Bakit ba gusto nina Gloria Arroyo at Speaker Jose de Venecia na sa darating na Hulyo, wala na ang Senado at mag-Constitutional Assembly o Con-Ass na para palitan ang Constitution?
Huwag tayong maniwala sa pinagsasabi ni Arroyo na kailangan mapalitan ang Constitution para umunlad ang bayan. Kaya tayo hindi umuunlad dahil puro dayaan at pagnanakaw ang nangyayari sa taas at siya ang numero unong mandaraya at magnanakaw.
Dalawang mahalagang dahilan kung bakit gusto niyang mag Con-Ass na sa Hulyo: una, para maiwasan ang impeachment laban sa kanya at pangalawa, para huwag magkaroon ng eleksyon sa 2007.
Alam natin lahat na naghahanda na ang oposisyon para sa impeachment na isasampa nila laban kay Arroyo sa Hulyo. Mas mabigat ngayon ang complaint dahil sa marami siyang paglabag sa batas na ginawa katulad ng Proclamation 1017, E.O. 464 at Calibrated Pre-emptive Strike na lahat at sumemplang sa Supreme Court.
Kahit sabihin natin na mahihirapan pa rin makakuha ang oposisyon ng numero para mapasa ang impeachment complaint, mas mahihirapan rin si Arroyo mamili ng boto ng kakampi sa kanya.
Noong isang taon, ang balita ay P20 milyon hanggang P25 milyon ang presyo ng bawa’t pirma ng mga congressman na bumoto para i-dismiss ang complaint. Siguradong mas mahal ngayon dahil magkakaroon ng eleksyon sa 2007. Kailangan ng mga congressman ang pangkampanya. Mas maraming fund diversion ngayon at garapalan na kurakutan ang gagawin ni Arroyo. Kaya kung nahalata ninyo, ang lahat na ahensya na may pera katulad ng Pagcor at PCSO at nasa ilalim na ng Office of the President.
Kaya lang, kahit balon ay natutuyuan rin. Sa daming boto na kailangan bilhin ni Arroyo, baka kulangin talaga ng husto. Noong isang taon nga, post-dated checks pa ang inisyu (naala-ala nyo ang kaso ni Education Undersecretary Bill Luz?) dahil noon pa lang kinulang na ng pera. Lalo pa siguro sa Hulyo.
Takot rin sa eleksyon si Arroyo dahil ang baho na ng pangalan niya. Kaya kapag alam ng mga tao na bata ka ni Arroyo, Malabo kang manalo. Sa mga survey na ginawa para sa malakas na kandidato sa pagka-senador, nangunguna sina Loren Legarda, Ping Lacson, Tito Sotto, Gringo Honasan. Mataas rin si Ralph recto at Francis Pangilinan na pumipitik na rin kay Arroyo (kahit hindi pa rin nakalimutan ng marami ang “Noted, Noted” ni Pangilinan).
Mataas rin si Rep. Peter Cayetano at medyo umaangat na rin si Rep. Francis Escudero.
Ang bagsak sa survey ay si Edgardo Angara na dating oposisyon ngunit ngayon ay tagapagtanggol ni Arroyo. Ito ang rason kung bakit gusto ni Arroyo ang Cha-Cha. Para makalibre sa pag-uusig ng taumbayan sa mga krimen na ginawa niya. Papayagan ba natin?
hay, salamat naman at may pag asa pang makahulagpos kay gloria ang bayan natin … sana naman ang maupo bilang pangulo ay iyong taong may prinsipyo na hindi nabibili ng salapi, ni hindi rin tumitingin sa pansariling pakinabang at higit sa lahat ay may takot sa Dios … pupuede kaya si ka eddie villanueva doon?
Tataas sigurado ang presyo ng mga tongressmen at kung magkagayon, baka mamulubi si d’glue at maisipipang magresign na lang while she is ahead. Sa Marcos money na lang ay loaded na siya patungo sa langit.
