1. This is NOT my fight and this should not be the people’s fight as well. Our fight should be with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and we should not be distracted from this. She’s about to appoint a new AFP Chief of Staff and a new Chief Justice in March. These appointments and how they will be done (particularly for the CJ) would be indicators of whether she has plans of stepping down or not. Aside from these, the prospect of the failure of elections scenario is still up in the air. In short, anything that deflects attention from her is playing according to her script. We must always remain vigilant and must never underestimate her.
2. It is a graft case and not an ethics case. Bulk of the evidence presented dealt with acts committed as early 1999 when Sen. Villar was still a congressman and during his first term as Senator. I believe that ethics cases should only cover acts committed after the mandate was given which, in this case, is 2007. With that, the only evidence left would be the double insertion in the General Appropriations Act (GAA). The problem is, the draft of the GAA was approved and presented to the plenary by the Finance Committee which was then headed by Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile. Said GAA was later on approved by the majority in the Senate. Therefore, assuming there were double insertions, it was the responsibility of Sen. Enrile’s staff to scrutinize the GAA and correct all anomalies and typo errors before being approved by Sen. Enrile. When it was approved by Sen. Enrile and presented to the plenary, it now became the responsibility of each Senator to scrutinize it again before approving it. Therefore, all those who voted for the approval of the GAA became equally liable for that double insertion.
An ethics case is similar to an honor violation being tried by the Honor Committee in PMA. Regardless, whether you have been caught shoplifting or was expelled for cheating before you became a cadet, only acts or honor violations committed as a cadet are covered or considered by the Honor Committee.
My recommendation, therefore, is to have this case filed before the Ombudsman so that all the evidence can be considered and the appropriate penalties be meted out. If the ulterior motive is to destroy the credibility of Sen. Villar in relation to his candidacy then it should have the same impact since the media can always cover it there. Otherwise, if it’s done in the Senate, it would not only undermine the said institution (which, ironically, everybody claims to protect) but also create a very dangerous precedent.
3. Sen. Noynoy Aquino should have taken the moral high ground by abstaining from the proceedings. Sen. Aquino has been painted as the “moral choice” and one way to affirm this is by publicly stating that in order not to be perceived as being involved in the political harassment of a fellow candidate for president, he would just abstain from the entire proceedings. Sen. Aquino is in a position to take the election campaigning to a higher plane and must do so at every turn.
P.S. Res. No. 1472 filed by Villar and his allies (12 of them including Villar, Estrada and Pangilinan) in November 2009 dismissed the complaint. Note that in order to complete 12 signatories, Villar also signed the document affixing beside his signature a scribbled note: “bilang pagtatanggol sa aking pangalan!”
Let’s wait and see on Wednesday what will happen.
In the matter of ethics and conflict of interest, a number of senators are not clean.
One is Enrile who pushed for Cagayan EPZA which we know he has personal business interests there.
Also Miriam Defensor involving her husband and other relatives.
Pare-pareho lang sila.
Ibig bang sabihin ni Mr Trillanes kung nagnakaw nuong congressman pa at nitong senator lamang nahuli ay hindi na siya pwedeng ikaso duon?
Paano si Glueria, kapag congressman na siya at ang mga kasalanan ay nuong presidente pa siya ay honourable congresswoman pa rin.
Bakit ang mga kasalanan ba ni Villar ay naiwan sa upuan niya sa kongreso, at may bago at malinis siyang upuan sa senado? Ang tao ang nagkasala, hindi ang position. Opinion ko lang.
Martina, the case should be filed with the Ombudsman. It’s not for the Senate to convict.
They have concluded the investigation, then they should file the case before the Ombudsman. That’s due process.
As to ethics, the Senate Committee of the Whole recommended censure and return by Villar of P6 billion plus that he allegedly gained from the C-5 extension project. The recommendation has not yet been passed because theose who are anti-Villar do not have the numbers. I think they have only 11, which is not a majority.
Nakakadismaya ang naging position ni Sen. Trillanes about the C5 case, siya na nga siguro yung politician na binanggit ni Mr. Banayo to his column at Malaya.
“This is NOT my fight and this should not be the people’s fight as well”—No Sir, it is every Filipino’s fight to know the truth about the C5 scandal, Manny Villar is running for the highest position in government, we cannot afford another 6 years of ala GMA government tainted with corruption and lack of moral values. Knowing the truth in the C5 scandal is not means that we will go easy to GMA.
