Statement of House Speaker Jose de Venecia and the Majority Coalition, House of Representatives
Speaker Jose de Venecia and we, the leaders of the majority coalition, met in a caucus yesterday, to consider alternatives or variations to the existing “Constituent Assembly” scenario that the Senate has resolved to boycott – irresponsibly, in our view – despite the formal letters of invitation that the House Secretary-General has caused to be issued to all the 23 Senators and the 232 Congressmen.
We agreed to firm up our collective decision to hold national and local elections on May 10, 2007, and not o consider other proposals to hold the election son Nov. 10, 2007. or a technical extension of six months, to enable the Commission on Elections to computerize the elections and prevent any recurrence of dagdag -bawas.
The House has undertaken difficult but legitimate steps, in accordance with its rules and its Constitutional mandate, to convene the Constituent Assembly beginning on 12 December 2006. The caucus confirmed that the majority coalition has the 195 votes – three fourths of all the members of Congress – sufficient to propose constitutional change.
The Senate has closed its doors on this mode of amending the 1987 Constitution- even while it claims that it is not against charter change.
Modernization of the Political System Our Overall Aim
We in the House majority coalition regard the modernization of the political system as the urgent effort to which we, the country’s political leaders, must all dedicate ourselves.
We see the work of modernizing the political system as encompassing the following key tasks:
1) Strengthening our political parties and raising the electoral process beyond the reach of partisan politics.
2) Moving from the protectionist to the open economy, as the only way of competing in the global market and of growing at a rate high enough to reduce poverty progressively.
3) Professionalizing the civil service.
We believe that these priority tasks are best accomplished through a structural shift from the presidential to a unicameral parliamentary, which will produce more efficient, more accountable and much less expensive government.
Specifically, by these shifts, we wanted to put an end to our democracy of deadlock, continued fighting between Malacañang and the Senate, continuing conflict between the Senate and the House, repeated impeachment, coup and destabilization attempts, poisonous and destructive politics that have kept our economy lagging behind the Eat Asian economic tigers.
Our Challenge to the Senate
On behalf of the House and the Filipino People who clamor for constitutional reforms to provide the lasting structures for political stability and economic growth, we challenge the Senate to muster immediately the constitutional requirement of two-thirds vote of its members to call for the election of a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con).
With the same consensus and determination by which the House has geared itself for a Constituent Assembly, after winning two decisive votes in 48 hours last Wednesday and Thursday, we are now immediately prepared to give our nation at least a 2/3 vote of our members in the House to call for an election for a Constitutional Convention, to be held simultaneously with the may 14, 2007 elections.
While awaiting the Senate’s response to our challenge to a ConstitutionalConvention, WE ARE WILLING TO POSTPONE CONVENING THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY BY A FEW DAYS. (72 hours after Monday)
The simultaneous selection of members of Congress, governors, mayors and other local officials with the candidates for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, at two per congressional district, or 426 delegates to be elected, will save a considerable sum, since the election of delegates separately will cost at least P3 billion, which is badly needed for the building of damaged infrastructure in the wake of the Bicol typhoon destruction and many other requirements of the nation.
Appeal to Civil Society
Today, we appeal to civil society – to the churches, to non-Government organizations, and to professional and business groups – to pressure the Senate to vote where its mouth is: to produce the two-thirds vote for a Constitutional Convention that will enable Charter Change to begin in earnest.
We Must Send Out a Message of Hope
Over the next 10 years, our country must complete its modernization – or forever remain a backwater of East Asia.
The struggle will be hard, but we cannot slacken. For we must give back the future to our young men and women. We must restore to them the hope that tomorrow will be better, and that the hope is to be found – not in foreign lands – but here at home, in the land of our forefathers.
1) Gilbert Teodoro, Jr.- NPC
2) Jurdin Jesus Romualdo – NPC
3) Micahel John Duavit – NPC
4) Eduardo Veloso – NPC
5) Eric Singson – LP
6) Guillermo Cua – LP
7) Miles Roces – LP
8) Ma. Amelita Villarosa – Kampi
9) Luis Villafuerte – Kampi
10) Angel Amante – Lakas CMD
11) Lorna Silverio – Lakas CMD
12) Prospero Nograles -Lakas CMD
13) Arthur Defensor – Lakas CMD
14) Marcelino Libanan – Lakas CMD
15) Benhur Abalos – Lakas CMD
16) Edwin Uy – Lakas CMD
17) Juan Miguel Zubiri – Lakas CMD
18) Abdullah Dimaporo -Lakas CMD
19) Monico Fuentebella – Lakas CMD
20) Prospero Pichay -Lakas CMD
21) Roquito Ablan – Lakas CMD
22) Raul del Mar – Lakas CMD
23) Ernesto Pablo – Apec
24) Salacnib Baterina – Kampi
25) Edcel Lagman -Independent
No matter how Gloria, JdV and these Rotten Legions re-package this, it will NOT FLY! This so-called, “new tack” sounds more like a NEW TRICK to me. It is obvious that they are merely trying to buy time to regroup, so to speak. WE MUST STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT! IF WE GIVE IN TO THIS PLOY OF THEIRS, IT WILL ONLY NEUTRALIZE US. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. WE HAVE THE UPPER HAND. DO NOT BE DECEIVED. DO NOT BE FOOLED!
Indeed, if it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, walks like a duck, it is DUCK!
The gall of these Rotten Legins to say, “On behalf of the House and the Filipino People who clamor for constitutional reforms…” THEY DO NOT SPEAK ON OR ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY CAN’T GET IT THROUGH THEIR THICK SKULL THAT THAT MAJORITY OF FILIPINOS DO NOT WANT CHA-CHA WITH ANY OF THEM AT THE HELM!
What these Assh*les are doing is bullsh*tting us! Are they insulting our intelligence ??????
Simply put: From CONfirmed ASSh*les to CONfirmed CONmen!
By whatever name they call it, it is the same banana!
Complete purge of the existing trapos is necesaary
if we want Inang Bayan to move on.
But first, alisin ang magnanakaw ng puwesto!
GMA, JDV, FVR!!!
