarta is about Corona … the President is grooming him to be the next Chief Justice … but for Narvasa, he is too young … the seniority rule …! … Justice Nazario was our Clerk of Court, I have nothing against her!” Judge Floro: “I cited In re Vallarta in the SC case I filed against Justice Nazario for her enthronement, since I did prophecy that I, and not Vallarta would be the first Judge in our cursed Ateneo Law School Class of 1982 … Remember … you asked me to predict the appointment of 6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altria_Group_v._Good the United States Supreme Court held that a state law prohibiting deceptive tobacco advertising was not preempted by a federal law regulating cigarette advertising. 4 Corona, since you worked hard for him … and I said: Corona is long overdue … but Justice Austria-Martinez became my ponente after Flerida Ruth-Romero and Bernardo Pardo, and my case was thrown to Carpio Morales … Tonette Brion texted me that … who knows if Nazario would take her oath, then she might be my ponente!” Heartless
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