“Therefore, all those who voted for the approval of the GAA became equally liable for that double insertion”—-sounds like choo choo train of lawyers of Manny Villar, hindi po ba senador na siya nung ginawa nya yung insertion sa project na lubusang makikinabang ay siya mismo hindi po ba unethical yun, the outcome of this C5 case in the senate will also set a precedent for a future plunder case to the ombudsman.
Im not a fan of Sen. Aquino, but why Sen. Trillanes singled out Noynoy, how about Jamby, Dick Gordon and also Jingoy for his father Erap dapat din ba silang mag abstain.
Every Filipino people must fight the corruption in any form whoever he/she and not only GMA
Every Filipino must fight corruption in any form whoever he/she is and not only GMA
Why Sen. Trillanes singled out Noynoy, how about Jamby, Dick Gordon and also Jingoy for his father Erap dapat din ba silang mag abstain.
Because Noynoy is the one portraying himself as the moral force, the rallying point for change from the current immoral regime.
Villar made a fool of himself by signing the resolution clearing himself.
Sen. Trillanes is right, Noynoy should set the moral and ethical example of being above this mess. Dapat ipakita niyang may delicadesa siya na wala si Villar.
Al,
I respect your opinion Sir, but for me seeking the truth is another way of setting a moral values. Is this mean that other presidentiables has no delicadesa if they will not abstain.
Mam ellen,
Is Sen. Trillanes signed the report of Enrile or the report of the Villar camp? and If he will be vote is he in favor or not to censure Manny Villar? But base on his position i think he will be vote to absolve Manny Villar.
Naniniwala ako sa pahayag ni Sen Trillanes na we should not let ourselves be distracted by any issues that may bring our guards down on gloria’s abuses.
Tandaan natin, Mr. C-5 at Taga is gloria’s clone.
Huwag kayong pipikit. Huwag kayong kukurap.
Ellen, yes, okay, i stand corrected when i said ‘ikaso’ duon sa senado. Alam kong hindi korte ang senado, but what did Jamby do, i thought they termed it as she ‘filed a case in the senate’.
JPax: Is Sen. Trillanes signed the report of Enrile or the report of the Villar camp? and If he will be vote is he in favor or not to censure Manny Villar? But base on his position i think he will be vote to absolve Manny Villar.
As far as i know, Sen. Trillanes did not sign the minority report clearing Villar of having committed anything iregular. I know that Villar himself visited him in Camp Crame but he did not sign it.
The majority report didn’t get to him because the messenger went to Camp Crame on the day of the Ampatuan trial and no visitors were allowed in the detention center.
GMA News’ The C5 Extension controversy: An interactive map*
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*Map graphics by ANALYN PEREZ
01/26/2010 10:05 PM
“This is NOT my fight and this should not be the people’s fight as well” – Trillanes
This is my fight as a pinoy! I’m very clear on my position that I don’t want another Gloria as my next president. The Senate has documents and with the map of insertions crystal clear, I already made up my mind as to what kind of person Villar is. Nothing can change that.
I would like the next president to commit on supporting People of the Philippines vs. Gloria Arroyo, and I’m not convince that Villar would do it. This insertion case of Villar is not a distraction on Gloria’s abuses because it helps us choose the right president to back us up against her abuses after her stolen days in power.
No matter what the motives of Lacson, Jamby, Enrile, et al. in bringing to the fore this case of Villar, we can’t deny that this insertion issue makes a difference to conscientious voters.
Country first before political personalities, that’s me.
Martina, the case should be filed with the Ombudsman. It’s not for the Senate to convict.
punyetang ombudsman yan namimili yan ng kakasuhan pag kakampi tabla. binago nga ni merciditas ang rules of procedure ni simeon marcelo na tinawag na centralization of cases. ang mga deputies rekomendatori na lang, lahat ang bruha ang may final approval para masala ang mga kakampi, resulta lalo ng tumagal ang mga kaso.
bay,
So ngayon pa lang, mahimbing na kaagad ang kaso ni Mr. C-5 at Taga kahit hindi pa na-ipa-file sa Office of the Ombagsman? Tama na bang panlangis ang 5% ng P6.2b?
Hindi naman siguro napakalaking kabawasan ‘yun sa kanyang kinita, di ba?
Gutierrez is the problem, not the office, the process and the system.
We say, out with Gutierrez. But she can only be removed by impeachment because the Ombudman is a constitutional body.