THREE OF THE MOST HATED AND DISTRUSTED POLITICIAN!!!
my advice to the senate is: do not give in to JDV’s threats and deadlines.
if arroyo and jdv wants to CON ASS, be my guest.
if they like, they can lick my ass. he he heh!
kung meron mang katulad itong mga ungas
huwag nang lumayo pa’t magpagod sa paghanap
di mo rin makikita pagkat wala sa iyong harap
gumamit ka lang ng salamin, nasa likuran mo kapag hubad!
umupo ka sa trono’t umiri ng malakas
maamoy mo rin ang baho’t bulok nilang lahat
sama ng loob mong naipo’t naistak
yaon ang katulad nilang taeng sasambulat!
from tribune:
Apples and oranges, same banana
EDITORIAL
12/09/2006
The new Chief Justice (CJ) of the Supreme Court, Reynato Puno, is correct in saying that comparing the people’s initiative (PI) to the House of Representatives’ Constituent Assembly (Con-ass) is no different from comparing apples to oranges, since the two moves to change the Charter by the Gloria government certainly hold different constitutional issues that must be resolved.
Still, apples and oranges can be compared, if the comparison would be pegged merely on price. The price of apples and oranges in the country, both being imported fruits, can have the same cost.
And if price is to be the gauge in both the PI and the Con-ass, in so far as the Palace price tag goes vis a vis the administration allies for their all-out support to push through changes in the Constitution, the apple that is the PI and the orange that is the Con-ass, can certainly make it on the comparative grade.
Already, reports are out that two Negros mayors had admitted having been given by Gloria a “cash gift” of P20 thousand each, which is supposed to be in exchange for their support for Charter change (Cha-cha). No doubt, the congressmen, 165 of them in attendance for two sessions running, were also recipients of an even bigger cash gift from Gloria. Would they have stayed two nights till early morning in a row in plenary without any sweetener that tastes like cash?
But constitutionally, both the apple and the orange are constitutionally infirm, even if the new CJ insists that his stand on the PI has been steadfast, which makes one speculate whether he, being the CJ, would now allow the prohibited second motion for reconsideration on the PI, thus paving the way for a plebiscite anyway.
Still, it would be better for Puno to leave the dead alone, as doing a Lazarus on the PI would merely blacken the high court under his leadership and generate the impression that indeed, the Puno Court is a certified Malacañang rubber stamp.
In the case of the constitutionality or the constitutional infirmity of the House’s unilateral Con-ass dancing to the tune of Cha-cha, it would be extremely difficult for the high court to declare this House move as constitutional, without coming off as Gloria’s lapdogs, for the simple reason that there is already an existing doctrine that the Congress is made up of two houses, and one chamber certainly can’t pull off a Con-ass even if it garners 195 House votes arithmetically, and even if one Gloria senator participates, since a senator does not a Senate make. There could be an overturning of this high court doctrine, if the Puno Court chooses to do so, but, as pointed out earlier, for the court to do so would cement the public perception that Puno’s appointment was a deal forged in exchange for him to rally the court in upholding Speaker Jose de Venecia’s unconstitutional Cha-cha through the Con-ass since there can be no logic in a court ruling that upholds a one-House Con-ass and rule this as a constitutional congressional act. To do so would be to effectively abolish the Senate, making it an adjunct of the House.
What the House allies of Malacañang and Gloria herself should fear is the gathering of people who are done with their unconstitutional acts and who protest the House Con-ass, as well as the coming polls, where they who railroaded the Con-ass and showed their disregard for the people’s voice and their constituents, as well as that of their constituents, will feel the wrath of the voters, as this issue, as well as their murder of the impeachment complaint against Gloria Arroyo will be the main campaign issues, not to mention the unbelievable plunder of the national coffers under the Arroyo regime.
That a gathering political storm is on its way is evident. All sectors against Cha-cha through the House Con-ass are bent on showing their rejection of this new fraud. The bishops are united in making their opposition against this loud and clear, with their announcement of holding a massive rally at the Luneta, followed by yet another massive rally staged by the El Shaddai. And there is the detained leader, Joseph Estrada, threatening to call on the people to mass up in the streets and condemn this rape of the Constitution. His call can never be underestimated. The coming together of all these forces can certainly pose a nightmare of great proportions to Gloria and even her loyal military and police, as the people can hardly be stopped, if they come in the hundreds of thousands — unless of course, Gloria’s goons want, at the least, rioting if the police insist on a violent dispersal, and at the most, blood in their hands, which would make the indignation rallies even worse than the prayer rallies.
Always, Gloria and her allies have been in fear of massive rallies, as these could lead to her being toppled but as long as the groups were not united behind a cause, she was safe. Besides, the Catholic church bishops have been largely in support of her then, but are now clearly against her and her plan to reign long after 2010.
The bishops’ stand can only translate to their having withdrawn support from Gloria and she is now left with only the military and her police, which are divided.
But can her military and police still support her when the nation is against her?
another from tribune’s business column:
2 venture funds offer P25B for 7% gov’t stake in PLDT
12/09/2006
Two investment funds submitted offers of up to P25 billion for the government’s seven percent stake in Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) that the court recently awarded, according to the Department of Finance (DoF).
The DoF, which oversaw the sale, said Parallax Venture Fund XXVII offered P25.2 billion while Pan-Asia Presidio Capital offered the minimum price of P24.9 billion for the stake but PLDT parent, First Pacific Co. Ltd., which owns 24 percent in PLDT, has a right of first refusal over the shares.
The government has reclaimed the shares as part of a long-running legal battle to recover wealth illegally amassed by late former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was ousted in 1986.
PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan, who is also the chief executive of First Pacific, said First Pacific would not participate in the bidding but would exercise its right to match the highest offer for the shares.
The Finance Department said the process can take up to 90 days at most.
Japan’s NTT said earlier this year it wants to raise its stake in PLDT to 20 percent from about 14 percent now held through its units NTT Docomo Inc and NTT Communications.
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ito ang isang dapat bantayan. kuwartang malaki ito na pag-iinteresan na naman ng hari at reyna ng mga kawatan!!!
