Cityhood Laws Upheld Finally?!

Finally!

I am at Coffee days again to wind up and do a little research on my assignment. While browsing through the local dailies, the Sun Star headline struck me, "Court Upholds 16 Cities Again", according to the paper, the Supreme Court, voting 7-6 yesterday ruled with finality that the creation of 16 new cities did not violate the Constitution.

In retrospect, this is the 8th time when the Court made a ruling regarding the matter since 2008. This rouses my interest now only because it is concerns a fundamental doctrine of political law but most of all because my birth place and domicile is one of the subjects. The Supreme Court made flip flopping Decisions, first in favor of and then reversing their ruling and then reversing it again and so on and so forth. Power play at its best, defying the fundamental rules of procedure on the interest of justice, they say. I believe that this is indeed a question worth the application of the exceptions of the Rules because this involves the identity and status of the political subdivisions of the State to which attention must be focused. The well deserved attention is proper because the people should not be deprived of what is due them. The budget allocation of the government must not be left in limbo for it becomes an injustice to those who should rightfully receive them. I have seen what these local government units have spent in preparation for their newly acquired status, I have seen the organizational restructuring to abide by the law, I have seen their people wore pride for their new status, I have seen them disappointed for the reversal of the decision, happy again for the reversal of the reversal and sad again because of another reversal. I hope this should finally be the "final" final to put an end to the identity crisis of these local government units. Mabuhay ang Korte Suprema! Mabuhay ang 16 na Siyudad! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!