Maraming haka-haka tungkol sa hidwaan sa Malacañang sa isyu ng People’s Initiative.
Usap-usapan ang paghihiwalay raw ng law firm na Villaraza& Angangco kay Arroyo. Ang Vllaraza& Angangco ay dating Carpio Villaraza &Cruz na siyang tumulong sa kandidatura ni Arroyo noon pang 1998 nang nagtangka siyang tumakbo sa pagka-presidente. (Hindi siya natuloy at nagging bise-presidente kay Jose de Venecia.)
Si Antonio Carpio ay hinirang ni Arroyo sa Supreme Court at si Avelino Cruz naman ay naging defense secretary.
Si Carpio ang sumulat ng desisyon na nag-dismis ng petisyon ng Singaw ng Bayan at Ulap (Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines) na magkaroon ng charter change sa pamamagitan ng peke na People Initiative na kanilang isinagawa.
May nagsasabi na masama ang loob ni Arroyo sa kanyang mga dating abogado. Mayroon naman nagsasabi na talaga naman raw ayaw ni Arroyo matuloy ang Cha-Cha dahil suspetsa niya iisahan siya ni De Venecia kapag parliamentary system na.
Sinabi ni Atty. Pancho Villaraza na hindi nila ini-iwan si Arroyo at suportado pa rin nila siya.
Naniniwala ako na gusto pa rin protektahan nina Villaraza si Arroyo kaya ayaw nila matuloy ang pekeng People’s Initiative na sinusulong ng Malacañang. Alam nilang kapag ipinilit ang garapalang Cha-Cha, ito ay magbibigay daan sa kaguluhan sa bansa at ma-aaring malagim na pagbagsak ni Arroyo.
Para ngang tinutulungan nina Carpio si Arroyo na magkaroon ng graceful exit o matapos niya ng maayos ang kanyang termino hanggang 2010. Ang problema lang, gusto ba ni Arroyo bumaba sa 2010?
Sa dami ng kasalanan na ginawa niya sa taumbayan, ang isip siguro ni Arroyo ay kailangan siyang nasa taas, hawak ang kapangyarihan, habang siya ay buhay. Kasi kung wala na siyang sa kapangyarihan, putaktihin siya ng kaso at hindi niyang ma-aasahan na tutulungan siya ng mga bayarang pulitiko na kakampi niya ngayon.
Noong simula, hindi naman talaga sold si Arroyo sa Cha-Cha na nilalako ni De Venecia at dating Pangulong Ramos dahil iikli ang kanyang termino.
Kaya lang, nang tagilid siya noong Hunyo ng isang taon nang lumabas ang Hello Garci tapes, ang tumulong sa kanya ay si FVR at JDV at ang kanilang linya at matatapos itong krisis kapag may Cha-Cha tayo.
Nakita ni Arroyo ang oportunidad na maa-ari niyang gamitin ang Cha-Cha para lalo siyang magiging kapangyarihan at manatili sa pwesto ng pangmatagalan. Siyempre iba naman ang plano ni FVR at JDV.
Nag-iisahan ang mga tuso.
Kahit ano ang gawin ni De Venecia, di niya puwedeng agawin ang kapangyarihan kay Gloria, may Chacha man o wala. Ang ibang dahilan, nasabi ko na sa thread na ‘Fearing JDV plot, GMA dumped PI’.
Uulitin ko, mas kapani-paniwala na nagkalabuan nang tuluyan ang the Firm laban sa Donya. Ang tanging kasagutan lamang ay kung sino ba ang sisibakin, ang grupo ba ni Ermita o ni Nonong Cruz? Diyan lang siguro magkakaroon ng katiyakan sa paugong na ito.
Di magagawa ni DeVeneciang sikwatin si Gloria dahil nakaambang na si Pichay na agad magre-rescue sa Donya kung sakali, na suportado di lamang ng Kampi, kundi siyempre, ng isang trilyong pondong hawak ni Ma’m sa araw ng eleksiyon at pagkatapos pa. Mantakin mo yun! Kung saka-sakali namang mailusot na ang Chacha at totohaning i-impeach ni DeVenecia ang Donya, sa loob lang ng isang minuto ay tapos na ang impeachment dahil na-dissolve na ni Gloria ang parliament!
Ang away sa Malacañang palagay ko ay nagmumula sa legal team na laging talo, na pinaghihinalaan ng gustong kumopo ng puwesto nila na ibina-biyahe ang laban. Maaari ring sinasayawan lang si DeVenecia ng Donya dahil sa nagdaang araw ay kapit-patalim siya.
Kahit saan mo tignan ang sitwasyon, tama ang obserbasyon mo, Ellen. Nag-iisahan nga ang mga tuso.
ang nag papahuli sa mag nanakaw ay kapwa mag nanakaw!!
ang dasal ko lang at ang buong mamamayan,sana matapos
na lahat at magising tayo sa masamang panaginip na ito!
maging aral sana sa atin na huwag ng maulit ito!! and
never again this people like GMA,FG,JDV and all her evil legions will be alloooooooooooowed t govern again,and they be a rare species and be the last to roam in our country..JDV will do anything to be in power and so is the illigetimate GMA..may the lord punish this people for creating all the mess we are having now..on JDV,no amount of death on his family like the death of her daughter and his near crash while on airplane during typhoon milenyo where he had a brush of death to change his evil ways..they don`t have any conscience at all..they are all a bunch of evil and will kill any innocent human being just to be in power..may your end will come the soonest!!
Kahit anong angulo tignan, demonyo ang tingin ko sa mga iyan. Kawawa naman ang mga pilipino na walang tulak kabigin sa mga ungas na may kinalaman kung papaano nagkaroon ng mga impakto sa Malacanang na mas masahol pa sa the great dictator na si Marcos at Imelda noong panahon ng Martial Law. Ito ang damdamin ng lahat ng pilipino na sa totoo lang ay sawang-sawa na sa mga kurakot na ito.