For the ordinary Filipino to understand the mumbo-jumbo speech of the DeAmnesia, I suggest that someone in this blog, Alitaptap or Mrivera, translate the above speech in practical Tagalog, no flowery BS.
As I read the speech in fact, I felt my blood pressure rise up. Good thing, I have taken my medicine so there is no worry of getting a stroke.
Just who are these crooks fooling. Filipinos and their foreign supporters should not lose a minute to mass up a caucus and marched on Monday as planned. Not to will give these burots the opportunity to twist events in their favor. Diyan magaling iyong Great Switik and her Rasputin with the backing up of the assistant master planner and her Internet Brigade that includes some aunts uncle, and brothers and the burots in the Philippine Congress, Senate and Supreme Court, etc.
Wow, daig si Al Capone and his Mafia gang! Ginagago na ang mga pilipino, kapag hindi pa kumilos, patay na!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
For the wannabe convicts:
Press Statement
December 9, 2006
Gerry Rivera
Vice Chairman, Partido ng Manggagawa
A non-partisan con-con for real reform
In order to have his cha-cha, JdV is now doing the zarzuela. He has offered to backtrack on the con-ass if the Senate accedes to a constitutional convention.
JdV has in effect conceded that while he has the tyranny of numbers in the parliament of the trapos, a solid majority in the parliament of the streets is adamantly against con-ass.
However hypocritical is JdV’s shift to a con-con, it is a temporary and partial victory for groups opposed to the trapos’ cha-cha and con-ass.
But the fight continues. A business-as-usual con-con will not be an independent body and will not lead to real reform. Such a trapo con-con will be packed by the wives, sons and daughters of de Venecia, Nograles and Villafuerte.
The workers want a non-partisan constitutional convention to be a vehicle for social reform and social change.
JdV’s one step backward should now be an opportunity for the people to have their two steps forward. To be non-partisan, the con-con must provide for proportional representation to the masses whose voice is not heard in the present political system.
The workers and farmers and their sons and daughters must be the majority in the non-partisan con-con. Else we will just have a con-con that is a caricature of JdV’s House of Representatives. ###
Isang text message ang natanggap ko at ganito ang ang description sa mga pro cha-cha sa Bastusang Pambansa:
The alligators, crocodiles, anacondas, pythons, boas, cobras, mambas, crates, komodo dragons, hyenas, vultures, great white sharks, leeches, mosquitoes, flies, maggots, roaches, termites, t-rexes, velociraptors, and vampires and all other in between in the lower house are callously numbly desperately ignoring the 1987 constitution for ChaCha indeed by sheer number they didn’t only show their teeth but bared their fangs as well as believing they are above the law and maybe God as well.
agree with chabeli.this is a new trick.they just changed the dates.collective goal is the same.we have the psychological advantage now, so strike while the iron is hot and close all the paths to chacha now as long as these bandits are the directors and moneygers.
What’s going on? First, the People’s Initiative was rejected by the Supreme Court. Then, the Con-Ass was met with very strong protest by many groups including powerful religious groups. Now, JDV and his gang tries the Con-Con. Con-Ass or Con-Con, it’s all the same. People don’t know what it is. Changing and amending the constitution was not clearly explained to the people. Many believe that what’s needed is not a change in government, but change in the people running it. And the only way to replace these incompetent and corrupt politicians is election. Election in 2007 is what the people want and needed.
If Con-Con, electing delegates, was possible, why didn’t they just pick this from the very beginning? So much time and money was wasted to push the Cha-Cha and then Con-Ass. Malacanang is playing the game only to its advantage. It has fooled the people and still keeps fooling us.
Many agree that amending the constitution is not wrong per se. What’s wrong is the manner Malacanang and the House do.
They just have too many tricks in their bags. People no longer believe in what they say and do…
The house of “Representatives” state that the reason for Charter Change is to reform the governance, and the overall system of public administration to eliminate or minimize the ‘plaque’ that besiege the present system, and that is a shallow excuse. They Congress as a whole could start by reforming themselves. Changing a charter or amending it which we already done quite a few times has not reformed anything, but instead made it worse. What assurance can these bearers of Good Governance can give the people that Cha-Cha is nothing but a Rumba with a little quicker close, open steps? A charter is not like your Underwear, that you just change it anytime you want, before somebody tells you. It is there to be the basis of behavior of all its subject, but take a look as whose the very first people who twist and bogie and waltz around the Charter and now they want to Cha-Cha (meaning double steps on it). If your really want a charter change, do it the proper way. Consult the public, the voters, all parties of interest and build a consensus of what need to be done, how to go about it, instead of ramming it from PI to con-ass and now con-con. And if you still can’t figure how to start, ask permission from our
Queen and copy our Charter of Rights with little modifications and start from there. You just can’t go wrong…
kasuklamsuklam at nakakasuka ang mga tinuran ni jose tae-nga ng daga de amnesia at mga kapwa niya asong turuan ni gloria na gustong palabasing nagmamalaksakit sila sa kapakanan ng sambayanan gayung nagdudumilat at nagsusumigaw ang katotohanang pansariling interest nilang mga ganid ang pagpupumilit na baguhin ang saligang batas samantalang ang mga tao ay nahihimbing at ang iba ay nagdadalamhati sa pagpanaw ng mga mahal nila sa buhay at pagkawasak ng ariarian na dulot ng nagdaang bagyong reming.
ano ang karapatan nilang magbigay ng palugit na para bang tinatakot pa nila ang taong bayang isinusuka na ang kanilang baho at kawalanghiyaan gayung bistado na ang kanilang pakay? ginagawa nilang tanga ang buong sambayanan sa pagkukunwaring isinasaisangtabi ang buktot nilang hangaring manatili sa poder habang gusto nila. hindi iniisip na ang katulad nila ay umaalingasaw na tae na kahit anong wisik ng pinakamamahaling pabango upang maitago ang baho ay amoy tae pa rin ang mangingibabaw na gustong gusto ng kauri nilang bangaw.
maraming palusot na pilit isinisisi sa iba ang mga katiwalian gayung sila ang mga nunong mandaraya, magnanakaw, manloloko at walang karapatang magtagal sa puwestong kanilang kinalalagyan. sila ang sanhi nang hindi matapos tapos na hidwaan sa lansangan, sa pamayanan at ibang sulok ng lipunan bilang mga halimbawa ng nakasusulasok na tiwaling lider. sila ang ang tanging dahilan ng paghihikahos ng nakararami nating kababayan sapagkat mas inuuna nila ang pagpapayaman sa halip na ibangon ang hilahod nang kabuhayan ng bansa, kung meron pa. wala silang iniisip kundi kung paano lulustayin ang pondo ng bayan sa halip na iukol sa mga programang makapagbibigay ng pagkakakitaan sa mga walang hanapbuhay.
lahat nang iniisip nila ay kung paano kakabig at hindi kung paano magbibigay.
ano, utang-na-loob pa ng taong bayan sa kaniola ang panloloko ng mga lukulukong ito?
mga buwitreng nagpupumilit magtago sa anino ng pipit!
