Estrada is one of three senators (the two others are Senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla and Juan Ponce-Enrile) charged with plunder in connection with the anomalous use of their PDAF as allegedly operated by Janet Lim Napoles.
Estrada, in his 90 minute speech, never denied his involvement with Napoles’ scam. His complaint was, why only the three of us?
It is distressing because what we are seeing is a quarrel among thieves. But we console ourselves with the wise words of old folks that “When cattle rustlers quarrel, the farmer gets back his cow.”
Are we going to get back our cow? That all depends on the public’s vigilance.
We are most interested with the disclosure of Estrada that after the Senate overwhelmingly for the conviction of then Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona, a priority crusade of President Aquino to reform the justice system in fulfillment of his campaign promise to eliminate corruption in government, those who voted to convict were given P50 million each.
Estrada related instances when the Priority Development Assistance Program was used as “carrot” by Malacañang under Aquino, just like what Gloria Arroyo did, whenever they want something from members of Congress like the ouster of then Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez (she was eventually persuaded to resign in exchange for not filing charges against her and for her to get her full retirement benefits); the Sin Tax bill, and the Reproductive Health bill.
Estrada said:” Here now, Mr. President, as our people must know, are some ugly facts and information on the PDAF that our people must know and which i challenge anyone to deny.”
His most important disclosure: “Hindi na tuloy tuloy nakapagtataka ng kumalat ang balita na ang mga kongresista at mga senador ay inalok din ng PDAF para siguraduhin ang impeachment at conviction ng dating Punong Hukom ng Korte Suprema.
“Hahayaan ko na ang taong bayan ang gumawa ng konklusyon kung ito ay totoo o hindi, pero ito ang aking maidadagdag sa kwento — after the conviction of the Former Chief Justice, those who voted to convict were allotted an additional 50 million pesos as provided in a private and confidential letter memorandum of the then chair of the senate finance committee. Saan galing ang pinamigay na pondo? I am sure alam ni Secretary Abad ang sagot sa tanong na ito. At sigurado din ako na hindi unilateral decision ni senate president drilon ang pamimigay ng 50 million pesos kada senador.”
Here are the names of the 20 senators who for the conviction of Corona: Edgardo Angara; Alan Peter Cayetano; Pia Cayetano; Franklin Drilon; Francis Escudero;
Jinggoy Estrada; Teofisto Guingona III; Gregorio Honasan; Panfilo Lacson; Lito Lapid;
Loren Legarda; Sergio Osmeña III; Francis Pangilinan; Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III; Ralph Recto;
Ramon Revilla Jr.;Vicente Sotto III; Antonio Trillanes IV; Manuel Villar; and Juan Ponce Enrile Jr.
The three who voted for the acquittal of Corona were Joker Arroyo;Miriam Defensor-Santiago; and Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
P50 million times 20 is P1 billion. We believe that’s our money. We also would like to know how it ended up in the hands of senators and how it was spent.
Reactions of senators and Malacañang to the P50 million revelation of Estrada:
Budget Secretary Florencio Abad:Illogical.Absolutely, completely not true. As far as I’m concerned, we did not bribe the lawmakers.
Former Sen. Panfilo Lacson: I confirm the P50-million “incentive” that was allegedly given to senators who voted to convict then Chief Justice Renato Corona. Drilon told us about it in a caucus.
Senate President Franklin Drilon: The P50 million given after the Corona trial was not a bribe. It was PDAF withheld during the four-month trial.
Sen. TG Guingona: I got additional P50 million but it was not connected to Corona conviction.
Sen.Pia Cayetano: I don’t know anything about it.
Sen. Alan Cayetano: I didn’t get paid for voting to convict Corona.
Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang: I do not know exactly what senator Lacson was referring to…there are many things coming out now. Some of them may be true. Some of them may not be true.
Ayayay. Nagkalabo-labo na.
They should all be erased from the political landscape. Only then can we rebuild our society.
Ellen,
Medyo nagulat ako nung binanggit ni Jinggoy “During the administration of President Gloria Arroyo, it was a known fact that those who were not friendly, or allies of her government had to beg for the release of their PDAF and infrastructure funds. Some of us just totally gave up and chose not to avail of our allocations because we knew that we will not get any releases because we are from the opposition. We know too that the executive has used the releases for PDAF and infrastructure projects as a form of reward or incentive to secure the support of legislators for or against certain pet legislations or for other political purposes.”
