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Let Trillanes fulfill his mandate

Published by Ellen on January 5, 2010

Senate Majority Floorleader Miguel Zubiri should not worry about the Philippines setting a precedent in allowing a detained senator to fulfill his duties to the people.

The Philippines has already set a precedent for having a president who has never been elected to that position by the people.

Zubiri, defending his sitting on a Senate resolution allowing detained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to participate in the sessions and other legislative functions through remote or electronic Zubiri asked, “Is there a parliament anywhere around the world that allows legally detained members to participate in their sessions?”

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Lawmakers international group takes cudgels for Trillanes; Zubiri replies

Published by Ellen on January 4, 2010

Sen. Trillanes
Sen. Trillanes
The Inter-Parliamentary Union urged the Philippine Senate to act on the resolution allowing him to perform his dutiees as elected senator noting that his six-year detention, despite his not having been convicted of any crime, is a violation of his basic rights.

In its letter to majority floor leader Senator Miguel Zubiri to act on a 2008 Senate resolution allowing detained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to participate in the sessions and other legislative functions through remote or electronic means.

They called on authorities to “ensure that the resolution is implemented without further delay.”

“The Philippines is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which enshrines fair trial guarantees and that, as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, it has pledged to uphold the highest standards of human rights,” said the IPU.

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Huwag maniguro kay Arroyo

Published by Ellen on January 2, 2010

Kamakailan, kausap ko si Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, ang economic adviser ni Arroyo, at inamin niyang talagang hindi nakuha ni Arroyo ang tiwala at pagmamahal ng taumbayan.

Paano ba naman nila itatanggi yan. Sa Disyembre 2009 na survey ng Social Weather Station, minus 38 ang satisfaction rating ni Arroyo. Sobra 60 porsiyento ang ayaw sa kanya at 23 na porsiyento lang ang kuntento sa kanya. Siya ang pinakaii-nisan na presidente sa Pilipinas mula ng mabalik ang demokrasya sa Pilipinas noong 1986.

Sabi ni Salceda ngayon daw nakita nila na “Good economic performance cannot compensate lack of mandate”. (Hindi talaga mapagtakpan ng magandang ekonomiya ang kawalang mandato o kung hindi ka binoto ng taumbayan.)

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