Golly, parang ang naglalaban ay faction ni FVR at faction ni Bansot na sa totoo lang ay isinusuka na ng mga taumbayan.
Kawawang bansa! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Sa panig ni Ermitanyo at (pasang)Cruz, malamang ang mga disipulo ni Ermit ang malalansag. Alam naman ng lahat na ang damatan na iyan ay kaalyado pa rin ni FVR. Nakakatawa sila, ang mga magnanakaw nga naman at mga sinungaling, kahit magsama-sama at magkampi-kampi ngayon, sa bandang huli sila din ang magaaway-away. Ha, ha, ha,!! Bwahhaha!! Iyan ang mga kampon ng kadiliman.
Magkakalansag-lansag na sila………Alisin na sa palasyo ang mga huwad.palibhasa peke ang presidente, pati pera natin peke rin. Imagine sampung pisong coins, peke???
Ellen must be describing also the ‘united opposition’ with the title of this thread, “Nag-iisahan ang mga tuso”
susmaryosep, di na bago yan. Recall the days of FPJ’s presidential candidacy – yung mga backers nya mismo ay nag-iisahan
Alam mo A. Scalia, kahit saan hindi nawawala ang mga nagtataksil….kaya iyong sinasabi mong mga backers ni FPJ na nag-iisahan normal lang, at least si FPJ hindi nanlamang. ang mahirap kung ang isang grupo ay pinamumunuan ng isang manlalamang, tapos lahat ng galamay ay ganun din…SUMALOSEP!!! anong kahihitnan sa akala mo?? Tulad ng grupo ni bansot alyas glue-ria….karambola iyan. Di ba??? Dapat kay bansot ipadala na sa lilliput, dun siya nababagay maging reyna!!!!
To goldenlion:
“….kaya iyong sinasabi mong mga backers ni FPJ na nag-iisahan normal lang,”
Alam mo, golden lion, kung gayon, e di normal din lang yung mga tuso sa likod ni Ate Glue
“at least si FPJ hindi nanlamang …SUMALOSEP!!! anong kahihitnan sa akala mo??”
sumalosep! hindi nga nanlamang ang si FPJ, pero magiging puppet lang sya ng mga backers nya. Hihilahin sya ng magkakasalungat na strings.
mabuti na nga at di nakaupo si FPJ, dahil civil war among his backers ang mangyayari. Meron Angara faction, merong Tito Sotto faction (pero I’d choose to join Angara, in case such a situation happens. kelangan iligtas ang ‘Pinas sa mga tulad ni Tito Sotto, parang Erap na naman if ever)
Saka ang pinag-uusapan ng thread na ito ay ang pag-aaway ng mga nasa likod.
anthony scalia,
ganyan ka rin di ba? matapos matalo si eddie villanueva, parang basahan mong itinapon sa isang tabi at umayon ka sa pasalungat na agos ng gobyerno ni gloria at bagama’t hindi ka tuwirang kaalyado ni gloria, ang pagbatikos mo sa pagtatalak (your words) ng mga bloggers dito na sukang suka na sa kanyang mga panloloko sa taong bayan, ay nagpapatunay lamang kung anong disposisyon meron ka.
sobrang advance naman ang naging pananaw mo sa magiging takbo ng gobyerno ni FPJ kung hindi dinaya ni gloria.
Kampo man ni Ermita o ni Sec Cruz, lahat sila marami ng alam tungkol sa evil ways ng Pidal family. Baka ipapatay ng mga Pidals ang mga iyan kung sino man sa kanila ang bibitaw kay Glue at magkakanta.
kitamokitako,
totoo yang sinasabi mo dahil kasali sa politika sa pilipinas ang patayan. nakalimutan na natin si edgar bentain……
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…The More They Stay the Same
Back in the early 1930’s, when Mob Boss Dutch Schultz suspected a key lieutenant of disloyalty, he personally encased the man’s legs in cement, and then dumped him, while still alive, in the Hudson River.
Well, remember the Marine arrested at the White House for spying recently? Feeding classified material to politicians in the Philippines? The politicians were Abramoff’s clients…
The Marine passed classified documents to a Filipino politician named Michael Aquino, who’d been sent to the U.S. to chill out until he was no longer “hot” in Manila. Why was Aquino laying low?
Because he’d killed a man who’d released an embarrassing video clip during the Filipino Presidential campaign showing Philippine Vice President Joseph Estrada playing high-stakes baccarat at a casino with a notorious gambler.
Edgar Bentain disappeared without a trace, until someone confessed that they’d seen him…in a drum. Bentain was encased alive in cement. Philippine NBI agents were later said to be searching for a metal drum near the bridge.
“We were brought to a bridge near Bacolor, where we saw Bentain inside a drum. We could still see his head but the rest of his body was already buried under cement,” said the man’s statement to police. “Bentain was crying and begging for his life.”
In Tagalong, Aquino told him, “You deserve this because you mind other people’s business too much!”
Tanong lang, bakit ba ang mga pilipino mahilig pumatay ng kapwa pilipino dahil lang politika, di bale sana kung may pakinabang naman. Dito wala pa akong narinig na pumatay dahil lamang sa politika. Kung sabagay kahit nga dito sa blog na ganito may mga taong gustong pumatay ng kapwa kahit na mawala lang dito. Buti na lang democratic si Ellen, na kahit na nga siya mukhang gusto pang buwisitin ng husto gayong alam naman na may sakit ang tao, para bang ipinagdarasal pag mapadali ang kaniyang buhay. Kung hindi iyan kawalanghiyaan, ano iyan?