…..kanila….
ystakei, assignment yan, ha? ita-translate ko sa tangalog ang mga pambobola ni jose tae-nga ng daga de amnesia, para maintindihan ng madlang pipol? no need, naiintindihan na ng taong bayan ang panibagong kutsabahan ng mga kotongresmen na ‘yan.
I believe the Admin allies found themselves stuck in a hole called the Con Ass and are trying to wriggle their way out of it while trying to save face. So JDV and arroyo’s allies are looking for somebody to bail them out. And that somebody is the Senate, the one co-equal body they’ve been trying to ignore all along and want to abolish.
http://www.quezon.ph/?p=1111
JDV tries to act tough and threaten to pursue CON ASS if their demands were not met within the deadline by the Senate, but he knows things can go from bad to worse if he goes unilateral with this.
So I say, screw JDV and Arroyo and all tongressmen allies. I hope the Senate doesn’t bail them out of their foolish UNILATERAL CON ASS.
“mga buwitreng nagpupumilit magtago sa anino ng pipit!”
Mrivera,
Ano pa nga ang masasabi ko kundi ang kanilang pipit ay ipit na ipit. Darating ang panahon, ang mga buwitreng ito ang kakain sa kanilang pipit!
johnmarzan, ano ba ang amoy ng ass? he he heh.
hindi rin sila makatagal sa sama ng amoy ng hanging lumalabas sa kanilang mga ass! hik hik hik hikkkkk!
chi, yaaa ha ha ha ha hahhhh!
yup, Con-ass and Con-con, one and the same. Nataas din ang dugo ko habang binabasa ko yung thread. Ang mga hinayupak, ginawa pa tayong tanga! Nagbigay pa ng deadline! Ang kakapal ng mukha!!
“The House has undertaken difficult but legitimate steps, in accordance with its rules and its Constitutional mandate, to convene the Constituent Assembly beginning on 12 December 2006. The caucus confirmed that the majority coalition has the 195 votes – three fourths of all the members of Congress – sufficient to propose constitutional change.”
Nothing is more illigitimate than interpreting the constitution to advance personal interests at the expence of the FIlipino people. Majority of the people do not like changes to the charter, marunong ba silang umintindi. O talagang, nasira na ulo nitong mga buwayang ito (my apologies to the real crocodiles). They speak of constitutional mandate, hindi ba mandated din silang respetuhin at igalang ang batas? Something is really wrong, really wrong!!!
ITS A TRAP!!!
The plan of JDV is to let members of the senate to participate and join them in tackling the issue of cha-cha thru CON-CON. If a significant number of senators would join in, then the whole “process” would have some semblance of legitimacy.
Remember that they desperately need the senators to join in to “legalize” their con-ass which fortunately they don’t have.
At the beginning, Gloria Arroyo’s Charter Change has no solid foundation; it’s filled with deceit and greedy intentions. The legitimacy of GMA presidency keeps on haunting her. These shameless pigs are trapped in a quicksand. There’s no way-out and no rescue on the way. Every move from fake People’s Initiative to fraudulent Constituent Assembly and renamed CON-CON and it seems that they are sinking to their grave pit. The wrath of the Filipino people will bury them alive on their sinkholes. Let’s keep on the pressure until final victory. Only time can tell.
“WE ARE WILLING TO POSTPONE CONVENING THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY BY A FEW DAYS. (72 hours after Monday)”
OR ELSE, WHAT?!
Clearly, words of defeat!!!
Ngayon pa ba uurong ang Senado, eh talo na namin kayo sa Tonggreso! Mangisay kayo sa kahihintay!
Rapists na comedians pa ang mga tonggressmen na ito!
EVEN IF Gloria, JdV and the Rotten Legions were telling the truth, their CREDIBILITY IS SOOOOOOOOO SHUT, they wouldn’t even be able to sell rubber bands to the people, much less a Cha-Cha!
Let’s just go get ’em! Nakakasuka na sila!
GLORIA, JdV, and the Rotten Legions DO NOT HAVE THE UPPER HAND TO EVEN COMPROMISE! IT HAS REACHED THIS POINT WHERE COMPROMISING IS NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE.
Let’s take them on!
Pichay: Con-con option meant to defuse protests
Whoa! You think so? Sorry pal, your plan didn’t defuse it. In fact, the people are more “ignited” now then ever!!!
The Daily Tribune quotes MIGUEL ZUBIRI as saying in the recent presscon, ““The people (up in arms against the Con-ass) should now direct their anger at the Senate if it refuses to take up our challenge,””
THIS IDIOT JUST DOESN’T GET IT, DOES HE ? ZUBIRI is the one suffering from misdirect anger ! The people are FUMING at these IDIOT TONGRESSMEN, not the Senators (majority of them at least). It’s more like these TONGRESSMEN are the ONES ANGRY AT THE SENATE because they can’t screw us !
Con-con? Nah! They now want to con the people again. After their cha-cha express was derailed, any plan or idea about cha-cha by JDV and his tongressmen(women) by other means is already doomed. Joe is just saving his own ass and those of his better-than-nothing-assh**le allies. The people should not wait to be fooled again. Finish them off, that’s the best thing in the Philippines to happen.
Concon? Mga lintek na iyan! Palibhasa mga Con-artists kaya gusto ng Con-Con. Mga Conyo! Mga galing Congo! Ano pa ang hinihintay niyo? Lusob na! Itapon na sa Ilog Pasig si tiyanak!
