Madugo ang reaksyon ng mga lider ng Myanmar sa mga rally na palayain si Aung San Suu Kyi,ang lider ng grupo na gusto ang demokrasya sa bansa na ang dating pangalan ay Burma.
Maraming patay, kasama na ang isang photographer na Hapon sa mga protest rally na pinangungunahan ng mga Buddhist na monghe, ng pinagbabaril sila ng mga sundalo. Ang pamahalaan ng Myanmar ay pinapalakad ng isang military junta na 45 na taon nang nasa kapangyarihan.
Sinabi sa report na kumunti na ang mga tao noong Biyernes. Binarikadahan ng mga sundalo at pinalibutan ng barbed wire and mga kumbento ng mga monghe. Ganoon din ang mga malaking kalsada sa Yangoon, ang kapital ng Myanmar.
Sa gitna ng mga pagkundena ng karahasan ng mga lider sa iba’t-ibang parte ng mundo, pinutol ng liderato ng Myanmar ang mga internet koneksyun ngunit patuloy pa rin na lumalabas ang balita doon dahil sa satellite na koneksyun ng mga embassies.
Ito namang pekeng presidente ng Pilipinas, may mukhang magsalita tungkol sa karahasan sa Myanmar samantalang siya mismo rito ay nagpapa-iral ng karahasan sa sariling bansa. Ang dami nang mga aktibista na kumukontra sa kanyang pagnanakaw at pandaraya ang pinagpapatay ng kanyang military. Wala siyang ginawa, pinuprotektahan pa niya ang kanyang mga berdugo.
Sa Camp Capinpin, noong Biyernes pinaikutan na naman ang court house ng barbed wire para hindi makalapit ang mga media sa mga akusado. Sabi ng mga kamag-anak ng opisyal na naka-detained doon, naglagay rin daw ng barbed wire sa loob ng detention compound.
Ang laki talaga ang takot nila sa mga opisyal na ito. Nasa loob na sila ng military camp. Mataas na semento na ang bakod ng detention quarters. Naglagay pa mismo ng barbed wire sa loob ng detention quarters.
Ang barbed wire ay simbolo ng karahasan at panggigipit. Ito ang makikita mo sa mga lugar na may giyera at gulo. Nang pumunta ako sa Vietnam, ilang taon matapos ang giyera ng Amerikano noong 1984, iyan ang hindi ko makalimutan na tanawin. Ang mga taniman ay napaligiran ng barbed wire.
Ang mahabang linya ng barbed wire and natatandaan ko rin sa pagitan ng South at North Korea na hanggang ngayon ay palaging may banta ng giyera.
Dito naman sa Pilipinas, naglalabasan ang barbed wire na bakod sa Mendiola tuwing akala ni Gloria Arroyo ay sugurin siya ng mga taumbayan na galit sa kanya. At lalong dumadalas yan nitong mga nakaraang buwan at linggo.
Barbed wire and solusyon ni Arroyo at ng kanyang mga alagad sa galit ng taumbayan sa kanilang pang-aabuso ng kapangyarihan. Siguro sa halip na grey matter, barbed wire ang laman ng utak.
Ang barbed wire ay walang lugar sa demokrasya. Ang Myanmar ay hindi demokrasya kaya hindi nakakapagtaka kung pinapaligirin nila ang kanilang mga kalsada ng barbed wire.
Ang demokrasya sa Pilipinas ay naibalik pagkatapos ng mahaba at mahirap na pakikibaka. Hindi dapat hayaan sirain ito nang isang pekeng presidente.
ang myanmar at pilipinas ay pareho ng problema ng mga mamamayan niya,parehong me huwad na lider at parehong walang mandato sa mga mamamayan niya,kaya ang sagot ng mga alipores niya para lang manatili sa poder ng kapangyarihan o sa kasamaan ay kundi utak pulbura ay isip barbed wire. si than shwe at GMA ay parehong naka sandal sa mga sundalo nila manatili lang sa kapangyarihan.sila ay kapwa huhusgahan ng panahon na mga “butcher of their own people” ang maganda lang s myanmar ay dumating na ang katapusan ni than shwe and its only a matter of time or just around the corner that this military junta of than shwe will be kick out in myanmar.sa atin konting dasal na lang at malapit na rin!!
Kung tutuusin, hindi naibalik ang demokrasya nang mawala si Marcos at umupo si Cory. Unang-una, hindi nahalal si Cory. Inilagay lang siya tulad nitong Gloria. Demokrasya ba iyong kinuha lang ang mga pag-aari nina Marcos at mga cronies niya at ipinasa lang sa mga tauhan ni Cory? Most of those who took part in that 1986 Revolt were rewarded with government positions. Kung natatandaan niyo, tinanggal ang mga local executives na tunay na halal ng bayan sa panahon ni Marcos at inilagay ang mga OIC. Those OIC (Officers-in-Charge) then became active permanent politicians until this day.