Mabuti na lang mabait ang Panginoon dahil kailangan ng mga pilipino si Ellen para mabigyan sila ng lakas ng loob na lumaban sa mga nang-aapi sa kanila.
Ellen, sorry for the post office fiasco. I have sent similar posts in the Philippines, and they all went through smoothly when sent via EMS. I was a bit apprehensive though about the mail to you, because I sent a similar package to someone at UP. You bet, pinahirapan din because he is a well-known anti-establishment. Nakalimutan ko but you are not a subversive kaya akala ko OK naman. Will send it via tao na para sigurado!!!
BTW, there is now a worldwide movement versus the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. For all you know, diplomats in the Philippines themselves are sending reports to their home governments and reporting the lukewarm response and action of the Bansot government. Panay lang daw ang palusot! Nakakahiya! Lalo pa’t trying hard to give an image that she is respected overseas!!!
ustice for Gagay
by Edzel Bentain (UP)
Edgar Bentain’s Mysterious Disappearance “Evil thrives because good men do nothing” -Touch by an Angel An Open Letter of Appeal to All Peace Loving Filipinos
It was Saturday morning, January 16, 1999 when armed men abducted my older brother Edgar Bentain outside the Casino Filipino of former Silahis Hotel along Roxas Boulevard in Manila. It will be the 6th year of his mysterious disappearance on Sunday. My family still remains in the dark as to any clues of Edgar’s whereabouts, nor real condition. We are asking the government, what now?
Years have passed since the CIDG and NBI conducted their own inquiries and investigations– only for us to learn and find out that all of these were mere moro-moro. I remember CIDG Chief Lucas Managuelod himself revealed that Edgar is still alive making us to believe therefore that they made a crucial discovery on their investigation but were afraid to reveal what they truly know or are being made to keep silent precisely by those behind the abduction as well to the whereabouts of my brother?
As I see it, my brother Edgar’s case is considered one of the most publicized cases in the country. It was an eye opener to every Juan Dela Cruz to question the safety of the lives of every Filipino which consequently provoked national interests regarding the true state of the nation under the presidency of Mr. Joseph Estrada. Perhaps it was one of the reasons that led to his ouster from the highest position in the land a few days following pro-impeachment senators walked of the Senate Hearing out in protest in January 16, 2001—exactly 2 years after Edgar Bentain’s abduction! A mere coincidence, wasn\’t it?
I recall it was also in the year 2001 alone when 3 NBI groups were tasked one after another by the Bureau Chief to follow up/investigate Edgar’s case. Up to this very moment, there is no single report made or was submitted to us when we requested for a full report. Such then no more re-investigation was organized by any of our police and government agency.
We find it too outrageous and hard to believe how our current administration’s enormous influence and power which includes full media coverage has not yield any result. Much more try to help ease up our suffering, by joining our quest to unveil the truth and put behind bars all those behind Edgar’s mysterious disappearance. We regret to say nevertheless, that our hearts can no longer put our hopes with the police or any other government investigating institution. Only a creation of an autonomous body like a taskforce to investigate Edgar mysterious disappearance could help solve my brother’s case. Otherwise, any efforts made by our government to project a good image for such actions are again political in nature.
We have stated our fears 6 years ago; there was already a stench of an obvious cover-up with the way our government agencies handled the investigations. Up to now, our family has all the reasons to believe and suspect that there is still a startling stench, not to cover-up but instead, forget totally Edgar’s case. More so, we strongly believe that most of those people who took part of the gruesome crime against my brother are still roaming free to go anywhere, still visibly active in PAGCOR’s Casino Filipino branches and inside the Philippine political arena. It is very apparent, that there are very important personalities involved in this case. Our country’s leaders in the government obvious display of apathy only proves that these people are indeed are real untouchables and above the law.
In spite of these, my family is asking the same questions again and again: Will there ever be a principled leader in our government? One who has the political will to attend seriously to the appeal of ordinary Filipino families’ sorry quests to give justice to all victims of involuntary disappearances i.e. the Edgar Bentain’s case? Are there leaders with such concerns? One who could seriously resolve such quests for justice and firmly impose security and safety to all Filipinos? If none, what help we could really expect from our government and its leaders?
In lieu of the circumstances, the Bentain family therefore appeals again to every peace loving Filipinos to please join our prayers in our desperate hopes and to find and recover Edgar, and that all those behind the January 16, 1999 abduction of Edgar be brought to justice once and for all. Let us also pray for our government leaders and its agencies concerned that Filipinos want assurances that these people or their kind shall not have chance to repeat such hideous act against their fellow man ever again.
JUSTICE FOR EDGAR BENTAIN!
JUSTICE FOR ALL DESAPARASIDOS!
I should add, mas maganda pa ang image ni Cory Aquino. Now is the chance to prove her worth sa totoo lang. The Bansot is trying to blame Cory for the ills of her governmnent as a matter of fact, so Cory may just as well lead the Opposition so she will remain the symbol of the Filipino people’s power revolution and prove to be real this time, hindi iyong made in the USA of 1986.
Huwag mawalan ng loob. Inot-inot may paroroonan din. Bakit ba iyong pagong nakarating rin!!! Tiyaga iyan ang dapat na payamanin!!!
Alam mo, Hindinapinoy, mahirap mamintang. A member of our church was assassinated too in December 2000, less than a month before the Bansot was placed in Malacanang. He was a radio broadcaster ala-Rafael Yabut who was attacking the environmental secretary of Erap based in Zamboanga. At first, everyone thought he was assassinated on order of the said secretary with or without the knowledge of Estrada. Now, we have more reason to believe that he was the collateral damage in the Oplan to remove Estrada.