This Joe-Joe de Venice (of venice) is up for something again. He’s givingthe Senate no choice, like saying, “join us and will have a con-con (still a cha-cha) or if you don’t, we will go ahead with a con-ass (still a cha-cha). smart Ass, I would say, but that’s what he think he is. Now the senate lose either way. but I suggest, to take the challenge and let Joe-Joe go ahead, and will see what he’s going to do. Let the deadline pass, and let the people along with the co-operation of all the Born Again Religious Leaders, give it to JvD where it hurts the most. Their collective con-asses..
Right in the beginning, people have said NO to this method and timing of changing the constitution. JDV’s “this is the clamor of the people” is deception and misrepresentation to the highest degree. His failed attempt to ram his cha-cha down the throats of the people will just incarnate in another devilish scheme.
Etong si Tenga, panahon pa ni Marcos maingay na iyan. Dapat ilitson iyan ng buhay at gawing pulutan ang kanyang tenga. Ang sarap niyan kasama ang beer.
jdv is just bluffing!! he has no credebility at all!he is not only a con artist but a double con con artist!it`s now time to push this evil to the edge!! we have to oust them now..by monday and this coming days ahead..we will show them the true peoples power..even men in uniform will be joining the people in ousting this illegitimate regime.. the only solution to have peace in the land is to oust GMA..let us all pray that this will be a peaceful one..FG`s trusted henchman officer in the military and pnp is now starting to recruit criminals to plant bombs and chaos to create scenario that demonstrators was infiltrated by terrorist..let us all be vigilant..this oplan is in implant in their plan c once people reject their con ass..they are now in panic mode and their move to now is very telegraphic in identifying their corrupt officer and men in uniform!! God bless us filipinos and God bless the philippines!!
Gloria, JdV and the CON-ASSes must accept defeat. We, the People, should be the ones to give them the 72-Hour deadline…Or else!
Nothing was gained by that futile move of JDV to save the ConAss, and his own ass, by letting the Senate make its call. Any good poker player knows that he can’t play his hand because he doesn’t have anything there.
It’s better this way that he pursues ConAss. Knowing the Senate, they won’t fall for the bluff and will just let him play his foolish game til he loses it all. They’re not stupid enough not to know whether ConAss or ConCon, the Gloria group is in desperation mode and would stop at nothing to push their sinister plans.
The Legions are not as wise anymore as we thought them to be. They’ve put themselves in a position where they can’t win anything anymore. The 72-hour deadline would pass without getting any quarters from the senators. Only blokes would heed their challenge, who would want to be a witness to your his own murder.
So ConAss it is, and another false move by Gloria’s camp only further emboldened more groups into joining in the massive rallies. This is the final push. No more compromises, no more negotiations. We will be making our move. God help us all.
Sa bandang huli, kapag bumigay tayo kahit isang beses lang, sila pa ring ang makikinabang. Hindi ako pabor sa unicameral system na iyan habang marami pa ring tongressman tulad nila Pichay, Zubiri, Nograles, Joe Tenga, Lagman, Villafuerte at iba pang mga hudas, walang utak, bastos, serial rapist ng constitution at mga iba pang kasama nila na bayaran ng mga dorobo sa palasyo ang maaaring mahalal sa parliament. Okay pa ring itong presidential system. Tama nga ang nabasa ko sa isang column. Kahit baguhin mo ang constitution ng isang milyon, habang corrupt pa rin ang namumuno tulad ng mga dorobong macapagal at arroyo sa malakanyang, Pichay, Joe tenga, Zubiri, Nograles, Lagman, Villafuerte at iba pang mga tulad nila na bobo, puro pera ang nasa utak, mga walang paki sa taong bayan, bastos at serial rapist ng constitution, wala pa ring mabagago. Sana mabasa ito ng mga walang utak na tongresista tulad nila Pichay, Lagman, Joe Tenga, Zubiri, Villafuerte at iba pang gahaman sa pera. Hindi kay Mam Ellen galing ito kundi sa aming mga ordinaryong tao na matagal nyo nang ginagago. Puwes, dahil sa nangyayaring kaguluhang ito, kayong mga bayarang tongressman ang mga “GAGO!!!”
By the way Ellen, was it really an Inquirer reporter that poured water into RC Constantino’s face? For what purpose?
If I may quote Billy Esposo (who I believe took over the late Max Solivern’s column at the Philippine Star), “Imagine that – putting together the CBCP, INC, El Shaddai, middle class, restive military and maybe even the hungry and assumingly angry urban and rural poor in fighting mood. We have to tip our hats to Congressmen Villafuerte, Jaraula, Lagman, Cagas et al for this rare feat in Philippine politics which had always been marked by disunity.”
YES!
Billy Esposo also says that “I’m sure historian Renato Constantino’s expression of outrage drew empathy from millions who saw that coverage of the Con Asses retreat over ANC. Constantino expressed the outrage that many Filipinos felt.”
He sure as hell did!
Kung sakaling mapatalsik ng taong bayan ang mga kailangang patalsikin, meron akong irerekomenda sakanilang trabaho. Magiging bagong bayani sila dahil sa sila’y magiging OFW sa Fiji. Hehehehe
SUVA, Fiji – Fiji’s coup leader ran want ads in local newspapers Saturday to fill vacant Cabinet jobs, trying to piece together a new government for the south Pacific country.
Army chief Frank Bainimarama has removed a swathe of senior civil servants, including top police officers, saying he is weeding out corruption entrenched in the administration of ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
“Applicants must be of outstanding character and without any criminal records,” the advertisements noted, asking aspirants to submit applications at military headquarters by Tuesday. “Each must not have been declared bankrupt.”
Siguradong tanggap sila dahil pwede nilang doktorin ang mga records nila at siguradong di sila bankrupt. Pero di ko lang sure kung ang tinutukoy ng ads eh bankrupt as in lugi or bankrupt ang utak. Kung ang huli ang kanilang tinutukoy eh olats sila.