Demokrasya ba maituturing na kung paano ninakaw kuno ni Marcos ang kaban ng bayan sa loob ng 20 taon ay napantayan ng pamahalaan ni Cory sa loob lang ng 6 na taon? Remember the Kamag-anak Inc. headed by her brother Peping? Remember Congressman De Guzman who became a fall guy in that gun smuggling? Sa panunungkulan ni Cory, umasenso ba ang bansa o puro paghihiganti at panggigipit lang ang ginawa sa mga kaaway niya? Do we call that democracy? Or it was a democracy just in paper o sa salita lang. Who is honest enough to say that we were able to attain the true democracy when Cory took over? Ano ang tunay na kalayaan? Tunay bang kalayaan ang patuloy na pagyaman ng mga mayayaman at paghihirap ng mga mahihirap? Democracy is enjoyed by the elite, the rich. The poor doesn’t know what democracy is. Kahit na alam niya ang ibig sabihin ng kalayaan, wala silang paki. What they care about are the basic necessities they need which no administration is able to provide.
Malacanang best represents tyranny: Also surrounded by barbed-wire!
Malacanang is surrounded by barbed-wire while Neri is surrounded by Barbie (dolls).
In Myanmar: 1,000 monks now being held
Troops cut off jeweled head of ancient Buddha
Sporadic demonstrations were held throughout Rangoon today, but riot police and troops appeared to be under orders to hold their fire, probably because of the presence in the city of UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, writes Edward Loxton.
One of the city’s leading monasteries, Ngwe Kyar Yar, was raided by security officers during the early hours this morning, and about 200 monks were dragged from their beds and loaded into army trucks.
http://www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk/burma/
Most of those 1,000 monks will never see light again, just what happened in Tibet.
Pechanco,
Agree ako sa iyo dyan, na hindi naman natin talaga nakamit ang tunay na demokrasya after Marcos. Napalitan lang ng mga pangunahing tauhan sa sarswela ng pakibabaka ng Pilipinas. Cory was just a front of the Kamaganak Inc. and the group of Ramos. Kaya nga sinipa nila si Laurel dahil threat sa kanila pagsasamantala sa bayan. The group of Cory does not have a plan of government at that time kundi ang makuha lang ang sinasabing ‘hidden wealth’ ni Marcos, kaya naman kabi-kabila ang paghuhukay sa ibat-ibang panig ng Pilipinas sa pag-asang makuha ang naiwang kayamanan. At hanggang ngayon ay iyan pa rin ang agenda ni FVR.
Sa pagbagsak ni Gloria at mga corrupt generals niya yung barbed wires ang ipulupot sa kanila at idisplay sa plaza!
since I posted this yesterday ahead of some
others, let me re cycle to rekindle anger
against murder:
jay cynikho Says:
September 29th, 2007 at 2:12 am
On Myanmar merciless street murders: “The world is watching the people of Burma take to the streets to demand their freedom, and the American people stand in solidarity with these brave individuals,” Pres. Bush said in a statement.
“brave individuals” As a Filipino, I cringed in shame.
I am no admirer of Pres George Bush but as a leader he will do everything, suffer all criticisms and insults if only to maintain the US as the world’s economic and political empire. Because of Bush’s policies US citizens had to accept unparalleled hatred and wasted young lives in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and elsewhere. But Pres Bush speaks and acts for democracy, which you can not say the same for other world leaders from France, Canada, Japan, China, India, etc.
In the case of Myanmar today only George W. Bush should have the guts (he is not the first because of Grenada) to order US troops to land in Myanmar, give the brave Burmese people the push to finish the job. Australian troops somewhat did that in East Timor. Two decades of oppression, poverty and hatred might even incite the Myanmar soldiers whose poor families were also victims to turn their guns on their superior officers and generals and politicians. Let the Burmese people show the ASEAN wimps and punks that they are also humans, not economic
ingredients for ASEAN bull shit of barter, trading and business exchange.
US marines should provide the spark and firepower so that the Burmese people with the help of their Buddhist monks will for the first time ever in history give Burma a taste of democracy. Burma is not Iraq where the four freedoms is not so desired or valued. If in Iraq oil is the sole reason for spilling a tanker of Marines’ blood, let President Bush prove to the world that in Burma democracy is reason enough to shed a few gallons of US soldiers blood.
Sa Burma ay hayagan na militar ang namamahala, sa Pinas ay sinisikreto pa!
Sa Burma ay merong mga monks na nakikipaglaban para sa pagbalik ng demokrasya, sa Pinas ay mga pari pa ang tumutulong kay Gloria para mag-dikta!
Sa Burma ay wala silang Mike and Gloria…
Luzviminda, that was my response to this statement:
“Ang demokrasya sa Pilipinas ay naibalik pagkatapos ng mahaba at mahirap na pakikibaka. Hindi dapat hayaan sirain ito nang isang pekeng presidente.”