Di ba may mga biro na kaya nya gusto matanggal ang death penalty para pag oras na ng hatol nya siguardong ligtas sya dito.(Biro nga ba ito o baka totoo)
Ganon din nga itong chacha para ligtas sya sa demanda habang nakapwesto at pag game na sya umalis pagkalipas ng ilang taon 70 na sya at papaalahanaan nya kung sino man ang nakaupo na noong panahon nya pinalaya nya ang mga preso na 70 pataas
C
18 May 2006
Tama ang sabi mo ellen, but the problem is, comes july the senate is still alive and kicking, it is not that easy to dissolve the senate, firstly they were voted nationwide and by out OFWs, while the TONGressmen are voted by their district, so how could they speak for the whole when they were voted by a small district, tsk, stk, tsk…… These TONGressmen thinks they are the wise (like brenda, i mean miriam, hehehehe). ANother thing, how many will be the members of the parliament????, kung ngayon nga na 200++ and 24 senators, hindi na nga mag-kaintindihan, yung pa kayang madadagdag na parlimentarians. It is correct, again, to say, the reason they are pushing for the cha-cha in July is to get rid of the impeachment of the leprechaun/midget, pandak, unano, or whatefver she is called, heheheheheh…..
Bottomline, again, our so called leaders(???)should show that it is for the interest of the nation, and that they should not run for any seat in the parliament, if they really love our country.
So I say, all of them should resign now and call a snap election, this way we could truyly say what the people want.
jinx
DOA (Dead-On-Arrival) ang People’s Initiative ni Ronnie Puno. Naubusan ng gasolina ang tren ni Nano kaya hindi nakarating sa istasyon. Maaari sigurong nakarating sa istasyon lang ni Ramon Jacinto (DZRJ).
Ngayon Con-Ass naman ang isinusulong ni Nano at ni AngTenga de Venecia. Ano ba naman iyan? Tigilan na nga ninyo ng pagpapalabas ng kung anu-anong pakulo.
Para matahimik ang ating bansa – nananawagan ako kay Nano (Gloria Arroyo) na SNAP ELECTION ay iyong ipabalita sa taong-bayan at siguradong maraming Pilipino ang mabubuhayan ng pag-asa.
HARINAWA!
Harinawa talaga.
marami raw sa pro-Gloria ang nagpasabi na pipirma sa impeachment complaint agains GMA, sabi ni Rep. Joel Villanueva.
Hindi dapat maniwala ang oposisyon sa mga ‘yan. Nagpapataas lang yan ng presyo. Siyempre kapag kunwari pro-impachment ka, mas mataas ang bayad sa pagbaligtad.
Ellen,
Kung totoo na mag file ulit ng impeachment complain sa Hulyo, di ba naunahan na naman sila ni Lozano na nag file na ng impeachment version niya? Kung ganoon, di puwedeng mag file ang oppositiong ng another one hanggang itong “complaint” nitong isang criminal na si Lozano (na naabswelto dahil sa technicalities) ay di pa tapos ang one year. Siyempre si de Venecia at ang kanyang mga alalay will rule on Lozano’s complaint at sabihin may merit at sasabihin na walang technical grounds para impeach si Punggok – lusot na naman ng isang taon si gaga, este si unano pala.
Ano ba itong nangyayari sa bansa natin? Puro na lang lokohan at babuyan talaga?
Re Con Ass (double jeopardy description): kung ang maggiging delegates ay itong mg tongressmen din, ano yon? Mas malaking panloloko pa rin.
Re: Parliament tama si Jinxie. Ito na nga kokonti lang ang elected members of Congress, para na silang na sa sabong, matira ang mabuhay e paano pa kung mas malaki?
Besides, ano ba talagang parliamentary system ang gusto ni de Venecia? Sabi niya, unicameral patterned daw sa France, ay gago na siya tanga pa talaga! Bicameral sa France: we have Chambre des Deputés at Chambre de Sénat in the French Parliament!!! (House of Representatives and House of Senate) kaya pag sinasabi ng tao na walang check and balance pag parliamentary system of government, mali at malaking pagkakamali dahil itong si gagong daga na si de Venecia ay mali ang pag-explain tungkol sa Parliamentary System. Puwede ba namang walang check and balance – sa Pinas siguro pero sa ibang bansa na may parliamentary systems laging may check and balance, mas matindi pa dahil pag nagkamali ang gobyerno, puwedeng ibagsak at magkaroon ng general elections ulit maski di pa tapos ang term!