In a game of chess, JDV indecent proposal is a DESPERATE MOVE to save a trapped King. It’s a useless move because it will be CHECKMATED in two moves. The source of divisiveness is from arrogant and greedy majority members of the House of Representatives. It’s a dictatorship by numbers wherein basic parliamentary rules were broken to pave way their greedy plan. Blame yourselves shameless pigs. Dishonorable Rep. Prospero Pichay is a major player in the rape of the constitution. JDV and his rapist gang should be punished for their wrongdoings-in HELL. Tadtarin si Pechay at ipakain kay baboy Dagupan JDV! Anyways, these shameless inbreed bastards are cannibals.
Excerpts: Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay explained their current proposal was meant to “defuse tension and divisiveness” brought upon by the House approved constituent assembly. ABS-CBN
By the way, we were at Rockwell with other civic leaders from Pasay and we were discussing plans for next week’s rallies when we saw a friend of one of our companions who said he is the guide of the Japanese TV network that would have covered live PM Abe’s Asean presscon. He said that the reporters were complaining ‘cuz they have paid their flights and hotels and car rentals for the Cebu event only to be told that they have to cut their trip short because of the cancellation. The guy also said that in all of the 30 plus years of the Asean, it is the first time that a major event has been canceled and it reflected what kind of government we have. The other foreign journalists are as disappointed, he also said. He even told the Japs to stay and cover the rallies instead and that they may even be witnesses to a people power revolt. The reporters excitedly told him they would get permission from NHK to stay.
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Off topic, but still interesting, the guys from Pasay also told me that 700 plus employees of city hall have been fired by the acting mayor and replaced by his own men, mostly barangay officials affiliated with Lakas, the acting mayor’s and Congresswoman Connie Dy’s party. These newly-hired employees are getting salaries both from city hall and their barangays and they said DILG knows about it. Wow, iba talaga pag kapartido ka! Doble kung sumuweldo kahit pakamot-kamot lang ng bayag sa City Hall.
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Huwag kayong maniniwala sa position paper na pinakakalat nila Dudut Jaworski at 13 pang ibang kinawatan, este kinatawan pala. Kasama pa rito si QC Congresswoman Susano (tama, yung naka Rolls Royce na nagbigay ng P4M sa simbahan niya) na kesyo hindi sila sang-ayon sa No-el na pinalilipad ni Manong Joe DeVildincia e ang alam ko tatakbong meyor ng Pasig itong si Dudut na kalahi ng mga balimbing na Revilla. Pabayaan natin silang maglaglagan ng kanilang mga kakampi, mauubos din ang mga salot na iyan.
Pichay’s statement (“diffuse tension”) is just to save his own ass, sensing that the public is now mad at their con-ass. He and his fellow crocs want to extricate themselves from the deepest hole they put themselves in. Shameful pigs!
“The simultaneous selection of members of Congress…. with the candidates for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, at two per congressional district, or 426 delegates to be elected, will SAVE A CONSIDERABLE SUM (uppercasing supplied)…which is badly needed for the building of damaged infrastructure in the wake of the Bicol TYPHOON DESTRUCTION DESTRUCTION and many other requirements of the nation.”
WHAT? After arguing to high heavens that his and GMA’s CON-ASS is the way to save money for the govt? After ignoring the helpless Bicol typhoon victims, but spending sleepless nights in Congress debating an issue that only benefit GMA and the crocs?
SHAMELESS PIGS!
Lest I be charged with misquoting or misrepresenting, (uppercasing supplied) also applies to TYPHOON…
The ConAssholes miscalculated the people’s patience and temper and they thought, “magpapasko naman, di na yan papansinin ng tao kaya sagasaan na natin ng ConAss” and they are now paying dearly for that misreading. The self-inflicted damage is such that it cannot be undone.
Buti na lang at talagang sira na ang wisyo nila dahil kundi ba naman desperado’t tarantado na, inilapit pa yung deadline nila sa malaking rally sa Biyernes. Pag itinuloy nila ang ConAss sa Huwebes e di mas mainit ang mga dadalo sa Luneta, lalo lang silang mababaon sa ginawa nila.
Wag na nating tigilan. Tuluyan na dahil malapit na ang katapusan ng paghihirap natin! Napipi na rin yung Internet Brigade, wala na kasing natitirang kakampi, lahat ng relihiyon kalaban na nila!
Teka, meron pa palang di kasama sa rally, ‘yung Satanismo!
Re: Balimbing Jaworski and 13 thieves’ Hugas Kamay
There’s no logic for supporting JDV Con-ass and at same time they want May 2007 push thru. It had been decided by the majority members the postponement of May 2007. They are just fooling their constituents. Sinong maniniwala sa kanila? Matagal na tayong binababoy.
I just received this forwarded text from my friend (who blogs at MLQ3’s at this time) that says the Friday morning tension will be such that before the rallies begin, Gloria will announce that she is disowning JDV and the whole Lakas party and that Kampi is nominating a new Speaker in the House. This will be folowed by the crossing of many Lakas members over to Kampi who will stand down the chacha train. This might still be part of the scenario that Vic blogged yesterday. I don’t buy it.
I agree, DKG. This is mere positioning on their part. But this is a good indication that even the bastards of Batasan know that the chacha train has been stopped dead in the tracks. They cannot fully abandon their party at this time ‘cuz that is where the moolah comes from, yet they cannot be seen to be 100% in cahoots with JDV and his ConAssholes as they might earn the voters’ wrath come May.
Namaangka sa dalawang ilog? Balimbing nga talaga!
TonGuE-tWisTeD asked:”By the way Ellen, was it really an Inquirer reporter that poured water into RC Constantino’s face? For what purpose?”
Yes. Vic Agustin is Inquirer’s columnist. His column. “Cocktales” appears in the business section.
He is pro-GMA. His live-in companion, Honey Ilusorio (daughter of marcos crony Potenciano Ilusorio) is said to be close to Gloria Arroyo.
Mike, I do agree with you, it is a TRAP, for the Senate to participate in this exercise of fooling around with our constitution. BUT I have a strong conviction that our Senators are not going to be fooled. You’ll see! I also agree that our constitution is not the issue here because no matter how many times we have to change it, if the implementation of the provisions are carried by self-serving vultures, nababastos pa rin. Also I like the Fiji Ad for potential public servants.
