As presidential son and Pampanga representative Mikey Arroyo continues to push for charter change, Pulse Asia came out with its latest survey results showing that four out of ten Filipinos are not in favor of amending the Constitution now.
The survey conducted February 2-15, 2009 with 1,200 respondents showed a big plurality of Filipinos (42%) is against charter change now while a sizeable majority (64%) does not think it is appropriate to amend the 1987 Constitution at this time.
The survey showed that 33 percent favor amendments the constituion now, a decrease from the 39 percent in November 2006 and 40 percent in July 2006.
Of the 42 percent who do not favor Cha-Cha now, 16.7 percent cited as reason “To avoid chaos” and 16.4 per cent cited, “Present Constitution is good enough.”
At least 11.5 per cent opposed Cha-cha in order not to extend the term of office of officials and 10.8 per cent cited in order not to extend the term of Gloria Arroyo.
Of the 33 per cent who favor Cha-Cha, 36.63 percent said to “improve the economy”, 20.7 percent said to eradicate corruption, and 11.9 per cent said to “improve the law.”
For the complete survey results, please click here (Pulse Asia).
From Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez:
1. Even if Villafuerte’s cha-cha resolution gets the 197 signatures from Members of the House, it’s still a long way from passage and approval, not to mention the final hurdle of a Supreme Court challenge.
First, it must go through debate in the Committee. Expect that to be a tumultuous debate. Then more impassioned debates on the floor.
It requires 197 warm body votes on the floor. The signatures don’t count.
Finally, there will be a Supreme Court challenge and the parliament of the streets.
A camel has a better change passing through the eye of the needle that this resolution resulting in charter change.
“Going to a constitutional debate is really only going to distract us from what we need to do to survive and meet the challenges of the global uncertainty.” Gloria Arroyo(December 7, 2001)
More from Rep. Golez:
I support the proposed resolution of Cong. Villafuerte calling on presidentiables to participate in public debates on national issues. We should see how they think on their feet answering questions on the economy, energy, finance, budget, defense, security, health, criminality, business, natural resources, environment, etc.
There is a need to broaden the field so the debates should include those whose names do not appear in surveys but whose records show potential for national leadership.
EQ, spoken with a forked tongue.
In whatever form of government our country may have, if the same dishonest, greedy people are to run the government, what improvements could we expect? My opinion is that Cha-Cha for now is just a waste of people’s money.
The main goal of this proposed Charter Change that is being pushed by Mickey Arroyo is to extend the term of his Mamasita in Malacanang,as long mamasita is in Malacanang she has immunity from all the lawsuit and criminal charges against her so with his papasito.No more,No less!
Tongue, the subtitle, “Making life worth living” is now back.
ng problema sa karamihang Pinoy ay ang mapaghanap ng bloated credentials ng isang lider. Nariyan na nga at nagkaletse letse na ang ating mother native land of the morning mula noon hanggang ngayon dahil sa mga singkolars na merong mga minaster at dinoktor na degrees (turns around), politically experienced, law experts at economic masters, hindi pa sila nadala?
Sa kotonggreso na la’ang ngayon, dahil kayang bayaran ang isang distrito, sino ang kinatawan ng hindi dapat pangatawanan? Ang nanay taga Pampamga, ang tatay taga Visayas, tapos ‘yung anak daw ay doon nag-aral sa Bikol? ‘An layo, ah?! Malabo pa! Anak ng anak ng dating presidente, ang tatay ay isang asongdero, este haciendero doon pag-aaralin sa probinsiya? No bilib me!
‘Yung isa namang ipinaglihi sa molang kabayo, ilusyunadong maging ispiker of di house of pancakes, eh wala namang alam kundi makipagromansa sa mga pangarerang kabayo.
Tama’ng si Gen Lim ang himuking tumakbong presidente, hindi na baleng magmukhang military junta ang gobyernong ang gabinete ay Magdalo members, masigurado lamang nating matino ang pagpapatakbo.
From Sen. Kiko Pangilinan:
so ito pala ung ibig sabihin ni Kiko Pangilinan na “Those pushing for Cha-cha should get real and accept the painful reality that the Cha-cha route will only bring them from the frying pan into the fire.
Bastusan talga, kapit sa patalim, pakapalan! they will really do everything!
subukan nilang ipilit yang cha-cha… im sure mapapaaga pagsipa sa kanila sa malacanan.