No, our democracy was never restored not even after the Marcos regime. Ang mga nagsasabi niyan ay mga nakinabang sa pagbagsak ng lider na ayaw nila kahit na tunay na halal ng bayan. Ang mga nagsasabi niyan ay iyon ayaw sa kanya (Marcos). Pero sa mga maliliit na tao, mga kapus palad, kailanman ay hindi nila nadama iyan o nakinabang sa pagpalit ng pamunuan ng bansa.
Ang tanong: Kailan natin matatamasa ang tunay na kalayaan?
After GMA? Do you think we would attain the true democracy that we all dream of even after this GMA is ousted? Well, half of the dream would have been realized if she’s gone. But as long as we’re dependent on the West; as long as we do not stand on our own and not allow foreign power to manipulate and meddle in our affairs, never. Even right here in our country, we continue to allow the church, the influential groups, the lobbyists to dictate on us what to do. Masakit ang katotohanan pero aminin na natin na wala pa tayong kalayaan…tunay na kalayaan.
The nerve to plea for San Kyi’ release daw pero, ganun din ang ginagawa niya sa mga innocent militaries dito sa Pinas.
Chi, tama ka! “Sa Burma ay hayagan na militar ang namamahala, sa Pinas ay sinisikreto pa!” A congenital LIAR is a congenital LIAR is a….! Shame on you Unano!!! And with regards to the priests helping Gloria, bistado na…wala ngang mga Bayag, di ba?
Dapat talagang ang PEKEng Unano ng Malakanyang ang IGAPOS sa barbwire kasama ng mga KAMPON niya”
Isa pa Luz, sina Cory daw ang nagbalik ng demokrasya. Okay, nasaan siya ngayon at anong ginagawa niya sa ZTE deal scam? Wala man lang kaunting imik. Kung tahimik ang CBCP, tahimik din si Cory at grupo niya. Hindi niyo ba nahahalata?
But look at the barbed wire and container vans protecting the Malacanang it is the mentality of our Generals who are running scared, afraid that their accumulated misdemeanours will catch up with them – and they will, sooner than they think. If we believe in true democracy then for sure its just a matter of time when it forces the release of our ‘True’ honorable AFP leaders to be released from custody. Assperon and his fellow corrupt dishonorable officers surrounding him fear this the most – they will be defeated! no amount of barbed wire will stop the defeat.
Pechanco,
Tahimik na siya kasi nanalo na si Noynoy. Nag-ingay lang siya nun para makisakay at manalo sa eleksyon ang anak niya. It remains to be seen what is Noynoy made of!
Si Cory at FVR, mga buhay pa naman pero tameme na. Si FVR ay alam nating hawak ni Gloria pero si Cory na siya pa mandin pasimuno sa pag-traydor kay Erap para mailagay ang korona sa ulo ni Gloria ay sarado ang bibig ngayon! Well, kasi nga ay naipanalo na niya si Noynoy!
Matanda na si Cory pero hindi pa naman siya ulyanin, malaki ang sagutin niya sa pinoy sa nangyaring EDSA 2, pero mukhang iniwan na rin niya ang responsibilidad na maitayong muli ang kanilang binuwag na Konstitustyon.
Hindi ako nagtataka kung bakit ang mga ordinaryong pinoy ay mas gusto pang ‘matulog’ kesa sa ‘gumising’!
I’m so glad that both Luz and Chi share my view about Cory. Kung may Corysta dito, you may speak up? Luz, you hit the bull’s eye when you said nag-ingay lang si Cory noon para makisakay sa kandidatura ng opposition ang anak niyang si Noynoy. Oo nga ano. Now that Noynoy has been elected, what is he doing? Tahimik. Don’t be surprised if Cory and Gloria has struck a new deal. After all, cabalen naman sila.
It’s a shame for our midget president to mingle with Myanmar problem while she herself could not know and ignoring her own country’s problem. Democracy on her vocabulary revised the meaning. She ruled the country by her own selfish drafted constitution. She ignored the idea of constitutionalism is the key to comprehending an advanced conceptualization of democracy. Constitution means limited government and the rule of law to prevent the arbitrary use of power, to protect human rights, to regulate democratic procedures in elections not the counting of oblivion souls and public policymaking, and to achieve a community’s shared purposes.
Our most corrupt president at present trying to achieve in Myanmar something that is very difficult to achieve: Their democracy and stability. She choose one conflict in Myanmar and then task will become much more easy for her. Forget democracy! achieve stability first. Then work to improve economy. And only after that start to worry about other country’s problem. She knows deep in her heart that she could not achieve stability without democracy in her country. In Gloria’s democracy it works this way. She will take full power and puts in charge his relatives and friends: ones who will benefit most. Those people will hire their relatives and friends – to make them nepotism officers in her corrupt government,
Democracy under Gloria’s regime , In reality, nothing. What we have is a polluted democracy, a deluded democracy, a deceitful democracy, an artificial democracy which in reality amounts to no democracy but only to a democratic appearance. It fools the public while supporting the interest of the economic elite of her chosen neocons.