Chabelli and Toungue Twisted, talaga, no more compromises! These assholes have reached their end and they know it. All they are doing is keep bringing out props from their bag of tricks but the audience is not watching or clapping anymore. The audience is booing loudly and throwing boulders at them(no more stones)! They are slowly being crushed! And yes, I agree with you that the Filipino people should be the one to give them the 72 hrs notice to stop or vacate otherwise…REBOLUSYON NA TALAGA! ITULOY PA RIN ANG MGA PROTEST MARCHES! Do you think tae ng daga will be disowned by tiyanak? Unheard of, di lalong dumali ang trip ni tiyanak sa impierno. The former knows a lot of hokus pokus of the latter. They are like peas in a pod! There will be lot of the bankeros and balimbings come May 2007 elections. The people will just have to watch out for them and DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF VOTING FOR ANY OF THEM!
Ocayville: I am glad you mentioned the military participation now. I read in one newspaper( at the very end of an article-not significantly posted)that the junior officers of the army and marines had finally come out to denounce this process of changing the constitution. Finally gumigising na sila. Assperon will not be able to control them when they run amuck!
Diego, I like your chess game. Also, Pichay probably regrets(I do not know if he knows how to discern this) positioning himself on the front line. Now he is being riddled with bullets too. THE PEOPLES MOMENTUM CAN NOT BE STOPPED! He will be shot along side the tae-ng-daga!Also, si Jaworski, dinidribble lang tayo bago niya tayo i-shoot…heh,heh,he.
Diego, kanino pa ba magmamana si Dudot Jaworski kundi sa kanyang ama?
JDV and his Legions of Crocs are really in deep shit. They don’t know how to get out of the pit!
Itong 14 tongresista from Metro Manila, nagpalabas ng statement, kesyo ayaw raw nila ipagpaliban ang May 7 elections pero suportado nila ang con-ass. Nagkukunyari lang ang mga kumag na ito. Siempre, nasa Metro Manila sila, ang sentro ng mga protesta. Bawat kilos nila ngayon, de numero. Pwedeng tayaan sa jueteng.
Pa-gimik pa si Dodot. You put a dot in your political career. Ala ka rin namang binatbat sa basketball. Mabango ka pa naman for Mayor sa Pasig after Ultra tragedy, pero ngayon, nag biglang liko ang takbo ng pangyayari. Wala na. It’s simply like father, like sonny, I mean son.
Calling all na taga Metro Manila! Humingi na kayo ng pamasko sa inyong tongressman. Milyones ang datung nila galing kay GMA at Prime Minister JVC. Huwag ninyong tantanan! Ngayon na ang pagkakataon. Puntahan ninyo sa kanilang bahay at opisina, araw araw, oras oras, bawat minuto. Baka sa susunod na mga araw, nasa kabilang bakuran naman ang mga yan.
Tandaan, ang 14 tongressman!
DKG: Posibleng hindi pa mate in two. Pero meron din sa chess na tinatawag na zugzwang, na kung saan ang isang player ay such that kahit anong move ang gawin niya (among the only options he/she has remaining) will put him/her in a losing position leading to loss/checkmate. All the wise opponent has to do is to make an insignificant move and let the other player self-destruct. I can see that the JDV/GMA group is in zugzwang.
Pero just in case talagang mate in two, dapat huwag nang patagalin pa ang match at baka maka stale-mate pa ang kalaban or worse manalo pa ang kalaban dahil naubusan tayo ng time.
Chabeli, this Cong. Zubiri was not only a member of then “Spice Boys” (with Mike Defensor, et al), he is an open bi-sexual. That’s the reason why singer Vina Morales left him.
Pardon me Ellen, don’t you think it was a bit inappropriate for you to call your colleague, Inquirer Agustin, a pro-GMA? I don’t know if you’ve violated some journalism ethics by describing another as such in similar profession. Can I also call you anti-Marcos? You may delete this message after reading it. Thanks.
npongco:
Diba mayabang este mayaman yan sila Zubiri?
Subukan nyang maging residente ng Mandaluyong at tumakbo ng kahit anong posisyon.
Tingnan ko lang kung “MANA”nalo?
Marami naman sigurong condominium dyan sa Wack-wack at magpa-golf golf na lang sya.
It is plain as day. Now they want the con-con, after seeing that the con-ass is dead, so that the 3-termers can run as delegates. That gives them an in again. Devious…
The best Christmas that a Filipino could have is to get rid of these crooks and goons lead by arrovo-macapal, I mean macapagal, de venecia, pichay, susano, jaworski, lagman, villafuerte, zubiri, nograles, and many more who look like and smell like pigs and crocodiles. Ituloy ang laban.
Please sign in and send to Gil Ramos (grr_ofw@yahoo.com):
MFP Executive Council
MFP Statement – signed
Sat Dec 9, 2006 12:55
141.150.21.228
MFP Statement. December 2006
There is a time for everything under heaven.
It is time to stop the extrajudicial killings.
It is time to defend the Constitution against the relentless assault
of sectors out to defraud and hoodwink the entire nation .
It is time to stop the lies on top of lies to the Filipino people.
It is time to cleanse the COMELEC so we can have CLEAN ELECTIONS.
It is time to end the degradation of public trust and accountability
in our national political life.
It is time to end the creep of pronouncements, intentions, and
actions towards a renegade undeclared dictatorship in the land.
We stand for human rights thus we cannot condone extrajudicial
killings.
We stand for the Rule of Law and hence we condemn the vicious and
treasonous attacks on the Constitution.
We are for the TRUTH and thus cannot accept the continuous stream of
falsehoods and the spin of lies from officialdom who believes that
they can fool the people all of the time.
We stand for true public choice in questions of leadership and
legitimacy and we cannot tolerate a COMELEC that subverts the
people’s sovereign will.
We stand for FREEDOM and hence we cannot countenance any support,
witting or unwitting, for a renegade government bent on imposing
its `diktat’ over the land.
The Movement for a Free Philippines has always fought for FREEDOM and
DEMOCRACY. We stood at the forefront of the struggle against an
officially declared dictatorship in the past. We cannot stand idly by
while an undeclared dictatorship usurps the democratic space which we
have fought so hard to regain.
