The presidential palace goofed again today while still red-faced over the boo-boo it made on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s breast implants.
Today, close aides declared July 27 a “non-working holiday” to celebrate “Iglesia ni Cristo Day”. Hours later, they corrected this saying it was a special “working” holiday”.
It’s become a habit for Mrs Arroyo to grant “non-working holidays” with abundance. Last month she issued six such proclamations to the cities of Dipolog, Manila, Laoag, Sagay City (twice even) and Rizal province.
So why can’t she use this presidential power for such a valued and powerful institution?
Someone must have realized that making July 27 a “non-working holiday” would blatantly violate the Constitution. July 27 happens to fall on the fourth Monday of July when the Constitution states: “The Congress shall convene once every year on the fourth Monday of July.”
Oops. They did it again.
I wonder why. And why no one bothered to check the calendar as part of CSW (complete staff work) which they take such special pride in. They must be cooking something really elaborate over there.