Link to the SC decision; cuncurring and dissenting opinions: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2010/toc/december.htm
Kasalanan ba ang maghanap ng katotohanan? Di ba obligasyon kong tuklasin ang katotohanan? Di ba obligasyon ko rin na maparusahan ang mga lumabag sa batas? Di ba tungkulin nating malinis ang pangalan ng mga inakusahan nang walang base?
Nanumpa po ako bilang inyong Pangulo: ipagtatanggol ko ang konstitusyon; ipatutupad ko ang mga batas; at magbibigay ako ng hustisya sa bawat Pilipino. Sino mang alagad ng katarungan ay sumusumpa rin sa kanilang tungkuling kumapit sa kung ano ang totoo.
Ang hinahabol po natin dito ay katotohanan. Itinatag natin ang Truth Commission upang isara ang sinasabing isa sa mga pinakamadilim na kabanata sa ating kasaysayan—at malinaw na makakamtan lamang natin ito kung patuloy nating tutuklasin at kakapitan ang katotohan.
May mga nagtatanong: bakit pa kailangan ng panibagong Komisyon kung nariyan naman ang napakaraming mga institusyong naitalaga na upang isulong ang katarungan?
Nariyan ang Ombudsman. Ang Department of Justice na patung-patong na rin ang tungkulin at nakabinbin na kaso. Natural, kung papasanin pa nila ang ganito kalaking dagdag na trabaho, mas lalong babagal ang paghahatid ng hustisya sa mga kasong ilang taon nang nakabinbin sa kanila.
Ang hustisyang inantala ay hustisyang ipinagkait. Karapatan ng mga walang-sala ang mabawi ang kanilang dangal, at tungkulin ng sistema ang parusahan at panagutin ang mga nagkasala. Paano natin makukuha ang solusyon kung hindi man lang natin matukoy kung ano ang problema?
Kung may isang Komisyon na nakatutok sa mga alingasngas ng korupsyon nitong nakaraang dekada, natural naman pong mas mabilis nating maaabot ang ninanais nating liwanag.
Ang pinakamahalagang layunin nito: bigyang-liwanag ang anumang sadyang hinarang ang pagsisiwalat, at patuloy pang itinatago ng mga nakinabang sa lumang sistema.
Ang sabi po ng Konstitusyon, anim na taon dapat mamalagi ang isang administrasyon. Paano natin tatratuhin na hindi naiiba ang isang administrasyon na halos dalawang terminong nanungkulan? Kung administrasyon ka na lumagpas-lagpas na nga sa inaasahan natin ayon sa batas, di ba naiiba ka nga sa lahat. Nararapat lamang na natatangi ang batayan para sa isang natatanging administrasyon.
Ang tanong ng ilan: inaapi ba natin ang nakaraang administrasyon? O pinipili lang nating isulong ang interes ng mga inapi at ninakawan?
Kaninang 5:47 pm lang nakarating sa amin ang kopya ng desisyon. Mahaba-haba ang opinyon, kailangang pag-aralan nang masinsinsan ito, at pag-isipan kung ano ang mabuting gawin.
Mga eksperto na po ang nagsabi, ang pangkaraniwan ay lumalabas ang kopya ng pormal na desisyon sa mismong araw ng pagpahayag nito. Pinagtalo lang po yata ang magkabilang panig.
Nagpapasalamat na lang po at hindi kami inutusan na isauli ang lahat ng nalikom na ebidensya.
Lilinawin ko po: Hindi nakatutok ang Truth Commission sa iisang tao lamang, kundi sa maraming iba’t ibang insidente. Kailangan po nating malaman—hiwa-hiwalay bang kaso ito, o ito ang sistemang umiral sa loob ng siyam at kalahating taon? May mga kakuntsaba pa bang nasa puwesto ngayon, at may pagkakataon pang ipagpatuloy ang kanilang pamiminsala?
Di ba’t may pakinabang sa akusado ito na maaaring linisin ang kanilang pangalan? Kasabay nito ang pakinabang sa estado na para makasiguro tayong hindi magpapatuloy ang maling gawain, at magbayad ang may kasalanan.
Kapag napinsala ang mga Pilipino, hindi po ba kayo nababahala? Hindi po ba kasama ang inyong mga anak, apo at mga mahal sa buhay na makikinabang sa paglalatag natin ng maayos na sistema, kung saan mananagot ang mga nagkasala?
Sa lawak ng mga akusasyon, mahaba-habang panahon ang gugugulin sa paghahabol sa sanga-sangang ng pinaghihinalaang katiwalian, kung saan ito tumutungo o tuturo. Kung walang tututok dito, ginagarantiya natin ang patuloy na kapinsalaan sa taumbayan.
May pananagutan po tayo. Hahayaan ba nating maantala ang paghahatid ng katarungan sa taumbayan?
May mga tanong ang taumbayan na kailangang masagot. Totoo ba ang Hello Garci, kung saan sinabing nadaya ang elesyon?
Paanong umusbong ang NBN ZTE na pagkamahal-mahal na wala namang pakinabang ang bayan?
Saan ba napunta ang pondong pambili ng fertilizer? Ito pong fertilizer scam na ito, parang sine, may part one at part two, at napag-alaman nating may part three pa po na mas karumal-dumal.
Saan napunta ang pondong diumano’y nawaldas na dapat sana ay napunta sa mga nasalanta nina Ondoy at Pepeng?
Bukod pa po dito ang napakarami pang ibang midnight deals at midnight appointments. Baka nalimot na po ninyo, 981 milyong piso ang halaga ng isang midnight deal na dinaan sa mabilisang hokus-pokus. Noong ipina-rebid, naging 600 million na lang. Ito po bang mga deal na ganito ay talagang naging kalakaran lang noong nakaraang dekada?
Hindi po ba lehitimong mga tanong ito? Hindi ba kung hindi natin maisaayos ang sistema, ay ginagarantya lang natin na mauulit at magpapatuloy ang maling kalakaran?
Tungkulin at obligasyon natin sa bawat Pilipino ang hanapin ang sagot sa mga tanong na ito, lalung-lalo na sa mga handang magsakripisyo at isiwalat ang buong katotohanan ukol sa katiwaliang naganap. Nananawagan ako, sa mga nagbubulag-bulagan at nagbibingi-bingihan sa malinaw na panawagan ng taumbayan, huwag po sanang harangan ang aking tungkulin.
Gagawin ko ang lahat ng nararapat sa ilalim ng batas upang itigil ang pamiminsala sa taumbayan. Huwag po kayong magduda, bago ang sarili ko, bago sino man, ang papanigan ko ay ang interes ng taumbayan. Habang nandito ako, hindi ako papayag na patuloy na apihin ang Pilipino.
SnV posted this in a previous thread.
saxnviolins
The decision and dissenting opinions are now available. Magbasa muna, bago magpuna. We talk of due process, let as practice what we preach.
Due process, as I memorized once upon a time, requires the judge to listen before condemning; and to listen to both sides before deciding.
I may have my suspicions, but those suspicions will or will not be fleshed out in the words of the decision. So far, there is one statement that I found worth noting as I did a first skim of the decision:
Emphasis supplied by the Court. The above is found in the last paragraph, before what is called the dispositive portion, that says “Wherefore, the petition is granted”.
saxnviolins:
Bottom line, pulpol ang nag-draft.