Who says that there is democracy in the Philippines? Filipinos think they have democracy because they have not seen one until perhaps they have gone to a country that is practicing the basic principles of what democracy is, a government FOR, OF and BY the people, especially this last part that says that all LAW-ABIDING citizens of the land has the right to claim that the government is not without him or her, and that those who want to serve in the government can never be above those who pay for their keep, even when they themselves are supposed to pay their taxes!!!
I have seen enough to say that the Philippines is nothing but a farce. No thanks to Uncle Sam which left the Philippines under the leadership and hands of crooks!!!
I prefer the idea of a revolution sans any foreign government meddling in Philippine affairs.
As for the unano’s meddling in Burmese affair, mahiya siya! Ang kapal! Buti nga sinupalpal ng mga katulad niyang ungas doon.
Aung San Suu Kyi is no GLORC, no doubt. She is what she is—her patriotic’s father’s daughter. Gloria is more like her grandfather’s granddaughter, and yes, Dadong Macapagal’s daughter, too. It was her father, in fact, who caused the Philippines what my late professor in history at UP used to tell us, “Macapagal is the cause of all the woes of this (meaning our generation) and future generations of Filipinos. Don’t even forget that he has incurred debts the Philippines will never be able to pay, not this nor any future generation of Filipinos.” The daughter apparently, has added more!
Marcos, at least, was elected by the people even once in 1966. The creep now ruling the Philippines has never been voted by the people as president. Who knows, baka pati victory niya sa Senate and VP, nakaw din! Sabi nga, once a thief, always a thief. Heaven forbid!
I refuse to call Burma “Myanmar” as my friends in the Burmese movement have told me they still would prefer their country not be called as such. I respect their opinion.
Sabi ni Lingayen Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz:
“And as expected, it is the general public that pays anything and everything Malacañang not only does but does badly. Even the poorest of the poor pay indirect taxes in exactly the same amount as the richest of the rich do. That is why the moment a baby is born, it already pays indirect taxes in the electricity he or she needs, the cotton and alcohol used. This is not to mention the standing fact that every unborn baby has already incurred a multimillion-peso debt — and increasing.
The government has no money? No problem! Make people pay. Raise taxes. Milk them to death. This government cannot pay? No big deal! Make the next government through next generations pay. Oh Filipino! Where do you go? What do you do? Up to when will you endure? How much are you willing to bear?”
To Archbishop Cruz,
Since isa kayo sa mga kaparian na may moral authority (natural hindi kasama si Gaudencio Rosales at Soc Villegas na nasa payroll ni Gloria), tulad ng ginawa ng mga monks sa Myanmar, umpisahan nang labanan ang naghaharing kadiliman sa ilalim ng nakaw na pamumuno ni Gloria. Ang taong bayan ay nakahandang makiisa sa inyo sa pagpapalaya ng ating bayan. It is the battle of the GOOD versus EVIL!
I’m confused with the exact name of the country, Burma or Myanmar. For the West and the enemies, they stick to the old name Burma after independence from the British. But the military regime changed it to Myanmar. If you ask me, I prefer Mumar because it reminds me of the the past basketball player Larry Mumar. Magaling na manlalaro iyan na naging asawa ni Connie Angeles, an actress. Sorry for my cornyness (is there such a word?). Kung minsan kailangan ng kaunting joke kung hindi mabu-buang tayo sa mga nangyayari ngayon sa loob at labas ng bansa.
Kung magnanakaw ka ng poder, lagi kang matatakot na aagawin din ito sa iyo. GMA and Esperon know that the power they hold is stolen. Any restlessness in the citizenry shall never be tolerated because the truth will set them free. Sayang sa Burma, mukhang mananalo uli ang dahas ng militar. Sa atin, habang may naninidigan, hinding hindi tayo matatalo. Pero hindi matitigil ng pipitsuging barbed wire ang hinanakit ng taong bayan.
During Marcos’ time, just before the fall, he also grew increasingly paranoid, and barbed wire was practically a permanent fixture around Malacañang.
Pechanco, correction lang, si Coney Reyes ang former wife ni Larry Mumar at hindi si Connie Angeles. Hala baka magalit si Ms. Angeles.
Gloria barked in the UN the following lies:
““The Philippines is the most democratic country in our region. We have no tolerance for human rights violations at home or abroad,” the President said in her address.”
This woman is barking mad. She doesn’t know what she’s saying anymore!
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20070929185
This woman knows no other language but the language of profanity…
What she tried to tell the people in the UN is that there’s no extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, no illegal detention, no child labour, no prostitution of minors, no hunger, no floating kids around Manila Bay scavenging for food… that everything is nice and easy in the Philippines, that the whole world is wrong and that she is right!