Hindi ba daang-daan milyon ang PDAF na natanggap niya nung kapanahunan ni GMA (2007-2009)? Akala ko ba oposisyon siya, bakit kaya siya binigyan ng ganoon kalaking pera ni GMA?
#2. Thanks, mb. Tatanungin ko rin sana yan.
Kanya-kanyang iwas pusoy ang mga magna, nakanganga naman ang kapinuyan sa hindik na ang pinagpawisan nila ay nabulsa lang ni Napoles at pekeng NGOs at mga elected and public officials.
Pwede bang burahin na ang gobyerno?!
Ahahahaha. Your wrap-up is so funny, that there are 23 senators and 23 different versions of what the P50 million was for. As for Estrada asking “why only us three?”, I’d ask him, “duh, aren’t you listening to Secretary De Lima?” She is starting with the PLUNDERERS who absconded with the most, then working down and out from there. YOU THREE are selected because you identified yourself by stealing so much. What part of ACCOUNTABILITY are you not understanding????
Enjoyed the article.
Nagtuturuan na. When you point a finger at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you. Mabuti pa wala na lang tongressmen at senatongs para mabawasan ang nakawan. Whatever we save, put this into projects which will benefit the people like infrastructures and education. No dole outs please.
#2 Agree. Please take note that Napoles scam began in 2004 and its peak happened during those nine years of GMA term. Surprisingly, no mention of GMA and Mike Arroyo’s involvement which is unbelievable considering how corrupt the couple was.
#5 sa speech ni Jinggoy , apat na daliri daw. talagang nasa dugo at dila na ang pag-tongpats at overpricing 🙂
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Mga Pu@*#~!!!!!… nyo….. Naka barong at naka amerikana pare pareho lang na magnanakaw!
dan, ako na lang.
MGA PUTANG INA NINYO, MGA MANDURUGAS NA WALANG ALAM GAWIN KUNDI ANG NAKAWIN ANG PARA SA AMING MGA KARANIWANG MAMAMAYAN. ‘TANG INA N’YO, MAGALING LAMANG KAYONG MANGAKO PERO KAPAG GANYANG NASA PUWESTO NA KAYO BULSA N’YO LAMANG ANG INUUNA NINYO.
punta kayo sa zamboanga city at tingnan ang kalagayan ng aming mga pamilyang naipit sa gulo at bakbakan. namnamin ninyo ang pagdurusa ng mga taong nawalan ng tirahan at naabo ang ariarian. masdan ninyo ang kinasapitan ng aming ipinundar sa loob ng mahabang panahong pagkakalayo sa aming mga mahal sa buhay.
kung meron pa kayong natitirang kahihiyan ay gagawin ninyo kung ano ang dapat upang kahit paano ay mabawasan ang nararamdamang kaapihan ng mga walang kinalaman sa bakbakang naganap at patuloy pang nagaganap sa pagitan ng mga rebelde at tropa ng gobyerno.
kaya n’yo?
‘yung mga lumalabas na bida sa pelikula na kayang pabagsakin ang daan daang kalaban kahit nag-iisa, labas kayo!
naghahanap ng damay…mga mapagsamantalang uring mga sinungaling! At the end of the day, marami dyan mga walang alam na mga dilehensyadores na magnanakaw. They have done nothing just look at their history…nothing! and yet they pay themselves with PDAF. As if they are entitled to it! The government as a whole made this happen..they have no SHAME! they feed themselves and their children with nakaw na salapi…they dont deserve our respect! make them accountable for their theiving action..send them to jail and throw away the keys para hindi na tularan…
Alam naman pala ni Unggoy (ay Jinggoy) na may nakawan at noon pa. Bakit ngayon lang siya nag puputak dahil sinabit na ba siya.Ang mga magnanakaw ay nabibisto ng kapwa mag nanakaw.
Ang mabuti nito ay mag resign na lang kayo at para kahit papaano ay may marangal pang natitira sa inyo.
Pero bago kayo mag resign ay isoli ninyo ang pera na nabulsa nyo.
Nakakahiya na kayo at ang kakapal ng mukha ninyo humarap sa mga kababayan natin.