Impeachment can only start in the House of Representatives which is controlled by Gloria Arroyo’s lapdogs.
We go back to Gloria being the root of evil in this country. As long as Gloria rules this country, no justice is possible,
RE: …punyetang ombudsman yan namimili yan ng kakasuhan pag kakampi tabla?
Sinabi mo pa Igan Bayong, nawa e maraming tulad mo ang mulat sa Katotohanan ng buhay?
Malaki ang problemang kinakaharap ng ating bansa lalo na kung ang issue e legalidad ng batas na ipinaiiral sa ating bansa.
Ang Ombudsama ng rehimeng Arroyo ang pinaka…alam na nating lahat, ang kaya lang e yaong kalaban nila sa pulitika.
Ang samang emahe at paano tayo magtitiwala sa mga hoodlum in uniforms e sila ang protektor ng mga magnanakaw at sinungaling sa gobyerno.
RE: Gutierrez is the problem, not the office, the process and the system?
YES, YES Maám Ellen…i agree 101%!
I knew it. Trillanes will side with Villar.
First, he rejected the Senate coup replacing Villar with Enrile by not signing the resolution even if his co-PMA alumni Lacson, Biazon and Honasan approved it.
Second, Villar was Tiny’s wedding sponsor.
Now, this.
I’ve always been for reforms, including that of preventing the use of positions of power for personal gains. How can we blind about that? How can someone like Trillanes just sit on the fence?
Hay naku.
Paikot-ikot lang, wala rin pala.
Damn, if it is not Trillanes’ fight, then it is mine. I’d like to think a moral crusade shall not be diluted with the convenient excuse of “Politika lang yan”. Or “Bakit ako lang, lahat naman gumagawa” as Cayetano would justify. Now everyone is guilty because they passed the budget.
C’mon, dear politicians, listen to the people. People are demanding an explanation, one that Villar should swear before the Bible. Before the very institution that represents us, the voters. Including the 11 Million who voted for someone like Trillanes. Not before TV cameras of stations he has fed with his billions these past months.
Nasira ang gabi ko.
Dalawa tayo, Tongue. I’m making it my fight, too!
Nasira ang breakfast ko.
Buhay nga naman oo, isama niyo ako sa laban. Kung ayaw ni Trillanes bahala siya. Ninong kasi sa kasal ng kapatid niya si Villar. Kung bakit naging Ninong … siguro dahil din kay Trillanes. Narinig ko yata sa DZMM ito.
Kaya minsan nanghihinayang na ako kay Chiz. Di bale may 2016 pa naman. Siya na lang palagay ko ang papalit kay Erap. Kung …. papalarin kami.
Nakikita ko talagang kinakawawa na talaga si Noynoy … sino sino ang mga ito …. karamihan dito dati ay kunyari laban kay Arroyo …. mali pala ako.
Tumahimik na lamang sana siya. Ang tingin ko na ngayon sa kanya ay binayaran para ilabas niya ito. Magkano???????
Kaya pala sabi ni Noynoy last week na si Gen. Lim daw ay tutulungan niyang makalabas sa kulungan kung siya ang mananalong Pangulo. Hindi niya binanggit si Trillanes dahil alam niya dikit siya kay Villar. Di ba si Villar tuta yan ni Glorya? Glorya + Villar + Trillanes = iisa. Mali yata ako …. lol
Sen. Trillanes is no longer fighting here for the truth. Why he singled-out Sen. Noynoy? It was Sen. Jamby Madrigal who filed the ethics case against C-5 Villar.
True to his gesture, blood is thicker than water. Wake-up Sen. Trillanes, be a man and fight for the truth. Sayang lang yong mga sinasabi mo noon sa campaign. Utang na loob lang pala katapat mo. E kung ninang din pala ng kapatid mo si GMA or si baboy FG e di abswelto rin pala. Tsk tsk tsk
Nawala na ang paghanga ko dito kay Trillanes. Kung talagang walang kasalanan ang ninong ng kapatid niya di dapat noon pa niya sinagot itong isyung ito. Di dapat lumaki pa. Dati naman hindi pa naman alam kung tatakbo si Noynoy sa pagka-Pangulo. Bakit ngayon siya na ang pinupuntirya. Wala rin palang logic itong si Trillanes.
Pareng Henry, ano ang masasabi mo dito …. kinakawawa na ang bata mo.
