Nakikita pa ba ninyo ang advertisement ng Singaw ng Bayan tungkol sa coup?
Mukha hindi ko na nakikita. Malamang pina-alis na nila.
Dapat naman. Buking sila doon na nanloloko sila ng taumbayan.
Doon sa advertisement na yun, pinakita nila ang mga images noong mga nakaraang coup o people power. Mayroon din mga images ni Navy Lt.sg Antonio Trillanes noon Oakwood mutiny.Sabi doon sa adverstisement, “Tama na. Nakakapagod na. Charter Change.”
Gusto kasi ng Singaw ng Bayan, na galamay ni Gloria Arroyo, papaniwalain ang na kapag parliamentary form of government na raw ang Pilipinas, wala na raw coup.
Ang nangyari sa Thailand noong isang linggo ay nagpapasinungaling sa ibinibenta ng Singaw ng Bayan na kapag parliamentary form of government, wala ng coup.
Ayan, parliamentary ang sistema ng pamahalaan sa Thailand. Constitutional monarchy pa dahil mayroon silang hari na kanilang nire-respeto. Nagka-coup pa.
Ang nagyari sa Thailand ay nagpapatunay lamang na wala sa sistema ng pamahalaan ang pagsulong ng bayan. Sa lider yan.
Kung pakinggan ang mga reklamo ng ma Thais laban kay Thaksin, hindi nagkakalayo sa mga akusasyon ng mga Pilipino laban kay Gloria Arroyo: corruption, paninikil ng karapatan ng mga Muslim, paglalagay ng mga sariling tauhan sa electoral commission para ma-kontrol ang eleksyon.
Ngunit hindi kini-kwestyon ng mga Thai ang panalo ni Thaksin sa eleksyon. Mukha namang talagang klarong binot siya ng taumbayan noong eleksyon. Nag-abuso lang.
Iba itong si Aroyo. Talagang hindi binoto ng taumbayan na presidente. Kaya lang naman siya naka-upo dahil sa nandaya. Kaya tama ang sinabi ni Brig. Gen. Danny Lim:bogus president.
Ngayong araw, ang oral arguments sa Supreme Court tungkol sa isinampa ng Singaw ng Bayan at ng Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) na kilalaning legal ang ginawa nilang pagpapa-pirma para magkaroon ng Charter Change sa ilalim ng People’s Initiative.
Na-expose na, na peke ang maraming pirma na sinumite ng Singaw ng Bayan sa Comelec. At klaro naman na hindi sa taumbayan nanggaling ang kagustuhan ng charter change kungdi kay Gloria Arroyo.
Ito ay kanyang ginagawa para manatili siya sa kapangyarihan habang gusto niya dahil kapag wala na siya sa Malacañang, sa kulungan ang bagsak niya sa daming kasalanan na naawa niya sa bayan.
Mapasensya ang Pilipino. Kahit gaanong panloloko ang ginawa ni Arroyo, hindi pa rin uma-alsa.
Nakakabahala lang na kapag-pinilit niya itong charter change ay baka ka doon na a-alsa ang taumbayan. Doon siguro mag-coup na ang mga maprinsipyong mga opisyal ng military.
“Ang nangyari sa Thailand noong isang linggo ay nagpapasinungaling sa ibinibenta ng Singaw ng Bayan na kapag parliamentary form of government, wala ng coup.
Ayan, parliamentary ang sistema ng pamahalaan sa Thailand. Constitutional monarchy pa dahil mayroon silang hari na kanilang nire-respeto. Nagka-coup pa.”
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“Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.”
-Aristotle
SnB is nothing but a club of LIARS; they are a group of people who belong to the LEGIONS OF GLORIA. How can one who associates himself/herself with GLORIA even believe for a moment that they have honor, integrity and credibility with her? On the contrary, they are CHEATERS, LIARS and THIEVES. Indeed they are many!
I missed the advertisement by Singaw Ng Bayan. This is what I meant about the truth and the role of the Media irregardles of either in Cebu or Manila. It’s not too much to ask to let us have the truths. People is thirsty for the truths. Very frustrating when you don’tknow who to believe anymore. Certainly, Singaw ng Bayan is without credibility. And we know how they manipulated the fake signatures. It reminded us of the dagdag/bawas of 2004 election returned. It’s some kind of untreatable decease. As we all know, some of the media are being used to promote lies of Gloria in order to further her agenda. Cha-cha and Con-Ass are nothing but to deceive the people and smoke screen to hide their crimes. Surely, it’s not the system at fault when the illegitimate Gloria’s regime are incompetent and negligent, not to mention corrupt.