Mas mabuti pa talaga ang panahon ni Macoy eh. iisa lang ang mag nanakaw at hindi si Macoy kundi iyun katabi lagi niya na babae. Di ko ma isip kung sino sa mga Marcos ang yumaman ng husto eh. Ang alam ko ay ang mga side ng mga Romauldez ang nag pasira kay Macoy.
Sorry na lang tayo dahil ginamit yata sa pag papayat ni Senator eh? ang PDAF na pera. Ang mahal naman ng nagastos.
#2 I’m no fan of Marcos but the corruption in his time was really mostly from Imelda’s side, the Romualdez family headed by then so called “Bejo Romualdez”. Not much from Marcos family. His brother was even a respected professional, Dr. Pacifico Marcos. But the fact that Marcos allowed his wife to plunder the country’s resources and supported his own cronies like Danding, Marcos was accountable for all these actions. And he paid for it in the end. Unfortunately, the real culprits managed to survive and remain to be powerful actively involved in politics and business until this day.
Manong Rivera, ang puso nyo! Ang puso nyo!
Nakakalungkot lang po talaga na hanggang sa pelikula lang iyon.
Si Ultraman man nga po sana kaya sa t.v lang iyon.
Ang nakakapagtaka po yung ABB wala na. Yung sparrow unit ng NPA hanggang 3 class citizen lang ang kaya. Napansin ko rin po yung nasabi ni Dan sa taas. Mga naka barong at naka amerikana. Nakalimutan natin na nag level-up na ang mga magnanakaw ngayon. At dahil nasa pwesto sila sino nga ba naman ang mag-iisip sa kanila ng ganun?
Parang mga germs iyan eh. O di kaya mga virus. Nagmumutate iyan.
Kalamayan nyo na lang po ang loob nyo. Malay nyo, pag dating ng araw na pantay na ang lahat at buhay pa tayo pati ang mga ungas na ito, mayroon na tayong dahilan para mamugot ng ulo ng mga salot ng lipunan.
Yung bahay ng bunsong anak ni “Naknampoles” ibinebenta na sa halagang 1.475M (in U.S dollars ha). Yung gusaling dun mo lang makikita ang mga sikat sa movie industry. Kung mabenta, yung pera na pinaghirapan ng mga Pilipino, sila pa rin ang makikinabang.
kung totoo ngang pinondohan ni tandang enrile ang paglusob ng puwersa ni nur misuari sa zamboanga city ay wala nang PINAKAHAYUP sa kasaysayan ng pilipinas na nabuhay KUNDI ang hijo de putang kawatan na ‘yan!
tangina niyang idinamay ang mga ninanakawan niyang walang kalaban laban.
saan kami kukuha ngayon ng pampagawa ng aming mga tirahan? ng kakainin ng aming pamilyang walang naiwan kundi damit na suot sa katawan samantalang silang mga magnanakaw sa kaban ng bayan ay buong himbing na nakakatulog sa kumportable nilang higaan at kumakain nang masagana?
hanggang kailan magtitiis ng lupit ng panahon ang mga nawalan ng masisilungang nangingiki sa lamig kapag bumubuhos ang ulan at walang panangga sa matinding init ng araw samantalang pakuyakuyakoy pa ang mga sinalibad ng lintek na mga lintang mambabatas at opisyal ng gobyerno sa airconditioned nilang lungga habang nagbibilang ng mga ninakaw?
sige nga, sino’ng amang nagtatrabaho sa ibayong dagat ang hindi maghihinagpis kung ganitong gustong umuwi ay hindi magawa sapagkat mas iniisip na ang bibili ng tiket ay ipadala sa pamilya upang meron silang magastos sa pang-araw araw lalo ngayong naabo na ang lahat nilang ipinundar?
Ellen, Golberg, kasama sina Magno sa biktima ng gera sa Zamboanga. Tupok ang bahay nila at walang natira sa lahat ng naipundar at pinaghirapan bukod pa sa peligrong buhay ng pamilya hangga sa mga oras na ito.
My compadre Dr. Fernando Chung and his wife Aida were from Zamboanga City and the family owned a trading store. He’s a UP graduate, a pediatrician. I haven’t seen the two for a long while now. The latest report I have was that the couple went to Taiwan. If anyone of you happens to know the couple, I shall appreciate it if you inform me a bit about them. Thanks.
