Category: Election 2007

The difference between Trillanes and Zubiri

Published by Ellen on January 25, 2017

Trillanes vs Zubiri. Photo by Geremy Pintolo of Philippine Star.

The confrontation between Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Miguel Zubiri at the Senate floor last week refreshed the public’s mind of relevant issues which have been relegated to the sidelines by more horrifying reports like the murder of Korean businessman Ick-joo Jee by police officers inside Camp Crame just a few meters away from the office of Police Chief Ronald de la Rosa.

This is not the first time that Trillanes and Zubiri clashed. Way back in 2007, when Zubiri edged out Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III from the winning circle of senatorial candidates with manufactured votes from Maguindanao, Trillanes, who won while in detention, said “I believe Congressman Zubiri knows deep in his heart that he benefited from cheating. If he is decent enough, he wouldn’t accept victory in the Senate race because that is not something you want your kids to emulate.”

Zubiri called Trillanes “a loose cannon” and “immature” and threatened to sue the Navy officer -turned rebel-turned- senator.

Zubiri occupied the Senate seat that was not his for four years before he gave it up after Pimentel’s election protest prospered.

Bakit hindi pa nasampahan ng kaso si Abalos?

Published by Ellen on December 3, 2011

Bakit ba hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa na-isampa ang kasong electoral sabotage laban kay dating Commission on Election chairman Benjamin Abalos na inirekomenda ng joint panel ng Department of Justice at Comelec?

Ito rin ang tanong ni Sen.Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III noong Biyernes.

From Inquirer:
Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. said the case against Abalos and other co-respondents of Arroyo would be filed next week, after Comelec lawyers are able to untangle some “procedural problems.”

“There is some sort of complication, but it is just procedural. But we are definitely filing against Abalos,” he said.
Noong Nob. 18, yung araw ng Biyernes na minadali ng pamahalaang Aquino ang kaso na electoral sabotage kay Gloria Arroyo, sinabi ni Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez, na kasama si Abalos at si Capt. Peter Reyes , isang intelleigence agent sa Armed Forces of the Philippines,ngunit sa Lunes na isasampa ang kaso laban sa kanya.

Ang paglilitis ni Gloria Arroyo

Published by Ellen on November 19, 2011

Sa wakas, nakapag file na ng kaso ang administrasyong Aquino laban kay Gloria Arroyo.

Kahapon bago magtanghalian, isinampa ng Commission on Elections ang kasong electoral sabotage laban kina Gloria Arroyo, dating gubernador ng Maguindanao na si Andal Ampatuan Sr. at datingformer Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City RTC.

Ni-raffle at napunta ang kaso kay Judge Jesus Mupas na dati raw napagsabihan ng Supreme Court dahil may mga kasong hindi umuusad. Aba, noong Biyernes, ang bilis. Bago mag-alas singko na hapon, nagpalabas na ng warrant of arrest si Judge Mupas.

Gloria Arroyo arrested for the unbailable crime of electoral sabotage

Published by Ellen on November 19, 2011

Former President Gloria Arroyo is now under arrest for the unbailable crime of electoral sabotage.
Electoral sabotage case vs Gloria Arroyo
The warrant of arrest, issued by Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court, was served at 6:30 p.m. Friday by members of the Philippine National Police seven hours after the Commission on Elections filed electoral sabotage charges in connection with the 2007 elections against Arroyo, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and former Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City RTC.

Finally, Comelec files electoral sabotage raps vs GMA; arrest looms

Published by Ellen on November 18, 2011

SC stands firm on TRO vs de Lima’s Watch List Order but it could be rendered moot and academic if Pasay RTC Judge issues warrant of arrest and hold departure order on Arroyo.

abs-cbnNEWS.com

The lawyer of the Commission on Elections on Friday filed electoral sabotage charges against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and former Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City Regional Trial Court.

Sen. Francis Escudero said once the judge issues a warrant of arrest all watchlist order and hold departure order in a separate on DOJ Memo circular 41 become moot and academic. Arroyo can be arrested. Electoral sabotage is non-bailable.

Kailan ba isasampa ang mga kaso laban kay Gloria Arroyo?

Published by Ellen on November 13, 2011

GMA having a good time with the contraption — Akala ko ba masakit itong contraption. Bakit siya tumatawa? *Photo from Yuko Takei's FB wall*.

Sa gitna ng ingay ng diskusyon kung papayagan si Gloria Arroyo at ang kanyang asawang si Mike na umalis ng bansa para magpagamot day (siyempre marami at mas maingay ang ayaw), hindi na marinig ang tanong na bakit ba hanggang ngayon wala pang kaso sa korte na nakasampa laban sa mag-asawang kinaiinisan ng maraming Pilipino?

Halos magdadalawang taon na ang administrasyong Aquino ngunit hanggang ngayon ay wala pang nakasampang kaso laban kay Arroyo. Lahat nasa preliminary investigation pa lang.Pinapag-aralan pa kung may “probable cause” ang akusasyun sa kaniya.

Palagi nga kinukumpara ng marami sa ginagawa ni Arroyo kay dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada na ilang buwan lang siya napaalis sa Malacañang nasampahan na kaagad ng kasong plunder at nakulong.