This is not an attack to some of the media, certainly not. I’m just bringing it to open that some of them are not doing their job of investigating the real truth of the matter. Or some of them they know that they’re being used, yet they do it anyway to serves someone deceitful agendas. Some will publish anything without a thorough investigation to the fact of the subject. Sensationalism, is it?
“God has His ways……In His time”, sabi nga.
The Thai coup sent the message.
In their face pa kamo. Hindi komo’t parliamentary system, OK na OK at burado na ang korapsyon. Mas hihigit pa kamo, given the kind of crocodiles we have in Inang Bayan.
Kanya-kanyang faction, kanya-kanyang grupo. This is true among those who are into this kind of government. Japan isn’t an exception. The father of the now elected PM, Shinzo Abe was a victim of group railroading his ascendancy to be PM during his term. And Shinzo Abe’s election made true his father’s death wish. Same is true in Britain, or anywhere else in the world.
Re: Thaksin: mas OK nga ta talagang naiboto ng taumbayan si Thaksin. Si Glue? Two-times over na nag-cheat. BOGUS talaga!
Peke pa, Huwad, Magnanakaw….at SINUNGALING! ALIS D’YAN!
OOOOOOOOpppppsss, teka muna, huwag magsaya!!!
Masa lalarga!
Ang Pilipino STAR Ngayon 09/26/2006
Magdaraos ngayon ng rally ang iba’t ibang sektor ng mga maralita para ipaglaban ang pagdaraos ng People’s Initiative sa pag-amyenda ng Konstitusyon kasabay ng idaraos na oral arguments sa usapin sa Korte Suprema na idaraos mamayang ala-una ng hapon.
Ayon sa isang grupo ng mga mangingisda na kinapanayam sa ANC television, dapat palitan ang bulok na sistema na malaon nang sumasakal sa mga mahihirap. Ayon sa SC, masesentro ang debate sa isyu kung may legal na karapatan ang Sigaw ng Bayan sa pamamagitan ni Atty.Raul Lambino at Gov. Erico Aumentado na kumatawan sa anim na milyong botante na pumirma sa panukalang People’s Initiative.
Nagdaos kahapon ng 4th general assembly meeting ang Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) sa Manila Hotel at bumuo ng manipesto na nananawagan sa Korte Suprema na katigan ang pagdaraos ng plebisito sa pagrebisa sa Konstitusyon. Kasama sa pulong ang grupong Sigaw ng Bayan na proponent ng Charter Change.
“Sa pamamagitan ng pagbuwag sa bulok na presidential bicameral system para maging unicameral-parliamentary, mawawala ang iilang grupong elitista na hangad lamang ay pansariling interes upang manatili sila sa kapangyarihan,” anang ULAP.
Ayon sa ULAP, ang pagbabago ng sistema ng pamahalaan ay magpapasok ng foreign investments at lilikha ng maraming hanap-buhay, mawawala ang mga monopolyong siyang sanhi ng nagtataasang presyo, at magbibigay ng magandang tiwala sa kalusugan at katatagan ng Republika, “dagdag pa ng ULAP.
Idineklara ng ULAP ang ganitong paninindigan sa isang “open letter to the Filipino people”. Umapela ang ULAP at Sigaw ng Bayan na baligtarin ng SC ang desisyon ng COMELEC na tumangging harapin ang nasabing petisyon base sa 1997 ruling ng Korte Suprema.
talaga naman!!! ayaw tumigil sa pagpipilitan na baguhin ang sistema ng gobyerno pero maliwanag na sistema lang ang papalitan hindi yung mga nasa pwesto. mga kunwari ay para sa kapakanan ng bayan pero para lang sa pansarili nilang pakinabang. mga klase ng taong nagpapagamit sa pagsusulong ng ganitong pagbabago ay hindi dapat pagkatiwalaan sapagkat kung hindi bayaran, mga kawatan ng nagtatago ng mga bulok na katiwalian. pagababago raw pero parang mga magnanakaw na magpapalit lang ng pangalan!!!@@@#!~! ewan!!!!!