I’m not ready to believe that Enrile funded Misuari’s Zamboanga caper.
Someone or some groups funded it but I don’t think Enrile, who has never been known to be liberal with his own money.
I agree, Madame Ellen. Why should Enrile fund Misuari’s group? It makes no sense. But what group or groups fund Misuari ?
Si Miriam basta kung ano na lang masabi basta makabira lang kay JPE, nakakagulo pa.
Lolo Johnny is not stupid to fund the Zamboanga gera. Sus, bakit gagawa siya ng isa pang katarantaduhan e ito ngang pork barrel scam hindi na niya malulusutan yun pang mas malaking kasalanan na gera kung tutuusin.
I am going to write this in a better way on how I could express myself. I know some of you can translate this. Matanda na ako at sana makita ko ang tunay na pagbabago sa Filipinas.
Hay mucha gente pobre en las Filipinas que no dependen de las limosnas, después de ver lo que sucedió en la ciudad de Zamboanga, y cómo algunas de las personas que sufren de la estupidez del gobierno y el robo de estos senadores y congresistas, me sentí muy mal y lloraba! Espero ver algunos cambios en las Filipinas antes de que sea demasiado viejo o antes de ir a la sede principal en el cielo. El senador Trillanes, el general Lim, el coronel Quirubin y otros que le importa .. Ayudar a la gente, por favor.
Y a mi amiga y su esposo y su familia en la ciudad de Zamboanga, por favor envíeme un mensaje y quiero saber cómo estás. Sé leer articulo señorita Tordesillas al igual que muchos otros.
Madame Chi…the allegation was that Enrile was diverting the Pork Barrel issue by funding the Misuari group to make noise in Zamboanga. But that was a very expensive funding just to divert the issue. I don’t buy that.
Tama nga naman si Sen. Jinggoy. Bakit sila lang ang tinitira. Marami rin naman ang corrupt. Bakit hindi magawang imbestigahan. Unfair naman ang ganun. Ayan ang nangyari sa pagpapatalsik kay Marcos. Lalo lang maghihirap ang bansang Pilipinas. Kung corrupt nga siya ngayon ay napakarami ng corrupt. Noon ang mga para sa mga magsasaka ay halos libre lang. Ang abuno, ang tinatanim para maging palay at iba pa. Ngayon lahat binibili na. Mahal pa ang presyo ng abono hindi kagaya ng panahon ni Marcos na libre lang kaya tayong Pilipinas ay nagsusuplay pa ng bigas sa ibang bansa. Ngayon umaangkat na tayo. Ang gobyernong Marcos noon may mga pautang pa sa mga mahihirap na ang iba hindi na nasisingil. Nasaana ang mga namuno sa pagpapatalsik kay Marcos. Ano ang kalagayan ng buhay nila. Maayos lahat, si Ramos, si Enrile, si Cory, si Honasan. Naging maganda ang mga buhay nila ng mawala si Marcos. Pero ang mga naging kasama nila na mga maralita. Ano ang nangyari sa buhay. Kung alam lang nga mga tao noon ang hinaharap kung papatalsikin si Marcos tiyak hindi sila sasama sa pagpapatalsik.
Okey sabihin na natin na corrupt si Marcos. Pero hindi niya pinababayaan ang mga mahihirap. Kulang ang nagugutom noon na mga tao. Ngayon marami ng corrupt dahil sa pesteng hangad na kalayaan mula sa kanyang pamumuno nga mga tao na maimpluwensya. Kaya nila pinatalsik si Marcos para naman sila ang maghasik ng hindi maganda.
i did not directly and categorically say it was enrile who funded the atrocities perpetrated by misuari’s group nor i really believe the pasabog of brenda. but, what is 40 million which is not from his own pocket but from his Pork barrel compared to humiliation he would get once being convicted which is not far fetched considering the voluminous evidences kept by the prosecution?
eh, kung tumama nga ang guhit na tinutumbok at dumiretso sa kanya mismong pintuan?
nothing is impossible to the likes of enrile
…….nothing is impossible to the likes of enrile who will do anything just to save his neck from the gallows.
mga kasama, almost one third sa itinagal niya sa mundo ay pulitika na ang kanyang playground, MERON pa ba siyang hindi magagawa upang iligtas ang kanyang sarili?
ilang taon tayong napasailalim ng martial law? SINO ang numero unong may utak niyon? si makoy ba? o itong huklubang juan ponce enrile?
hindi ba’t sa kabila ng ilang taon niyang pinakinabangan si makoy ay NAGAWA niya (enrile) pa itong saksakin sa likod sa paghuhudas noong EDSA uno?