Baka naman ang sinasabi nilang parliamentary system ay patterned after Burma’s parliament. Kung ganoon, talagang walang checks and balances.
Pero in the final analysis, there is no need to change your system today for the sake of a vested political interests – you have laws, you have a system, the problem of the system is not the system but the people enforcig the system! Sila ang kailangan palitan!
Ellen,
Allow me to make a long “discourse” on the hasty initiatives in place as well as the counter initiatives towards cha cha.
I’ve been reading comments by various sectors including de Venecia’s comments and I think people are really confused by the varying definitions of Parliamentary system proferred by our politicians today.
Firstly, I think we should all agree that the legislative body of a nation is called a PARLIAMENT.
Secondly, we must point out differences: a nation may have a parliamentary system British style (they have a monarch who is Head of State, a French style which is Presidential (head of state) with a parliamentary type of government or a US congressional type of parliament.
I just read Ting Paterno’s explanation in the tribune and it seems even he is a bit lost. He said:
“In a normal parliamentary system, the head of government is the Prime Minister, who gets elected to that post by his peers or members of parliament.” MY COMMENT: True if it’s the British form of parliamentary system
“Members of the Cabinet are members of the Parliament elected by the people. The President’s duties are ceremonial such as opening the Parliament, dissolving it upon advice of the prime minister, greeting new ambassadors and become the symbol of national unity as head of state,” MY COMMENT: Again, true if it’s the British or Belgian type or other types of European parliament.
But Paterno noted, “under the proposed amendments being pushed by Malacañang, the members of the President’s Cabinet will not be elected as members of Parliament but will be appointed by her.” My COMMENT: This form is closer to the French parliamentary system but it is important to note that BEFORE a member of a cabinet is appointed, he must be a member of parliament first, an office which he then forfeits to the second person (remplacant) on his ticket during the legislative elections.
“President Arroyo will end up with the same dictatorial powers that former strongman Ferdinand Marcos gave himself if Malacañang succeeds in its current designs to amend the 1987 Constitution, an erstwhile ally of Mrs. Arroyo yesterday warned.” MY COMMENT: Obviously, if you don’t have elections, then this parliamentary system in any form whatsoever makes Gloria a virtual dictator – how can a nation have a parliament that’s not elected by the people and maintain that the nation is democratic?
Paterno also explained “that in a normal parliamentary system, the head of government is the Prime Minister, who gets elected to that post by his peers or members of parliament.” MY COMMENT: Again, let’s get it straight once and for all, a parliament is the nation’s legislative body or the legislature.
There is no difference between the US Congress and the French National Assembly in that respect. Both are parliaments! That’s why it’s important to delineate – either Pinas wants a system which is a UK type of parliamentary system of government, a French type of parliamentary system of government or the US type of congressional system (like in Pinas)in order to avoid confusions.
Allow me to be more specific:
In the French system, the “gouvernement” (meaning the government or in Philippine parlance, the cabinet) is made up of elected members of parliament who traditionally are selected from the leadership of the ruling party in power or the coalition of parties with the same ideals (left wing or right wing).
Therefore, to qualify to serve in the “gouvernement” (government or cabinet), the person therefore has to be a bona fide elected member of the legislature l’Assemblée Nationale or National Assembly (parliament). It is the task of the the president-elect of the country as head of state to select the people who will form the “gouvernement” (government or cabinet) and he usually does this by speaking to the leaders of the party or parties (of the coalition, for instance) thus you may find that the Prime Minister belongs to right wing party A while the Minister of Defence or say Interior belongs to right wing party B and the foreign affairs minister is the leader of the right wing party C, etc., etc. (in France we have 3 major right wing parties that formed a coalition in parliament so that they could have the parliamentary majority (even if they couldn’t stand each other) and there are 2 left wing parties that form the minority in parliament today).
