Month: November 2011

Lessons from last week’s circus

Published by Ellen on November 21, 2011

GMA mug shot — GMA's mugshot:Police nor Pasay RTC didn't release this photo.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, looking satisfied in her evening press briefing in Malacanang last Friday after the warrant of arrest was served on Gloria Arroyo at the St. Luke’s Hospital, said the reason she put Arroyo in the Watch List Order was because they were still finalizing the electoral sabotage case, which became the basis for the warrant of arrest issued by Pasay RTC Judge Jesus Mupas.

The arrest warrant was in connection with the electoral sabotage suit filed by the Commission on Election which alleged that Arroyo ordered former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr to make all the senatorial candidates of the administration’s Team Unity win in the 2007 elections.

Her inclusion of Arroyo in the WLO, as we all know by now, became a Hold Departure Order because based on it, airport authorities stopped Arroyo from leaving the country.

I need to re-learn the Constitution’s Bill of rights again. What De Lima was saying was it was okay for her to restrict anyone, using WLO, even if there’s no case pending in court, while she is preparing a case against that person.

That is new to me.

Pairalin ang batas kahit kay Gloria Arroyo

Published by Ellen on November 21, 2011

Nakasuhan at naaresto na si Gloria Arroyo.

Sabi ng Malacañang, simula lang daw yun ng pagpapanagot kay Gloria Arroyo sa maraming kasalanan na ginawa niya sa sambayanang Pilipino.

Sana lang, sa pagbibigay ng hustisya sa sambayanang Pilipino, hindi rin babastusin ng pamahalaang Aquino ang batas katulad ng ginawa ni Arroyo nang siya ang nasa kapangyarihan.

Sa ngayon lang, iba ang sinasabi ni Pangulong Aquino, iba ang ginagawa ng mga tauhan niya na kinakampihan naman niya.

Bakit ba galit ang mga tao kay Gloria Arroyo na siyang naging dahilan na nanalo si Aquino noong 2011 kahit wala naman siyang naipakitang kakayahan para mamuno? Dahil binastos niya ang batas para lang manatili sa kapangyarihan.

Nangako si Aquino na kapag siya ang mananalo, magkakaroon ng reporma. Hindi na maging katulad ng panahon ni Arroyo na binabaluktot ang batas para lang manatili siya sa kapangyarihan. Protektahan daw ang karapatan ng bawat Pilipino. Yan ang intindi ko sa isang pamahalaan na demokratiko at makatao.

Ang paglilitis ni Gloria Arroyo

Published by Ellen on November 19, 2011

Sa wakas, nakapag file na ng kaso ang administrasyong Aquino laban kay Gloria Arroyo.

Kahapon bago magtanghalian, isinampa ng Commission on Elections ang kasong electoral sabotage laban kina Gloria Arroyo, dating gubernador ng Maguindanao na si Andal Ampatuan Sr. at datingformer Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City RTC.

Ni-raffle at napunta ang kaso kay Judge Jesus Mupas na dati raw napagsabihan ng Supreme Court dahil may mga kasong hindi umuusad. Aba, noong Biyernes, ang bilis. Bago mag-alas singko na hapon, nagpalabas na ng warrant of arrest si Judge Mupas.

Gloria Arroyo arrested for the unbailable crime of electoral sabotage

Published by Ellen on November 19, 2011

Former President Gloria Arroyo is now under arrest for the unbailable crime of electoral sabotage.
Electoral sabotage case vs Gloria Arroyo
The warrant of arrest, issued by Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court, was served at 6:30 p.m. Friday by members of the Philippine National Police seven hours after the Commission on Elections filed electoral sabotage charges in connection with the 2007 elections against Arroyo, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and former Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City RTC.

TRO on watch order list on Arroyos reversed, contrary to SC spokesman’s announcement

Published by Ellen on November 18, 2011

BREAKING NEWS: Pasay RTC Judge issues warrant of arrest vs Arroyo

Contrary to the announcement of Supreme Court Spokesman Midas Marquez that the High Court voted 8-5 reiterating the temporary restraining order on the Watch List Order of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima issued on former President Gloria Arroyo and her husband, a highly reliable source said the tribunal, voting 7-6, actually declared its Nov. 15 TRO inoperative following the failure of the Arroyo camp to comply with all the conditions set by the court.

The seven who voted that the TRO is inoperative were Senior Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justices Maria Lourdes Sereno, Bienvenido Reyes, Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Jose Mendoza, Martin Villarama and Roberto Abad.

The six who stood firm on the TRO were Chief Justice Renato Corona, Presbitero Velasco Jr., Arturo Brion, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Jose Perez.