Palasyo: Pagresolba sa kahirapan ‘di overnight
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep2913/news_story09.htm
SUBALIT walang mahirap at balakid sa kanila sa pagsasamantala sa kaban ng bayan.
paano ngang mareresolba ang pagdarahop ng mamamayan KUNG LIMOS lamang ang kanilang GUSTONG ibigay?
True, Enrile was the architect of Martial Law. He drafted it. He faked his ambush. He made lots of money for 20 years under Marcos regime and later betrayed Marcos. Marcos was actually going after Enrile’s head for his betrayal when Ramos joined him; then Cardinal led Catholic Church together with the Yellow Mob. The turning point was Uncle Sam’s abandonment of Marcos. Through the US-CIA help with US copters flying over Malacanang Palace and US Marines surrounding it ready to attack, Marcos finally gave up.
A crook politician he was, Enrile sided Cory for a while then left her. Enrile masterminded those coup attempts using his ever loyal right hand man Gringo Honasan. But again, Uncle Sam made sure the rebels did not succeed in toppling the Aquino government. During the street fighting, US jets were seen again flying over the rebels on the ground.
Enrile has become a political flop. The proof was his son Jack’s defeat in the election. Jack himself was hated by the people due to his notorious background. But people’s disgust with his father made Jack’s defeat even easier despite INC’s endorsement.
Napakarami ng corrupt sa ngayon. Kung totoo ngang corrupt si Marcos ay noon siya lang. Pero ngayon dahil napatalsik siya ay napakarami ng naging corrupt. Dumami ang dapat pasuwelduhan. Nagkaroon ng mga party list o ano pa. Kahibangan ng mga tao kung sasabihin na takot sila sa martial law, pero ang magutom ay hindi. Ang mga malalaking tao lang ang nakinabang sa pagpapatalsik kay Marcos. Si Ramos naging pangulo. Punta punta ibang bansa. Si Cory naging pangulo, Si Enrile at Honasan naging senador. Pero ang mga maralitang pinoy na tanga o uto uto kasi sumali sa pag rally ay ano ang nangyari sa buhay nila. Naghirap lamang sila. Ayan ba ang tuwid na daan ngayon. Binobola lang kayo. Kung ano anong papuri ginagawa ng kumakandidato pa lang pagkapangulo na kesyo anak ng dahilan pagka talsik kay Marcos. Oh ayan ano nangyari. Kahit sino pa ang maging pangulo ng bansa ganun pa rin ang mangyayari dahil ang bansang Pilipinas ay isinumpa ng mga diyos at diyosa na lalong maghihirap dahil sa pagpapatalsik kay Marcos.
Arvin, I agree with you. The reason or reasons they ousted Marcos and even Erap are the very same things that were repeated even during Cory’s administration through her brother Peping, head of then called “Kamag-anak Inc”. And when Gloria Arroyo took over from Erap, she was even worse. Corruption continued until this day…Pnoy administration. In fairness to Pnoy, he’s clean. But we can’t say the same to his men and allies.
#33. penoy is also same as those around him. what he wants us to see, hear and believe are what he wants his circle show us. but, connecting each dot would prove they all are as sullied as anyone they accuse of any wrongdoings just like janet napoles.
itong si jinggoy walang itinanggi sa mga akusasyon sa kanya bagkus nandamay la’ang ng gusto niyang kaladkarin sa pusaling kanyang kinasadlakan bunga ng lihim na kasibaan sa salapi ng taumbayan. kung susuriin ang kanyang mga pahayag ay hindi siya nagmamalinis kundi PILIT ikinukulapol sa mukha ng iba ang sobrang dumi sa kanyang mga kamay. quoted pa ng bibliya.
katunayang wala siyang itinatago kundi parang hinahamon pa ang iba.