Di bale Pare nasa likod mo lang ako …. kasi second choice ko si Noynoy. Siyempre Erap ako.
Kawawa nga pala itong si Lacson …. nagtatago na siya baka ipakulong ni Glorya. Mahirap yata baka mareyp sa loob. lol
Buti nga sa kanya. Sinira niya kasi si Erap di ngayon nasa lungga na nag-iisa. Konti na lang ang kaibigan niya … yong mga dating tauhan niya ipinagkanulo pa siya.
Eto ang maganda:
“Trillanes nakakabiyahe kahit nakakulong” …. Abante
http://abante.com.ph/issue/feb0210/news03.htm
Paano?????
Ellen,paki-tsismisin mo nga kung bakit nakuhang ninong nung kapatid ni Trillanes si Villar. Baka hindi kilala ito (Villar) nung mag-asawa at si Trillanes talaga ang kumuha, dahil pareho silang senator.
Akala natin eh meron na tayong maaasahan na matinong mamumuno…yun pala ay ganun din. Pareho lang pala ito ni Cayetano, namumuhunan ng panloloko para makapwesto.
One thing I agree with with Sen Trillanes — Villar’s case should be taken to the Ombudsman (that is if the Ombudsman will act) or to let the Ombudsman file charges of graft against Villar.
However, I disagree with him in the strongest manner when he says that this is not the fight of the Filipino people. Villar’s actions as senator and the bearing they have on the Senate istitution and by extension on the filipino nation and its taxpayers, because graft or other financial shenanigans were committed in their name, directly or indirectly is a fight/the fight that the Filipino people must take on.
Disappointing to learn that he considers this not his fight but that’s his choice and if he prefers to choose his fights because he wants to make sure he wins a particular battle — that’s his problem but to tell the Filipino people that an elected public official’s potential commission of graft should not be a fight they should take up is morally and legally wrong!!!
“Otherwise, if it’s done in the Senate, it would not only undermine the said institution (which, ironically, everybody claims to protect) but also create a very dangerous precedent.” — Trillanes
The Senate as an institution has been greatly damaged! It was all the more damaged when its members allowed themselves to be complicit in the toppling of a legally elected president of the Republic…
It is a laughistock — the nation should not even waste a penny subsidizing many of its members who are useless!
How can someone like Trillanes just sit on the fence? Tongue asks!
Maybe Trillanes is waiting for Honasan’s go signal?
so, malinaw linaw na kung ano ang kanyang tunay na kulay.
At ngayon may dapat pa siyang ipaliwanag, kung bakit marami siyang travel expenses gayong nakakulong siya.
I’m one of the very few in Ellen’s blog who never categorically declared a categorical admiration for Trillanes (and I have my own reasons why not) — True, I would defend him based on certain or specific issues (which I did last time under one of Ellen’s posts) but when he says that Villar’s graft is not a fight the people should take up, I’m afraid he’s going beyond the pale.
He’s dead wrong!
This latest statement of his makes me all the more cautious.
Yes, Martina. Maraming lumabas ang tunay na kulay. That’s the title of Ellen’s thread a few days back. Revisit our comments there. Trillanes told Banayo it’s the “kalakaran”.
Kaya nga tayo bumoboto ng reformists, para matapos na yang “kalakaran”. Real change is what we’re asking for. Dahil yang “kalakaran” will always be a justification for corruption and if they do not want to change “kalakaran” then they are for stealing!
Sino pa ngayon ang aasahan natin? Meron pa bang natitira?
So, dinala ni Trillanes ang sinabi sa kanya ni Villar na “kalakaran” to his stand on the issue to the point that it seems he’s defending the plunderer’s line. I’m sick on my stomach!
Where’s Chiz on this, silent? Wala na akong kagana-gana, ang hirap ipagtanggol ni Inang-Bayan laban sa mga politiko at kurakots! Yung inaakala mo na pader ay hindi rin yata.
Nangunguna bilang gastador na senador si Sen. Gregorio Honasan na gumastos ng P17.9 milyon at sinusundan naman siya ni Sen. Jinggoy Estrada sa halagang P17.5.
Honasan? Senador pa ba yan? Wala namang silbi iyan ah?
Siya pa ang pinakagastador? What does he think the Senate is? Piggy bank?
Shit! Maybe, he’s sharing people’s money with his mistresses? If so, Pinoys should hang him from the highest lamppost!
