Obama, McCain. Racing through battleground states.
Habeas corpus bid
for ‘Joc Joc’ filed
Forum shopping slammed
BY EVANGELINE DE VERA
THE son of former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc
Joc" Bolante yesterday filed a petition for habeas corpus before the Court of
Appeals to compel the Senate to release his father from its custody.
In a 15-page petition, Owen Bolante, through lawyer Noel
Malaya, claimed the arrest order by the 13th Congress dated Dec. 12, 2005 can
no longer bAe enforced as the body was dissolved after the 2007 senatorial
elections.
Lawyer Harry Roque, co-convener of the Concerned Citizens
Movement, said the petition only proves that Bolante is engaging in
"unabashed" forum-shopping.
WASHINGTON —Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John
McCain raced through the battleground states of Ohio and
Pennsylvania on Sunday, with McCain struggling to overtake
Obama’s lead in the final 48 hours of a grueling White
House campaign.
Obama warned supporters against
overconfidence during rallies in Ohio, one of about a
dozen crucial battleground states that will decide
Tuesday’s election to succeed unpopular President George
W. Bush.
The Illinois senator leads McCain in
national opinion polls and in many key Republican-leaning
states as a two-year campaign that has cost more than $2
billion draws to a close.
CAMILO Sabio is back as chairman of the
Presidential Commission on Good Government, apparently with
blessings from Malacañang, officially ending his voluntary leave
of absence.
Sabio arrived without notice last Friday and
told employees that he was re-assuming his post.
Sabio filed a leave of absence Sept. 29 due
to an impending disbarment case against him on orders of the
Supreme Court last Sept. 9 for trying to influence his brother
Court of Appeals Associate Justice Jose Jr. to side with the
Government Service Insurance System against the Lopez family in
the Meralco ownership case.