Members of our church worldwide in fact wrote to Estrada to order a thorough investgation of that murder case. Ipinadala pa ang NBI, etc. sa Zamboanga pero wala nangyari. Like this Bentain case, it remains to be solved.
Mahirap mamintang. Either tamad ang mga pulis (tatamarin ka naman kung ang dami naman nakikialam gaya ng kaso ng member ng church namin na kasama pa ang PC sa imbestigasyon) o talagang ayaw i-solve ang kaso. Simple lang naman mag-imbestiga sa totoo lang. Ilang beses akong nagkaroon ng pagkakataong makatulong in fact sa pag-solve ng murder cases dito sa Japan involving Filipinos. Bilib ako sa sipag ng mga pulis. Walang pinalulusot lalo na buhay ang nakakasalalay ng namatay at pumatay dahil dito sa Japan may death penalty.
Hangga’t hindi nagbabago ang sistema sa Pilipinas na puede naman gawin kung bakit hindi ginagawa ay ipasa-Diyos na lang ng mga pamilya ng napaslang ang paghindi ng hustisya sa mga krimeng ito bagama’t puedeng ipasagot doon sa mga mahihilig umupo sa Malacanang!!! Gustong maging presidente, wala namang ibubuga.
Point is sino ang may mas mabigat na motibo sa pagpatay dito halimbawa kay Bentain? Ilan ang nagdurusa sa kulungan sa mga kasalanang hindi naman nila ginawa? Tanong lang. Iyan ang nangyayari kapag ang hustisya ay binababoy gaya ng ginagawa ngayon. Tignan mo nga lang ang kasong may ebidensiya na nga sinisira pa ang mga ebidensiya gaya ng kaso noong rape laban sa mga malilibog na sundalong kano.
Sorry, this should read: Hangga’t hindi nagbabago ang sistema sa Pilipinas na puede naman gawin kung bakit hindi ginagawa ay ipasa-Diyos na lang ng mga pamilya ng napaslang ang PAGHINGI ng hustisya sa mga krimeng ito bagama’t puedeng ipasagot doon sa mga mahihilig umupo sa Malacanang!!! Gustong maging presidente, wala namang ibubuga.
The Grand Diversion
I agree with Ellen about Arroyo using Cha Cha to get JDV and FVR’s support.
GMA doesn’t really care about CHA CHA. It it passes, then it gives her and her trapo allies more power. If not, fine. Nasa pwesto pa rin si Arroyo. The status quo remains.
Dagdag pa ni Ellen:
I don’t know if magkakaroon ng kaguluhan kung naipasa ang bulok na P.I. ni Arroyo, it might happen or it might not. basta ang alam ko ang CBCP ay kontra sa People’s Initiative (but not the Constitutional Convention method).
But the fact that we’ve used up much of our energies on fighting Arroyo’s Grand Diversion aka CHA CHA instead of focusing on the real issue of Arroyo’s Grand Dagdag bawas operation of 2004, the anti-Arroyo groups may be lulled into a false sense of victory over something that was meant to distract both the anti-GMA groups and ate glo’s allies in the House.
By the time we’ve finished fighting off Arroyo’s CHA CHA diversion, we may be too tired to bring Arroyo and her COMELEC and military cohorts to justice.
Btw, I also believe Arroyo will step down in 2010. And by that time, all 15 members of the SC will become Arroyo appointees.
31 October 2006
It has been said and done, ang sabi nga nila, takot ang magnanakaw sa kapwa magnanakaw, hehehehehehe…both of them, gloria and JDV trying to out maneuever each one, and who is just wiating in the sideline??? the grab the opportunity??? whoelse but the ever opportunistic FVR.
prans
“Correction lang po
“to grab the opportunity pala”
Palace: There was no flip-flop on initiative
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
GABRIEL Claudio, presidential adviser for political affairs, yesterday dismissed as mere intrigue reports that President Arroyo secretly sent word to the Supreme Court that she would not be averse to the junking of the people’s initiative after learning of a provision allowing the impeachment of the President during the transition period to 2010.
“Kailanman ay hindi nag-urong-sulong ang Pangulo sa kanyang paniniwala dito sa pagsusulong ng pagbabago sa Saligang Batas. Wala pong ganyang ulat at wala pong katotohanan na si Pangulong Arroyo mismo ang bumaligtad at nagpatigil ng people’s initiative,” he said.
A Palace source on Sunday said the President was wary that the “impeachment clause” in the proposed charter amendments could be used by Speaker Jose de Venecia, who was confident of becoming the interim prime minister, to grab power and shorten her term.
The source said it was Mike Arroyo who first became suspicious of the “impeachment clause.”
The President has survived two impeachment attempts.
De Venecia’s Cha-cha blueprint provides that the senators who have up to 2010 will serve the remainder of their term as automatic members of the interim parliament.
The same provision applies to President Arroyo who will continue to serve as President until 2010 “unless impeached by the parliament.”
The source said when the President failed to get a firm assurance from De Venecia and people’s initiative proponents that the “impeach clause” would not apply to her, she ordered a discrete pull-out of support for the people’s initiative.
“This is when the First Gentleman went to work,” the source said.
Claudio said the administration in fact supports the filing of a motion for reconsideration by PI proponents Sigaw ng Bayan and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP).
He said they had expected that there would be a tight voting in the Supreme Court.
“Nobody can say it would be easy. Kaya wala naman talagang paninisi at wala naman talagang napakataas na expectation because mahirap ang sitwasyon ng PI,” he said.
He reiterated that there are no efforts to remove Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr. because of his opposition to the people’s initiative.
A Palace source has said there is a brewing Cabinet war between the “De Venecia boys,” namely Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, national security adviser Norberto Gonzales and presidential political adviser Gabriel Claudio on one side and Cruz and presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor on the other.