26 September 2006
Yes I agree with you all, Its not that I am totally against cha-cha, my point here is we should have a commission or convention instead of constituent assembly or popularly known as con-ASS. I for one do not like the members of the house of representaTHIEVES to become members of con-ASS. I do not trust them. Why not have a commission or convention who will study the system change??? Why not include in next year’s election the choice between a commission or convention or if people want a system change, from thereon, why not these commissioners of conventionalists study the system change from 2007 until 2009, so that in 2010 people can elect the members of the Philippine parliament.
I for one will not support these representaTHIEVES to sit as members of con-ASS, for they will only change the system to their advantage, or worst for them to be as member of the parliament as long as they want.
prans
September 26, 2006
I wonder what has the vice president is doing nowadays??? He’s so quiet amidst the political squabbles among our politicians. Hmmmmmm…….. the ever so opportunistic ei….
Heard that his office is already run by people who are former members of the PMS who are now with the housing office??? tsk, tsk, tsk……. Heard also that there is an internatl squabbling that is going on in his office, I mean, on the one side its those former PMS employees and on the other side is the people from his senate days??? Just asking.
jinx
>mga kunwari ay para sa kapakanan ng bayan pero
>para lang sa pansarili nilang pakinabang.
Kahit na magpalit tayo ng porma de gobyerno, dalawang mukha ang lalabas sa mga susunod na taon.
Ang “Federalist” at “Republican”. Basta ang mahalaga sa kanila ay maprotektahan ang kanikanilang negosyo at economic interest.
From taipan88:
“The Thai coup sent the message.
In their face pa kamo. Hindi komo’t parliamentary system, OK na OK at burado na ang korapsyon. Mas hihigit pa kamo, given the kind of crocodiles we have in Inang Bayan.”
Bicameral Parliament din ba sa Fiji nang mag Coup noong 1987 si Lt.Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka?
Ipagkumpara nyo rin ang Coup sa Haiti at Nigeria.
change of the present system would be accepted by the people only after this administration. with them still running the government will yield no positive support. as it was noted, since the very first day of gloria’s re-assumption of her bogus office, her tune is about charter change which was very much different from her inaugural address the other day.
Nelbar:
Kaya gusto ni Bansot ang parliamentary kasi gusto niyang maging reyna gaya ng Queen of England! Ang taas ng pangarap. But I’d rather they adopt the parliamentary system of Taiwan, etc. at doon ang lahat ng parliamentarian nila na sa bicam nila ay nagsasabunutan, nagsusuntukan, etc. kapag hindi nagkasundo sa usapan. Sa Pilipinas, magbabarilan OK kasi ubos lahat ang mga katulad ni Joe de Venecia, at iba pang mga bugaw sa kamara!!! Iyan ang mga hibang at inutil!
Why fix it when ain’t broke?
It’s a known fact that Presidential democracy as in the United States of America is the most progressive form of govt. Of course, others could make the argument. But, as I see things most of the people would like to go and live in the USA if given a choice. Absolutely, there is no such thing as perfect govt, USA has its shortcoming like any first world country. Nevertheless, it beg the question, why the USA is more advanced country than the rest? One that come to mind first is the people, and their form of government. Their forefathers laid the foundation for them and through the years since the country was founded, the people from generation to generation made sure that their democracy function as it’s intended designed and made changes, amendments to strengthen in areas of the republic that needed fortification. And the USA has not stop making improvement as we speak.
It’s the same that can be said to Parliamentary of England and other democratic form of government. It’s the determination of the people coupled with the institution what make a succesful govt. It’s not the institution itself, yet it’s the people’s behavior and attitude of the citizenry, the perseverance of the people what make a better government.
I submit, Cha-Cha and Con-Ass are not the answer to the problem, but certainly a definite set back to progrss that already been made, if ever adapted. It’s not the institution, but the people of how badly enough to make it work. And presidential government is not a failure, since it’s already been proven as a success story. All we need are some improvement here and there to what we already have.
We can make an argument about Japan to why the country has progressed and became a first world country. Not because is the type of the govt but the people determination to make it better for everybody as a whole. I believe, it doesn’t matter to the type of govt, Japan will still be ahead of the Phililippines and many other countries. It’s the people of Japan what make a better Japan.
So, it’s not the Presidential govt is at fault here but the people. Specifically, at present, Gloria’s inability to bring about political stability and prosperity to the country.
Amen!
Cha-Cha and Con-Ass
Yeah, na “con” na, naging “ass” pa!
KICK ConASS! Singaw ng Bayan at CON-ASS ay parehong panloloko sa taong bayan. Dapat natin ibasura ang Cha-cha ni Pandak at patalsikin ang rehimeng Gloria Arroyo kahit anong paraan.