According to the Tribune, Paterno noted, “under the proposed amendments being pushed by Malacañang, the members of the President’s Cabinet will not be elected as members of Parliament but will be appointed by her.” MY COMMENTS: This is where the whole thing gets really bad. I agree that Gloria and de Venecia’s way of pushing for a shift in the form of government is infinitely undemocratic, wantonly disregard democratic processes. How can you even begin to call a National Assembly a parliament when the people who “parliamentarize” are not duly elected to represent the population of the nation? It is complete absurdity in the extreme! This is a hocus pocus type of governance. If what Ting Paterno is saying that Gloria can select people to form her cabinet outside of parliament, ano yon, she will have her cake and eat it too! Anong claseng hocus pocus na gobyerno ang gusto niya…
To me, you can make a hasty shift from one system of government to do next viably and honestly if there are elections. In other words, you can do make that hasty shift (if for the sake of argument, everyone is in a hurry to do so) only if Gloria resigns today to make way for a snap election (assuming you are adopting a presidential-parliamentary form of government) because if you don’t, I cannot see that a shift in system will be effective at all. It just doesn’t make sense. Firstly, the bottom line is either the nation is for democratic processes or not. In JdV’s cha cha proposal, what happens to people’s right to elect their representatives and to “parliamentarize” for them? By doing what he wants, the citizens of the country have in effect, decided to abandon their rights to elect their representatives! Only a fool will accept this cha cha proposal that will give 3-yr termer legislators a free ride to do as they please in parliament.
Good heavens! We are speaking of a law making body here whose acts will produce lasting effects or consequences on the lives of 80 million souls and 80 million more to come for a long, long time. A president may be thrown out but when a law is written and it’s haphazardly done, it’s very difficult to overturn it…you may amend it but the substance will still be there so we must be careful about giving up our rights to vote our representatives to Parliament – these guys can screw us forever – all the more if they are not elected and merely having a free ride. This is absolutely crazy!
Thirdly, before shifting to any form of government, it is imperative to:
1. Determine what kind of parliamentary system the nation really wants (a) British type or other European type (b) French type (c) Congressional type like in the US (people are absolutely confused but the US Congress is also a parliament)
2. Do an exhaustive nationwide information, educational campaign to inform, educate people nationwide about the differences – I don’t even know if high school teachers in the Philippines know about the different types of parliaments (for the sake of brevity I shall dwell only on two major European types):
(a) British type: it is also BICAMERAL – House of Commons & House of Lords (laws passed by House of Commons do not become laws until they are passed and confirmed by the House of Lords); that’s why Phil legislators are confusing the people – there is a check and balance in a purely UK parliamentary system of government and not as they like to say that there’s none! The British Parliament usually elects the Prime Minister to a 5-yr term and he can stay the term, gets re-elected for as many terms as possible unless something absolutely politically damaging happens and general elections are called for new members of parliament to sit who, once a new parliament is formed, will elect another Prime Minister who will then form his cabinet from among the elected members of either his party or a coalition of parties that brought him to power.
The British Prime Minister has the powers of a running the day to day affairs of the nation as well as the executive powers of a US president to wage war, to fire and replace an erring minister or member of his cabinet (who then goes back to the house of commons in parliament as a back bencher), etc. In other words, when a person is elected to Parliament, it is possible that he may be called upong to perform various tasks: as a representative of his constituency (MP), as member of a cabinet (minister) and couple of other positions which the Prime Minister may delegate him to do.
b) French type: it is also BICAMERAL – Chambre des Deputés and Sénat (which have exactly the same duties as in the UK system Commons & Lords); members of parliament form the legislative body and is very much like the UK parliament except that the elected French MP has to give up his seat in parliament in favor of the second person or replacement on his ticket in case he is appointed to a cabinet rank by the President who also appoints a Prime Minister to run the day to day affairs of the nation.
The French Prime Minister does not have the vast powers of the British Prime Minister. His duties and responsibilities are limited to the boundaries of the nation. He makes decisions concerning local or national projects but beyond that, everything must be approved by the President who has sole authority to conduct or decide on foreign policies. The French Prime Minister and his cabinet (“gouvernement”) are responsibble for making sure that presidential policies, national and foreign (if need be) are reported to the president who has the duty to dissect, reject or approve them. No policy, national or foreign becomes effective unless the president approves it (obviously all policies presented by the cabinet or the gouvernement must be made in accordance with the laws in place).