LUMANTAD KAYO, paramihan tayo ng kinurakot!
di ba’t nagpapagawa ng mansiyon sa weck weck, este wack wack pala na nagkakahalaga ng 120 milyong piso at HINDI deklarado sa kanyang SLN, este SALN? katwiran ay ibinenta daw ang kanyang properties sa greenhills (ba ‘yun?).
#34 Thanks Mr. Rivera. I think I would have to agree with you. Pnoy is accountable for the actions of his men. He knows what’s going on. Did he also benefit from Napoles when he was still a Senator. Did he also illegally use his Pork Barrel when he was still a Congressman? Did his sister Balsy or her husband really commit extortion in a deal with Chez Republic? Instead of investigation, why did the Palace immediately deny it and as if nothing happened? Was it true that Pnoy and Napoles had lunch together before she surrendered? Was her surrender scripted and Pnoy knew all along where she was?
I got this piece from Conrado de Quiros’ column:
Erap likes to tell people about a joke he likes to tell Jojo Binay. That joke goes: “You know, Jojo, we have a lot of things in common. I became mayor of San Juan, you became mayor of Makati. I became vice president, you became vice president. I became president, you could become president too.
“I got jailed for corruption. You’ll probably get jailed for corruption too.”
Life being ironic, or perverse, in this magic-realist country, his joke has unfolded with a cruel twist not upon Binay—though that could still happen—but upon his son, Jinggoy. With variations of course. Erap was in show business, Jinggoy was in show business. Erap became mayor of San Juan, Jinggoy became mayor of San Juan. Erap became a senator, Jinggoy became a senator.
Erap got jailed for corruption. Jinggoy could get jailed for corruption too.
why can’t the government go back to basic? let the admin manage the country, fund its activities properly instead of hoarding tax collection like their own for personal use, let the legislator legislate, perform check and balance and allocate funds and stop them from the function of the admin and dipping their dirty fingers in ou funds, and the judiciary address complaints, interpretation of the law within bounds of the law and introduce jury system instead of just one judge making the decision. He is not supreme you know!..instead of whats happening now where most in the government thinks and acts as if they are entitled to the people’s money…they have no right to steal our money in the guise of kawang gawa..they been saying that forever and look at your neighborhood? look at yourself? are there any major improvement even though you work harder? all i know, they and their families own most in our towns. They pick and choose when to give away our money and who to give it too as if mga diyos sila! PDAF is the root of all evils! Made us sink more in misery because we need the small percentage of the funds not the other way around!
Olan, good points. I agree.
What this current Pnoy administration has been attacking the previous GMA administration are the same things this administration is committing. After GMA’s term, I had a relief knowing that we had a better President in the person of Pnoy. But once again, I was wrong.
Sa mga nangyayari dito sa atin ay tayo rin ang may kasalanan. Alam na natin lahat na kamag anak or ang politikong iyan ay mag nanakaw ano pa ang ginagawa ng karamihan kundi iboto pa rin sila.
Iyun iba naman ay ginagawang career ang gobyerno dahil instant milyoner na sila agad dahil sa corruptions.
Ang iba ay mag ra – rally dahil sa kahirapan pati ang mga pare at madre. nag iingay kapag hindi na bigyan ng pera pang “abuloy” daw.
Malaki ang kasalanan taong bayan sa mga kahirapan na nagaganap sa atin ngayon. Sila ang bumuboto sa mga politikong mandurugas.
Dapat ay lahat ng goverment position ay up to two terms lang ang service and tig 2 years lang bawat term. Kung gusto nilang mag lingkod pa rin ay ituloy nila kahit wala na sila sa position nila.
beg to partially disagree vonjovic…COMELEC has big influence, especially at the local level, whom to seat and warm the chair as mayors, governors, even congressman..especially kung kilala at baguhan yung mga naglalaban na kandidato or close yung laban…also, the government via COMELEC as a whole, they dont provide funds for voters education…so in essence, bomoboto ang karamahin sa hindi nila naiintindihan..youve seen how the campaign and voting happen meron pang bayaran ng boto…dahilan laging kulang ang budget. Voting is the one exercise na dapat bigyan ng importansya..Vote buying should be considered a crime…Many of our leaders kuno don’t want us to be too educated when exercising our right to vote and to argue our cases with the COMERLEC. COMELEC, in many cases have overstep their bounds ika nga..lalo na sa local na halalan.. you have seen mayors who have three terms became mnayor until the courts address the issue which take years..you have seen relatives became instant winning candidates of winning disqualified candidates..etc and yet no one is made accountable for their questionable practice…some of them are operators you know..if you remember meron pang baliktaran ng panalo o humungi sa lahat ng kandidato..tsk tsk…back to basic and limit the power of COMELEC to just administrador ng election!