“I will be true to the constitution and to myself who had been mandated to leave the post when my terms ends in 2010! “Gloria Arroyo
“Hindi tatalikuran ni Pangulong Arroyo ang sinabi niya na siya ay bababa sa pwesto niya sa 2010″(Gloria Arroyo will be true to her promise to step down in 2010) Ermita
EQ, sa dinami dami ng mga sinasabi ng Malacanan, kahit isa, wala akong natandaang pinaniwalaan ko…
Perl: agree 100%!
“Even if she writes it using her own blood, if she’s not sincere with it then nothing will happen.The impediment or obstacle to that is her lack of credibility. That’s why she should seriously make an extra effort to make herself credible.” Bishop Deogracias Iniguez
Speaking on local radio, 55-year old Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced she had decided to drop out of the presidential race in 2004.
“It is God who puts ideas in my heart,” explained Arroyo.
“In fact, in my attendance at Mass, it felt to me like He was telling me that He chose me to become president because He also knows that when He tells me not to run, then I would not run,” she said.
Thank you, EQ, for documenting those quotes of Gloria Arroyo.
EQ, eto pa isa:
“We must bring political killings to zero including assassinations of government officials and media personalities,” – Gloria Arroyo
This is for the future. But how about the past killings?
Bakit hindi nya sabihing ganito?
“We must punish all persons behind these political killings including assassinations of government officials and media personalities,”
Alam na nga nina Kiko ang mga kabalbalan nina gloria, bakit hindi nila pangunahan ang pagpapatalsik sa kanya? Siya ang dahilan kaya nariyan si gloria, alam niya ang punot’ dulo ng pagiging panggulo, bakit hidni siya tumawag ng malawakang aklasang bayan kasabay ng pagsasabing “PINAGSISISIHAN KO ANG PAGPIGIL SA KATOTOHANANG DAPAT NANGIBABAW NOONG 2004 SAPAGKAT NAGING MASAHOL PA SA PULUBI ANG TAONG BAYANG AKALA KO AY GIGINHAWA ANG PAMUMUHAY DAHIL SA AKING “NOTED” NOON.
Sila sila ang nakakaalam ng puno ng katiwalian, ginagawa pa nilang dama ang labanan. Ipinapalagay nilang TANGA palagi ang taong bayan?
Pored over the charter so many times and dissected it with my Eng. 101 1/2 . I even consulted with some barbershop second opinions. I found out there is no need for a senate threat of their separate power to meddle with the present pro-minds in the lower chamber. I agree with the pro-chacha for the sole reason that 99 percent of the day there are 99 percent who complain on everything and the only way these things could be corrected is to come up close to our dreams possible only with a charter change.
Bakit hindi ibulgar ni Kiko kung sinong nag-utos sa kanya na puro “NOTED” ang gagawin niya noong eleksiyon ng 2004. Mga kabayan ko huwag nating iboto itong taong ito kung tatakbo man sa pagka-bise hanggat hindi siya mangungumpisal. Kasama rin yan sa mga elitista na nandaya kay FPJ noon kagaya ng Pimentel na yan na akala mo kung sino. Biruin niyong sabihin niya na wala raw experience sa politika si Among Ed Panlilio. Di ganun din ang pagtanaw niya kay FPJ noon. Buti na lang at hindi nanalo yong anak niya sa pagka-senador.
Isasama daw ng bata ni Glorya na si Teodoro sa plataporma niya ang cha-cha. Oh my goli e kung sana ang isama niya sa plataporma niya ay yong pagtugis at bigyan ng katarungan ang mga kasalanang nagawa ng pamilyang Arroyo at ang mga TUTA niya siyempre kasama na din siya doon e di baka manalo pa. Pero sino ang maniniwala sa kanya … kahit Bar tap-isnatser pa siya. Ang ginawa ay nag-enrol sa Arroyo de Malakanyang. Ngayon Master na siya. Kaya mga kabayan ko gamitin lang ang ating ismol kokonut sa pagpili ng pangulo sa 2010 (kung meron).
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Senator Manny Villar dismissed on Thursday suspicions that the Nacionalista Party, which he heads, had decided as a whole to support the proposal to tinker with the Constitution.
But Villar, who said he remained opposed to Charter change, admitted that a large number of NP members in the Lower House signed the resolution that could lead to the overhaul of the Constitution.
….So, the rumor going on around that Villar is now with the Administration and sleeping with the Devil is true. Don’t be surprised that Villar ends up as the administration candidate.
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the scenario emerging is a Noli vs. Villar “showdown” for the presidency. Sponsored by Pidal billions, it’s a heads-you-lose-tails-I-win game. Unless Chiz can sustain the prop up to May, the menage a troiswith him in it won’t happen.