Chi,
hindi lang “it seems”… He has gone beyond it — he’s telling the people not to carry the fight against this particular C5-Taga scam.
I am disgusted! To even begin to say, This is NOT my fight and this should not be the people’s fight as well. is just unbelievable.
Then, perhaps, Trillanes should be bold enough to say why he belives graft should not be the people’s fight? If he insists that it isn’t, then it’s like saying the people erred in electing him senator.
Sanamagan! Honasan all over again!
Meron pa bang natitira? — Tongue
Can’t see anyone standing!
At least Jamby had the guts to battle Villar head on! She has more balls than many of our male senators combined.
Senate of losers is what we’ve got for a Senate!
Putangina!
And the winner? Gloria magnanakaw because our senators can be bought, can be cajoled, can be tempted, have no moral courage.
One thing to be physically courageous (your ordinary bandit had tons of physical courage) but moral courage is something that many elected officials are lacking in.
I have a great fear Villar would do everything it takes for him to win bec the c5 at taga case can land him in jail, according to Enrile. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100202-250804/Enrile-insists-theres-strong-case-vs-Villar
martina,
have a suspicion too, he might not only steal but might also kill to win.
asus puro suspicion… sabi lang nman nung tao.. kung may kasalanan kasuhan sa tamang lugar.. kasi eleksyon na wag tayo basta manghusga kasi di maiiwasan malagyan yan ng kulay.. comment kayo ng comment ng wla sa lugar… ayaw ko rin kay villar kaso mali nman kelan mag eelection saka ganyan nangyayari.. after nyan anu na!!! eh di wla.. malinis kunsensya ni senator trillanes.. wag nyo igaya sa mga tulad nyo..
Tedanz:
Matindi bakbakan dito. . .hehehe. . .bumigay din si Sonny. . .sumugal kay Villar. . .it’s his call. . .i wont pass judgement sa ginawa niya. . .matatanda na mga yan. . .by the way di itinuturo sa PMA yan. . .nasa tao yan. . .
Anna, just trying to soften the impact on myself, you know naman. 🙂
I was totally crushed by his “This is NOT my fight and this should not be the people’s fight as well.” stand on the C5 issue. Nadagdagan pa when I read his lame responses to Tongue’s commenters at FB.
Chi,
I’m kinda shocked by Trillanes’ statement too.
Frankly, however one looks at it, his formulation tends to be in defence of Villar.
If that’s not how Trillanes meant it, then by gum, he’s put his message so clumsily, it almost ain’t real!
i wont pass judgement sa ginawa niya
Henry,
The statement is clear cut and quite strong: “This is NOT my fight and this should not be the people’s fight as well.”
It is difficult not to pass judgement when an elected official says something as bone dry as that. He’s a senator of the “realm” and as one, is responsible for what he says and does. At the very least, he owes it to his voters to tell them why they shouldn’t pass judgement on him. It is the duty of the electorate to take him to task and to demand that he explain himself.
Ito din kaya ang stand ng buong Magdalo Group or its just the stand of Sen. Trillanes? sana hindi…
Anna:
I’m no Trillanes fan, believe me. Remember that we came from the same branch of service. What goes around, comes around, so they tell us. Sonny, is a good person, basically, but his demeanor while in the service turned off most of his upperclassmen if u get what I mean, Yung holier than thou kumbaga. His seven years in incarceration must have played a very crucial role when he made a pact with Villar. As I’ve said, I won’t pass judgement on him because I don’t know the dynamics involved.. For most of the bloggers here who placed their trust in him, I don’t blame them if they feel betrayed. Ako, wa ko ma say. . . I’m no fan of his. . .
Henry,
Neither am I… not a fan of his. And most of our fellow commenters know this. I do try to be objective and it has happened that I’ve defended him on certain issues.
And I know what you mean re his upperclassmen being turned off. I know for a fact that Billy almost had him kicked out when he was a cadet.
Ernie (you know who I mean) made mura to him too and threw his PMA ring at him when he was captured.
Trillanaes is a joke to begin with. I was now wondering, if a military officer wanted to win in a national election, all he has to do is to stage a coup against an unpopular president. That’s how Honasan became senator, so is Trillanes. Uhmm.. Gen. Lim anyone? But it seems Gen. Lim comes from a different breed.
If I were one of the senators, I will make a privilege speech. I will be reading Joker Arroyo’s speech when he was still a congressman.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/02022010/edbanayo.html
Anna,
It’s so surreal nga e. Trillanes should make a definitive stand on where he’s coming from, he has responsibility to the more than 11 million pinoys that elected him as senator.