Wow! The great pretender fake President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was denied entry to New York. It’s good for her and the company of thieves. Kaya pala nakasimangot si Pandak noon dumating mula sa Hawaii at madaling araw pa. Good timing. Wala pang arrival speech. Napahiya siya sa New York. I LOVE NEW YORK!
Excerpts from Philippine Anticorruption Movement U.S.A. website
http://www.pamusa.net/
She was denied to come to New York and attend the 61st U.N. General Assembly meeting which was the main purpose of her recent trip. The best proof was her flying from London to Cuba instead of New York where world leaders were gathering for the U.N. General Assembly.
Reliable information reached us Arroyo’s was allowed to go to Honolulu last Saturday because she’s invited by Gov. Linda Lingle before December 2005 when UNCAC came into force. It can be expected that would be her last entry to the U.S. unless she’s pardoned from various corruption charges. One is her involvement in corruption while yet trade undersecretary and executive director of the Garments and Textile Export Board. The U.S. which was the biggest source of garment quotas under the defunct Multifiber Agreement allegedly found out Arroyo was involved in black-marketing quotas for which commanded premiums of $10 per dozen and up. Her involvement is highlighted by the purchase of a $5-million commercial building in San Francisco from sources that couldn’t be legally explained.
U.S. and European quotas for each garment category went up to hundreds of thousands of dozens annually. One can imagine the amount involved in trading quotas when Hong Kong exporters reportedly relied on GTEB for their shortage which was strictly prohibited under the Multifiber Agreement and a violation of the U.S. Anticorruption Act of 1977.
Arroyo’s culpability doesn’t include corruption when she was Senator, then Vice President when her son, Mickey cornered the multibillion-peso contracts in clearing lahar and dike construction for the Mt. Pinatubo Rehabilitation Program. As President the reported bank deposit in Germany with cash balance exceeding $100 million should be no surprise at all. It’s an open secret since the time of Marcos that the President earns commission from petroleum imports of Petron Corporation. In Arroyo’s case if she got only 1% of the amount of Petron’s imports during almost 6 years of her presidency she would’ve amassed over $100 million from that account alone.
Kick conASS! Singaw ang Bayan at CON-ASS ay parehong panloloko sa taong bayan. Dapat ibasura ang Cha-cha ni Pandak at patalsikin kahit anong paraan ang bulok na rehimeng Gloria Arroyo.
Wow! The great pretender fake President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was denied entry to New York. It’s good for her and the company of thieves. Kaya pala nakasimangot si Pandak noon dumating mula sa Hawaii at madaling araw pa. Good timing. Wala pang triumphant arrival speech. Napahiya siya sa New York. I LOVE NEW YORK!
Excerpts from Philippine Anticorruption Movement U.S.A. (PAMUSA)website
She was denied to come to New York and attend the 61st U.N. General Assembly meeting which was the main purpose of her recent trip. The best proof was her flying from London to Cuba instead of New York where world leaders were gathering for the U.N. General Assembly.
Reliable information reached us Arroyo’s was allowed to go to Honolulu last Saturday because she’s invited by Gov. Linda Lingle before December 2005 when UNCAC came into force. It can be expected that would be her last entry to the U.S. unless she’s pardoned from various corruption charges. One is her involvement in corruption while yet trade undersecretary and executive director of the Garments and Textile Export Board. The U.S. which was the biggest source of garment quotas under the defunct Multifiber Agreement allegedly found out Arroyo was involved in black-marketing quotas for which commanded premiums of $10 per dozen and up. Her involvement is highlighted by the purchase of a $5-million commercial building in San Francisco from sources that couldn’t be legally explained.
U.S. and European quotas for each garment category went up to hundreds of thousands of dozens annually. One can imagine the amount involved in trading quotas when Hong Kong exporters reportedly relied on GTEB for their shortage which was strictly prohibited under the Multifiber Agreement and a violation of the U.S. Anticorruption Act of 1977.
Arroyo’s culpability doesn’t include corruption when she was Senator, then Vice President when her son, Mickey cornered the multibillion-peso contracts in clearing lahar and dike construction for the Mt. Pinatubo Rehabilitation Program. As President the reported bank deposit in Germany with cash balance exceeding $100 million should be no surprise at all. It’s an open secret since the time of Marcos that the President earns commission from petroleum imports of Petron Corporation. In Arroyo’s case if she got only 1% of the amount of Petron’s imports during almost 6 years of her presidency she would’ve amassed over $100 million from that account alone.