My gosh, I know this woman lies but lying as brazenly as she does in front of all those delegates? One has to be really, trully gone barking mad to even pronounce such words.
Sabi nga ni Yuko, hindi na kinilabutan!
Dapat diyan kay Gloria ay supalpalin ng ambassador ng Burma:
“You are telling us to free Aung San Suu Kyi, e ikaw itong ayaw palabasin sa kulungan ang isang militar na ibinoto na 11 million voters? Gaga! Huwag mo kaming pakialaman, luka luka!”
Nagwawala na naman itong punyetang lukaret sa UN!
Coming from her mouth, the word democracy is pure profanity!
Ah Luz, si Connie Reyes pala. Sorry. May edad ka na rin pala kaya alam mo…he, he. Anyway, the photo posted here looks like this Bunye. Pagmasdan niyo ng mabuti.
Democracy is not given to citizens by the government, it is taken by the citizens from the government. Democracy means all power to the people – above all other issues. It means that society is run by it’s citizens, rather than the rich [aristocracy] an individual [despotism] a royal family [monarchy], or a clergy [theocracy].
When a government ceases to attend to the needs of its general population, such a government has failed and must be overthrown. Otherwise, there is no reason pretending and canvassing for electioneering activities that would be rigged with impunity while Abalos, Garci, Bedol are around. As long as this mischaracterized administration is concerned the citizenry means nothing. It is therefore imperative to be aware of corrupt political establishments of today and place them on the speed radar. These corrupt politicians if not taken down today than later will not allow any political light for stability, political purity and authenticity in the near future. We must reject avarice and money-bags and other self-serving characters now. We must entrench moral character for a society without moral character and moral authority is doomed. Restoration of morality, integrity and dignity are the hallmarks of stability, continuity and sustainable development—at the local, regional level. A family with moral authority works together and stays together for a stable and strong community and or institution.
What I am observing; Pinoy society is waiting-around for institutional political self-change, waiting for heavens to do it for them is indeed a coward and disturbed society. If someone is waiting for foreign interventionists to form political alliances for country’s existence and survival, free of corruption and instability, they will indeed wait for along time. It is the responsibility of the citizenry to fight for their freedom for that’s how other country’s societies were built. Jay Cynikho have posted on other tread about his whistle bomb, the canyon kawayan de calburo and it made sense to me, send them to the gallows to pay for their treacheries and irredeemable, untrustworthiness and institutional shame. They have no contribution to our countrymen except opportunistic machinations zeroed in corruption.
Cocoy and others, please try to make your comments concise. Lengthy comments turn off readers.
Where is America? the champion of democracy, the manufacturer and exporter of democracy? Instead, supporting dictators of the globe, i.e Marcos, Gloria, etc.
Pechanco and Luzviminda:
When I heard the news, it reminds me of my own personal experiences during the Cory’s People Power / Military Takeover. We were in Mendiola doing some Photojournalism with friends from Manila Bulletin, we thought the Marines will not dare lay hands on us for we have our Press Card, but that changed just like that. Nag barilin kami, that was when we realized that we were not bullet proof. ha ha ha What an experience it was.. That experience changed me forever, few months after I left the country.
When put in a situation where choices are limited to just one, Live or Die and you have a family, that is a different story. Imagine how these Monks feels? Tough.
At least may contemporary na ako, he he he si Larry Mumar (Connie Reyes) panabay nila Freddie Webb at Elias Tolentino ng Yco painters at Atoy Co (Alona Alegre) Manny Paner (Daisie Romualdez) eh si Tembong Melencio, wag nating kalimutan si Yoyong Martirez at si Dave Regullano…..
Tilamsik:
its all in the name of their “National Interest”. Pag meron all out support pag naramdaman na patatalsikin na tulungan pa nila ang kalaban para mabango sila. Mga original na Balimbing
Kung baga sabi nga ni Dolphy, MAY ASIM pa ba? May silbi pa ba ang Pinas sa interest ng Puti? Siguro meron pa, kasi bakit nandoon sila nagsusumiksik sa Mindanao at hindi sa dyan sa Cordillera? He he he he
Lakas din ng loob: “Arroyo urged a Women’s Group in New York, organized by American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to come up with a formal letter asking the Myanmar government to free Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.”
Sagot ng Women’s Group:
Dear Madam President:
We the undersigned respectfully request that you stand in front of a mirror and read this aloud so you can understand and comprehend it: GLORIA YOU DO THE SAME.
Sincerely,
New York Women’s Group
Enclosure: Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror (tama ba?)
Oooops namali ng release si Gloria Pidal:
Si Chairman Abalos ang inirelease….
AdBrux says: “Coming from her mouth, the word democracy is pure profanity!”
Coming from gloria’s mouth, the word democracy is pure TAE!
Despite from all allegations of corruptions and wrongdoings in her Government and her majesty doing nothing about them, which by assumption she is in complicit to all, it is the Height of Hypocrisy to tell others when the Skeletons are piled in her closet. Madame President, clean up your own house before sticking your nose in other’s business and clean it good, regardless if even you have to include yourself and your dearest “touch my husband not”.