You want to avoid unconstitutionality, sinama sana lahat ng administration, then, you do a benign neglect of allegations regarding Erap, Cory (Babalu), etc. Iba yung constitutional correctness sa tactical finesse.
Tanga.
Uyy… is he talking about Lacson or am I going cross-eyed? 😉
Can anything be as clear as this? So, the question is: Who benefits if the TC is derailed?
Pity, he didn’t speak of the Pidals and their ill-gotten wealth, etc.
well, if that is what the SC wants, then let the Congress create the Commission (according the SC the TC is a public office)and mandate it to also investigate all allegations of improprieties by members of the SC past and present…there were also allegation of payoffs and briberies for a favourable decisions by the body, TRO were usually had a price…and also check their lifestyle and their unexplained assets and just to make sure that the Commission will not be declared unconstitutional, make it an all out investigating body, but just do the GMAs and the SC and done with it…play their games and beat them.
Vic… Right on! Hahahah…how ironic eh! They’ve just cut their noses to spite their faces
#2 Ellen. “Bottom line, pulpol ang nag-draft.”…”Tanga”.
Hindi siguro nag-plagiarize ngayon, pulpol at tanga lang talaga! Nyahahaha! My grandad would be very proud of you, Ellen. 🙂
Anna, binanggit ni PNoy ang Hello Garci at NBN/ZTE, iniwasan lang na i-name ang bagong kulot na Gloria Arroyo. hehehe…
If de Lima is reading this, she should get the message already. Obviously, PNoy is referring to Lacson here.
#8..I refer only to the one who drafted (or legal advisers) kasi kulang naman talaga.
Hahayaan ba nating maantala ang paghahatid ng katarungan sa taumbayan? -PNoy
Sino bang meron gusto among the kapinuyan if not the bagong-kulot gurl and her ilk?
Go beyond TC na, get the most brilliant legal team and ‘start crackin’, sabi nga ni Anna. 🙂
‘Downright stupid,’ says Arroyo son to critics of ‘Truth’ ruling.
Tangna (sorry for my language) itong si Mickey. Tinawag pa tayong stupid.
Hindi kaya sinadya na gawing mahina ang rules ng Truth Commission para ma-reject ng SC? That it was the work of some people around Pnoy to sabotage it for the benefit of Gloria? Remember that those in his administration are mostly from Civil Society or Hyatt 10 which had some kind of relationship with Gloria in the past. Walang iba iyan na gawing mahina ang kaso sa DOJ o Sandiganbayan para mabasura sa Ombudsman. Case in point was Nani Perez’s case.
Marz,
Did he really say that? E siya, idiot, moron, tanga! Baboy pa!
Henry, could you sipa the face of that idiot Mike Arroyo Jr one of these days please?
Chi,
Di ba?
Would do well for Pnoy to wake up at the crack of sparrow fart and to crack the whip! He must make those skylarkers on board his legal dept (and Doj) toe the line; otherwise if they don’t, he must take the cat out of the bag and flog the lazybones with it! 😛
Henry will understand my jargon 😉
More cases of the administration tripping on its shoelaces. Mas maganda ang Tagalog. Sila’y nagkanda-buhol-buhol.
The EO says that the TC is an independent body. But when defending the basis for its creation, the admin states that it comes under the powers of the President to reorganize the executive. If it is merely reorganizing, then the body, presumably is under the Office of the President. In fact, the budget comes from allotments of the Office of the President apportioned to the TC.
So is it really independent if it comes under the OP, and reports to the OP?
For once, I agree with Teresita De Castro.
Again, let us leave out the personalities. Look at the message, not the messenger.
In this regard, I think, in this case, De Castro got the better of Carpio. Read both opinions, and judge for yourselves.
Actually, this may result to something good, the more people know about the “truth” commission being junked the worst it will look like for gloria and her allies – just keep up the ante…
this son of arroyo really got bigheaded, he’s talking, walking around, strutting, like he’s the son of a deity…i hope he gets whats coming to him…
henry, if ever, he gets jail time in the near future – tell someone to put him in the “bartolina” just look for an excuse, maybe he’ll lose some weight…
Puwede namang gawin ng DOJ ang investigation, bakit pa gagawa ng TC? In fact, in the Carpio dissent, he stated that:
You shot yourself in the foot Justice. Puwede palang gawin ng existing body, bakit pa may TC?
let the administration trip, let them fall, stand up, begin the fight again, fall, trip, for as long as they stick to it, the walls will fall…
most of the time its the “doers” that make a difference not the spectators…its the men/women who actually get hit, bleed, laughed at, ridiculed, but forge ahead inspite of the obstacles…
…and tanong, makikiisa ba tayo sa layuning ito o kuntneto na ang tayo sa pagbabatikos, pagtawag pansin sa mga kakulangan ng mga taong totoong may ginagawa kahit sa paningin natin hindi kasing galing natin…
Bottom line, better re-draft the EO, as I posted earlier, instead of doing an MR, or executing logical contortions just to save face.
Isa pa, if you try to save face when the error is obvious, you lose more face. Parang defensive combing, yan ng isang nakakalbo; kukunin yung buhok sa may tenga, at isusuklay pataas? Di ba’t mas pangit yon. Better to shave off all the hair completely, a la Bembol Rocco.
As any tech guy can tell you, a clean re-install of Windows is easier than repairing by searching for programming bugs.
if no one has said it yet, let me be the first – “it was a good try, keep it up Mr President and thank you…”
you are fighting the fight all of us should’ve been fighting, keep buggering on…
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt, “Man in the Arena”
Speech given April 23, 1910
26th president of US (1858 – 1919)
#13
Yes Madam. Please check this link from Inquirer:
http://www.inquirer.net/
Chi, re# 8. It’s the comment of SnV. It was posted in the previous thread. I just transferred it here.
Except for some brave souls, not too many lawyers would attack the SC decision for obvious reason. They don’t want their pending and future petitions with SC be jeopardized. And despite his nephew being married to Gloria’s daughter, Fr. Bernas criticized the SC decision. We have not heard from Sen. Miriam Santiago who loves to speak up on every controversial issue. Well, she was or still is one of Gloria’s best friends.
Has anybody heard from Davide since the SC declared Truth Commission unconstitutional?
He helped in drafting the E.O.
#26
Sinong Davide??? Hehehe 😛
I told you so. Davide could be in cahoots with these SC Justices. Why Pnoy appointed him to head the Truth Commission was very suspicious. Galit daw si Pnoy sa SC decision…o drama lang ito?
vic – December 8, 2010 9:12 pm
well, if that is what the SC wants, then let the Congress create the Commission
Yun e kung makakapasa sa Congress… kung makapasa naman.. sunod na tanong… kailan?
#24. Ok, Ellen. Kahit na pa, my grandad kung buhay, would have been proud of you for having this politically enlightened blog. 🙂
atty sax, I am very proud of you, hehehe…kasi sa ‘yo lang ako natututo ng legal matters here. Unfortunately, I’m too busy these days, hindi masyadong nakakabalik sa previous loops, pardon ha….
If de Lima is reading this, she should get the message already. Obviously, PNoy is referring to Lacson here. chi
malamang hindi magets… sabi ni PNoy hindi priority yung kaso ni Lacson.. pero ano ginawa ni De Lima.. binigayn ng ultimatum yung NBI sa paghuli kay Lacson… di pa nakuntento… gusto pa maglabas ng 2M reward…
Has anybody heard from Davide since the SC declared Truth Commission unconstitutional?