The French president is elected directly by the citizens of France to a 5 year term (recent) and may hold office for only two consecutive terms (like in the US although a bit longer, US having a two 4-year term eligibility); he has full executive powers just like the US president but the day to day running of the affairs of the nation is handled by his GOUVERNEMENT or cabinet. As president, he PRESIDES over the usual weekly session of Council of Ministers.
c) US congresionnal type: well, there is no need to explain it because it’s similar to what we have in the Philippines.
I am for the French type of parliament if it really boils down to it.
1. I want to be able to elect my president directly by exercising my right to vote in a “universal” elections.
2. I find I have a say in the selection of the ministers or the people who run the day to day affairs of the nation because they are elected by the population and not just handpicked from anywhere by the chief executive.
3. I also feel that the French system allows for much needed delegation of work because the president, who has tremendous duties and responsibilities, has the help of a prime minister who in turn is helped by a council of ministers in governing the nation. This is where the decentralization of powers begin.
4. The French system also has a great advantage: inasmuch as the cabinet are themselves elected directly by the people before they can even begin to assume their seats in government (cabinet), they themselves serve as an initial check and balance instrument within the powerful executive branch of government which the president controls, hence there is little chance of abuse and misuse of powers which could be committed at the presidential level.
However, in spite of all those advantages, I still believe that the Philippines shouldn’t just shift from one system to another whimsically. The current system of government in Pinas is alright. It may not be perfect but no system could ever be perfect particularly if the people who run the system go out of their way to render the system nul and void or unworkable.
The problem in the Philippines is not the system of government. As all of us know, its people like Gloria who abuses, misuses and thwarts the system that makes it impossible to continue working reasonably within the current system. Whatever system you put in place will be absolutely useless provided the same system of patronage politics and revolving door policies remain.
Finally, I believe it is essential for the people to first pronounce that the queen is dead before they can say long live the (new) queen!
Ellen,
My apologies for posting a very, very long discourse. I don’t know if it’s reasonably clear but I’ve been hastily pounding on my key board in an attempt to help (even in a little way) explain the varying degrees of parliamentary system as I know them.
Thanks.
Anna
And here is the summary of the Parliamentary system in Canada which I submitted to MLQ site a while ago.
hi again,
here is the summary of some of the comments I sent to con-com and some of my postings. Pls note they are all from my own experiences and observations for more than 3 decades of enjoying the democracy at it should be enjoyed by everyone. again thanks for the opportunity.
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1. Party System- Canada Political party system so strong that no personality is above the party-Voters can join the party or vote for the candidate of the party which is in line with their own principles and ideologies ( I have been a conservative card carrying member thru thick and thin).
2. Qualification for Candidate- Aside from persons serving sentences or not being discharge from bankruptcy, just about anyone eligible to vote is qualified to run for office.
3. Limitation of Rights- Section I of our Charter of Rights States That all our Rights and Freedom, including the freedom of Speech are subject to limitations that can demonstrably justified in a democratic society. Such Limitations are; Anti Discrimination Laws- Anti Hate Laws- Anti Racist Law- Minority Law and quite a few laws that prohibits publications and broadcasting and even uttering without paying the consequence. But our Speech and all other Freedoms are still the envy the world over. Reasonable limitation is not censorship as most feared. We are the proof.
4. Selection of Prime Minister- Always in a Parliamentary Form-the PM is the leader of the party who won the most seats either as a minority or majority govt.( the proposal would pick the PM from among themselves).
5. For Electoral Reform one of my proposal is to copy our financing for election campaign and maybe even you may like this. Or improve on ours.
Limit; Party financing for election and all other party expenditures:
Citizen: limit $5000. First 500. 70% tax deductible up to maximum of $650.per year.
Corporation and Union: limit $1000. business expense.
Government: $1.75 for every vote cast for the party or for independent candidates.
All candidates must put up a “nuisance deposit” which will be forfeited if said candidate can not
garner a minimum votes set by the electoral body. This is to discourage just about everyone to
put their names in the ballot.
6. Party Leadership-Party leadership is usually installed by election by membership of the Party. Any party member can get nominated to the leadership election. A date is set for a party convention where party members from all ridings ( constituents) are represented, and the the leader is elected by elimination process until one gets the Majority votes.