Who ever invented the barbed wire, sure not for political reason. Oh my God! why suddenly the wire became a symbol of repression & dictatorship! Panginoon kaylan matatanggal ang alambreng tinik sa pinto ng Palasyo?
Just came back from a whole day spiritual rejuvenation, etc., including participation in a rally against SLORC in Tokyo.
Then, I switched on my TV, and voila, another protest, this time in Pakistan, and I wondered, when is the Philippines going to be next to Burma and Pakistan.
Golly, wala na bang may yagbols sa bansang sinilangan? Kawawang bansa!
Wow, nagwawala iyong ipokrita sa NYC? Wala bang adviser ang ungas to tell her to shut up and just look at herself in the mirror? Anong pinag-iba niya sa SLORC. GLORC, kapareho mo lang sila! Mangilabot ka sa pagmumukha mo! SLORC=GLORC, GLORC=SLORC!
That Marcos clearly held the entire Philippines captive during his tenure as president, is an understatement.
Cory came to power promptly declaring a revolutionary government and thence calling for the ratification of a new Constitution. The emergence of Kamag-anak, Inc., may be generally attributed to Cory for having allowed it in the first place. We, the governed, are also partly to blame for having failed to subject her administration to reasonable scrutiny.
FVR coming on the heels of Cory’s endorsement ruled next. Though far from being clean, we, again, failed to scrutinize shady moves by his administration.
We had Erap, whose misdeeds were blatant enough to wake people up. And, wake up, we did, as we demanded accountability from him regarding his perceived hand in corruption.
Now, we have Aling Gloria, whose misdeeds are far more blatant, far more scandalous (in terms of the amount involved and the brazenness by which they are conducted) than those of all his predecessors combined. It would be a mistake if we lose our focus and allow ourselves to wallow in past mistakes while this administration continues to ravage the nation with a sense of impunity unheard of in civilized societies.
“…than those of all HER predecessors combined…”
Anna,
Nabwsit si Dubya sa babaeng lukaret. Bumalik na sa Pinas pero kahit ‘Hello Dubya’ ay nada! The spin machines were trumpeting that Condi will see the Korap Gloria in NY. Hahahah! Nada rin. Kung meron e di sana naka kodak with bold captions pa sa mga diaryo dito ni Lukaret!
Si Bill lang ang nagtiyaga! Nagising si Dubya that he wouldn’t recover from damage if he saw this Korap Kwin!
“Coming from gloria’s mouth, the word democracy is pure TAE!”
Mrivera,
I would have said kaning-baboy, pero mas tumpak ang sabi mo!
“We had Erap, whose misdeeds were blatant enough to wake people up. And, wake up, we did, as we demanded accountability from him regarding his perceived hand in corruption.”
Ka Enchong,
Who are “we”?
I was not a part of it and the majority of pinoy. Though I was not an Erap supporter, I avoided to become a part of trampling the Philippine Constitution!
The problems is even after his conviction, the Sandiganbayan failed to establish ‘without reasonable doubt’ Erap’s “perceived hand in corruption”.
Sure, Erap was not clean, but the “without reasonable doubt” were just words from Gloria forced into the mouths of the justices…’yan ang nakakainis!
dito po sa southern california ay dinadaan na lang sa biruan ang mga kapalpakan ni GMA dyan kasama ang kanyang mga demonyong alipores, gaya ng isang eto:
ano daw ang bagong sikat na banda sa pinas: broadband
ang bagong pinoy dictionary ng corruption : back off
ano ang meaning ng comelec : fixer
ang top grosser na golfer sa us : tiger woods
ang top grosser na golfer sa pinas : abalos
ang meaning ng FG : full of greed
ang worst tragedy sa us : 911(twin tower}
ang worst tragedy sa pinas : 411(ht ni GMA)
sori…beyond reasonable doubt.
Chi:
Human nature, di makita ng tao ang malaki pero yung maliit nakikita. Eraps misdeed were so miniscule compared to what, Cory, FCR and The Pidal Dynastty did. There are more revelations to come, believe you in me.
The biggest misdeed that Erap comitted? ABS. Alak Babe Sugal. The elite and the Catholic church cant take it. Eraps policy tends to lean more with the Masa, but the Masa failed to realized that. At least di wallet ng Government and dinukutan ni Erap kung nandukot man. At least may principle yung tao, di nagbenta ng tao. Ang mali lang ni ?Erap, he trusted to much the F#$*ng double faced Elites he sorrounded himself.
You know why I hate more these days those “we” who trampled the Constitution?
Dahil kung hindi sa kanila ay wala akong makikita na litrato ni Jazen Cordero na ang opisina ng ama ay gusali na “barbwired”, ni Daniel anak ni Capt. Frederick na hinahanap ang ama nang gumadradweyt, at mga batang ‘wala ring ama’ dahil sa katarantaduhan ni Gloria na sinuportahan ng “we”!