He helped in drafting the E.O.- Ellen
Inangkopo! Sya pala mismo na dating SC Chief Justice ang tinamaan ng pulpol at tanga! 🙂
perl, baka ma-magets na ngayon kasi mas klaro at hindi inaprub ni Sec. Robredo and P2M reward sa ulo ni Lacson.
tanga? hindi naman… kahit nga si Lagman hindi naisip yung dahilan ng SC eh…
may kasabihan tayo… kapag gusto may paraan.. kapag ayaw may dahilan… yang kasabihan na yan ang gabay at panuntunan ng mga justices ni Gloria Arroyo…
chi, magets nya yan… kung magbabasa si De Lima dito sa Ellenville! hehehe..
Diyan magagaling ang mga abogado sa atin. Iisang batas, iba-iba ang interpretation. Tingnan mo ang SC. Iba-iba rin ang pananaw. Alin ba ang importante. Form or substance? Bakit kung Associate Justice ang inaakusahang nag plagiarize, pasensiya na, wala namang malisya. Di lang nalagyan ng footnotes. Pero pag kaso na ni Goyang, kung ano-anong ipinupuna sa pagkagawa ng EO. Samantalang, dating CJ na si Davide ang tumulong gumawa noon. Tang ina ninyo. Naghahanap lang kayo ng butas sa di naman dapat. Kung inherently defective ang EO, bakit di unanimous ang decision nyo?
# 34
The denial of equal protection and the arrogation of powers of Congress to create offices were actually arguments of the petitions. The decision says so.
Binigyan na ang admin ng lunas, that is, to re-draft the EO. Yan ang punto ko, sa post # 1.
Sa halip na makipagbanggaan sa isang 10 – 5 na decision, higit na mabuti yung magsulat nang panibago. Ang mahalaga, makamit ang layunin ng EO.
naiintindihan ko na si PNoy kung bakit si Davide ang kinuha bilang maging pinuno ng TC… dahil dating CJ si Davide.. mahihiya yung mga nakaupong mahistrado na magdecide na gawing illegal yung TC… kaya lang ganon talga kapag kapalmuks… walang pakialam..
sax,
thanks for clarification about lagman’s petition..
so nagbigay ang SC ng lunas… irevise ang EO.. tapos gano sila katagal ulit magdedecide? december next year, kapag expired na TC? gusto lang nila idelay yung proseso…
mga ungas talga yang SC!
Note. Si Serreno, hindi kasama sa dissent ni Carpio, nor Abad, nor Nachura.
Nagturo ng admin law si Serreno. Kahit anong anggulo mo tignan, hindi talaga uubra yang creation of a new office by the President.
Reorganization daw? A reorganization presumes an existing office; either merged with another, or given new personnel, etc.
Tulad ng sabi ng iba, ginaya lang yung EO ni Inay. But that was issued noong wala pang Congress, at may legislative powers pa si Inay.
mukhang ginagawa pa lang yang TC.. may argumento na sila kung pano papatayin o idedelay… kaya pare-parehas dahilan nung sampung mahistrado…
si Abalos ba o si Gloria iisa? si Jocjoc Bolante ba at si Gloria iisa? halatang lutong macao naman…
# 39
Kapag tinupad ang lunas, at mag-pe-petition ulit, maaring summary denial, kung walang basehan ang paratang ng denial of equal protection.
As it is, the basis for equal protection is found in the letter of the EO itself.
Like I said above, sundan ang line of least resistance. Isulat muli ang EO, isama pati admin ni Inay. Tapos, benign neglect, tulad ng ginagawa ni Merceditas.
Huwag puro init ng ulo. Do not get mad, get even (JFK). And might I add, get even better legal advice.
# 41.
Ang class of people (group of similarly situated individuals) ang tinitignan for equal protection analysis, hindi ang tao.
Asked what he planned to do next, he said that it seemed to him that the next best step was to amend the executive order creating the Philippine Truth Commission.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20101209-307870/Aquino-slams-SC-decision
Congressman Ed Lagman is a hell of a lawyer and lawmaker if not for his relationship with Gloria. But let’s see how he deals with the RH Bill. It’s his pet bill. If he succeeds in passing it, I shall salute him.
So he has not read yet SC’s decision, why the drama speech? Lots of non sequiturs too.
SC’s decision is a way forward to fighting graft and corruption. Come to think of it, if the Truth Commission was allowed to continue without the intervention of the Court, Gloria may not be convicted in the end because of a technicality. Money, effort, and time would go down the drain.
If you read carefully, the SC even gave a hint to Aquino’s superior legal minds about the proper way to achieve the EO’s goals.
OK, so many were broken-hearted by the decision of the SC. Not so fast, and before more cursing and accusing members of the SC, think again. We should be glad and thankful with the SC’s decision for not allowing the commission to reach first base. The role of the appointed head of the commission is being overlooked because of anger and disappointments. It’s better to place bet on the safe side than go on with an uncertain outcome of the inquiry.
We tend to believe that all appopintments and people who served under Gloria were there as her insurance. We saw the decision as bias, mainly because they were her appointees and bound to protect her ass. But if we look the other way and take for granted that it’s declared constitutional, let the commission do there job, how can one be so sure that the commission will do the right thing under the present head who was a former Gloria’s “altar boy” who served her the seat of power in a silver platter? This “altar boy” is a “magician”, out of thin air he produced what he called “constructive resignation”. If he was able to hand a non-vacant presidency and violate the rule of law with or without the consent of all his peers, what guarantee do we have that he will not do it again to protect his boss?
That will not only break hearts but tear it into pieces.
If we go by the logic that Gloria’s people were there to protect her, then we can not take out Davide from the equation. Gloria and Davide were made of the same cloth. They are both traitor, opportunist and corrupt. They are evil partners. His appointment is a mystery that only Gloria, Davide and Noynoy himself know where it will end.
My guess however, Gloria and whoever will never spend even a second in jail.
“Kasalanan ba ang maghanap ng katotohanan? Di ba obligasyon kong tuklasin ang katotohanan?” – Noynoy
Anong klaseng tanong yan?
Sino ba ang nag sabi na KASALANAN ito? Wala naming nagsasabi na kasalanan at hindi obligasyon yon. Kahit na si Gloria at ang kaniyang mga kampon, hindi sinabing kasalanan yon. Ang sinabi ng korte ayusin lang ang paraan ng paghahanap, hindi yong “bara-bara” style. Hindi dahil sa nasa poder, magagawa na lahat ng bagay kahit na mali. Dapat sa tamang proseso at tamang paraan. Nasa demokrasya ang gobyerno at ito ay dapat kumilos ng naayon sa batas at konstitusyon.
Si Mis Lang siguro ang gumawa ng speech, kaya simula pa lang it “sucks” na.
#46
There you go again with your obvious defense of Gloria. The Truth Commission has no prosecution power. They have already started digging on the many cases of the past administration reaching 200. They would file a motion for reconsideration. Until there’s no finality, the Commission can continue to function unless being told. The Commission has the power to subpoena witnesses and respondents but has no contempt power. It’s an EO. Of course if you’re a current government official, you must appear if called not the former officials who are considered private citizens now.
“Carpio likewise said in his dissenting opinion that it is “ironic” that the SC chose to junk EO 1, since the high court itself “routinely creates all year round fact-finding bodies to investigate all kinds of complaints” within the judiciary.”
