Breaking news:
Senate President Manuel Villar has ordered the arrest of former Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. He is expected to arrive tomorrow late evening, Northwest Airlines flight 71.
I issued an instruction to Gen. Jose Balajadia Jr., the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, to implement the arrest warrant issued by the Senate in December 2005 against former Agriculture Usec. Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante for the failure to attend the public hearings of the Committees on Agriculture and Food and Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations (Blue Ribbon) on the P728 million Fertlizer Fund Scam.
The arrest order, which I signed as vice chairman of the Agriculture Committee, is still valid. To argue that the citation for contempt or arrest order approved by the Senate had lapsed automatically with the adjournment sine die of the 13th Congress would result in an absurd situation where a person held in contempt would just ignore and evade the Senate order until the adjournment of the session.
Personnel from the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms will be dispatched at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal I. They have a specific instruction to arrest Bolante on sight and bring him to the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader and Committeee on Rules Chair Kiko Pangilinan explained “The basis of the contempt order and warrant of arrest is his refusal and failure to appear before the Senate Committee.”
” The Senate, if it is to remain independent and truly able to exercise its constitutional duty to act as a check and as a balance, must be able to enforce its orders. Otherwise all that any Jose, Juan or Maria needs to do to render a valid arrest warrant void is to refuse to appear and to go into hiding,” Pangilinan warned.
The Senate issued an arrest against him in 2005 for snubbing the Senate hearing on the controversy.
“It should be the positive and overt act of the Senate, and not the act of the individual, that would render an arrest warrant invalid. Until such an act is performed the warrant remains valid and enforceable anywhere in Philippine territory,” Pangilinan added.
“No less than a sovereign nation like the United States has recognized the validity of the Senate arrest warrant. It arrested him and he went through deportation proceedings. The entire proceeding shall be completed by the Philippine Senate finally taking custody of Bolante,” he said.
Expect Gloria to exercise again her prerogative of executive privilege to hide a wrongdoing!
Totohanin ninyo ang paghuli kay Dyokdyok at siguraduhin na parurusahan, kundi ay tuluyan ko kayong isusumpa. Baka kung tawagin kayo ng sekreto ni Gloria ay tameme lang kayo.
The constitution is wanting badly a change. Whenever some people get mad, they issue a warrant of arrest on a whim, then no one is definite if it holds water at all. Too many loopholes creatng dilemmas after dilemmas. Our goverment is full of clowns.
Sige, magpatalbugan na kayong mga senador sa kaso ni dyokdyok, ang tagal na ninyong mga inutil! Pasintabi kay Sonny at Ping.
puede ba niyang gamitin ang executive privelege kahit hindi na sya cabinet member?
norpil,
kaya inaabangan na sya ng mga galamay ni big fat Pidal para dalhin sa Cavite. On the other hand, walang imposible sa Supreme Court jesters ni Gloria in granting executive privilege to all that threatens their reyna impakta’s political existence.
agree with you chi, special treatment itong “prodigal son” of the evil bitch.
If i am JokeJoke, i’ll spill all the Beans including, most importantly…
… the Pork!
Joc-Joc Bolante may invoke his right against self-incrimination during the Senate inquiry. I remember during the Jose Pidal money laundering scandal, the fake Jose Pidal-Iggy Arroyo invoked his right to privacy and right against self-incrimination. Joker’s Senate Blue Ribbon committee got no information from him. I don’t know if this old Malacanang trick works at the Senate hearing.
However, the DOJ immediately ordered the NBI and Immigration to pick up Bolante and release him to his family. This is another war between the Senate and government. Don’t think Malacanang would let Bolante go so easily…
Northwest Airlines? Baka bumaba sa Japan yan.
Sumpit: If i am JokeJoke, i’ll spill all the Beans including, most importantly…
… the Pork!
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Hahahahaha! 🙂 Korekek! Labas niyan, pork and beans. Paborito ko iyan when I was a little girl. Sikat na sikat noong araw iyong Libby’s Pork and Beans, not made in Negroes!
Tignan natin ang pasiklab nina Villar, Kiko at Brenda! Pag walang nangyari diyan, rebolusyon na dapat!