At the outset it was so PRESUMPTUOUS of the Sigaw Ng Bayan to say that they are the Voice of the People. They did not even get the 12 per cent needed and now they are caught purveying a lie when they said that there will be no more coup under a Parliamentary form of government.
There IS ONLY one way of knowing the true “SIGAW NG BAYAN” and that is a true and honest voting. MLQ in his column in PDI yesterday suggests that ERAP run for Senator in 2007 inspite of being in detention. Good idea! Uurong d’yan ang tumbong ng Malacanang at ngayon pa lang ay gagawin nila ang lahat upang pigilin na mabulatlat ang tunay na damdamin ng bayan!
Tiyak na magiging masaya ang halalan sa 2007 kung papasok si Erap. At tiyak na lalahok ako upang isulat ang pangalan ni ERAP sa balota. Sige na please, para ke FPJ.
Diego, thank you for that good news from PAMUSA – that Glue was not allowed to go to NY. Very welcome news, indeed!
Hope someone can make a list or inventory of all the Pidals’ assets overseas, or even here in Phil. Let they be known to all. Am really sure that if they could not bring their cash overseas anymore, they are hiding them here in Phil, buried somewhere. Heard that proceeds from hweteng are in cash, swimming pool of cash.
Pandawan, if Erap runs for Senator, he will top the race. That’s a very good idea. There’s no legal impediment for him to run. He has not been convicted yet. Even the former Congressman Jalosjos convicted of rape was allowed to run in jail and won.
laslasin ninyo ang tiyan ni imfatso, maglalabasan ang mga nakaw nilang yaman!
Parliament to clip SC powers, PI group admits
By Benjamin B. Pulta
09/27/2006
It may not be a walk in the park by the proponents of Charter change (Cha-cha) through a people’s initiative (PI) after all, as some existing powers of the Supreme Court may be clipped through a Cha-cha, as admitted by the pro-Cha-cha lawyers in court yesterday.
Oral arguments on the suits brought by parties seeking to amend the Constitution pushed through yesterday before the Supreme Court (SC) amid the magistrates’ questions on the government-backed effort to change the system of government from presidential to parliamentary.
During the course of the arguments, senior Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing coaxed the main advocate Sigaw ng Bayan movement president Raul Lambino into admitting that some parties were eager to insert provisions in the amendments which would allow Congress to clip the certiorari powers of the judiciary.
Quisumbing had sought a comment on the supposed plan by “would-be members of parliament” who want the authority to pass the rules of court.
Under the present Charter, the power over the pleading , procedure and practice of law is reserved by the Constitution for the SC.
The certiorari power enables the high court in particular to take up cases where there are questions on the interpretation of laws and where there is “grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction” on the part of the government agencies involved.
The blanket authority had been criticized by the court’s detractors as an overpowering power on the part of the judiciary.
The deposed leader, whose position as an intervenor was upheld by the high court, but whose petition to the Sandiganbayan for him to appear before the high court was rejected, issued a statement.
He said that “given the Court’s uneven performance since 2001, when I was unconstitutionally removed from the presidency through a judicially-assisted coup, it is not easy for me or for many people to say with full confidence that its members will be able to ignore the pressures from Malacañang to rule in favor of the initiative.”
He, however expressed the hope that, “despite past mistakes, the Court will finally find the courage to reject what is patently wrong and unacceptable, affirm what is right and just, and give to our people that which is their due,” in reference to his opposition to Charter change through the people’s initiative.
“This mode of proposing amendments to the Constitution cannot be hijacked by the President, whether legitimate or illegitimate, or by any group of local officials acting in the President’s or their own political and personal interests.
“Mrs. Arroyo’s open and uninhibited effort to push the proposed constitutional changes, coupled with the equally open and uninhibited involvement of local government officials, completely and automatically invalidates the claim that the present petition involves a “people’s initiative.”
Appearing for the main proponents of the Charter change agenda was retired Associate Justice Bernardo Pardo representing the Sigaw ng Bayan and who initially said the amendment only sought to amend two articles in the Constitution—that which refers to the executive and legislative departments, stressing that the article on the judiciary would be left untouched.
Pardo,who was the first appointee of former President Estrada to the high Tribunal was with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) when the original ruling on a similar controversy was decided by the SC in 1997.