Defensor said Cruz is effective in his position and his opposing stand on the PI should not be a reason to remove him.
Defensor said the Cabinet has agreed not to make any further comment on the charter issue.
“Wala munang pulitika, mas importante problema sa bagyo lalo na iyung apketado ng malakas na ulan at hangin,” he said referring to super typhoon “Paeng.”
Cabinet Secretary Ricardo Saludo said he sees no problem in the Cabinet.
“In fact the DND secretary as NDCC (National Disaster Coordinating Council) chairman would be working with several Cabinet members on the Paeng relief operation and that’s proceeding well,” he said.
Rep. Constantino Jaraula (Lakas, Cagayan de Oro), a De Venecia ally, described as preposterous the report of a supposed rift between Arroyo and De Venecia.
Jaraula said Arroyo even visited De Venecia’s residence before leaving for China last week.
Jaraula, author of Resolution 1230 convening Congress into a constituent assembly to craft changes to the 1987 Constitution, declined to disclose the result of the meeting but said it was enough proof that there is no truth to the reports.
He said it would be best if De Venecia would disclose results of his talk with Arroyo.
De Venecia was not immediately available for comment.
sumisingaw na nga ang baho, pilit pang takpan ng mga sipsip na sina claudio, defensor at saludo. sabi ni defensor, wala munang pulitika dahil mas mahalagang pagtuunan ng pansin ang problema sa bagyo.
kailan pa siya nagkaroon ng interest sa kapakanan ng karaniwang tao? palipat lipat na siya ng departamento pero wala man lang nagawang kapakipakinabang para sa bayan.
parepareho lang na mga nag-iisip ng paraan kung paano sila mananatili sa kapangyarihan. mangyayari nga bandang huli, labo labo, matira ang matibay at ang magiging kawawa ay ang taong bayan.
Love-hate relationship of GMA, JDV unfolds
BY AMADO P. MACASAET
ON the evening of Oct. 24, a day before the Supreme ruled on the controversial Sigaw ng Bayan petition for people’s initiative, there was merrymaking in Malacañang.
Supporters of the petition expected a 9-6 decision in their favor. Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno, mastermind of the signature campaign for the initiative, was adored like a hero. He began to act like a hero.
Palace officials or those who were for the petition believed Associate Justices Consuelo Ynares Santiago and Adolf Azcuna were on their side. The petition had it.
There was reasonable expectation that Santiago would support the petition because her brother, Rizal Gov. Casimiro “Ito” Ynares, would be one of many beneficiaries.
If the petition had been approved, he would remain governor with the cancellation of next year’s elections.
About a week before the Supreme Court sat en banc to vote on the petition, Azcuna is said to have allowed a friend in Malacañang to read a draft of his decision. He was voting for the petition.
On Wednesday, Oct. 25, they got the surprise of their lives. The voting was 8-7 against the petition.
BETRAYAL?
Why did Azuna “betray” them? Because, according to his friends, he was so embarrassed when Speaker Jose V. de Venecia openly campaigned for the approval of the initiative during the Global Forum on Liberty and Prosperity sponsored by the Supreme Court.
Up to the last minute, Santiago gave no hint on what her vote would be. But supporters of the initiative were confident she was with them. They knew that a powerful man allegedly offered her governor-brother P1 billion in public works projects for Rizal.
They thought that Ynares accepted the offer. He did not. He left his sister to her own designs.
The evening of the fateful day turned out to be the start of finger pointing in Malacañang. But President Arroyo was eerily quiet. She went to the home of the Speaker to console him. She went on to say that she would go for his proposed constituent assembly.
The finger pointing never stopped. Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is always an orphan.
The search for who to blame continued. In a meeting Friday in Malacañang, political adviser Gabriel Claudio, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez ganged up on Puno for failing them in the petition.
PUNO DISOWNS PI
Puno, in exasperation, was reported to have declared that he was not for the initiative in the first place.
We earlier observed what we thought was fishy. Arroyo never consulted the legal minds of The Firm, principally Pancho Villaraza and Defense Secretary Avelino J. Cruz Jr.
On the contrary, Villaraza openly campaigned for rejection. Arroyo was not pissed off. Which means she was not that interested in seeing the Court support the initiative.
Suspicious minds in Malacañang and in legal circles are now saying that the President did not commission Villaraza for the campaign for approval precisely because he might succeed.
He succeeded in having it rejected instead.
The deeper meaning of Villaraza’s successful move is that it might have started the downfall of Lakas party.
KAMPI LIVES
So some minds in Malacañang might have successfully started the resuscitation of the Kampi party of Arroyo.
Now the war between Arroyo and De Venecia is in the open. The President had always appeared as supporting the petition and, thus, led the Speaker to believe that with the Chief Executive in his pocket, he could not lose the Supreme Court ruling.
She never showed De Venecia that she felt betrayed when a provision was inserted in the draft constitution drawn up hastily by the group of De Venecia stating that she shall serve her full term until 2010 unless she is impeached by the interim parliament.
So, there was a plan to impeach her in spite of the help she was showing to De Venecia.
Little did De Venecia wonder why Villazara openly campaigned for rejection. Cruz also never lifted a finger. His friends say he continues to believe that the most democratic way of amending the charter is through a constitutional convention.
If the President is not a fan of De Venecia, believing that she had been betrayed, it would be reasonable for her to try and oust the Speaker.
PLAYING GAMES
It can break the back of either of them. De Venecia believes that he has the support of the majority of the House so he cannot be ousted.
On the other hand, it would be good to remember that it is Arroyo herself who dispenses with favors to congressmen.