Palusot pa kayong mga tungak kayo. Associate Justice na yang nagsasalita. Puro si GMA lang kasi tinitingnan nyo. Paano si Joc-Joc? Si Abalos? Si Garci? Abswelto na rin? Legal ang Feliciano Commission, a fact-finding commission like the TC, which investigated the Magdalos on the Oakwood incident pero di pwede ang TC kasi masasama sa iimbestigahan si GMA? Tang ina nyo mga hinayupak kayo!
Paliwanag ng kampo ni Gloria at mga tauhan niya sa loob ng SC sa bintang na 14 sa 15 ay puro appointees ni Gloria: May ilan din daw Arroyo appointees na pabor sa Truth Commission. Sagot ko: Of course. Siyempre. Masyadong halata na kung 14 ang kontra at isa lang ang pabor na nagkataon pang bagong appointee ni Pnoy. Nag-usap na ang mga iyan.
korek marz! yung 3 sa 5 na nag dissent… magreretire bago matapos term ni PNoy… mukhang gusto magpaampon kay PNoy…
After they retire, they could be appointed to other civilian government positions like that of Davide who was sent to UN by Gloria.
Kaya nga “Retired” dahil tapos na silang manungkulan,bakit pa bibigyan ng panibagong pwesto sa Government?
Kaya tuloy maraming magagaling na sumusunod na henerasyon ang hindi napapansin na magagaling dahil sa mga kapit tuko na retirees na iyan.Pag retire, retired tapos ang usapan enjoyin na lang nila ang kanilang pension.
Iyan nga ang problema, brod. Tulad na lang ng mga retired Generals, nasa ibang mga ahensiya. Si Gloria ang nag-umpisa ng bulok na sistemang ito.
SAx, is it too late to replace Davide at this time? I want that double spy out of the Truth comission!
May I answer? Why not? Since it’s the President who formed the Commission and it was he who appointed Davide, he could replace anyone. The question is what good does it do? Sira na ang credibility. Parang pinalitan mo lang ng damit ang taong nakasuot niyan. In the first place, Pnoy should have not appointed Davide. If he’s replaced now, it won’t look good for this Cebuano. Malacanang has to save his face. Davide could fake illness and asked that he be replaced. I prefer former SC Chief Puno. This guy has more integrity.
I hope the witnessess to the crimes committed over the years while the midget was in power did not yet submit any of their affidavits to the Davide Truth commission. Baka hindi si Pnoy ang nag-rereview ng mga yan kundi si tiyanak pa rin! Hahanapin ni tiyanak ang mga nag-complain at i-eliminate o babayaran ng malaki para hindi na mag-tetestigo pa. For someone who has fattened herself and her cronies for nine long years, she, her pig hubby and horsy kids have mastered the art of eliminating and paying off people just to get their way.
Thanks Marz. Matigok na lang sana para matapos na!
Davide is just an old clown.
Davide is a good tactical choice.
Should Davide be tough with the previous administration (and succeed with the finding the “truth”), PNoy will get the credit.
Should he be lax (and fail with finding the “truth”), the general perception might be: “it is to be expected from someone who benefited from the previous administration.” But even with failure (given our “culture our smallness”-that is, not pushing ourselves to excel), the current administration will still get the credit for “atleast trying.”
The current administration is perhaps aware of its limitations. (being: that Liberal Party has among its members, politicians that benefited from the previous administration; that these politicians like PNoy have the “mandate” of the people; that despite being well-meaning, there are political obstacles)
I understand what Sax is driving at… And agree with him.
Just that our Supreme Court is so goddamn useless, so morally corrupt, one cannot help but rant.
Thing that gets to me is this: If our greatly esteemed supreme court could pen a decision (on the basis of a spurious diary by some 2nd party jerk) that a duly elected president of the republic was “constructively resigned”, why can’t they pen a decision that PNoy’s EO is a constructively drafted EO for the common good or some similar shit?
Bottom line is most members of our Supreme Court (only the highly esteemed jerks of the SC led by Corona’s dirty 10 that is) can dig in the deep recesses of their warped minds when it suits them but when it suits the public’s general quest for justice (ok never mind even if Davide, the other highly esteemed jerk ex-SC chief justice, was part of the PNoy’s TC), they always manage to go by some tortuous, complex, non-bailable blurb route… Makes one wonders if the “epithet” putangina nila should be pasted to their robes for good!
Naknampuchang supreme shitheads na yan!
perl # 29…
actually the President does not the Inquiry if what he wants is to go after the crimes of corruption committed in the past..he can call on the Police Authorities to initiate and start the criminal investigation…
But it is still suggested that an inquiry be called separate and distinct to that of the criminal investigation preferably after criminal cases have been filed in courts as not to jeopardise the cases as the result of testimonies in the inquiries…but the inquiries should be purely for fact findings to find out the root causes of corruption, how they come about, the weaknesses in checks and balances and institute measures to correct the defects…we call it the Blameless inquest to encourage all parties to open up and fear none to tell the truth or face the consequence of being cited for perjury and contradiction…
Get even PNoy! Do everything in your power to cut SC budget down to size…
Who do they fucking think they are? They’ve not been elected; they are there on the pure largesse of some goddamn moral dwarf and they believe they have more power than the entire Filipino nation put together? Why! They’re even challenging the presidency! They’re virtually telling the current duly elected president of the Philippines that he’s a bonehead! These bastards are at it again!!!
I say burn these bastards at the stake! If you don’t know why, these goddamn justices know why (after all they’re supposed to be brilliant at thinking on the whys and wherefores of things — let them fry in their fat as they burn!)
now one reason why Canada is rated # 5 as least corrupt by TI international is because of the very comprehensive process of its investigative and prosecution of crime of corruption…the SC is always out of the Picture…
most of the time, even the well-entrenched conspiracy of corruption in government were uncovered by the media or members of the public or the opposition parties thru the access to information act…and this matter is brought to the the attention of the Parliament in its daily question and answer period… then when in doubt the government will call the Auditor General to look at the allegation and in return the AG will submit her reports and if she suspected criminal activities involve will suggest to call the RCMP to initiate criminal investigation and that is about it…the investigation will cover everyone, except the Queen…as even the PM immunity does not extend behind the walls of the Parliament.
Sure looks like Noynoy never ascended to the throne of power. It is still being held by Gloria. Like she never stepped down.
This cannot be. This cannot be. It just cannot be. Something has got to be done. Or we will all look like fools.
Lawyer Carlos Medina Jr. said it very clearly.
The Truth Commission’s focus he said is on a specific period that the alleged wrongdoing was committed, not on a specific person.
The singling out is not of a specific individual but of a specific period.
Medina said the Truth Commission’s mandate is to look at massive cases of graft and corruption committed during the period 2001 to 2010.
It could relate to anybody who was with the “judiciary, Congress, or with any other government office” who may or may not be allies of Arroyo.
Pretty clear in my view..but the “Supreme Court Ten” have been gifted by a hobbit with Gloria-tinted glasses.
Harry Roque raised the questions that almost all Filipinos should be asking themselves:
ABOLISH THE FRIGGING SUPREME COURT! This Supreme Court is useless! It’s leadership is a jester who thinks he can shit on the president of the Philippines and by extension on the Filipino nation! It is corrupt! It personifies moral cowardice at its beastly best! It’s for sale to the lowest moral dwarf! It has completely disemboweled and quartered this nation’s moral reserve! There is no longer any compelling reason why taxpayers should continue to pay for their immoral existence!