With the resounding voices of the clergy, the militant advocates, the
enlightened military, and the concerned common tao raised in PROTEST,
the enemies of FREEDOM in our land are blinking. The usurpers of our
Sovereign Will should now tread softly for their nefarious activities
have been exposed in the light of day. Nevertheless, let this not be
the time to lower our guard. Let all good men and women of the
Filipino nation stand up and be counted in this continuing mission to
serve what is best for our people and country. Let us move forward
with deliberation and fortitude and by the grace of God
Almighty , `WE SHALL OVERCOME’.
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas. Mabuhay ang Filipino. Mabuhay ang Katotohan
Mabuhay ang Katarungan.
MFP EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
1. Dr. Renato Roxas, MD. – President; MFP-Michigan
2. Dr. Orlando Ulep Apiado, MD. – Secretary General; MFP- New York.
3. Mr. Emerito F. Salud, Esq. – MFP-New Jersey
4. Mr. Adolfo Paglinawan – MFP-Washington D.C.
5. Mr. David Corpin – MFP-Chicago/Illinois
6. Mr. Danilo Lamila – MFP-Los Angeles
7. Mr. Florencio Arrieta – MFP- Southern California
8. Mr. Carmelito Cruz – MFP- San Francisco
9. Mr. Joseph Bartlett Bunao – MFP- California
10. Mr. Glen Barroga – MFP-San Diego
11. Mr. Gil R. Ramos, Ph.D., Executive Director, MFP Secretariat
Acpiccio, tumpak na tumpak and sinabi mo! The third termers who are kaput in being a tongressman wants to perpetuate himself/herself so why not a con artist again for the con-con? Tuloy ang ligaya!
It won’t surprise anyone if Glueria disowns JDV anytime, ugali naman niya ‘yan. But who in his/her right sense would believe in their newest charade now that people have seen them naked?
When Tiyanak, FVR and JDV gave birth to Chacha, they already lost political foresight and directions because of uncontroled power tripping. They were misled by the people’s seeming disinterest in whatever they do. Glueria may be an astute politician but she lacks the necessary intuition to see what’s ahead of her. O baka hindi na gumagana ang kanyang intuition because of a disease called FEAR!
She still has her Garci Generals and loyalists, but one thing is very apparent, Glueria is losing the battle. Bukas makalawa, pati na ang kanyang Garcis ay babaliktad! At kasama ang pamilya Pidal ay pupulutin siya sa kalaboso kundi man sila bugbog-sarado!
JDV is a goner. If I were him, I would just retire in grace. Where’s Ramos? Why is FVR quiet? Is he observing? Or is he again cooking something? But I bet you it won’t be long we would hear from this guy again. I’m sure his mouth is itching to speak…just waiting for the right timing.
mabili ang bibingka tuwing kapaskuhan?tingnan nga natin kung tunay nga na may bibingka mula sa bibig ni FVR?
where are the christian democrats from europe?
Kung inyong matatandaan last year matapos maghayag ng withdrawal of support ang Hyatt 11(my apologies to the mgt of Hyatt chain of hotels, i’m sure philippine politics is giving them free advertisement) – nagbigay itong si FVR ng time frame/time table para sa graceful exit ni GMA?
How grace is the graceful exit of GMA?
Isasabay kaya ito sa opening ng 110th US Congress?
O kaya ay isinasabay ito sa paglabas bg ISG(Baker Commission/Baker-Hammilton) sa Iraq?
Alam nyo naman, sa bawat pagbabago sa pag-inog ng mundo ay mayroon din itong kaalinsabay na pagbabago sa alin mang dako ng daigdig.
chi, mga ka-blog, sa pagdating ng oras ng paniningil, isang hiling lang ang nais kong sana ay pagbigyan ninyong lahat upang maiganti ang taong bayan sa mga kawalanghiyaan nitong si gloria mukhang bato, ang kanyang pamilya, mga kaalyadong kawatan sa kongreso. kung maaari ay itali sila at ibitin nang patiwarik sa loob ng sewage pit dahil doon lamang sila nababagay – sa inuuod na nabubulok na tae!!!
Pabor ako diyan Mrivera. Pang tae lang talaga sila.
The best Christmas gift the Philippines would have is to rid the country of the UNDESIRABLES, the cheats, robbers, rapist, murderers and grossly insentive people…YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
i guess arroyo want to practice “triangulation” too?
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation_(politics)
i guess arroyo want to practice “triangulation” too?
johnmarzan Says: “This will be folowed by the crossing of many Lakas members over to Kampi who will stand down the chacha train. This might still be part of the scenario that Vic blogged yesterday.”
they will digging their own grave and nailing their own coffin. anyway, fine. they deserve each other being with the same flock. and must be together, till their end!
they will be digging their own grave……
Mrivera,
Noted! We will hang them all upside down in a sewage pit! di ba impierno na yan? heheh!
sige johnmarzan, targetin din natin ng triangulation si Glueria! itali natin ang ulo at magkabilang paa, tapos ay ipahatak sa tatlong jeepney sa triangulong direction!
diego k. guerrero
Yan rin ang sinabi sa tribune. I guess they were just making palusot and trying to straddle the fence para hindi magalit ang mga botante sa kanila:
http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20061210com2.html
If the House Speaker is JDV or Pichay whats the difference. There are so many problems that will be sorted if this Palace is vacated of these liars & thieves, JDV is but only one problem and quickly replaced by another problem. I just hope that the masses will seize this opportunity of demonstrating their anger and not wait for the church leaders, some of whom are ready to listen to a liar and a thief according to the reports of the Four Officials from the INC “secret” meeting with GMA arranged by Mike Defensor.
Would you buy a second hand car from Defensor? Exactly!
PEOPLE, DO NOT BUY ANYMORE OF THE ADMINISTRATION’S PROPAGANDA! TULOY ANG PROTESTA HANGGANG MAPATALSIK NA ANG LAHAT NG UNDESIRABLES! SOBRA NA!
tama ka! dapat KNOCKOUT ANG KALABAN