Life in the New Era

An Open Letter for the Senators and Representatives By Edward Era Some of you are LAWYERS, I know that you know the DOCTRINE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS... According to the 1987 Phil. Constitution (Constitution, Art. III, Sec. 1). “A Republican form of government rests on the conviction that sovereignty should reside in the people and that all government authority must emanate from them. It abhors the concentration of power on one or a few, cognizant that power, when absolute, can lead to abuse, but it also shuns a direct and unbridled rule by the people, a veritable kindling to the passionate fires of anarchy. Our people have accepted this notion and decided to delegate the basic state authority to principally three branches of government — the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judiciary – each branch being supreme in its own sphere but with constitutional limits and a firm tripod of checks and balances .” REMEMBER: The purpose of the doctrine is the prevention of monopoly of