Mikey Arroyo says the Truth Commission is a “downright stupid” idea? Look who’s talking.
Look in the mirror, sir. The guy looking at you doesn’t seem so downright intelligent either. He’s the guy who made a downright fool of himself when peppered by Winnie Monsod on TV.. about his wealth..was it?
unsolicited advice
change the whole legal team of malacanang
from the chief excecutive down
no experience…
# 68
Napaka-dramatic naman yang dating ni Harry Roque, bordering on OA.
What can be done without the TC?
The Hello Garci scandal, the mother of all corruptions, can be investigated by De Lima, not Merceditas. The cheating was not “in connection” with the President’s duties, so not cognizable by the Ombudsgirl.
The break-in into the House, to get the certificates of canvass of FPJ, and supplant it with doctored certificates of canvass is also not “in connection” with the President’s duties, nor the duties of the military. Sino na ba ang gumawa?
The attempt to dismember the Republic, by way of the MOA-AD; treason is certainly not “in connection” with the duties of a President, so not part of the Ombudsgirl’s jurisdiction.
In any case, just get cracking, and let the bi7ch go to Court to allege that De Lima has no jurisdiction and the matter is the exclusive province of the Ombudsgirl.
And por Diyos por demonyo, like Macasaet said, impeach that woman. Instead of the roundabout way of avoiding Merceditas by creating a TC, impeach her, get the votes in the House and Senate, and start fresh, with a new Ombudsman – preferably, Rene Saguisag, or somebody of equal integrity and probity.
Wake up Noy. Ang tatanga ng mga nakapaligid sa iyo.
Right! Especially former SC slut Justice Davide!
How I wish I could wield a pen the way Anna does when I’m frustratingly mad.
Phil… 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
I’ll always remember your lethal sense of humour!
Anna, reading you is like savoring a nice thick juicy slab of steak. I feel the same way when I read an incensed frustrated Ellen.
Both of you skillfully wield your pens like Zorro, Zatoichi and Scaramouche combined.
Phil… coming from you, I take it as nothing less than a sublime compliment… (blush) And thanks for including Scaramouche to the comparisson 😉
On #71, Sax,
Agree with your ideas there.
Pag masyado ng napikon ang masang Pilipino, marahil ay sila na ang gumawa ng hakbang! Kaya dapat higpitan ni Gloria Arroyo ang security niya, baka magaya siya sa nangyari sa mga diktador sa Europa gaya nina Nikolai Cheasescu ng Romania na ang buong pamilya ay pinagbabato hangga’t mamatay.
Kapag hindi pa makakita ng katarungan ang masa, ay baga mainis na at mapuno ang mga ito. Isa sa inaasahan ng bayan kay PNoy ay ang pagbigay nga ng katarungan sa pamamagitan ng pagkulong sa mga Arroyo.
Kayo sinisisi ninyo si Penoy, ibinoto nga siya para sa Pangako niyang ‘Kung Walang Kurap,Walang Mahirap” Patok na Slogan at mahigit 15 milyon ang sumakay sa bandwagon, pero may nagawa kayong cardinal sin, ibinoto pa rin ninyo ang mga dating asong ulol sa Tongresso at Senado. May magagawa ba ang Presidente kung ayaw nilang kumilos na i impeach si Merceditas? Nagtatanong lang po, kasi parang nababalda na yata si Penoy sa nangyayari na binokya siya ng SC.
Impeachment ay galing sa Tongress. Sino ang ibinoto ninyong mga Tongressman?
Sa next year na naman uli kayo maghabaol,kasi di niyo ma impeach si Merceditas this year, marami kasi ang may gustong sumikat at pumapael sa Tongress,kaya iyan tuloy nabokya sila dahil dalawa ang inihaing impeachment complaint.
Huwag ng pag aksayahan ni Penoy ng panahon at pera iyang ‘Turutut” Commission, ituon na lang niya ang manpower at resources sa DOJ.
Pwedi na silang mag create ng Invistigating body diyan. Iyung kay Mendoza nga ng tinupak at nanghostages ng bus ay kumuri bakit hidi pwedi ang Invistigating Panel na tututok sa mga kawatan nong nagdaang administration.
Kung sasabihin na naman ng SC na uncontituitional,sunugin na lang ang “Saligang Batas”
Tama naman ang patutungahan ni Penoy kaya lang mali yata ang tinatahak niyang landas.
Accdg to Sax, hindi naman kay Chedeng ang mga kasong kinasasangkutan ni midget, her family and cronies. Kay de Lima daw dapat. Inspite of the Lacson case, I still believe that de Lima will handle these cases well. Kung corrupt si de LIma, she would not be the poorest of the cabinet members. Bigyan lang siya ni Pnoy ng perang magagamit sa additional load. Ang mahirap lang dyan, baka ang mga kaso ni midget ay matapat sa kanyang mga “aso”. Lagot na naman. Inabot ng humigit kumulang 30 taon ang mga kaso ng mga Marcos. Yung mga kaso kaya ni midget baka aabuting ng isang generation!
PSB #84
Iyan ang “Tumpak”
Ang sinasabi natin noon, palitan ang mga nasa taas at ang mga nasa baba eh susunod. But until the layer of the midget appointees are taken out, mahirap mangyari ito. Dapat alisin lahat ni Pnoy ang mga “aso” ni midget. Then we can change the government. It will be an uphill task for Pnoy to weed out the culprits in public service.
Sa BIR lang kung talagang pursigido sila ay mabibingwit ang mga Aso ni midget. I Life Style Check silang lahat.
“Aba! Saan ka nanguha ng Mansion at bakit di mo ideneclare ang assets mo?” Todas na sila.
Siguro ang mga alibi ng mga iyan “Sumusyo ako sa Bombay na magpautang ng 5/6”
” Dapat alisin lahat ni Pnoy ang mga “aso” ni midget. Then we can change the government.”
Napakaganda pero anong nangyari? The Aquino govt. targeted the innocent people to correct the wrongs of the past administration. This is one injustice brought about by the incompetence of Ochoa and co. regarding midnight appointments. Sabi ng EO 2, even if the appointment was made prior to March 10, 2010 ( before the election ban) but the oath of office or assumption took effect after March 10, 2010, you are a midnight appointee.Ochoa and co. apparently are ignorant about civil service laws and comelec rules.
First, memo circular of CSC provides that one has to give an allowance of 30 days before assuming the new office to give the previous office time for replacement. So that even if your appointment is say Feb.14, 2010, you can not assume before March 10, 2010 because of the circular. The assumption of office is therefore after March 10, 2010.
Second, one of the prohibited acts during the election period is ” transfer”. One can not transfer from one government agency to another agency during the election period. If this is how the previous boss interprets the comelec rules, then the appointee can not be given the authority to transfer during but only after the election period. Much as the appointee would like to assume, he can not otherwise he could be charged for abandonment of office or worse for committing comelec offense.
The poor appointee who had no intimacy with pandak whatsover,( sa tv lang nakita si gma ) is jobless. The family was displaced at ang mga anak huminto sa pag-aaral.The appointee is punished because he did not violate the CSC and Comelec rules.
Dapat may qualifier ang EO 2 that, except those that are legally prevented to assume office during the election period and after the proper observance of the 30 day period before assumption, one is considered a midnight appointee if he assumes after a particular date. Yun, very sweeping and mechanical the application of EO 2, lahat revoked ang previous appointment. Super tanga talaga ang legal team ni aquino. Mga inosente ang natamaan.
