They have rediscovered the word “granted.”
Yesterday, the panel hearing the court martial cases of mutiny and conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman against 28 officers allegedly involved in the plan to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo in February 2006, granted the motion of the defense lawyers to adjourn the hearing because of the failure of the Trial Judge Advocate to notify all the accused officers and defense lawyers on the hearing yesterday.
The prosecution admitted that they sent only notices to five lawyers saying that the statement of law member Col. Marian Aleido after the Nov. 15 hearing was adjourned served as “implied knowledge” of the Nov.23 hearing.
Since the start of the court martial proceedings almost a year ago, this is the second time that we can recall that the panel granted the motion of the defense lawyers. The first one was when Brig. Gen. Danny Lim complained about Esperon “playing God” and not allowing Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda to be brought to the hospital after the latter fell in the bathroom.It had always been “denied, denied, denied”.
Atty. Vicente Verdadero, lawyer for Gen. Lim and Capt. Dante Langkit, said he was not notified about the hearing yesterday. He sensed “something amiss” so he came.
It was not only the selective notification that was not right in yesterday’s proceedings. The custodian said Capt. Langkit, who is detained in Fort Bonifacio, was on his way to Tanay and would only be late. We found out Capt. Langkit never left Fort Bonifacio. He and his custodian were never notified about yesterday’s hearing.
Something’s amiss indeed. I’ll write more about this on Monday.
Photo captions:
1. Col. Querubin and Maj. Basilio Pooten, military lawyer.
2.Maj. Leomar Jose Doctolero. Col. Armando Bañez. Behind them are Atty. Vicente Caoile, Capt. Isagani Criste, Col. Achilles Segumalian, Col. Januario Caringal.
3. Brig. Gen. Danny Lim and Maj. Jason Aquino.
4. Lt. Homer Estolas
5. Lt. Sandro Sereño
6. Lt. Belinda Ferrer
7. Lt. Richiemel Caballes and wife, Debbie
8. Capt. Allan Aurino
9. Capt. Frederick Sales and Capt. Joey Fontiveros
Isn’t that Armida’s son, Carlitos Siguion-Reyna? Was Bibeth Orteza (a frequent blogger of Ellen’s) there, too?
Yung bantay ni Lt. Belinda Ferrer, kakambal niya?
What? The court failed to notify all the detainees and their lawyers about the hearing yesterday? How incompetent! Unbelievable!
What happens in time of war? Hindi alam ang gagawin? Susmaryosep!
Patalsikin na, now na! Pati na iyong mga gunggong sa AFP, DoJ, etc.!
Parang mga hitad at hilong talilong itong si Esperon at kanyang mga galamay when they failed to notify Atty. Vicente Verdadero, lawyer for Brig. Gen. Danny Lim and Capt.Dante Langkit about the hearing. Wala na, mga wala nang bait sa sarili. Marahil ramdam na rin nilang hindi na sila magtatagal.
At ganun din itong si goria sa pagpapalaya sa isang akusadong pumatay kay Ninoy Aquino. Ang sabi ni Sergio Apostol, hindi raw umano alam ni goria na isa si Pablo Martinez, sa mga convicted killers ni Ninoy Aquino nang pirmahan ang pardon matapos ang 24-taong pagkakakulong. Talaga naman kapag pekeng prisidinti. Eh kung hindi ba naman, pirma lang ba siya nang pirma? Parang approved without thinking. Kaya yong pamimigay ng cash gifts, pwedeng may pirma rin si goria. Kung kaya nagkakandarapa at mukhang baliw ang mga alipores sa pagsasabing walang alam ang bosyang nila.
Yes Tongue,Carlitos attended the hearing yesterday. Bibeth was not there.
Sorry, it’s only now that I’m doing the captions.
The accused were telling Carlitos that he was their good luck charm. It was only when he was there that the panel said the word “granted.”
Tongue, bakit naman maging kakambal ni Lt. Ferrer yung custodian niya? Ang ganda=ganda naman ni Lt. Ferrer.
We often kid Lt. Ferrer that we would nominate her to join the next Pinoy Big Brother. She has plenty of experience in confinement.
In an earlier thread ( Outbursts from coup suspects mar mutiny hearing, Nov. 17, 2007)I related an incident during a break in the Nov. 16 hearing.
Before the start of yesterday’s hearing, Atty. Verdadero approached to correct my entry here of what he said to Col Loy Friday last week:(During one of the many recesses, when tension was high, Atty. Vic Verdadero told Loy to his face: “Ang utak mo Loy kasing liit ng (male organ) mo.” He even made a hand gesture indicating an inch long.)