The public perception is Mrs. Arroyo is beholden to De Venecia for aborting the impeachment cases against her. The President makes herself look happy with that support.
After the Supreme Court junked the petition, it turned out that they were using each other for motives they do not tell.
BENEFICIARY
On the surface, it is clear that De Venecia would the biggest beneficiary of the initiative. He would be the country’s first prime minister
Gloria is perceived as having no choice but to go all out for De Venecia to abort any impeachment effort next year by not having an election. In fact, the Speaker is known to have sent word to the President that if the election would push through, she could be impeached because the opposition could dominate the House.
Since the rift between the Speaker and the President is now of public record, it turned out that from Day One, they were playing games but they were keeping aces close to their chests.
In a manner of speaking, the Speaker did not have an ace. They were all in the hands of Arroyo.
The blame for the defeat is laid on the door of many, particularly Puno and the rest of the Cabinet. Everybody, except Villaraza who might have played a big hand in insuring the rejection of the people’s initiative.
Si Gloria ang pinakatuso sa mga tulisan sa gobyerno ngayon.
Lahat ng gawain niya ay para matuso niya ang mga Pilipino.
Pati ba naman si Rizal gusto niyang matuso?
Ang mga taong nag dedepensa kay Gloria ay malamang na mahilig mangtuso din.
Ellen,
Off topic but would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me your opinion on the anti-terrorism law being proposed in the 13th Congress.
Thanks.
Hindi puede maghugas ng kamay si JdV. Kagagaling lang niyang sa America, Canada at ibpa na ibinebenta ang ChaCha niya kasi nga magiging permanente na ang posisyon nila ni Bansot. Ngayon, nag-aaway daw sila ni Bansot? Pihado tungkol sa kawatan ng perang hindi pa maibigay dahil doon sa question ng extrajudicial killings.
Isang kondisyon halimbawa ng mga mamamayang hapones sa gobyerno dito ay tiyakin muna kung may ginagawa para mapahinto ang pagpatay sa mga critics ni Bansot at ang ginagawa ni SiRaulo Gonggongzales na mawala ang Bayan Muna at salita ni Bansot na uubusin niya ang mga NPA sa loob ng 3 taon. Ang hindi alam ni Bansot halimbawa ay maraming kaibigan at tagahanga si Crispin Beltran sa Japan dahil sa kaniyang kababaang loob at hindi kurakot gaya nila.
Kaya aburido ang mga gago na hindi mabayaran ang mga pinangakuang bibigyan ng pabuya kapag hindi naipalakad ang impeachment at magawa ang ChaCha. Nasusuya na rin siguro ang mga kano kasi nabubuking ang mga sekreto nila dahil sa kayabangan ni Bansot na mukhang gustong ipanakot sa mga kano iyong mga intsik. Kaya nakikikamag-anak sa mga intsik ngayon. Pwe! 😡
Ang ganda ng usapan sa Diet kahapon. Anna, kumusta ang parliament sa Belgium? Mukhang babatikosin ang palpak na Melo Commission.
Getting rid of witnesses cuts both ways. I could be that those who used the witness has outlived his purpose. If the administration is keen on pinning down Erap et al, they should have followed up the Bentain case.
I love seeing Glueria and JDV getting at each other’s throats. While they do these, they expose more of their evil plot to the attentive Filipino. What’s next is the final countdown to the administration’s crumbling wall.
Tuso talaga itong si Gloria:
“Labor Secretary Arturo Brion last week announced that apart from doubling the salaries of Filipino domestic helpers, the POEA would also prohibit recruitment agencies from collecting placement fees from them.
“POEA administrator Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz had said that the new policy, was part of a package of policy reforms that would “professionalize and empower” the hundreds of thousands of Filipino domestic helpers leaving each year to work overseas.
The “SuperMaid” program includes requiring domestic helpers to undergo skills assessment and upgrading as well as culture, language and emergency management training with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.”
I’m all for giving the maids, supermaids especially, the high salaries that they can get but what is really the purpose of Gloria for exporting Filipino human beings to be the beasts of burdens around the world?
Para tumaas ang dollor reserves niya at maipagmalaki niya sa buong mundo ang economic platform ng tuso niyang gobyerno?
Kundi naman talagang tuso itong garapal na animal na yan sa Malacanang, ay bakit niya ipinagmumudmod ang Filipino para maging alila sa ibang bansa?
Puro katusohan ang alam ng animal na iyan!
wala na bang maisip na gawing kalakal na pagkakakitaan kundi ang human resource ng bansa? nasaan na nga ba ang sinasabi noon na sampung milyong trabaho? mabuti pa nga ang aso hindi marunong kumain ng isinuka niya, pero ang dugong asong ito binubundat ang sarili sa itinigis ng dugo ng iba. ekonomista pa naman daw na naturingan. nag-aral sa mga buenang eskuwelahan. may masters degree na, may doctorate pa(?). pero ano ba ang master n’ya at doctorate? master in public cheating and doctorate in economic manipulation?
Mike, Chavit pressure Ang to testify vs Erap
2006/10/31
Apparently unsure of the Sandiganbayan justices’ verdict on the plunder charges against detained President Joseph Estrada and his co-accused, his son, Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and lawyer Edward Serapio, presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo and Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson have allegedly been moving heaven and earth in their attempts to convince Charlie “Atong” Ang, also a co-accused in the Estrada plunder trial, to testify against the detained leader, allegedly to ensure Estrada’s conviction at the Sandiganbayan.
This was bared yesterday by Estrada’s senator-son to Senate reporters through a phone-patch interview.
Mrivera,
Di ba may kasabihan, birds of the same feather flock together?
Ayan, si Gloria, si Chavit, si Bong Pineda, mga tuso at ganid pa? Puro magnanakaw at mga sinungaling ang mga animal na yan.