Kung hindi sa “we”, hindi nakakulong ngayon sina Gen. Miranda and other honorable men na napapaligiran ng barbed-wires!
Talaga, Chi. And if you trace further, the root of all these is Gloria Arroyo’s ambition to be president, by hook or by crook. It turned out all crooks.
magkano kaya ang tinatanggap ni SOC VILLEGAS at CARDINAL GAUDENCIO ROSALES mula sa payroll ni GLORIA ARROYO aka GLORIA PIDAL buwan buwan thru medy? sa tantiya ko hindi bababa 6 digits monthly.
tanong, bakit binanatan ni unelected president GLORIA ARROYO aka GLORIA PIDAL aka “TIYANAK” ang myanmar sa UN? kasi nataltalbugan na siya sa civil rights violations dito sa pinas. gusto niya siya lang ang may hawak ng korona na may pinakamaraming namamatay na aktibista, journalist, judges, etc.
ellen, kami dito sa san francisco, ca ay hangang-hanga to your being a fearless journalist, walang pinipili.
Ellen,
Yes, Ellen. Wala ng mapiling hindi “crook” ngayon. Who can tell us even a single name in Gloria’s fake admin who was/is not crook?
Lahat ng pinoy ngayon ay preso sa Tanay, sa kahirapan, sa kawalanghiyaan, sa kapipihan, sa kakorapan, etc.
Ang mga tulad ko na nasa overseas at tulad ninyo na lumalaban diyan sa Pinas ay bilanggo pa rin, nakapreso ang ating mga adhikain para sa kagalingan ng bansa na palaging napapawalan ng saysay dahil sa ‘barbed-wires’ present in every section of Pinas society!
‘Yang barbed-wires’ sa Tanay ay simbolo ng panggigipit at abuses sa kapinuyan. Ngayon sa bahaging ito ay pwede kong isama pati ang “we”!
Totie, not because of in defense of the Marines during Marcos time, your experience and the incident was an isolated case. People were shot and killed by the Marines during Martial Law and the period of unrest toward the day of Marcos ouster, but you don’t know how worse it is today. It’s not even Martial Law. Since you left the country, have you experienced and witnessed the bruatlity of this GMA regime? Alam mo ba na kung talagang mga tarantado lang ang mga Marines sa Edsa Uno, maraming tao, pari at madre na ang namatay. Kahit nga bomba ng tubig o tear gas wala. You have seen on TV how Marcos rejected Gen. Ver’s plea to attack the crowd.
Tilamsik, to the US it’s selective democracy. They only want the kind of democracy that suits their interest. It’s the US that defines what democracy is. If the government or leader is their friend, they brand the opposition forces as rebels and threat to democracy. If the leader or government is their enemy, they call the opposition as heroes and advocates of democracy. That has been America’s policy since the beginning. Depende kung kaibigan ka o hindi.
Pechanco: In reality my experience which was the same experience by a alot of my then colleagues, marks the trashing and intimidation of media people. I also know that story where Marcos refused to heed General Ver’s plea.
I followed the events from Tabako all the way to Gloria, and I feel the pain that a lot feels. Pechanco, I remained a Pinoy Citizen all these years and never ever raised my hand denouncing my citizenship. In those over 20 years there countless number of times where I campaigned to a lot investors to do business in the Phils, only to come back to me and tell in my face they cant for they cant deal the exessive corruptiuon. At marami rami na rin tayong nalaman dito sa labas na noon nandiyan pa ako sa Pinas ni di ko alam that exist.
Pechanco: Remember the eaarly years of Martial Law, first 10 years, how peaceful and robust our economy then. Sometimes a lot of us hates to admit it, but it seems it was better during the early Marcos time (10-14 yrs) than the combined hell the Philippines experience from Cory to Pidal. Mas maraming gutom ngayon kesa noon. At least si Cosmar pag gumawa ng kagaguhan in line pa rin sa batas (kahit na siya ang gumawa ng batas) itong si bansot, di na gumawa ng batas di pa rin sinusunod ang batas.
Correct me if I am wrong, kung walang mabuti sa legacy ni Marcos bakit marami pa rin sa mga batas na ginawa noong panahon nya ang hanggang sa ngayon ginagamit pa. It stood the test of time.
Totie,
Because Marcos was a brilliant lawyer. No comparisson there – Gloria is not even good at what she pretends to be, that of an economist.
Ellen,
Suggestion: would be good to regularly re-publish Mike Arroyo’s boast that was published (of his interview with Graphic magazine I think) of how he and Gloria planned the downfall of Estrada for a year.