He said what he told Loy was:”Bobo. Kasing liit ng (male organ) mo ang utak mo, kung mayroon ka.”
Ellen,
Siguro totoo yong tinuran ni Atty. Verdadero kay Col. Loy, Bobo. Kasing liit ng ( ) ang utak mo kung mayroon ka. Kung ako ang sinabihan ng ganun, idedemanda ko siya ng estafa, I mean, oral defamation. Wala atang reaction, ibig sabihin, aminadong bobo si Col. Loy. I could imagine, pang borloloy lamang ang kanyang pagka sundalo. Baka tu-loy na yang magladlad.
Pinuna pala ang “shortcomings” ni Loy.
Thanks for sharing the pictures…Kahit na hirap na hirap na sila sa mga parusa na wala namang silang sala..they seem to be in good spirits…stout hearted men indeed..Si Lt. Belinda Ferrer..siya lang ang babae sa grupo..ano naman ang kanyang kasalanan?..”conduct unbecoming of a gentleman?” she is a lady in the strictest sense of the word..hindi kaya ni goria.. she is no lady!
Naisahan na naman si Esperon ng kanyang mga bantay salakay.Itong mga Trial Judge Advocate ay nilalaro lang nila ang kaso,hindi na legal battle ang labanan dito kundi mind games at elementary school boys pitik taenga.kung sino ang tuso siya ang panalo.Okey lang! Basta’t tuloy ang suweldo ng mga sundalo.Ganon din naman ang suma niyan kahit ma dismiss ang kaso nila,lahat sila ay ididistino sa barko habang si Esperon ang amo.Mag mamarino silang lahat under “floater armada” Ilalagay silang kalat sa isang barko na M/V NEVER MOVE or USS IDLESEA.
An inch genital statistic won’t pass stretch and strength test, it’s only good for a nose bleed band-aid. Reject kay Inday.hehehehe
Rose: “hindi kaya ni goria.. she is no lady!”
Sinabi mo pa. That’s why I never give the short woman that privilege and right to be called “lady” because it entails propriety and the short woman aka “kulimbat,” etc. does not have that. Ni hindi ko nga matawag na “president” knowing how she got the position na sabi ni Susan Roces na ninakaw “not just once but twice.” Tindi!!!
Patalsikin na, NOW na!
“An inch genital statistic won’t pass stretch and strength test, it’s only good for a nose bleed band-aid. Reject kay Inday.hehehehe”
pareng cocoy,
ano ‘yun SISINGHUTIN lang?
o baka gawin lang pantutpik ni inday?
yehehehey!
Pareng Mrivera;
I’m glad you are back in class, although we missed Governor Joeseg a lot. Kaya nga lagi kitang gustong kasama dahil puno ka ng sense of humor,hehehehe!
Ang sabi mo ay supot si Esperon,ang sabi ko naman ay kapon si Loy.Kay Barias kaya,ano ang masasabi ni Tongue?
Ang cute ni Lt. Ferrer!!! Aaaawwwww!!!
Anna, i took the political compass test
My score:
Economic -2.62
Social Libertarian: -4.56
In the sphere of Gandhi and Fidel Castro.
So what does that make of me?
TP, for the whole dialogue of that colorful exchange among Atty. Verdadero, Col. Loy and Col. Segumalian, check out this in an earlier thread:
“Yesterday, the panel………..granted the motion of the defense lawyers to adjourn the hearing because of the failure of the Trial Judge Advocate to notify all the accused officers and defense lawyers on the hearing yesterday.”
alahoy!
nagbabago na baga ang ihep ng hangen? o, baka naman kaya napahiya la’ang si eltikol “dyutay” loy kaya pinagbigyan ang mosyon ng depens panel ng mga akyusd?
o, baka naman parang sinisilihan na ang kanilang mga budhing parang sinasalab sa dagat-dagatang apoy sa kanilang kaharian, ang impiyerno?
pustahan tayo, ummusok ang bumbunan ni esPWEron dahil naisahan na siya ng kanyang mga idinidiin sa kasong kanyang likhang isip lamang. nagsisimula na sigurong mapaihe sa kanyang salawal ang kupal na walang kuwentang heneral!
“Verdadero was so angry. He told Loy, “Puñeta ka.”
Loy finally found his voice and shot back, “Puñeta ka rin.””
hindi na sinugod ng kurot ni loy si atty verdadero?
“hindi BA sinugod ng kurot ni loy si atty verdadero?”
sus, naman!
