The Philippine Supreme Court has wowed the nation by dismissing the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s audacious petition challenging the legality of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s memorandum which placed a gag order on his cabinet when called to the Senate chamber.

This groundbreaking memorandum essentially said, “You can’t sit with us,” to members of the executive department when it came to discussing the government’s procurement of Covid-19 supplies. 

It appears that the Supreme Court has executed a perfect pirouette on the thin tightrope of constitutional interpretation. On one hand, they championed the principle of the separation of powers, arguing that the executive branch should be free to twirl around in its own corner without being disturbed by those pesky senators and their questions. After all, why should anyone be bothered by checks and balances?

It’s almost as if they believe that the Constitution is a high-stakes game of tug-of-war, where each branch of government competes to see who can hold the rope of power the tightest.

Bravo, Supreme Court! Your performance has left us all in awe, wondering just how much contortionism can be squeezed into a single legal decision.