Gonzalez: What cha-cha? I may run for mayor
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/03/26/09/gonzalez-what-cha-cha-ill-run-mayor
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Bakit nga ba tayo’y natutuliro tungkol dito sa Cha cha, eh palagi naman silang sumasayaw ng rigodon?
Meron bang mga senador at kotongresistang hindi alam ang mga katiwalian at pang-aabuso nina gloria? Puro lang sila dada, wala namang tunay na ginagawa mula noon pa upang maibsan na ang paghihirap ng taong bayan.
Parang sila sila ay magkakakutsaba upang lituhin ang mamamayan, bigyan ng samutsaring araw araw na isyung pag-iisipan at pag-uusapan habang sila sila sa itaas ay masayang nagpapartihan.
Kung meron usaping katiwalian, tapusin at huwag bitinin ang taong bayan! Kung meron silang alam, bakit hindi nila pangunahang mag-aklas ang taong bayan?
Hindi sarsuwela ang paglilingkod bayan. Nakataya dito ang ating kapakanan at kinabukasan ng susunod na salinlahing kung ating pababayaang mangibabaw nang lubusan ang mga tiwali ay silang ating maiiwan ang magpapasan.
Tungkol kay ingkong raul. Kung siya daw ang tatanungin ay mas gusto niya kaysa charter change ay maisulong at mapagtibay sa kongreso ang Pamper’s change para sa mga katulad niyang IHI ang laman ng ulo.
Statement of Sen. Loren Legarda:
On possible upheaval over cha-cha
Any political crisis arising from the insistence of the House of Representatives to amend the constitution without Senate concurrence will squarely be on the shoulders of the leaders of the lower chamber. The latest Ibon Foundation survey shows that six out of 10 Filipinos oppose cha-cha, seeing it as a scheme to extend the term of the outgoing administration beyond 2010.
An upheaval is the last thing our country needs in the face of the global economic crisis, thus the House must desist from pursuing cha-cha. If lawmakers are really sincere in helping our people, there are so many pending bills that impact directly on poverty and good governance that need our attention. Cha-cha can wait.
As it is, Malacanang is distancing itself from the House move, but they are fooling no one. They say that they merely want to amend some economic provisions of the constitution. Nonetheless, what would stop them from changing our form of government or resetting the next election when they have gotten cha-cha rolling?
Four or six out of ten Filipinos?
If Malacanang and Evil Bitch are really sincere in pushing for the 2010 election and the Bitch is indeed stepping down in 2010, all she has to do is to tell her two sons, Mickey and Dato, to stop pushing for Cha-Cha. The two idiots are going around for signatures. If she doesn’t stop the two, then of course she’s the mastermind.
Vatican humor
After getting all of Pope Benedict’s luggage loaded into the
limo, (and he doesn’t travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still
standing on the curb.
“Excuse me, Your Holiness,” says the driver, “Would you please take your
seat so we can leave?”
“Well, to tell you the truth,” says the Pope, “they never let me drive
at the Vatican when I was a cardinal, and I’d really like to drive today.”
“I’m sorry, Your Holiness, but I cannot let you do that. I’d lose my
job! What if something should happen?” protests the driver, wishing he’d
never gone to work that morning.
“Who’s going to tell?” says the Pope with a smile?
Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind
the wheel. The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the
airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 205 kph. (Remember,
the Pope is German.)
“Please slow down, Your Holiness!” pleads the worried driver, but the
Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens.
“Oh, dear God, I’m going to lose my license — and my job!” moans the
driver.
The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but
the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and
gets on the radio.
“I need to talk to the Chief,” he says to the dispatcher.
The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he’s stopped a
limo going 205 kph.? “So bust him,” says the Chief. “I don’t think we want
to do that, he’s really important,” said the cop.
The Chief exclaimed,” All the more reason!”
“No, I mean really important,” said the cop with a bit of persistence
The Chief then asked, “Who do you have there, the mayor?”
Cop: “Bigger.”
Chief: “A senator?”
Cop: “Bigger.”
Chief: “The Prime Minister?”
Cop: “Bigger.”
“Well,” said the Chief, “Who is it?”
Cop: “I think it’s God!”
The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, “What makes you
think it’s God?”
Cop: “His chauffeur is the Pope!”
Malacanang is hoping that Cha-cha will materialize by June, 2009, the time when Gen. Yano retires and Gen. Bangit, a very close ally of GMA is her choice to replace him. If Cha-cha will cause a people power, it is likely that the administration will orchestrate destablilization justifying the proclamation of Martial Law.
Exactly, Syria. As I said earlier, Malacanang has long prepared Plan A, B, C and D. We’re now reaching the Plan D.