Finally, Comelec files electoral sabotage raps vs GMA; arrest looms

Published by Ellen on November 18, 2011

SC stands firm on TRO vs de Lima’s Watch List Order but it could be rendered moot and academic if Pasay RTC Judge issues warrant of arrest and hold departure order on Arroyo.

abs-cbnNEWS.com

The lawyer of the Commission on Elections on Friday filed electoral sabotage charges against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and former Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City Regional Trial Court.

Sen. Francis Escudero said once the judge issues a warrant of arrest all watchlist order and hold departure order in a separate on DOJ Memo circular 41 become moot and academic. Arroyo can be arrested. Electoral sabotage is non-bailable.

De Lima courts constitutional crisis to cover up incompetence

Published by Ellen on November 15, 2011

De Lima bars Arroyos from leaving — Why has she not filed a case vs the Arroyos after more than a year in office?

Leila de Lima looked and sounded desperate in her early evening presscon trying to salvage the situation where the government was in danger of losing face in the struggle to make Gloria Arroyo accountable for her crimes against the Filipino people.

Related links:

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/resolutions/2011/november2011/199034_199046_CARPIO.pdf

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/resolutions/2011/november2011/199034_199046_SERENO.pdf

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/resolutions/2011/november2011/199034_199046_TRO.pdf

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/15/11/arroyos-barred-leaving-ph

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/15/11/gma-returns-hospital-mike-cries-persecution

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/15/11/de-lima-whats-rush

Defying the High Court’s temporary restraining order against her Watch Order List against the Arroyos, she ordered all agencies concerned not to allow the couple to exit the country because as far as she is concerned, the SC’s order cannot yet be implemented because she has not received it yet and she still has to file a motion for reconsideration.

SC okays Arroyo plea for TRO; she can travel anytime anywhere in the world

Published by Ellen on November 15, 2011

By Ira Pedrasa, abs-cbnNEWS.com

The Supreme Court has voted 8-5 to release a temporary restraining order on the watchlist order against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a source told abs-cbnNEWS.com.

Only 13 magistrates voted.

The 8 are: Chief Justice Renato Corona, Presbitero Velasco Jr., Arturo Brion, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Roberto Abad, Martin Villarama, and Jose Perez.

The 5 who did not vote in favor of the decision are: Senior Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justices Maria Lourdes Sereno, Bienvenido Reyes, Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Jose Mendoza.

Kailan ba isasampa ang mga kaso laban kay Gloria Arroyo?

Published by Ellen on November 13, 2011

GMA having a good time with the contraption — Akala ko ba masakit itong contraption. Bakit siya tumatawa? *Photo from Yuko Takei's FB wall*.

Sa gitna ng ingay ng diskusyon kung papayagan si Gloria Arroyo at ang kanyang asawang si Mike na umalis ng bansa para magpagamot day (siyempre marami at mas maingay ang ayaw), hindi na marinig ang tanong na bakit ba hanggang ngayon wala pang kaso sa korte na nakasampa laban sa mag-asawang kinaiinisan ng maraming Pilipino?

Halos magdadalawang taon na ang administrasyong Aquino ngunit hanggang ngayon ay wala pang nakasampang kaso laban kay Arroyo. Lahat nasa preliminary investigation pa lang.Pinapag-aralan pa kung may “probable cause” ang akusasyun sa kaniya.

Palagi nga kinukumpara ng marami sa ginagawa ni Arroyo kay dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada na ilang buwan lang siya napaalis sa Malacañang nasampahan na kaagad ng kasong plunder at nakulong.

Hindi sana problema ang pagbawal ni Aquino kay Arroyo umalis ng bansa kung may kaso na hindi pwedeng piyansahan dahil kung sa ganun ang korte ang mag-isyu ng hold order sa kanya . Kaso wala.

Ang pinaghahawakan nina De Lima ay ang kwestyunable na memorandum circular na inisyu noon ng justice secretary ni Arroyo na si Alberto Agra na kahit nasa preliminary investigation pa lang ang kaso, pwedeng ilagay sa Watch List Order ang isang tao.

Thanks Manny Pacquiao for a hassle-free Sunday morning

Published by Ellen on November 13, 2011

pacquiao-marquez by reuters steve marcus — Thanks to Abs-Cbn online for Reuters' Steve Marcus photo

Boxing is too brutal a spectator sport for me but I’m thankful for the Pacquiao-Marquez fight yesterday.

No, I didn’t watch the third encounter of our very own Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez. But I enjoyed the free-flowing traffic because almost everybody was glued to television starting early morning. I left Las Piñas 7: 30 a.m. for an 8:30 a.m. breakfast meeting with friends at Italianni’s at Greenbelt 2.

I took the bus and made it to Makati in less than an hour!

There was a little problem though because Italianni’s was reserved for those who wanted to watch the fight so we transferred to Mary Grace, where we had a delightful breakfast of bangus and Vigan langgonisa concluded by hot chocolate and ensaimada.