7. Parliamentary Form Canadian Version- head of state-Queen Elizabeth II (represented by the Governor General appointed by the PM of the day to a Fixed term)
Head of Government-Prime Minister – The Leader of the Political Party who has been declared winner in the last election and sworn by the Governor General to form a government.
8. Justice System- As with any Democracy, Judges to the higher court are appointed by the cabinet, in accordance with existing laws, but that where the connection ends. Courts are independent and apolitical and judges can not be fired without due process.
9. Canada is a Confederation of Ten Provinces and Three Territories- Each province have the form of government more or less the same as the federal government. Power and taxation are clearly defined between the two governments. Equality payments are applied to provinces and territories who have less resources to develop theirs and to support their residents.
These are just a summary of the parliamentary form as I see it, to get the whole picture go to government of canada.ca. thank you
Toronto, Canada
In Addition cabinet ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister from his own party and in rare cases where the Government is a minority, some members of the cabinet could be from another party or parties who agreed to support the government for an agreed period of time.
172. mlq3 wrote on March 28th, 2006 at 12:24 am
hi vic. thank you very much.
Ms. Ellen,
Instead of inviting the administration politicians in the daily talk shows of the ANC (one of the paid subcription channels of the ABS-CBN Global), I am suggesting a person like Anna de Brux, be invited as a resource person to their programs in the discussion of prevailing plan to shift to the parliamentary form of government. She’s knowledgeable enough to provide information regarding the subject matter.
Nakakasawa ng pakinggan ang boses ni AngTenga de Venecia tungkol sa kabutihan daw ng pagpapalit ng sistema ng kasalukuyang gobeyrno. Kung sila rin naman ang magpapatakbo sa ipinalit na gobyerno ay kalimutan na lamang!
Hindi natin kailangan palitan ang sistema ng gobyerno kundi ang mga taong nagpapatakbo at nagmamaneobra ang dapat palitan.
Anna and Vic,
Thank you for your most enlightening discourses. I agree with Emilio_OFW that you should be on ANC as guests.
Superb pieces! Most informative. You certainly are more well-versed and make more sense than most of those non-thinking mammals in Congress.
Speaking of “checks and balance,” seems to me the only kind some of our legislators and politicos know is to “check their personal bank account balance and then expect another check to replenish it . . . for favors extended . . . from those who would profit from the transaction . . even if the source of funds is the public trough.” With few exceptions, puro ganid.
To Anna and other parliamentarians in other parts of the world – your treatise on the workings of parliaments are very enlighghtening and erudite. Chances are these knowledges will be applied soon on philippine parliaments, yes hopefully soon, but not yet or not now. Going back to Ellen’s statement that Arroyo is no. 1 magnanakaw, Arroyo is hellbent on parliament change to becloud the issue of her corruption by steering debate towards charter change. The malacang squatter (MS) is trying hard to focus the attention of the people to ConAss and thus shift the spotlight away from her corrupt and criminal splurge.
Ellen is a pit bull of sorts, doggedly pursuing the issue of corruption. Arroyo is fielding the ChaCha and ConAss to regale the media and spur lively discussion and just about everybody is falling for this adroit tactics … except Ellen. I agree with Ellen. We can talk about ConAss later. Why the haste? The crying need of the moment is to dissect the anatomy of Arroyo corruption and bring it out to the people for appropriate action.
I agree firefly.
The problem in the Philippines is not the system of government. As we all know, the people that run it is the problem, like Gloria who abuses, misuses and thwarts the system that makes it impossible to continue working reasonably within the current system.
Whatever system of government you put in place or no maatter how many con asses you organize to chart changes in the constitution, the result will be zero – you will always have the same problem of rotten governance because of the inherent moral corruption of our politicians.
PS.: Thank you very much Emilio, Phil and Alitaptap for your very kind and encouraging remarks.
Thank You Anna ..I have read your blog your blog and it was very comprehensive and extensive..
I encourage everyone to visit hillblogger.blogspot.com
I was also looking for an explanation of the Canadian system
and Vic also provided a detailed explanation.