Sigaw ng Bayan’s Lambino on examination by Qusimbing initially claimed that since under the parliamentary system of government there would only be two departments of government, “powers of the government may be considered divided 50-50” between parliament and the judiciary.
He later conceded that plans are afoot among some parties to have the “certoriari powers” of the judiciary removed.
Two incumbent magistrates, Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban and senior Associate Justice Reynato S. Puno voted at the time to allow the amendment of the Constitution being sought by the People’s Initiative for Reforms,Modernization and Action (PIRMA).
The government was represented yesterday by Solicitor General Eduardo Nachura who said the state officially “symphatizes” with the position of the Charter change proponents.
Nachura disclosed that when he was a lawmaker in the lower house he initiated two bills to come up with an enabling law to implement the ‘people’s initiative’ option to amend the Constitution.
Nevertheless, upon inquiry by Senior Associate Justice Angelina Gutierrez, Nachura said the Solgen’s presence in the case was in compliance with the high tribunal’s order for them to comment on the case.
In a particularly heated exchange, Gutierrez castigated the Solgen for representing the cause of the Cha-cha initiative without himself examining the signatures and determining if the same were legitimate.
“Will you entrust the fate of our people to these people whom we do not know or who may not understand what the amendment is for?” Gutierrez pointed out.
Earlier during the proceedings another magistrate, Reynato S. Puno questioned the procedure undertaken by the Cha-cha initiators using ‘printed forms throughout the Philippines in places where the local dialect is not English.”
Defending the procedure Pardo claimed that English is the official language and said local government units assisted in the dissemination of the process which ran from February to August.
From the oppositors side are Sen. Joker Arroyo and Pacifico Agabin representing the Senate, Neri Colmenares representing the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Rene Saguisag whose group , MABINI was a party opposing the original Cha-cha initiative, Jose Anselmo Cadiz representing the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP),and Dean Rufus Rodriguez representing Estrada.
Cha-cha proponents said the SC should heed the voice of the more than 6.3 million verified registered voters who are exercising their “sovereign right” to directly participate in amending the Constitution through the people’s initiative.
Lambino of Sigaw ng Bayan and Gov. Erico Aumentado, president of Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, through counsels Pardo and Nachura made this appeal for the justices to reexamine its ruling in Santiago v. Comelec where it declared as incomplete and insufficient the Republic Act 6735, otherwise known as the Referendum and Initiative Act, to cover the system of initiative to amend the constitution.
As the Office of the Solicitor General took the position that the RA 6735 is complete, sufficient and adequate to cover a system of initiative to amend the constitution, Nachura said that more than 6.3 million registered voters decided to exercise their right to directly amend the constitution through this mode.
Pardo asserted that the petition for initiative submitted to the Comelec has complied with the provision of RA 6735.
It is however known that the required 3 percent in every district to make up the required 12 percent has not been met.
Pardo argued that that there was grave abuse of discretion of the Comelec as demonstrated by its blind reliance upon the Santiago ruling, adding that “the ruling should be reviewed as a judicial precedent because, among other reasons, unlike the present petition for initiative, the Santiago ruling tackled a petition over which the Comelec had yet no jurisdiction. The Santiago ruling does not bar the Comelec from taking cognizance of the instant petition for initiative,” he stressed.
Two hours into the proceeding,the power went off prompting the court to declare an outright recess.
Lambino’s group is asking the SC to annul and set aside the Comelec’s Aug. 31 resolution and order the poll body to act on the petition, order its publication and set the date for the plebiscite as mandated by the Constitution.
The two claim they are proper parties, and that their suit complies with the Constitution and sufficient in form and substance.
Meanwhile, militant solons accused Malacañang of trying to influence the decision of the High Court.
Mrs. Arroyo’s supporters said that they have “high hopes on the wisdom of the Supreme Court justices” at the start of the deliberations on the issue of the People’s Initiative petition even as they said that the rule of law would prevail in favor of the petition.
But according to Rep. Liza Maza of the partylist Gabriela said that Malacañang should “get off the Supreme Court’s back and refrain from influencing the court so that it could do its job independently.”
Cory by the Sea:
Sorry for the delay, but I’m sending the package by Sokutatsu today to your school. Will include my phone number so we can talk. I might try to visit your place. Can you recommend a good spa there? The last time I went to Toyohashi was in 1970 and then to Bentenjima that looked really fantastic in November with all the koyo!