At si pandak?…… tawa ng tawa.
Toting,
If I had voted Penoy (Kaso Hindi ako makaboto), I would not bother trying to justify my decisions. I would face the truth and start demanding that they get their act together by cleaning out all the corrupt and ignorant still clinging to their office. The evidence is clear. The only question is if the voters are willing to continue to be deceived by the party of Penoy that is doing everything they can to obfuscate their misdeeds in order to feel good about the choices they made in the past. The only way to reveal the truth is to look at the most recent and clear evidence and then follow it back while all the Gloria’s allies lies unravel. A true patriot would be willing to reflect on their decisions and welcome the questions about what really happened in the Pandak administration, willing to face the truth, rather than try to cover it up in shame!
I’m not losing hope on the present govt. My only concern is that Aquino is surrounded by incompetent advisers to the point of sacrificing people instead of protecting them.
Toting,
There’s Hope.Manalig ka lang kay Bro.
Sa ibang bansa, pulis at piskal lang tapos na ang boksing, kulong na ang may sala. Di na kailangan yang komi-commission na yan.
Kaso tignan mo yung inakusahan ng mga pulis ng terrorism, na-dismiss e dalawang taong nakakulong. E yung anti-terrorist law na watered-down nagbibigay ng P500,000 kada araw na mabilanggo ang isang inosente, ayun nag-file na laban sa PNP, P470M para sa dalawang taong pagkakulong.
Daig ang tumama sa lotto.
Kutsabahin na lang natin ang mga pulis, pakulong tayo ng isang taon sa pekeng terrorist charge. Tapos kokolekta tayo ng P235M okey diba? Maraming papatol kung ibalato ko na yung P35M sa abugado.
Yan ang resulta nung pagpapapogi kesyo human rights protection daw ni Pimentel noong ginagawa iyang batas.
— PSB
– Coy
ABSOLUTELY DEAD ON!!!!
— TT
Yesssss!
And know why? That’s because in countries where that type of justice system exists, they fortunately don’t have an overtly politically and morally corrupt Filipin Supreme Court.
#83. Cocoy: Tama naman ang patutungahan ni Penoy kaya lang mali yata ang tinatahak niyang landas.
Tama ang destinasyon at landas, mismatch lang ang mga tao na pinipiling magtrabaho at magpatupad.
Kung nagbabasa lang ng Ellenville at hindi balat sibuyas si Noynoy at mga tauhan ay mayabang kong sasabihin na sa blog na ito sila makakapulot ng ikatutuwid ng landas na ngayon ay patuwad-tuwad nilang tinatahak. Walang pipiyak sa inyo, dahil lahat tayo, antigo at bago, ay may laman ang mga komentos. 🙂
tama ang patutunguhan…
kaya lang kung hindi sanga-sangang daan
nababalaho o natatrapik naman!
dapat si lacson ang nandyan sa doj kung talagang gustong habulin ni pnoy ang mga arroyo.
yes “don’t get angry, get even.” most of the time decisions/moves made based on emotions don’t make for winning moves…
regroup, revise, overhaul, change tactics, and make sure to keep a close ear on the ground…
…fight again another day…
Impeach Corona daw.
You just telegraphed your next move.
Here comes Oliver Lozano now, with his quick on the draw impeachment complaint, alleging a weak cause of action.
Mag-isip naman kayo, hindi puro init ng ulo.
Impeach Corona? Why not throw in the 9 others?
Control the anger to prevent irrational behavior. Irrational behavior ay hahantong rin sa kapalpakan.
For some weird reason Aquino wants Corona impeached. Nasaan na ang sophistication at statesmanship?
Corona should have at least inhibited instead of casting his vote considering that he was controversially appointed by Gloria at the last minute. Gusto niya masiguro na mabasura ang TC. Impeachment? Kailan ba nagtagumpay ang impeachment sa atin? Si Erap nga nakulong hindi dahil sa impeachment. If the impeachment process was allowed to proceed, Erap would have gotten away with it. Oliver Lozano is an impeachment blocker lawyer. Basta pumasok itong Ilokanong ito, patay ang impeachment.
sino may sabing si Corona lang:
Resign or face impeach raps, group warns 10 SC justices
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/12/09/10/resign-or-face-impeach-raps-group-warns-10-sc-justices
Sige impeach lahat yan… malalaman natin kung sino talga may kapangyarihan… ang elected officials ba o yang mga appointed justices…
Bagsak naman ang SC… kung pulso ng mamamayan ang titignan..
Oliver Lozano is an impeachment blocker lawyer. Basta pumasok itong Ilokanong ito, patay ang impeachment.
bakit naman nila hahayaang pumasok? bulok na style na yan… hindi uubra sa panahon ngayon…
Hahaba pa iyang proseso ng impeachment sa mga sampung SC justices, i pipol power na lang sila.Kung kay Marcos at Erap ay umubra palagay ko naman uubra rin iyan sa SC.
Hindi na makikialam ang mga Military diyan palagay ko para bantayan ang Supreme Court.
Hahahaha! pati na raw si Gen. Aguinaldo ay isasama na ng team ni Penoy para imbistigahan sa ihahain nilang MR sa SC.Baka mamaya sasabihin na naman ng SC kulang na naman kasi hindi kasali si Magellan.
Sabagay OK iyan kasi pinabubuksan ng SC ang pag imbistiga kung sino ang mastermind sa pagpatay kay Ninoy.
Oo nga, Cocoy. Tutal kay PNoy na ang military kaya pwedeng mag-rally ang kanyang civil at yellow armies walang balakid at tiyak meron magpapakain. Mas madali nga kesa impeachment…
Ala ng naniniwala diyan kay ilokanong Lozano.Kahit siya mismo di na rin naniniwala sa sarili niya.
#109
Tumpak ka riyan Chi, Ano ang ginagawa ng Yellow Armies ni Penoy. 2m katao lang ang kailangan.Bibit na lahat iyan simula Pasay hangang Caloocan.
#107. Kaya dapat iwan na ang TC, huwag na lang ituloy dahil tiyak na sasabihin ng 10 Gloria lapdogs na kulang na naman ang laman ng EO. Ibuhos na ang resources, effort at manpower sa DOJ at simulan ang collection ng evidence. At sa mismong segundo na tapos na si Merceditas, isampa na ang mga kaso laban sa unana. Ganun din naman, baka mas matagal pa at sayang lang ang aabutin sa paghihintay ng OO ng Supreme Court ni Corona na hindi ibibigay kelanman.
It’s about time na patikimin ng ngitngit ng 2 million yellow armies ni PNoy ang 10 SC injustices ni Gloria. Kapag hindi nagsipagbaligtaran ang mga aso na yan.
pagkakataon na ni Pnoy para patalalsikin yung mga alagad ni Gloria sa SC… para wala na talgang sagabal pra ilunsad ang anti-corruption campaign… pwde naman ituloy ang kaso sa DOJ laban kay Arroyo habang gumugulong ang impeachment ng SC sa kongreso… pagsabay-sabayin na sila… ewan pagnaka porma pa yan… sabi nyo nga, may 2M yellow armies si PNoy… magrally habang sinasagawa impeachment… malapit na din naman ang 2013 local election.. siguradong manginginig mga tongressman at hindi kakampi kay arroyo… sigurado talsik yang mga SC… at kalaboso si Arroyo, tanggal sa Arroyo.. ang saya-saya!
correction:
at kalaboso si Arroyo, tanggal sa kongreso.. ang saya-saya!
