Let’s watch closely the unraveling of the ZTE conspiracy. I will only believe that there is justice in this country if the real big fishes, who are Gloria Arroyo and her husband, and their co-conspirators are dumped in jail.
Update:
Joey de Venecia: Abalos bugged me
That means the military was again used by Gloria Arroyo for another crime of monumental plunder. That’s why you have Arroyo invoking the “secrecy” of the military. Secrecy in the crime against the Filipino people.
By Raul Pangalangan
Inquirer
The public response to the conviction of former president Joseph Estrada has been mixed because the issue that was decided by a court of law–namely, whether Erap was guilty or innocent–is inextricably bound up with an issue that can only be decided in the court of public opinion: whether we have treated the man fairly by prosecuting him while letting innumerable malevolent Malacañang allies get away scot free.
These are two separate and distinct discourses, each guided by a different set of rules. We confuse ourselves when we shuttle back and forth unconsciously, using the same term–justice–as if it meant the same thing in both contexts.
Are you going to heed her appeal for support?
by Jocelyn Montemayor
In the light of an expected backlash from the conviction of President Joseph Estrada for plunder, President Arroyo Wednesday night called on public and private leaders in positions of responsibility to stand by her.
“I am bound and determined to captain a steady ship,” she said at the launch of the forum for peace attended by Christian bishops, Muslim ulamas (preachers) and military and police officials in Malacañang.
While everybody’s blood pressure was shooting up over the Sandiganbayan decision finding Erap guilty of plunder while Gloria Arroyo, the biggest crook of them all, continues to be in Malacañang enjoying her stolen power, I went on a leisurely stroll at Greenbelt in Makati. I discovered something fascinating.
The first cubicle in the women’s restroom in Greenbelt 3 has a bidet. I have seen this gadget in hotels in Japan but this is the first time I saw one installed in a public toilet.
On the right wall next to the toilet bowl are several buttons. I pressed the button that says “Anal wide nozzle” and I felt l that part of my body being cleaned while I just sat and relaxed.
Kung guilty si Erap ng plunder, ano gagawin sa pinakamalaking magnanakaw na si Gloria Arroyo?
Maari bang makulong si Erap samantalang ang mas malaking magnanakaw, hindi lamang ng pera kungdi boto ng taumbayan ay nagpapasarap sa Malacañang?
Ang mga anomalya ni Gloria (Thanks to DJB) http://www.philippinecommentary.blogspot.com/:
by Ashzel Hachero
THE United Opposition (UNO) yesterday said the guilty verdict handed down by the Sandiganbayan on former President Joseph was the last piece in the Arroyo administration’s “illegitimacy puzzle.”
“We knew that Erap was bound to be convicted regardless of the facts of the case, or else GMA’s ascension to the presidency in 2001 cannot be deemed anything else but illegal and contrary to proper procedure. Within that context, they had to find him guilty,” said Makati Mayor and UNO president Jejomar Binay.
He said if this was the “closure” sought and achieved in the Estrada case, it follows that similar closure would have to be attained in the many cases of fraud and corruption under the Arroyo administration.
It’s guilty for plunder for Estrada.
Not guilty for perjury.
Jinggoy and Edward Serapio, not guilty.
by Evangeline de Vera
The Supreme Court en banc yesterday issued a temporary restraining order on the $329 million National Broadband Network project which the Department of Transportation and Communications entered into with the Chinese firm ZTE Corporation.
The high court granted the consolidated petitions of Iloilo Vice Gov. Rolex Suplico and Amsterdam Holdings Inc. (AHI) pending its decision on Suplico’s prayer to declare the broadband contract as unconstitutional.
The high court did not act on Suplico’s request to set the case for oral arguments.
On the eve of the Sandiganbayan verdict on the plunder and perjury case against former President Estrada, here are some of the thoughts being shared around by text or email:
From a friend close to the Estrada family: “Be daring in your prayers. God still works miracles.”
Akbayan issued a statement that whatever the verdict is, it’s tainted due to the interference of Malacañang in a process that should remain credible and beyond reproach.
Sabay-sabay ngayon pumuputok ang re-opening ng “Hello Garci” at ang anomalya sa P16 bilyon na ZTE broadband project.
Bilyon yan ha, siyam na zero.
Sa “Hello Garci” natutumbok na si Gloria Arroyo sa cover-up ng eskandalo. Sa ZTE broadband project, hanggang kay Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos pa lang.
At medyo mayroong mga tao na ang gusto ay hanggang kay Abalos lang. Ayaw nilang umakyat pa sa mas mataas, Di ba ang impeachment na i-file sa House of Representatives ay kay Abalos lang?