Grizzy:
The Pork will come from the FatPig himself!
It will be a confrontation between Senate Sergeant-at-Arms retired General Balajadia and DoJ’s NBI men at the airport. I hope they won’t be armed to the teeth.
Gonzalez memo bars Senate from arresting ‘Jocjoc’
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/10/27/08/gonzalez-memo-bars-senate-arresting-jocjoc
This another old shit Raul Gonzalez always acts as a spoiler. Whenever Malacanang’s boy is in trouble, he always immediately comes to the rescue. I bet you…the government will once again prevails…this time over Senate again. Villar’s loyalty to the opposition remains in question. It took him a while to decide ordering the arrest of Bolante.
As usual, the old fart, gunggong gonzalez will try to protect the hide of his small master. They are all afraid that this joke-joke baboy will spill the beans. Eh patay sila lahat sa puwesto nila!
Seriously, this style is reminiscent of the way the Mafia operates to perpetuate itself in power. Right or wrong, they will protect their own kind from their enemies, unless the harm is done to them by their own members.
If Garci is able to do it unharmed, why not this Bolante? He is involved not only in the fertilizer anomaly but also the much bigger swine scam.
Maybe it’s high time to call this country Babuyan Republic.
HW,
Si Garci kasi ay meron ng last will ang testament detailing the 2004 election dayaan na ibinigay sa maraming tao as his insurance. heheh.
Si dyokdyok ay dapat umisip rin ng kanyang insurance. Or meron na siyang nakahandang documents and testament na ipinatago sa mga kaibigan at asawa, at dapat ay alam ni Pidal. Ba, kahit ba bluff lang e. Tutal, Babuyan Republic ang kanyang uuwian.
Civil society is organizing a warm welcome for Bolante. A text advisory is going around to assemble at NAIA1 Public Arrival area starting at 9 pm, under Letter B. Entrance fee is P30.
Bolante can already invoke the executive privilege on his arrival. He may have taken his oath of office before our consulate back there on his reappointment after a long vacation. He will liquidate the fertilizer fund as his contingency fund while on official covert business in the US.
chi,
sabi ng kaibigan ko, sa guantanamo siya ituloy. pero marami ang gusto na sa kulungan ng mga baboy siya ipreso, tapos katayin at ipagbili sa mga matakaw ng baboy sa malacanang.
Naia Gen. Manager Alfonso Cusi CONFIRMS Bolante is aboard NW Flight 71.
Pagpasensiyahan niyo na si DOJ Gunggongzales nabigyan yan ng Pangalawang buhay ni Satanas, kaya iyan ang pangako niya na. ” Palawakin ang Kasamaan “
nice one bobitz,kaya pala ganun na lamang ang mga desisyon ni sec gonzales…may misyon pala sa lupa, palawakin ang kasamaan! hahaha natuwa ako dun
and now jocjoc is sick? immediately dinala sa sa affiliated hospital ng malacanang and next…medical bulletin na hindi puede umatend si jocjoc sa senate hearing due to health problems atc. etc and etc. hay naku…paulit-ulit script ng malacanang mafia at arroyo corrupt-poration.
i will answer only to the proper court jocjoc bolante,ben abalos, garcillano, lintang bedol, romulo neri
i am sorry…lapse of judgement gloria gen. e. dela paz
hospital arrest norberto gonzales, camilo sabio
bat ganun? pare-pareho yata ang script?
The key word is “Proper Forum”. Bolante promised to talk…at a Proper Forum. Proper Forum is court not the Senate. This line has been over abused by Malacanang.
Bolante will talk after the Ombudsman filed his case to Sandiganbayan (proper fourm). Suntok sa buwan ito. Hangang ngayon wala pang imbestigasyon ang Office of the Ombudsman. Sinadyang huwag pansinin ang kasong isinampa ni Atty. Frank Chavez. Sankatutak na ebidensya galing sa Senado at CoA ang hawak ng Ombudsman. Nagbulag-bulagan ang mga imbestigador ni Malditas Guitierez dahil sabit si Gloria Arroyo.