I wish that we return to the kind of old party system, the two party system. In the past, there was only Nacionalista and Liberal Party similar to the US Republican and Democrat. Today, there are multiple parties not only is confusing but politicized. Add to these are the party-list groups that are mostly leftist groups in disguise. Never in our history do we see Bayan, Akbayan, Gabriela hold such powerful influence in the government. They too get Pork Barrel. But how and where do they spend it? Rallies. It used to be foreign funded like by Communist China. Now they even have a huge share of the government funds. It’s okay if they really represent their sectors to help the people. But nah. They used a big portion of the Pork Barrel even to destroy the government and support our enemies. They always hold protest rallies against the US, but seldom against China that continues to bully us.
Nasa mga tao pa rin dahil alam nila ang tama or mali or kung sino ang marangal or sino ang magnanakaw.
vote buying dahil sa kahirapan at pinag bibili ang boto nila. Sino ang may kasalanan ang comelec ba. Kaya di lang ang Comelec ang dapat sisihin dito tayo rin na may tamang pag iisip pero di ginagamit sa tamang paraan. Ilan minyos ang bomuto kay Jinggoy at Enrile may nagawa ba sila na maganda sa bansa.natin
Puwede bang e reboot o e reformat na lang ang lahat? Ang tanong,sino sino ang totoong malinis na mag iimbistiga? Mapa oposisyon man gobyerno o partylist ay pare-pareho lang na nagkamal ng pondong para sa mamamayan. Sa ginawang rebelasyon ni Jinggoy (kasama siya) ni isang segundo’y hindi na dapat pagtagalin na sila’y nakaupo pa dyan sa senado. Ang kakapal ng apog e pero ako man inaamin ko meron din akong kasalanan kasi ilan sa mga senador na yan ay ibinoto ko na pinagsisisihan ko na ngayon.
Halimbawa lang kay Gloria at mga anak niya patuloy pa rin may bomuboto sa kanila kahit na lantaran ang pag nanakaw at pag aabuso sa bansa natin. Si Imelda si erap at maraming politiko na alam nila na mag mag mag nanakaw ay patuloy pa rin binoboto ng mga tao.
panawagan kay pangulong pnoy! You made a promise… Dang matuwid. Napakaraming katiwalian lumabas na! Ano pa ang dapat pag usapan? You have few years to go as president. To achieve your promise, the answer is in front of you. You have the power to convince many in governance to change for the better. I’m not saying for you to give up everything. I’m saying lead and convince the many in your group to give in and work harder for our country’s future instead of focusing on thieving activities. It’s also for your family’s future and theirs. Continue on in this path, it’s just a matter of time that someone or some group will take advantage and lead us to even more miseries. I’m saying when is enough enough! You guys can’t take it with you when you die. All these moneys for what? Power? More of the same? Why not give us, citizens of our beloved pilipinas a break! Use the three years to effect change.
Pnoy’s slogan “Daan na Matuwid” is not “Daan na Tama”. “Straight Path” is not “Right Path”. Pnoy’s straight path means money or Pork Barrel goes straight to Malacanang or to his allies in Congress and Senate.
Itong lalahok sa rally na MILLIONS PEOPLE MARCH ay kailangan nilang maging makatotoo rin at hindi iyun pag dating sa botohan ay kasama rin sa rally ng mga mandurugas na politiko.
It does not have to be a million people who should march. If you hundred thousands are enough as long as they send the message and the message comes across.
The problem is that many of those who shall be participating just like in the past are hypocrites. I’m particularly referring to church groups or church leaders who would be calling their members to join; yet, some of these church leaders also benefited from the Pork Barrel legally or illegally in the past one way or another.
Correction: “A Few” not “If you hundred…”.