Wala ng ginawa kundi tusohin ang mga taong bayan…
Si Bolante, si Andaya, si Pichay, puro mga kurakot ang mga tusong iyan…
Si Garcillano, tusong matsing pareho nitong primero uno na tuso ng bayan na si Gloria gilagid!
Buti na lang at naging basot siya, imagine kung tumangkad iyan eh di tangkad din ang pagkatuso niyang Gloria gilagid na yan.
Ang di lang niya puwedeng ipagsinungaling ay iyong gilagid niya at ang ngipin niyang madilaw!
Sabi nga ni Yuko, pati iyong hairdo, ipinagpipilit na gayahin si Rizal – pati ba naman iyong buhok niya gustong gawing fake?
Bakit lahat ng bagay gagwin niyang pang tuso sa taongbayan?
Pati si St Theresa d’Avila, gustong ipagbili sa buong mundo na kamaganak ng baboy niyang asawa… ano ba naman iyan?
Tapos, sino pa? Si Alexander d’Great, kamaganak din daw?
Sa susunod, sasabihin niyan, tio nila si Lapu Lapu at si Mao Tse Tung…
Puro panloloko ang alam nitong animal na mag-asawang Pidal.
Kaya maraming Pilipino sa ibang bansa, nahihiya na sabihing Pilipino sila, baka nga naman sabihin sa kanila, manloloko at magnanakaw sila pareho ni Gloria gilagid at ng pataygutom niyang asawa na primero unong magnanakaw!
Anna,
“Labor Secretary Arturo Brion last week announced that apart from doubling the salaries of Filipino domestic helpers, the POEA would also prohibit recruitment agencies from collecting placement fees from them.
Hahahaha!!! Will never happen, only in the Fantasy World of Glue. FDH has lots of competition from other nationals bringing down salaries of them all. Extreme propaganda, sabagay sumusunod lang si Brion (do I know him?).
Baldoz, Baldoz, Baldoz… you’ve gone a long way dancing with every tune. Recruitment agencies are born to collect placement fees from any overseas applicants, alam mo ‘yan. Paano ba yumayaman ang mga ahensiyang ito at ang mga tulad mo, ha?
Nakakaawa ang mga “human resource” na ito. Benta pati kaluluwa para tustusan ang administrasyon ni Glue.
That’s a good one Mrivera, MPC and Phd in eco manipulation.
“Love-hate relationship of GMA, JDV unfolds”
Federal Republic of Luzon in the offing
Northern Luzon for JDV
Pampanga Corridor-Greater Metro Manila for GMA
Batangasia for Ermita
Bicolandia for Villafuerte
pero alam na natin na iisa lang ang patutunguhan ng mga negosyo dito sa Luzon. Lahat yan, magdadaan sa Mafia.
Kunyari mga magkaka-away pero iisa lang ang layunin. Ibahin ang isyu, lituhin ang taumbayan at mawala sa isipan ng tao ang kawalanghiyaan ng sindakato na nasa Malakanyang.
Re: “Ibahin ang isyu, lituhin ang taumbayan at mawala sa isipan ng tao ang kawalanghiyaan ng sindakato na nasa Malakanyang.”
Naku Nelbar, puwede talagang ginagawa nila iyan para lituhin ang bayan.
Hindi mo talaga puwedeng pagkatiwalaan iyang mga hudas na iyan na pinaka puno ay itong si Gloria tuso…
Nakaka-amuse na panoorin from the top ang bangayan at denggoyan ng mga tuso sa kumpas ng reyna ng mga tuso. Kung sino man ang manalo, kasama rin ni Glue pabagsak. Signs of spooked Glue.
Chi,
Totoo iyang sinasabi mo na may competition sa foreign nationals ang mga ginagawang professional alila ni Gloria.
Walang hiya talaga iyang babaeng iyang. Imbes na ayusing ang bayan, pangalagaan ang mga pamilya at gumawa ng kabutihan para ang mga tao sa Pilipinas ay makapagtrabaho ng mahusay at hindi magpaalila sa ibang bansa, ayan, sige, pure export ng human cattle ang gusto niyang mangyari.
Tuwang tuwa pa siya na magbenta sa ibang bansa. Nasaan ang dignity ng hudas na iyan? Tapos magyayabang na siya o iyong asawa niya a kamaganak ni St Theresa o paereho ni Jose Rizal… Ano ba naman ang laman ng utak niyang Gloria gilagid na iyan? Puro dumi!
Sige, siya, against family planning daw siya dahil daw sa sabi ng kanyan relihiyon. Anong relihiyon? Relihiyon ni satanas siguro…
siya nga naman, hanggand dumadami ang taong bayan, madami pa rin siyang Tong galing sa pinagpaalila ng mga tao.
Bawat dolyar na padala ng taong bayan, punta iyong iba sa nagwatak na pamilya pero ang bottom line ay para tumaas ang dollar reserves niya pambayad sa interes ng mga utang at para makautang uli…
At siya naman, primero unong hudas pareho ng asawa niyang baboy, nanakawin ang pera sa OFW malamang parang pareho ng pagpapanakaw nila kay Bolante!
Hudas talaga iyang mag-asawang iyan!
From anna de brux : (from previous topic)
October 24th, 2006 at 8:38 pm
To me we had some people who are worthy of the title of national pride (not necessarily in that order):
1) General Gregorio del Pilar
2) Gabriela Silang
3) Lapu Lapu
4) Apolinario Mabini
5) Andres Bonifacio
6) Jose Rizal
7) Lorenzo Tanada
8) Manuel Quezon
9) Claro Recto
10) Jose Abad Santos
11) Carlos Bulosan
12) and the Muslims of Mindanao
From the living, I beg to reserve my judgement.