Totie, where are you based now? Marcos did good during the first 10 years of Martial Law. Not that long because Marcos succumbed to temptation after only five years. I should say the first three years was the best. Naalala ko pa na pumipila ang mga tao at magagalang ang mga pulis. There was curfew so crime was at its lowest record. But human as Marcos was who succumbed to temptation not only with women but friends, trouble began especially with his wife’s Imelda lording all over the country. Nagsamantala ang mga Romualdez. Nagsamantala ang mga kumpare at kaibigan ni Marcos…Tan, Cojuangco, Benedicto, Ablan, Farinas and of course the Singsons. After that famous Dovie Beans scandal broke up, naging maamo parang tupa si Marcos kay Imelda. That was the beginning of the fall of the Marcos Empire. Yet, he has built schools, bridges and other infastractures that benefited the people. Kahit na ang Bataan Power Plant ay maganda ang layunin ni Marcos having a vision that one day RP would experience energy problem like the rest of the world. Pero ano ang ginawa ni Cory? Sinara ang Plant kahit na nagbabayad ang gobyerno ng million araw-araw. To Cory, anything identified with Marcos even if they were good must go.
Chi,
“We” included me, a Filipino who, while away from the Philippines then, demanded that public officials be held accountable for their misdeeds- and, like it or not, Erap had lots of them. “We” refers to Pinoys (as to whether they constitute the majority then, that’s debatable, to say the least) who wanted to see Erap resign. However, I qualify that “we” did not include Mike Arroyo and his evil design. “We” found out only much later how “we” were used.
Though, I am also unconvinced that plunder was proved “beyond reasonable doubt” in Erap’s case, he still has sins (beyond merely ABS) to atone for.
Then, the issue was Erap, Aling Gloria was a mere by-product. To bring Erap back as an issue now, even to raise the spectre of a de Castro presidency as an eventual by-product, would only deflect attention away from Aling Gloria.
Aling Gloria is the biggest issue now. “We” won’t mind if Aling Gloria gets taken down even extra-constitutionally.
Thanks, Damag46
buti pa sa myanmar, yung mga monks, malakas ang loob.
yung mga obispo at mga madre, nasaan na kaya? nagbibilang pa ba ng pera? at wag nating kalimutan si medy poblador!
human rights ba sinasabi ni gloria? bakit yung kay jonas wala pa ring kinahihinatnan? napakasinungaling ng lukaret!
Bakit akala ninyo ba kumilos si Sin noon without getting anything? Malaki rin ang nakukuha kay Imelda ni Sin sabi ni Imelda pero peso na walang ibinatbat sa dolyar na pabuya ng US.
Iyon ngang kinidnap iyong hapon na si Wakaoji, alam ng mga media dito kung magkano ang napunta kay Sin, at may nagsabing may cut din si Cory lalo na nang palayain ng mga kumidnap iyong hapon pagkatapos na magbayad ng ransom. I should know, ako ang nag-translate ng subtitles noong special tungkol doon na ipinalabas sa Japanese TV.
Huwag nang asahan ang mga pare and madre. Tignan ninyo iyong KKK hindi nagtiwala sa mga pare at madre. Nag-succeed naman sila in a way, kaya nga lang napasukan ng mga dugong aso!
nakakahiyang pagkukunwari at pagiging manhid ng isang umaastang pinunong isinusuka ng halos buong sambayanan! pagtatakip at pagtatago sa katotohanang isa sa mga nangungunang pamahalaang lumalabag at yumuyurak sa karapatang pantao lalo na sa mga kritiko at pulitikal na kasalungat ng abusadong administrasyon. nagmamagaling sa panghihimasok sa suliranin ng ibang bansa sa kabila ng mas talamak na katiwalian at kawalanghiyaang siya MISMO ang pasimuno sa kanyang HUWAD na gobyerno!
kahit lantad ang kaliwa’t kanang pangungurakot sa pangunguna nilang HAYUP na mag-asawa’t ginagaya ng kanilang mga alipores, laganap na paghihikahos at kagutuman, paghahasik ng kaguluhan at pananakot, pagsukot at pagpatay sa mga kritiko at kalaban sa pulitika, paninikil sa karapatang pantao at tuwirang pagbalewala sa sagradong kapangyarihan ng balota ay pinagmimistulang busilak sa kalinisan ang kaniyang pamunuan sa harap ng pandaigdigang pagpupulong katulad ng ginanap sa UN.
nakaririmarim! nakakasuka! nakakasuklam!
gloria, NAKAKAHIYA ka! SOBRANG KAPAL NG MUKHA MONG WALANG KAHIHIYAN!
bago ka manghimasok at magmalinis sa pamamahay ng may pamamahay, PAGMASDAN mo muna ang nagkalat na BASURA sa loob ng iyong sariling bahay! isipin mo muna kung paano mo mapipigil ang patuloy na pagtambak ng BASURANG ito sa loob ng iyong pamamahay at siguradong hindi mo alam ang gagawin sapagkat KAYO MISMONG MAG-ANAK ang ngakalat na basura sa loob ng malakanyang!