If he is not in favor of Villar, right you are…Trillanes should rephrase his “This is NOT my fight and this should not be the people’s fight as well” because no matter how and where we look at it, this C5 issue must be everyone’s fight against corruption. The more than P6 billion he got from the C5 insertion are ours, to add.
If he is, better raise Villar’s hands so there will be no mistakes as to his position.
Pare-pareho lang sila. — AI
If so, all of them should be sacked [by the voters.] But “Pare-pareho” should not be the reason why a wrongdoing by one or a few should be tolerated.
We cannot be so blasé that we accept wrongdoings because “Pare-pareho lang sila.”
Wrong is wrong no matter who says or does it. — Malcolm X
fight against villar is also fight of people against bad gov’t officials, what more if that official is running for president, villar is also people’s enemy number one like gma
Sonny Trillanes, is your statement a way of betraying our trust given to you during the 2007 election? Was it your way of promised public service? Evading responsibility of an elected official who promised to fight corruption that like cancer slowly killing the hopes of our countrymen?
Corruption in whatever level or form is still corruption. Whether it was done in the past or incumbent, as long as it was connected with the office and authority held, no one is indispensible. Even the highest official of the land must face trial if not during his/her term the very first second right after he/she relinquishes authority.
It is not only anybody’s fight but the fight of the Filipino people. For our future and for those who are coming after us.
bakit ganyan mag-isip ang mga tao? ganun na lamang ba kadaling gumawa ng mga conclusions? sa tinuran ni sen trillanes, inihayag lamang niya yung saloobin niya tungkol sa isyu, ngunit hindi ibig sabihin nito ay may pinapanigan na siya. ang pagkakamali lamang niya ay hindi niya alam na ganun kabababaw mag-isip ang mga taong makakabasa nito. ikaw ba, kung makakasira sa iyo ang isinulat mo, gugustuhin mo pa kayang mabasa ito ng iba?:(
Ngayon dalangin ko … mabulok ka sana sa kulungan. Kaysa naman makalaya at mangarap pang maging Pangulo. Pinaniwala mo kami noon ngayon ay gising na kami. Nagpapagamit ka rin pala … puweeee!!!!!
Ang supot na pagsipot ng kurakot: Privilege speech of Man Evil Liar today
Umalis pagkatapos ng talumpati at hindi nagpa-interpellate! Ano ‘yon? Nangampanya lang???
Huwag naman, Tedanz. Magdalo dared to expose and fight Gloria’s abuses when nobody cared and they suffered/still suffer personally for the choices and actions they made.
I would not be disappointed if he categorically raised Villar’s hands because that’s his choice and it’s his right to endorse someone he thought could bring luck to Pinas.
The thing that broke my heart was his message that the issue of C5 insertions is NOT his fight and should not be the pinoys fight as well. Kung hindi niya laban, at kung hindi natin laban…kanino? He went against himself on this point because they staged the Oakwood and Manila Pen incidents to expose abuses in the government, one of them is corruption.
Isa pa, ang dating e para bang he’s testing if those who voted for him will follow him blindly. I could be mistaken because his words are so military sharp. Nevertheless, he should remember that majority of those who elected him to the Senate are “thinking voters” and would not like to be told of what to do.
Nuknukan ng duwag talaga si Villar. Kaya lang harapin ay ang mga tulad ni Revillame. Duwag na diablo!
Tedanz,
Tama si chi.
While we, who voted for Trillanes to the senate admire his guts, his courage to expose the anomalies in the AFP and the government, we will not be following his words blindly.
Kung ano man ang dahilan niya sa maliwanag na pag-iwas sa pananagutan ay kanya na ‘yun. Igagalang namin. Subalit, huwag niyang piliting sundin namin ‘yun at umasang paniniwalaan kung ano ang katwiran niyang alam naming agrabyado naman ‘ata ang kapakanan ng bayan.
Sa pulitika ay mahalaga ang suportang hinihingi ng mga katulad niya subalit isang pagkakamali lamang ay tapos na rin ang maliligayang araw nila.
MPR, ang kailangan ng pinoy buhat kay Trillanes ay isang maayos na guidance, hindi ‘command’.
An analysis on video: QTV: Analysis by Winnie Monsod, 02/01/2010, 10:40 PM
To trillanes’ staff: kindly furnish your boss the video and the CX5 map.