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anna, here’s my list:
1. pimentel
2. drilon
3. rodriguez(eulogio sr.)
4. quezon
5. gonzales
6. osmeña(sergio sr.)
7. roxas(manuel)
8. laurel
9. recto(claro)
10. sumulong
11. salonga
12. enrile
13. villanueva(francisco/hermenegildo), graciano lopez-jaena, maj.jesus jizmundo
14. bono adaza
15.nur misuari, hashim salamat, macapanton abbas
16.kawal-sundalong pilipino, hukbong bayan, bangsamoro freedom fighters, panday pira
17.lope k. santos, ireneo miranda(author of maguindanao princess), Rajah Soliman(LADYA SOLIMAN), Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat, SHARIFF KABUNSUAN, Magat Salamat
18. DR.JOSETTE T. BIYO
Syangapala, CONGRATULATIONS Shariff Kabungsuan for being the newest province (80th)
Hi Anna!
Ikaw naman, gusto ko ng magtampo sa ‘yo! Kasi ba naman you’ve enumerated all the “tuso and ganid” ng bayan led by the “maitim na Gilagid, at dilaw na mga ngipin, ba kamo?”
Eh, si DOJ Gonzalez…where do you classify him? Sa mga tuso at ganid ba o sa mga kurakot o sa mga Matsing?
Yes, magpasalamat tayo at si Gilagid ay hindi tumangkad. In short, Dwende lang, kaya hindi n’yo napansin, manipis yung Gilagid at mga punggok din yung mga dilaw na ngipin?
Sa dami ba namang mga gruesosme issues na lumalabas ngayon, hindi ko na tuloy alam kung saan ako sasali?
Elvira,
Sorry… huwag ka nang magtampo. Maisisingit natin iyang siRaulo Gonzales sa Ganid Club ni Gloria Gilagid na Ganid.
Teka, hanap tayo ng butas para itabon doon sa butas ng club ni Gloria Gilagid.
Ganoon ba? Kailangan magpasalamat tayo kay Gloria Gilagid dahil pinanganak siya na duwende? Siguro nga… Imagine kung tumangkad iyan ay di doble ang fertilizer fund scam na ninakaw niyan. Dahil imagine ang kailangan niyang cloth pag nagpatahi siya ng damit. Buti nga pala ngayon, at least puwede na siyang magdamit sa children’s department – maski ninakaw niya ang perang pambayad, at least hindi doble ang nakaw.
Hay buhay! Ang bait naman natin kay Gloria Gilalid. Dapat diyan hatawin ng broomstick pag nakita natin siya – tutal duwendeng impakta, madaling hatawin!
French shun Halloween ‘gimmicks’ —-BBC News
Last Updated: Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 17:52 GMT
Halloween is said to be dying in France after a short-lived bonanza, according to media reports.
It seems the festival, which came to prominence in the late 1990s, is in decline because it is perceived as “too American”.
An association called No to Halloween – which was set up to combat the trend – has now wound down as a result of the festival’s waning appeal.
It said Halloween was artificially inflated to serve commercial interests.
“There was no need for the group to exist any more,” former president Arnaud Guyot-Jeannin told Reuters news agency.
“Halloween was a marketing gimmick aimed mainly at children. It’s a big festival of consumption selling outfits, masks, gadgets and it couldn’t last forever,” he added.
As a result, supermarkets are reported have lost interest in the festival this year.
“Apart from a few local celebrations, Halloween is no longer taken into account by our stores,” Thierry Desouches of Systeme U supermarket told Catholic newspaper La Croix.
“This lack of interest is real in all big-name supermarkets,” he added.
“Our Halloween sales have been falling by half every year since 2002,” Franck Mathais of toy retailer La Grande Recre told Le Monde newspaper.
‘Anti-Americanism’
Benoit Pousset, head of costume company Cesar, attributed the festival’s demise to “a cultural reaction linked to the rise of anti-Americanism”.
The company itself is thriving in the US where – through its division Disguise – it provides one-third of all the Halloween costumes sold in the country.
Opposition to the festival is especially strong in French religious quarters, with the Catholic church seeking to promote All Saints’ Day as the celebration of choice at this time of year.
Halloween grew alongside other “Anglo-Saxon” imports such as Valentine’s Day or the stag or hen party which have become increasingly popular in recent years, correspondents say.
Gloria, fan ni JdV? Sinong may sabi? I doubt it, because this crook is a fan of ONLY herself! Akala niya mas mataas siya kahit kanino, kahit siguro Poong nasa langit! May tupak nga kasi sa ulo!
Basta puede ba, PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Anna,
I’m told that those taking up training as caregiver, Super atsay/atsoy are made to serve without salary at some institution owned by amigas and amigos of the Bansot and/or people at the DoLE. Racket everywhere. Why don’t they stop this gimmick? Talamak na talaga.
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
ystakei,
iyong iba pang mga aspiring care giver ay nag-vo-volunteer pa sa mga hospital na dapat ay ibinibigay sa mga nursing graduate na mga walang trabaho, para mapadali lang ang pag-alis sa bansa.
Pagkatapos ng 1-2 years ay balik na naman dito sa Pilipinas.
Sabi ng isang kilalang Filipino economist noon (I don’t want to wake up the dead by naming), “Hindi lang Jones Bridge and ibebenta ni Joe de Venecia, pati ang buong Pilipinas para makuha ang gusto.”
Si Gloria, ibinibenta ang buong Pilipinas kasama ang mga kawawang supermaids, nurses, caregivers, lahat ng human resource, at ang kanyang kaluluwa. Glue and JDV have a very strong karmic link! Kailan kaya maniningil ang “kuya Satanas”?