Compared to the other bloggers so far, you are more to the right in terms of economics and more libertarian in terms of politics.
http://cvjugo.blogspot.com/2007/11/political-compass-tm-of-philippine.html
Ellen, Mrivera
Kapag ang isang lalaki ay sinabihan ng punyeta! It’s either tumahimik siyang nanggigil dahil ayaw ng gulo or rumesbak with a more violent reaction saying tarantado ka, tuLOY sugod at away na, panuntok na. Si loy (aka tingloy)nag-ipon muna nang lakas ng loob bago naka-speech with 3 words, punyeta ka rin!
Tama ka Mrivera, ang kulang lang ay sugurin ng kurot si Atty. Verdadero. Dati sa showbiz lang naglipana ang kabadingan, nakulapulan na rin sa AFP, ano ba yan!!!???
the panel must’ve realized the more they pursue extra-legal measures to achieve their ends, the more likely it is for them to lose legal jurisdiction over these guys. the moment the higher courts order them to stop and release the accused, they shall have no choice but to employ dozens of intelligence operatives to monitor each of the 28 for the rest of Esperons term. it will be an intel nightmare for Fatso, who in the meantime, will be busy biting his nails in fear of retribution or probably karma, thinking he’s 15 minutes is almost over.
‘El Gordo’ will soon realize that he does not have that much power after all, and that he’s bound by the rules of our society. Can’t wait for the day when all these will fall flat on his ugly ferocious face. this diabolical freak will one day be wallowing in the gallows of tanay, along with his dogs, who at this time, are enjoying lavish travels with their wives abroad care of philippine money, of course.
Fatso, I hope you have your minions read this blog everyday and print out copies for your bedtime reading. Cos here’s something for you: ‘THE END IS NEAR’ for you my friend. 2 and a half more months til you go! What goes around, comes around.
Azcarraga_times,
Why do you call Esperon “El Gordo”? He is not fat.
But yes, he is ugly. And that is made worse by his insecurity. I think all his instructions that violate human rights are actually attempts by him to show power thinking that he would gain respect for that.
But he is wrong. Respect is won by doing what is moral and right. When he participated in subverting the will of the people to make Gloria Arroyo win, he earned the disrespect of the soldiers and the Filipino people.
speaking of that notorious LtCol Loy. from the articles describing his rendezvous with the accused/defense lawyers in court, one would gather that he is a very provocative and irritating guy. I wonder how his colleagues survive his company.
Funny how the members of the panel and the people in court have become such characters. In court, you have the panel President as Homer Simpson. LtCol Bacarro as Homer’s son, Bart. Marianne Aleido as the ‘Devil wears Prada’ or better yet, Mortisha Adams. Feliciano Loy as ‘Fester’ Adams.
Atty Vic Verdadero, cos ur a good guy, you get to be Keanu Reeves in the ‘Devil’s Advocate’ or probably Tom Cruise in John Grisham’s ‘The Firm’.
Esperon is very fat. You should see him in plain clothes. That guy needs professional help. He better SHAPE UP or else.
pwede bang malaman kung nakapikit ang mga mata ni eltikol Loy nung sabihin niya kay Atty. Verdadero na “punyeta ka rin”, sabay ayos ng patilya niya kahit wala.
To azcarraga, Esperon doesn’t need proffessional help, MAG PATAWAS siya. yung may latigong buntot pagi, para mawala ang maligno sa kanya, kapag hindi niya gagawin yon, lalabas ang lahat ng insekto sa bibig at sa tumbong niya.
question, paano naging abogado i mean abogago si ah-tih-tih-way loy?
Damag, marami sa mga yun, matino naman in the beginning. Driven by ambition to get ahead, they give up their principles and allow themselves to be used to trample on other people’s rights.
Walang patutunguhan itong kangaroo court martial na ito, it become a battle of principles and the classic example of frog in the boiler metaphor: if you immediately turn the temperature of the water to boiling, a frog will jump out. However, if you gradually turn the temperature up a little more, then a little more, pacing patiently step by step, the frog will remain in the water and boil to death.These is Esperon principles.
question, paano naging abogado i mean abogago si ah-tih-tih-way loy?-damag 46
I think Loy is not the prosecutor on the case but,a member of a Convening Authority (CA).You don’t need to be a lawyer to be a member of CA .The Court-Member Panel.Similar to civilian juries,court-martial members are officers or enlisted persons from the same community or command “jury of peers” as the servicemember on trial. In civilian communities, serving on a jury is a duty of citizenship, and local court officials will summon citizens to serve as jurors.In the military,the commander assigns members to serve as jurors,and that becomes their primary military duty.
Cocoy, the frog in a boiler is an excellent metaphor.
Thanks!Ellen for the compliment.