“by the way di itinuturo sa PMA yan” —- Henry
Bakit may mga PMA’er na magagaling sa negosyo … gaya nila Garcia, de la Paz, Esperon, Ebdane at marami pa?
Matalino yan si Trillanes… wait lang kayo mga Igan. Hindi nya pwedeng banggain si Erap, Noynoy, Villar kc sa tatlong Presidentiable na yan ang susunod na President pamalit sa peking pangulo na may peking suso.
Yang tatlong yan ang MAGPAPALAYA kay Trillanes at pag nakalaya na sya…. kahit pustahan tayo… Blue Ribbon Committe ang hahawakan nyan. Kaya patience sya ngayon…. wait muna mga igan……
Amnesty for Trillanes!!!
Nathan, that’s not the point. It’s the first sentence of his message re C5 controversy.
“Hindi nya pwedeng banggain” ang tatlo. Hindi namin sya gustong bumangga kahit kanino, we know the sensitivity of his situation. But his stand on the insertions gave him up.
Kahit sino sa tatlong yan ay lalaya silang lahat, alam yan ng lahat dito.
I find it amusing that Trillanes still finds Villar credible enough to be destroyed by his peers because he is a candidate.
“Si Villar ang tunay na mahirap” is one of the sickest pronouncements ever made in this campaign.
Second place goes to “Nakaligo ka na ba sa dagat ng basura” as if Villar really experienced such a thing, it never fails to stir the uneasiness in my guts everytime I hear it.
The worst is like getting a kick in between the balls when the jingle ends with “Si Manny Villar ang magtatapos sa ating kahirapan”. Such a wild, irresponsible, unfulfillable promise exploits and abuses the vulnerabilities of the poor classes who would sell their souls to Satan for mere assurances of a decent meal. It’s feeding their hunger for heavenly miracles, for superheroes, for saviors; not knowing they’re in for bigtime screwing but for lack of alternatives, they just might take the chance anyway.
Any person as intelligent as our UP Physics Major LtSG here knows the probability of this promise getting fulfilled is practically nil yet he wants us to stay put and watch Manny Villar throw all these crap in our direction relentlessly.
I maintain he is doing a huge disservice to his followers, whom he has inspired with his capers in Oakwood and Manila Pen, if he remains to sit on the fence and allow Villar to get away with stealing, much more with blatant lying.
Exellent piece, Tongue!
And by gum… no other way to put it; as you say:
I maintain he is doing a huge disservice to his followers, whom he has inspired with his capers in Oakwood and Manila Pen, if he remains to sit on the fence and allow Villar to get away with stealing, much more with blatant lying.
chi… korek ka dyan!!!!
Idol ko kc si Trillanes…. haha! Pero dapat talaga syang manindigan… halata naman na kahit sabihin ni Villar na politicaly daw??? Ay sus!! Dumaan sa lupa mo malaki-laki ang kinita mo tapos sasabihin nya na politicaly??? Talagang politically kc ginawa nya ang pagiging politiko nya para kumita sya sa C-5 road at sa business nya!
We need a stateman in our country… not a businessman!!!
chi;
mag email ako sa frend ni trillanes at i copy paste ko itong link ni maam ellen para mabasa mismo ni trillanes ang mga comments nyo pag iforward ng frend nya.
Tedanz, idol mo si Erap. Hindi mo talaga maintindihan ang panindigan ni Trillanes.
Akala ni Erap, kasi kapag masira si Villar, aangat siya.Kahit aangat ka sa number two, si Noynoy pa rin ang mananalo.
Sundin natin ang proseso, dahil kapag mag-shortcut na naman tayo, Edsa Dos na naman ang mangyari.
Steady ka lang dyan, Nathan. 🙂
Sadya bang ganito na maghusga ang mga Pilipino ngayon?
Para sa inyong impormasyon ay ilang beses na tumangi si Senator Trillanes sa pag alok ng endorsment ng Magdalo kay Senador Villar.
Imulat nyo ang mga mata nyo! Pang sariling interes lamang ng ibang Senatoriables ang iniiwasan dito. Kung may anomalya man ay dapat din managot ang mga katulad ni Senador Enrile dahil siya ang head ng finance comitee.
Hindi issue dito kung naging ninong man ng kapatid nya si Senator Villar dahil kung ang issue na iyon lamang ang pagbabasihan ay dapat noon pa lang ay si Villar na mismo ang kanyang inindorso. mag isip!