Hindi sana problema ang pagbawal ni Aquino kay Arroyo umalis ng bansa kung may kaso na hindi pwedeng piyansahan dahil kung sa ganun ang korte ang mag-isyu ng hold order sa kanya . Kaso wala.

Ang pinaghahawakan nina De Lima ay ang kwestyunable na memorandum circular na inisyu noon ng justice secretary ni Arroyo na si Alberto Agra na kahit nasa preliminary investigation pa lang ang kaso, pwedeng ilagay sa Watch List Order ang isang tao.

Mahina ang ebidensya ng DOJ-Comelec laban kay Arroyo

Published by Ellen on October 23, 2011

gloria arroyo with neckbrace — Right charge, wrong election

Sorry ha,hindi ako excited sa niluluto nina Justice Secretary Leila de Lima at Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes na kasong electoral sabotage laban kay Gloria Arroyo at iba pang kasabwat niya sa pandaraya nong 2007 na eleksyun.

Bago lahat, gusto kong klaruhin: katulad ng maraming Pilipino, gusto ko mapanagot si Gloria Arroyo sa pambabastos niya ng sambayanang Pilipino at mga institusyon pang-demokrasya para lamang manatili siya sa kanyang ninakaw na kapangyarihan.

Ngunit gusto ko sa paraang tama at legal. Ayaw ko mangyari na gagawin ng mga nasa-puwesto ngayon ang pagbaluktot ng hustisya katulad ng ginawa ni Arroyo para lang mapakulong ang lumaban sa kanya katulad nina Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV at ang iba pang sundalong Magdalo.

Kailangan ang sangkot sa krimen para makuha ang utak ng krimen

Published by Ellen on October 16, 2011

Norie Unas — Unas: alleged participant in Maguindanao massacre; state witness vs Gloria Arroyo in election sabotage

Para mapanagot si Gloria Arroyo sa kanyang mga kasalanan sa taumbayan, kailangan merong isang malapit sa kanya na kasabwat sa kanyang pandaraya at pagnanakaw na kailangang kumanta.

Sa iba’t-ibang imbestigasyun na lumabas, may ilang mga pinagkatiwalaan si Arroyo sa mga hindi kanais-nais na kanyang pinaggagawa para manatili sa kapangyarihan. Ang ilan mga nababanggit at si dating Police Chief Hermogenes Ebdane, dating Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, dating Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano.

Ngunit malabo kung babaligtad itong tatlo laban sa kanilang dating amo. Kaya dapat kasama na rin sila na kakasuhan para managot sa mga kasalanan na ginawa nila sa taumbayan.

Siyempre sa malalaking operasyun na bilyun-bilyun na piso ang nakasalalay, marami tao ang kailangan a at meron nang kumakanta. Maganda siguro tingnan kung paano sila pinakanta ng mga tauhan ni Aquino. Ngunit sa ngayon, ang ilang kaso ay nakasalalay sa kanilang testimonya.

Zubiri resigns

Published by Ellen on August 3, 2011

Says cheating allegation has taken toll on family, nation

Zubiri speech Honor and Integrity

By JP Lopez
Malaya

Amid allegations he benefited from the supposed cheating in the 2007 elections, Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri yesterday announced his resignation, a move seen by colleagues and even his opponents as an act of statesmanship.

“Without admitting any fault and with my vehement denial of the alleged electoral fraud hurled against me, I am submitting my resignation as a duly elected senator of the Republic of the Philippines in the election for which I am falsely accused without mercy and compassion,” Zubiri said in an emotional privilege speech.

Aquilino “Koko “ Pimentel III I: I commend him for the rare act of resigning but na-disappoint lang ako na parang may denial pa siya na nagkaroon ng dayaan sa Maguindanao which was the reason why he got proclaimed in the first place. Hindi po baseless and unfounded ang charges of election fraud in Maguindanao. Proven na po iyon.”

“I am resigning, not because I am exhausted from the demands of my calling as a legislator. . I am resigning, not because I wish to evade the decision of the Senate Electoral Tribunal. Handa kong tanggapin ang anumang hatol mula sa nasabing hukuman,” he said.

After “Hello” from Bedol, will it be “Hello Garci”?

Published by Ellen on July 19, 2011

bedol and his cellphone — Photo by Rhoy Cobilla of Malaya

It was so ludicrous that you would think it was a Michael V skit.

Yesterday, at the start of the media presentation of Lintang Bedol at the Commission on Elections in Intramuros, Manila, Chairman Sixto Brillantes told the magician election supervisor of Maguindanao, ” O baka gusto mo mag-hello.”

Bedol, wearing dark glasses and a bullet-proof vest, looked so relaxed despite the charge of contempt that was slapped on him for his four-year disappearance when he was asked to produce some documents related to the 2007 elections.

Bedol, waving to the reporters, said, “Hello, kumusta kayo lahat.”

It was bizarre.

I don’t think he realized his crime when he tampered the results of the 2004 elections subverting the people’s choice of their leaders thereby allowing a fake president to remain in power for six more years.