How? Paano mapapatasik ang mga Gloria SC Boys? Kung si Gloria nga hindi napatalsik sa loob ng siyam na taon. What Pnoy should do is to appoint the next justices who are fair and willing to go after Gloria when some of the justices retire next year. Kahit papaano magka-balance sa SC hindi tulad ngayon na 14 sa 15 mga tuta ni Gloria.
Bishops back Aquino on Truth Commission issue
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/207921/bishops-back-aquino-on-truth-commission-issue
kakampi pa ni PNoy mga bishop, mas lalong magiging madali.. santabi na lang nya muna RH Bill, unahin si Gloria…
nalintikan na si Arroyo, lalong lumaki problema, hahaha…
yung 10 SC justices na nag trash sa TC… andyan pa yan kahit tapos na term ni PNoy… at kahit yung susunod na administrasyon siguradong mahihirapan laban kay Gloria et al…
yang mga kababuyan na ginagawa nila sa judiciary… halimbawa na lang sa kaso ni Lacson.. harap-harapan.. sampal sa mamamyang pilipino…
kailngan matigil na ang ganyang kababuyan sa lalong madaling panahon… samantalahin na ni PNoy ito dahil baka hindi dumating ang ganitong pagkakataon!
kung baga sa larong pusoy dos: hawak ni GLoria ang dos na diamond (SC) pero hawak naman ni Pnoy lahat ng alas at natitirang dos: police, military, church, pipol power and budget…
nagamit na ni Gloria and SC… hindi nya na ulit magagamit to… hawak na ni PNoy lahat ng kailngan at paraan para gawin ang ipinangakong panagutin ang mga kawalanghiyaan ng nakaraang administrasyon..
O di ba, perl, posibleng gawin kasi kung tutuusin talagang nakay PNoy ang puro alas. Aba,79% pa approval rating, hindi kailangan bow lang ng bow sa co-equal branch meron naman magagawa na mas epektibo….
Mayroon apat na co-equal branches of Government.Di lang tatlo na executive, legislative and Judiciary, the people belong to a fourt branches og Government. Without the people the three branches mentioned won’t exist.The Govt. exist for the sole purpose of serving the people,not ruling the people.
Sa madlang people nang gagaling ang pinapasahod natin sa tatlong branches of govt.Walang pera ang executive, legislative and judiciary, galing sa people ang pondo para pansahod sa kanila at kadalasan ay kinukurakot pa.There are times when the People have to assert their will directly and overrule the Government and assert the supremacy of the will of the People over the will of the Government.
When the Government violates the Constitution, it is the duty of the People to rise up against the Government to bring the Government into compliance with the Constitution.
Ano ang dapat gawin ng madlang people? Bumuto at piliin ang kandidato na karapat-dapat sa pwesto.Siguro i suggest ko na rin para maiwasan ang vote-buying–Ilagak na lang ang mga pondo ng mga kandidato sa trust fund at i rebate na lang sa mga taong bumuto.Magpakita lang sila ng katibayan na bumuto sila may matatangap silang rebate na 500 pesos kahit na sinong kandidato ang ibinuto nila.Patas ang labanan at walang lamangan.
What irritates me is why can’t anything be done against GMA? Is she really untouchable? Hahayaan na lang ba natin makatakas ang demonyitang ito sa mga kasalanan niya?
Sobra ang laki ng ginawa nilang pambababoy sa ating bansa.
Andres
Isa ka sa milyon-milyong Pinoy na galit kay GMA.
This case simply showcases one of the weaknesses of our Philippine democracy. For how can ten individuals who were not even elected control a so-called democratic country?
Incredible!
We are a nation of fools if we let them get away with it. And we deserve what we’re getting if we allow such imperialistic arrogance to continue. I say impeach them!
I say just start the process of pressuring these Arrogant Unelected Ten in anyway we can. Start the ball rolling from all directions of the archipelago. Get the whole world to notice and focus on these Arrogant Unelected Ten!
Cocoy, I like your idea on the rebate. I witnessesd the vote buying activities in the May 2010 elections. Lahat ng kampo eh nag-vote buying. Pataasan pa. May mga tiga-tiktik sila. The politicians know how much the other one gives and the people themselves are the ones jacking up the dole out money. If there are three parties, tatlo ang makokotongan nila ng pera. One person told me. pare-pareho lang naman daw ang mga politiko, pag umupo nakalimutan na sila. Kaya sa eleksyon lang sila bumabawi sa ibinibigay ng mga kandidato. It is a very sick system. Kaya naman, hindi pa nakaupo ang politiko, kailangang mag-iisip na siya kung papaano niya mababawi yung ipinamudmod niya sa mga tao. Thus, corruption becomes a necessity if a politician wants to hold unto power. Kaya, wala sa pag-boto ang pagbabago ng mga Filipino. Nasa bawat isang Pilipino kung talagang gusto nila ang pagbabago. Mukhang ayaw nila ang pag-babago kasi mas gugustuhin pa nila ang mga jueteng queen at ang mga taong katulang ng mga ampatuans at ala-Chavit Singson.
Is GMA really untouchable? She is if no one touches her.
She’s no longer the President. Her security is not as complete as when she was still President. It’s easier now to eliminate her.
Impeach them! Sino pipigil, SC mismo? pagtulungan ba naman ng tongressmen at senatong yan eh… then mag-appoint agad si PNoy ng kapalit… mapipigil pa ba?
kaya lang, sacrifice na ni PNoy yang HL.. siguradong yan pang black-mail nila
That’s the problem of appointing people to your cabinet and team on the basis of loyalty and friendship over competence. DILG Usec Puno is one example. Pnoy must change…now.
i don’t believe these guys are incompetent…if we compare ourselves to what they have achieved in life baka mapahiya pa tayo…
gloria’s henchmen lawyers were the highest paid, lets face it, with the right price, the illegal and unethical can be made to appear legal, its the way of the world…even in the US, we don’t have monopoly of corruption.
what we have here are good guys vs bad guys…the good guys will always play by the rules whereas the bad guys don’t believe in rules – just winning at all costs…
…so where do we belong?
…its too presumptive for anyone of us to say anyone is incompetent – on what basis? as i said, its easy to say but kung magkasukatan na baka mapahiya lang tayo?
Impeach them. Init ng ulo talaga.
If you go ahead and impeach the supremes, you take your focus off Merceditas. She will be free to file weak cases against the bi7ch like she did with Nani Perez. That gets them off the hook, because even if you clean up the judiciary, even Noy appointed justices will rule that if you go after the bi7ch again that is double jeopardy.
Eye on the ball (the goal) palagi, hindi yang napupunta kung saan saan ang tingin dahil sa init ng ulo.
Has anybody noticed that Merci already has filed, and trial is ongoing for Abalos and Neri on the NBN? You think you can still get the borjer? No. Double jeopardy na. Without the threat of a non-bailable offense, you think the borjer will squeal?
Yung legal team ni Noy, walang mga utak. Kayo, mayroon nga, puro puso naman ang gamit, at pinaiiral ang init ng ulo.
Ang pikon, talo. Just ask Sugar Ray Leonard. He was angered by Duran who badmouthed Leonard’s wife. So Leonard goes toe to toe, which was Duran’s specialty. Hayun talo.