Ellen, I am not at all surprised. This is asspweron’s way of making sure that the officers are not represented well. What if the lawyers did not come to the hearing? Then it would have been a field day for asspweron and burloLOY. Nothing this court does makes me believe that they are really for justice! It is more for getting even! The slip is more of a strategy for these villains! How can a court which is so gungho in trying these officers forget to serve the notice for the Friday’s hearing? Somethinbg is fishy!
bangenge,
nang gumanti siguro ng sabing “punyeta” si ah-titi-way loy ay nakaingos siyang TIKWAS nguso habang nakatirik ang mga kilay at nakapamewang!
ngiiiih!
Cocoy, Col. Loy is the lead lawyer of the prosecution team. He is with the Trial Judge Advocate office.
Correction: The “villains” refer to the asspweron’s camp and not the incarcerateds’.
Thanks for the clarification Ellen. He must be a lawyer then.
lead lawless lawyer pala ng prosecution team si ltcol lilay at siguro kaya ganyan kasipsip ka kanyang among mukhang supot na doberman ay naghahangad na mapadali ang pagdapo ng ikatlong bulaklak sa kanyang balikat at maging armed forces of the pidal judge advacate general.
ambisyosong hitad!
“……kaya ganyan kasipsip SA kanyang among mukhang……”
ellen,
maitanong ko lang.
ang mga custodial guards ba na nagbabantay sa mga akusado (daw) kapag may hearing ay totoong tao?
para kasing wala silang pakiramdam sa ginagawa sa kanilang mga opisyal na alam nilang hindi mapapasubalian ang mga pinagdaanang larangan at mas iginagalang at sinusunod nila ang mga katulad nina esPWEron.
the guards are on the side of the accused. i mean, who wouldn’t, right? only the suck ups are pro esperon. but noting perhaps that esperon is to leave the service soon and they do not stand to benefit from him, and the potentials of the incarcerated are so much brighter given their courage, youth and competence, both for pragmatic and idealistic ends, the guards would have their sentiments in favor of the tanay 28.
guys, check out esperon’s photo with little children in some school in the visayas. scripted photo op tlga, note, it was courtesy of the PIO headed by Bart Bacarro. so i guess Bacarro is now busy shaping his idol’s image up before his retirement, para naman he won’t stink on his way out. the nerve of bart simpson to use innocent children for his propaganda campaign. poor kids think old ‘el Gordo’ here is some kind of a ‘freak’ from the circus.
no matter what he does, the damage has been done. Esperon will go down in history to be the worst AFP Chief of Staff. The worst, UNCONFIRMED, pretentious general! A cheat, a liar and a loyal DOG (askal), Hermo will be remembered forever for all of the tears and pains he has caused so many innocent people. GMA, believe me, will drop him like he’s hot the moment he exits. He’s more of a liability than an asset to her.
http://www.inquirer.net/
photo number 7.
Yes MR. Azcarraga_times is right. The custodial guards are okay. In fact, they ask for the understanding of the officers.
Azcarraga_times, to my recollection, asspweron was confirmed by the CA and his two stars were given to him as well.
The media is prepping asspweron. From his AFP retirement, he will be given another juicy position like Angie Reyes and Ebdame. It will be another reward for a job well done in rigging the 2004 elections and in protecting the tiyanak by bribing his generals with money and promotions. Whoever will replace him may have undergone a criminal check: Have you ever cheated? Have you ever bribed anyone? Do you have the stomach for abduction and murder? Will you follow the chain of command no matter how rotten the chiefs may be? If the answers to all these questions are YES, one can become the next Cheat of Staff!
yup parasabayan, there’s an interesting twist here. Esperon, to Gloria’s core group, is considered more of a liability cos his mere presence provokes conflict. Gloria wants to avoid conflict til she gracefully exits. Here’s the thing, conflict will now become so unavoidable.
Esperon’s replacement is one of the reasons why. LtGen Yano is the most likely replacement, he is not the most senior, however. Yano actually by-passed a well respected Army General who’s retiring in two and a half years. Yano is retiring in two years. This bypassed general has more awards and citations, and has more degrees than Yano. Giving Yano Chief of Staff and giving this General something less would probably be an insult to military prefessionalism. Imagine a Chief of Staff addressing a lower ranking General, ‘Sir’ just to accomodate patronage ties.
Next, the marines will sort of have a leadership vacuum. As of this time, it only has 6 Generals, two of which are no longer with the unit (Miranda under court martial, Allaga WestMinCom.) Another is retiring early 2008. So 3 Generals will be left to run the whole corps. Dolorfino (the muslim), John Martir (the suck up) and the other one who is the youngest General in the country.