Sayang the masses have no access to blogs many don’t even have cable to watch ANC…We need an infor campaign to really understand not just ok but gloria out first…we must be informed!
I like Anna’s blog and it’s european orientation. That makes the blog unique. I think in that aspect, Hillblogger, is the only blog that offers Philippine and European perspective. Congratulations, Anna.
Thanks Ellen for your kind words…
Great site Anna. Kudos to you too Vic. I can now explain to my kids how a “real” parliament works. Would it ba okay with you if I copy-paste your comments and send it out to my friends?
Schumey,
Thanks! By all means, please do.
Btw, with Ellen’s indulgence, there’s also an interesting exchange going on about the parliamentary form of government on MLQ3’s blog between Vic, RoelM and myself providing additional info that should complement my synopsis in http://www.quezon.ph/blog/?p=913#comments
Thanks again.
It only shows the truth of what I have been saying all these years—that the Midget is in fact nothing but a mediocre economic ass (sorry for the language!)!
Where in the world do you find a unicameral assembly except in such country as North Korea, etc. dictatorship. And what is this I am hearing that the Midget together with her lackeys in the Philippine Tongress are planning on privatizing the Philippine government and making all Filipinos subject of a big corporation called “Philippines, Inc.” with the Midget as Chairman of the Board or even as a Queen?!
Ano iyan V for Vendetta ang labas!!!
Enough is enough. PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Kawawang Pilipinas! Kawawang mga mamamayan!
Anna:
Itong si Pandak, sabak lang ng sabak pero kamote naman sa tingin ko!
Why, even our Diet is bicameral, and so is the Parliament in UK for example that has a House of Commons and a House of Lords. In Japan, we call them House of Councillors, equivalent to the Philippines Congress, and House of Representatives, equivalent to the Philippine Senate.
So why should Filipinos allow themselves to be saddled with a unicameral assembly manned by these crooks calling htemselves officials of the Philippines!?!!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! ITO NAMANG MGA SUNDALONG PILIPINO, BAKIT SI PANDAK LANG ANG SINASABI NILANG PO-PROTEKTAHAN NILA! HINDI BA NILA TUNGKULING IPAGTANGGOL ANG MGA TAUMBAYAN LABAN SA MGA KAAWAY NG BAYAN!!! KURDAPYA FOR A FACT IS NOW THE NO. 1 ENEMY OF THE STATE!
BTW, over in some egroup, we call the Malacanang squatter all kinds of names: Pandak, Midget, Squatter, Usli ang Nguso, Kurdapya, Ungas, May Kililing, Lukaret, etc. pero sabi ng Internet Brigade niya kailangan daw galangin si Pandak. Bakit siya gagalangin e wala naman siyang galang sa batas ng bansa!
You bet, my friends and I do not respect this criminal, for she is one, having violated not just one but several laws of the land enough to convict her in fact if she has not managed to assign her relatives, friends and cronies in meaty positions in the department that is supposed to be convicting criminal suspects like her. Alas, the Filipinos are even saddled with a crazy Justice secretary who is aptly called “Injustice Secretary SiRaulo”!
Yuko,
The name that we gave (or you gave coz it was you who tipped me so credit must go to the person who deserves the credit) Lulli’s brigades on the internet are going the whole hog by adopting the Luli Internet Brigade name and officialized it – a fellow commenter picked up the name and decided to go the whole hog after I kept posting about it in various blogs to remind other commenters that those who were defending Gloria, mind, heart body and soul belong to the brigade.
What’s so funny is that they’ve officialized it – One of my spiels against Bel Olivares Cunanan’s claim that Sigaw ng Bayan had 9 million hits due to the clicking fingers of the Luli Macapagal Internet Brigades lurking in cybergroups was lifted by Cunanan and she published it in her column last week… Hihihi! Today, I read a commenter’s post against some of the things the the brigades are publishing against Rumel Pinera at MLQ3’s blog – you should see what I posted there in ripost!
http://www.quezon.ph/blog/?p=912#comments
This might be useful source of background info. This is e-mail from Rene Azurin, a member of the Arroyo-chosen Consultative Commission who opposed the shift to parliamentary form of government.