When the rematch happened, there was more equanimity in Leonard, and he did his Ali style stick and jab. Suko si Duran, because he couldn’t find Leonard. So Duran uttered the famous “no mas, no mas”. Tama na, tama na.
Tama si Sax. Bakit nyo iimpeach kung puede namang araw-araw na batuhin na lang ng kamatis o bugok na itlog? 😛
I have my disagreements with the equal protection clause argument, it being specious (manipis). But you work with your constraints, not against them. That takes too much effort – fighting the decision, and later, doing the job of the truth commission. And don’t tell me Noy did not know that the supremes may be against him if/when he gets elected.
Knowing the said constraints, work with them. Later pa naman darating ang kaso sa Supremes kung tapos na sa Sandiganbayan, just like Erap’s case. So there would be time to build a case at the Sandiganbayan, if the Ombudsgirl is pushed aside.
Kung gusto niyo ng impeachment of the supremes, let the cause of action be the league of cities decision, which was already final, pero binangon after a third motion for recon. I posted this before. That was truly a case of judicial misconduct. And you get all the Glue sipsips in the Court, Velasco, De Castro, Corona, Bersamin, el al. With those out, you can appoint the majority.
Huwag puro init ng ulo. There must be solid basis. Mere intellectual disagreement with the Court is not basis for impeachment. With this as cause of action, even Manong Johnny will not vote for impeachment. Heck, even if Rene Saguisag were in the Senate, I don’t think he will vote for impeachment on init ng ulo as cause of action.
Isip, huwag puro init ng ulo.
Isang letra lang ang lunas diyan. The EO said past administration, then put an “s” para maging past administrations. Tapos ang boksing.
Actually, with the decision, the supremes have boxed themselves in. So now, once you fix the EO, wala na silang magagawa.
But I still maintain puro hangin lang yang EO. Gumawa na lang ng composite team of the DOJ, NBI, COA, and other agencies.
In fact, dahil hawak na ni Noy ang mga secretary, in-house (in the department) kuha na ang ebidensya. Sabihin lang ng Secretary that he wants, say all docs on the world bank funded projects, then forms a team, then announces to the public that he will accept anonymous tips and or leads, tiyak na may ibubunga yan.
The Truth Commission, I suspect, was broached by the Hilrarious Divided (ang loyalty) para magkapapel siya, at may budget pa.
RE: The Truth Commission, I suspect, was broached by the Hilrarious Divided (ang loyalty) para magkapapel siya, at may budget pa. ~sax
Korek, yaon ang pananaw ng Sambayanang Pinoy except sa mga bystanders nating Kababayan na asshole ni gloria…till now naku ang dami nila na nakapwesto pa.
All SC justices e appointed yan ni Gloria at isama na natin ang Sandigan ni gloria at ombudsama?
Obviously talaga, ngayon…pasakalye nila e ang legality ng batas, but during na agawin nila ang poder ng kapangyarihan sa Estrade admin e di nila ito kinikilala.
Ok sana ang Tooth Commission if na di si Davide ang naging chairman nito, imagine…isang pulpol na former CJ at malaki ang kaso sa sambayanang Pinoy ang magiibistiga ng kanilang kawalanghiyaan.
Pwede ba yon…9years nga nila tayo na iginisa sa sariling mantika e ngayon…gagawin ulit tayong tangengok, si PeNOY talaga di nag-iisip o walang isip, laging idinadaan sa bukadura at pangisi-ngisi lang.
May budget talaga ang Truth Commission. Inumpisahan na nga ang pag-suweldo sa kanila. Kung magkano, di natin alam.
Kung minsan ginagawang racket na lang ng pagtatag ng Commission kahit alam na walang mangyayari. That was rampant during the time of Gloria and I’m surprised Pnoy is repeating it.
I have just finished reading the ruling. The decision may be summed up as follows :
1. EO No. 1 is constitutional because the President has the power to create the Truth Commission by virtue of Section 17, Article VII of the Constitution (the so-called “take care clause” in constitutional law);
2. EO No. 1 is constitutional because the function of the Truth Commission does not supplant the Ombudsman or the DOJ nor erode their respective powers; and
3. EO No. 1 is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
The war against corruption should be fought on two fronts:
1. Executive — investigation of graft and corruption committed in the past and present.
2. Legislative — Legislation on Freedom of Information.
The first is curative, the second is preventive and more powerful. Why are people ignoring FOI?
#139
Lito B? Are you Lito Banayo? Welcome to the club.
RE: #139, Lito B.
Const. Art. VII, Sec.17. The President shall have control of all the executive departments, bureaus, and offices. He shall ensure that the laws be faithfully executed.
Your Honor Kgg. Lito B, ang linaw nang nasusulat ng pagkasulat, “He shall ensure that the laws be faifthfully executed.”
Ibig bang sabihin yaong EO niya ang gusto mong tumbukin na pumapabor ito sa kanyang Tooth Commission?
Ang linaw ng isinasaad sa Art.XI, Sec.2, “The President, the Vice-President, the Members of the Supreme Court, the Members of the Constitutional Commissions, and the Ombudsman may be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and corruption, other high crimes, or betrayal of public trust. All other public officers and employees may be removed from office as provided by law, but not by impeachment.
Ibig pong sabihin ang may kapangyarihan lamang to remove the President and to the Ombudsman thru impeachment?
Ngayon…dito lamang papasok ang Tooth Commission to all other public officers and employees may be tanggalin as provided by law?
Kaya enough na ang Art. XI, Sect.4, “The present anti-graft court known as the Sandiganbayan shall continue to function and exercise its jurisdiction as now or hereafter may be provided by law.”
Sect.13. The Office of the Ombudsman shall have the following powers, functions, and duties:…..”
RE: 140, NFA rice
Idagdag natin ang Judiciary kasi nga po, pinamumugaran ito ng mga hoodlums-in-uniforms eh?
RE: Kung minsan ginagawang racket na lang ng pagtatag ng Commission kahit alam na walang mangyayari. That was rampant during the time of Gloria and I’m surprised Pnoy is repeating it.~marz
Well, may punto ka Igan…ang sa akin lamang eh enough na yong existing agencies ng gobyerno, ang kailangan lamang e magkaroon ng check & balance upang maging effective and effecient ang bawat ahensya ng gobyerno sa pagtutok sa mga usaping may kinalaman sa kapalaran ng ating bansa.
Tama ka, ginagawang gatasan o pagkakakitaan ang maging lingkod-bulsa…may pruweba di ba yong GOCC ng gobyerno ni gloria, grabe milyones ang takehome pay ng mga kumag…instant milyonaryo basta maging asshole ng rehime.
Lahatin na natin sila…akala mo kung magsiasta e kanila na ang Pinas, aba naman…ibinoto sila upang maglingkod at di waldasin ang pera ng bayan?
At dapat subject sila sa taong bayan coz’ di sila makakapwesto kundi sila binigyan ng karapatan upang mamuno…ngayon, grabe…baligtad na ang demokrasyang pinapantasya ng maraming tao.
Nasaan ang spirit ng pagiging lingkod-bayan…gagastos ng milyones sa eleksyon upang magsipanalo sa halalan, after all saan nila babawiin ito? Nagtatanong lamang?
Buti pa, isabatas na maging propesyon at negosyo na ng Kapinuyan ang pagpasok sa pulitika tutal milyones ang ginagastos nila upang magsipanalo!
Marz, Lito B is not Lito Banayo.