Martir is from class 79. the other general is from class 78. So senior ung 78. Definitely, after Dolorfino (term as marines chief is almost over), the class 78 general will succeed as chief. Martir has his eyes on the position cos he is retiring soon. It is the reason why Martir betrayed and lied about his mistah, Querubin and his former father in the marines, Miranda. So that he would have a chance at being commandant when he wipes out his career competition. If he will insist on being commandant ahead of his more competent and respected Senior, then expect a huge huge uproar in the ranks of the marines.
Thats just one secanrio. There are many other scenarios. Several Generals in the armed forces are retiring in the next 6 months. since the political leadership cannot please everybody, they are upto some steps now to reconcile with their foes to avoid further disarray.
Re “Dolorfino (the muslim)”
This guy is a fake muslim — am sure he converted to Islam for personal convenience.
disarray and leadership vacuum can lead to a coup by some creative colonels.
Even Ret. Hello Garci General Roy Kiamco has been recalled by government to serve somewhere in National Security kuno. Of course we know that this was done so he too can invoke executive privilege if ever he is called to the Hello Garci hearings again.
There is a big task ahead after Gloria steps down (if ever) in cleansing the whole gov’t of pigshit scattered all over the bureaucracy. The next leader has to come from true blue opposition, not from pseudo-critics, therefore.
Kung inyong mapapansin at matatandaan, kapag nako-korner ng mga katiwalian ang rehimeng Arroyo, ibinubuyangyang nito ang ideya ng Federalism.
Nitong nagdaang buwan, sinabi niya na kailangan na paghandaan ito sa darating na 2012.
Dahil sa marami ang naghihintay ng magiging aksyon ng militar sa mga susunod na buwan, at siyang sumisimbolo kung bakit hindi matinag tinag ang bakuran ng palasyo ng Malakanyang.
Matapos ang tinaguriang Malacañang siege noong May 1,2001, isa sa mga panakot nito ay lagyan ng high voltage power ang gate mismo ng palasyo.
May propaganda rin nuon na kapag napatalsik daw sa pwesto si GMA ay maglilitawan ang mga “republik” sa loob mismo ng matatag na republika ni GMA.
Nakikinita ko na magkakaroon ng mga repormang magaganap sa loob ng isang taon bilang pagpapakitang tao na kunyari ay may balasahan kuno(ng baraha) este ng pamunuan.
Isa na rito ang pagtatatag ng mga bagong politico-military district sa nasasakupan ng matatag na republika ni Gloria Arroyo.
Bilang paghahanda sa Federalism na isinusulong ng rehimeng Arroyo, narito ang mga maaaring senaryo upang bigyang pagpasagip sa pabagsak na military industrial complex sa Pilipinas.
° Ang Mindanao ay nahati sa dalawang Command: Western Mindanao Command at itong Eastern Mindanao Command.
Nakikinita na natin, na dito ay pinaghandaan na ang Bangsa Moro Homeland at ang paghihiwalay ng Mindanao sa Pilipinas.
° Dahil sa itinuring na mga tulisan ang sinumang mga rebelde na nasa kabundukan, lulutang ang gun ownership law sa kanayunan.
Walang malinaw na ideya kung sino talaga ang mga komunista, rebelde o indibidwal na may baril – na sinasabing kalaban ng gobyerno.
Minsan nga kung sino pa ang may lehitimong may baril o armas ay sya pa ang may kakayahang manakot.
° Kung ang mga grupong MNLF nuon ay nagkaroon ng process of integration sa loob ng AFP, bakit hindi ito posible sa mga Abu Sayaf? Masakit diba?
° Magkakaroon ng mga early retirement option sa military.
Ano saysay ng pakikipaglaban kung ang mga institusyong ipinaglalaban ay binababoy ng mga tulad ng mga nagtatanggol kay Arroyo?
Sino ngayon ang traydor sa bansa?
Sa bagong military district na binanggit ko sa itaas, narito:
* Hilagang Luson
* Timog Luson
* Mindoro-Palawan at United Visayas
* Bangsamoro
at
* Mindanaw
Mahahati ang Matatag na Republika ni Gloria Arroyo at kailangan niyang makipag-collaborate at manindigan na tama ang pandaraya at pambababoy ng mga demokratikong institusyon.
Kunyari na nabuwag na ang Central Government pero ang totoo ay patuloy nitong pagpapasasaan ang mga totoo at tunay na yaman ng bansa – ang mga probinsya.
Nandyan pa rin ang interes ng mga elitista dahil kailangan daw ito upang ma-preserved ang republika.
Walang panalo , walang talo, ginawa lang tayong mga bobo