I am including a DVD of the banned Erap movie. One thing I can also try doing is have a movie showing there at your place. I have a pretty good collection of documentaries made by independent productions especially in Europe including one on the domestic helpers from the Philippines.
Revision or Amendment of the Constitution? The question does matter. But not to GMA. For her, it is only a question of staying in power because she believes in herself and is only thinking of how to survive and be regarded by history as the BEST President the Philippines ever had. She has hurdled a lot of things that others before her did not. She is proud of that and is smug about that.
Her allies regard everything that is happening as a political exercise of a majority protecting itself and doing everything legal and otherwise to stay in power. They justify all the things that they have done and are doing by saying THIS IS POLITICS.
The military has found out that it has power even without seizing political power and they are smug about that. Their leaders are rich and will do everything to stay rich and in power.
The opposition on the other hand are staying within the law and would not or could not or do not have the courage to skirt it. They fantastically believed what the majority have said that “DURA LEX SED LEX” inspite of it being obvious that this government is operating outside of the law or the rule of law. How naive!
Meanwhile the people are exasperated and are saying “To hell with all of you, we will just go on living the best way we can and not mind you.”
And up in Heaven God is looking on but I don’t have the power nor intelligence to know what He is thinking and what He will do. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!
pandawan , npongco and All:
How about the idea of GMA being the senator-for-life, ala Augusto Pinochet?
Eh di absuwelto na sa kaso?
Actually, GMA is like “Pinochet in economist clothing”?
Hindi na kailangan pang isipin na magiging senator-for-life si tiyanak. Magiging President-for-Life iyan gagang iyan.
nelbar: wala yata tayong talagang panalo dyan kay gma, kung di pala president for life ay senator for life.kung may chacha tanggal ang senado pero president pa rin siya kung walang chacha senador naman. kailangan diyan habulin ng taga.
norpil,
wala talaga tayong magagawa! diyos na magiging kalaban natin nyan. Siya daw ang God’s anointed.
Dyan ba sa inyo sa Scandinavia, ay pwedeng mag claim na “anointed one”?
nelbar, norpil, artsee, please naman. walang ganyanan. baka hindi na kami makauwi sa pilipinas kung alinmang for life maging yang nanay ng mga lamanlupa. pagod na kami. baka sabihin ng burukang ‘yan na huwang nang magsisiuwi ang mga OFW’s dahil hindi sila i-e-entertain sa mga airports at ibabalik sa pinanggalingang pinagtatrabahuang bansa. nanay kupo!!!!
nelbar:walang politiko dito na maglalakas loob na sabihin na siya ay annointed ng God pero may ilan yatang pare na nakulong dahil dyan dahil pinagsamantalahan niya ang mga babaeng naniwala sa kanya.sa pinas lang siguro possible iyan dahil wala na yatang impossible doon.
I’m pro cha-cha. i am hoping that glory will stay in power as long as she live. what are the senate doing in congress? take the million peso pork barrel for their own good? fly abroad and relax while filipino people are starving, no jobs.. we need a change. we do not need so much leaders in our country.
when joseph estrada was the president, he corrupt almost every-thing, he took millions of dollar in PCSO and keep it for his family, it is supposed to be for poor Filipino’s, he even want to make the other public hospital to be private, knowing the fact that not a lot of filipino can afford to go to private hospital, what are the senate is doing in our country now? i do not see any good thing they did for our country but shame. well what? give 1 can of sardines and 1 kilo of rice and 2 pack of noodles? is that enough for a hungry filipino? senate and other politician are afraid of cha-cha, because they will loose their pork barrel once this is approved for filipino people. the people in the senate are alligator. they will eat anything they can.
i respect you judgement about cha-cha. i think all of us is entitled to give our opinion about this matter. we are all filipino, I’m wishing for unity. I’m sure all of us “filipino civillian” want the best for our country.
If erap will be back in congress, our country will be full of thieves. it sad to be in a country with full of thieves and no identity.
i hope and pray to god that erap will stay in jail and dont ever come back to senate or congress or whatever. i wish he’ll choose to go to iraq and have a peaceful life he wanted.
when erap was the president, the value of peso goes down, from 25php=1$ to 70php=1$
he sleep while he is working, ive seen it a lot on tv. well the only good thing he did for filipino is giving a happy meal for poor. the question is who’s money he is using for the happy meal? its from the pocket of the filipino people he is giving a happy meal to, smart eh, because he gets free happy meal every-time he do that ha ha.