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Duterte warning to judges on vaping ban 'sends wrong signals': law dean

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Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ukm8ZmhkLPA?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>MANILA - The warning of President Rodrigo Duterte to judges interfering with his order to arrest people vaping or using e-cigarettes in public is sending the wrong signals, a law school dean said Friday.&quot;It sends the wrong signals that he can order the judiciary and that&#x27;s not right. He cannot order the judiciary because of the concept of separation of powers of government,&quot; Soledad Mawis, dean of the Lyceum of the Philippines University College of Law, said in a radio DZMM interview.&quot;I will take it with a grain of salt only because I know he ought to know that he is a lawyer, that it&#x27;s not legally correct to take that position. It&#x27;s more of a frustration lang siguro,&quot; she said.On Wednesday, Duterte said he would not heed it should a court decide to block his directive.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/20/19/duterte-warns-judiciary-vs-interfering-with-vaping-ban">Duterte warns judiciary vs interfering with vaping ban</a></li></ul>Mawis explained that it is in the power of the chief executive to issue executive orders but whether or not it’s constitutional or not is &quot;in the province of the court to decide.&quot;&quot;&#x27;Yan ho ay separation of powers of government na hindi niya pwedeng sabihan ang korte na &#x27;O &#x27;wag kayong mag issue ng TRO (temporary restraining order),&#x27;&quot; she said.While Duterte has yet to issue a written order to back his ban on vaping, the Philippine National Police on Wednesday already began its crackdown on users and vendors of e-cigarettes.&quot;Pwedeng makuwestiyon &#x27;yung legality kasi what is the legal basis?&quot; she said.Duterte on Tuesday ordered the ban on e-cigarettes as he likened vaping to smoking tobacco cigarettes, which he earlier prohibited nationwide. &quot;Ang ipinagbabawal vaping in public or at the very least discouraging vaping like the way we discourage smoking kasi nga it&#x27;s bad for the health,&quot; said Mawis.There are about 1 million e-cigarette users in the Philippines according to the Department of Health.

MANILA - A law dean on Friday said the warning of President Rodrigo Duterte to judges interfering with his order to arrest people vaping or using e-cigarettes in public is sending the wrong signals.

MANILA - A law dean on Friday said the warning of President Rodrigo Duterte to judges interfering with his order to arrest people vaping or using e-cigarettes in public is sending the wrong signals.

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Duterte warning to judges on vaping ban 'sends wrong signals': law dean

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori,

ABS-CBN News

Published Nov 22, 2019 10:32 AM PHT

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Updated Nov 22, 2019 10:51 AM PHT

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