Isa pa! kahit ilang beses dinalaw ni Senador Villar si Senador Trillanes ay hindi nya pinirmahan ang minority report at alam ni Senador Aquino yan.
Nagagalit ba kayo dahil sa supporters kayo ni Senador Aquino o nino pa man? Paano kung bulatlatin ang issue ng overpricing sa SCTEX? Paano kung bulatlatin ang issue tungkol sa Luisita massacre? Nagbubulag bulagan ba kayo?
Conflict of interest ang nangyayari dito. Aquino,Madrigal, Roxas,Estrada, Enrile, Gordon, mabuti pa si Senator Lapid no comment lang at maririnig lang ang boses pag Lupang Hinirang. Ano pa ang aasahan nyo na kalalabasan? Bakit kung kailan eleksyon?
Nararapat lamang na dalhin ito sa Ombudsman. Mabuti pa si Senator Pangilinan nakatutok sa pag appoint ni Arroyo ng bagong Chief Justice hindi sya namumulitika.
Tedanz:
May mga masters kasi sa “business administration” yung mga nabanggit mo kaya magagaling sila sa negosyo. . Di ba maraming negosyo sa administrasyong ito?. . .e ako master plumber lang kaya heto naghihintay na magkatulo yung iba para lang magkapera. . .hehehe
How can 11 million voters be so right about the Palace witch and be so wrong about the LTSG wonderboy? AdB, Toungue, Chi, you all may be on the wrong side of history too in your AT4 animosity!
ah, neonate… as we speak, I’m not too sure anymore of anything. In this land of make believe [aka Enchanted Kingdom] easy to make the good look like a witch and the bad look angelic.
No longer sure that Gloria is a dwende. She’s a resplendid gargantuan lovely for all we know
Liwanag, hindi ako supporter ninoman. None of the above ang presidente ko. Although I would prefer an Erap-Noynoy one-on-one come May, both come short of my personal yardstick hence, I still won’t give my precious vote to either. A vote is a seal of approval.
Like Anna, I’m in a quandary if there is anyone still fit to be called “honorable” when simple things like rejecting crooks and liars are twisted into some abstract political shotgun maneuver such as blaming all the senators as guilty of insertion because they passed the budget.
Marites (a.k.a. tiquia, above) says Trillanes’ fault was he did not foresee people na “mabababaw” to read his position.
To me, mas mababaw yung magsabi ka ng hindi mo laban ito dahil politika lang ito, or dahil may eleksiyon at ang mga promotor ay mga kalaban ni Villar sa pagka-presidente.
Linawin natin yan.
Nung akusahan ni Lacson si Villar diba’t antemano ay agad umiwas si Villar na maimbestigahan dahil sa palusot niya na ang mga nag-aakusa sa kanya ay mga makakalaban niyang presidentiables? Kesyo ang Ethics committee ni Lacson ay biased. Para humarap siya, binitiwan ni Lacson ang steering ng hearings at para maging patas, sa committee of the whole na inirefer.
Sina Lacson, Loren, Roxas, at Escudero ang tinutukoy niyang presidentiables. Sa ngayon, wala na sa apat na iyan ang presidentiable – either by manipulation of forces close to Malacañang in the case of Lacson and Chiz and partly of Roxas which was more of spec-ops the envelopmental journalists; or by his own doing, in the case of Loren (did you see the triangular pattern there – Malacañang+paid media+Villar himself?)- patay na ang palusot niya matapos mag-atrasan pero bakit di pa rin siya humarap?
Iba na ngayon ang set of presidentiables in the Senate – Noynoy, Gordon, Jamby, yet he still clings to the same palusot. Yan ba ang “credibility” ni Villar na ayaw ni Trillanes na wasakin, e si Villar mismo ang sumira early on?
Sabi nga ni St. John Bosco na nag-celebrate ng kapistahan noong Sunday, “Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are”.
I’d like to offer a postulate stating the negative:
“Tell me who your enemies are, and I will tell you who you are not.”
If Villar still isn’t considered an enemy for making these insertions and his lies are tolerated because it’s “kalakaran”, maybe we were terribly wrong about Trillanes from the very beginning. We were alone in this silly fight all along.
Magaling ang dissertation mo Tongue.
Magaling ang dissertation mo Tongue. — Chi
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Ayos! Natumbok mo, Tongue (aka TIA)!