Folks:
Given the way ‘cha-cha’ is being railroaded, I set up a website to start
a ‘No to Parliament’ movement. The website address
is: http://www.notoparliament.net
I’d like to invite all of you to log on to the site and get in your
comments on the material there. You can also register for the movement
if you want.
If you agree with this ‘contra’ view, please disseminate the above link
to all your friends. Let’s spread the word and fight this thing.
Thanks and cheers,
Rene
Another e-mail from Rene Azurin:
Folks:
In her Star column today (May 20), Carmen Pedrosa adds to the deceptions that pro-Parliament advocates are fostering on the Filipino people. I sent the rejoinder below to the Star editors but — since this is not likely to be published — I am sending it also to you to disseminate as you see fit.
Thanks and best regards,
Rene
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Dear Editor:
Another in a string of deceptions that pro-Parliament advocates are fostering on the Filipino people is added by Carmen Pedrosa in her column today.
She states that their People’s Initiative to shift to a unicameral parliament will allow other charter changes – like economic liberalization – to proceed since these are “not possible under the mode of a people’s initiative”. She is either deliberately lying or she still hasn’t a clue as to what is in our Constitution.
In fact, unlike changing the form of government which requires a wholesale replacement of Articles VI (32 sections) and VII (23 sections) of the Constitution, liberalizing the economy involves only striking out short phrases in the two sections in Article XII and the one section in Article XVI which contain the foreign ownership restrictions for certain industry sectors. The former case is clearly a revision, which is not allowed under a people’s initiative; the latter case is a simple amendment, which is permissible under a people’s initiative. In any event, it is obvious that opening up the economy to foreign investment does not require that we shift first to a parliamentary system.
Her repeated claim that they – the pro-Parliament advocates – represent the “yagit” against the contra-Parliament movement who she says represent the “elite” is another deception. In fact, those (like her) who advocate the shift to a parliamentary system are actually proposing that our politicos (who typically belong to the elite or represent elite interests) be given even greater power, and that the little power we ordinary citizens still have be further diminished.
Not only will we no longer be able to vote for our leader – sila sila na lang sa Parliament ang pipili ng ating pinuno – but, because of the fusion of executive and legislative powers in the parliamentary system, we will also be less able to check or control the powers that politicos now wield. Consider this: if the P2.8 billion agricultural fund anomaly was possible in a presidential system which has strong checks and balances, what more could be possible in a parliamentary system which has fewer (and weaker) checks? Those who advocate this system (parliamentary) are clearly the ones who represent the political and economic elite in our society.
The pro-Parliament cha cha advocates are con artists who are laying the groundwork for a grand deception of the Filipino people. It’s just too bad that most major news media have already been taken in by this con.
René B. Azurin
(ex-ConCom member)
http://www.notoparliament.net
To ellen
when I first registered my name to post blog I used EMILIO and OFW in my name. I wonder what had happened that the registered name was lost and I cant use it anymore. Now it is being used by another.Like the one posting in here.
To bongjr
When Ms. Ellen posted a new registration notice for all visitors last May 17th, I am one of the earliest who obliged as required by her administrator.
After several seconds, I received an e-mail together with my password in which I have been using since then and until now.
Maybe Ms. Ellen can explain further through her administrator, Ms. Ellen?
I’ll refer this to my administrator.
Emilio and Bongjr, this is the explanation of my administrator:
Please relay to your readers that when we upgraded your blog, the member registration was corrupted and we had to clean it up again, erase the registration database and require re-registration of old and new commenters.
This measure may have affected a couple of members who could eventually takeover old usernames like this one.
In order to correct this, we will follow the existing username list and just rename the old comments according to the master list we have now to ease the confusion. All we need is change the username posted in the old comments to the original owners now.
Abe
Now since, Emilio already has “emilio_ofw” hayaan na natin siya with that. Since bong jr is now identified as “bongjr”, let’s have it that way na rin.
Thank you very much.
Abe & Ms. Ellen,
Thanks for the explanation.
I do hope this issue will rest in peace.
More power and God Bless!
hi ellen! sana welcome pa rin ako sa blog mo. hope hindi na mawawala ang posted ko sa blog mo if i want to tell the truth sa mga defenders ni mr. and mrs. pidal.
thanks, florry