At this very moment, a few minutes past midnight, the majority of members of the House of Representatives are trying to railroad the convening of the Constituent Assembly without the participation of the Senate.
I just came from the Batasan where 161 congressmen voted for the deletion of the sentence, “The adoption of resolutions proposing amendments to or revision of the Constiution shall follow the procedure for the enactment of bills.” in Section 105 of their own Rules.
There were only 25 opposition congressmen who voted “No.” (Click here for news report)
Having succeeded in laying down the groundwork for violating the Constitution and taking advantage of their numbers, the majority congressmen want to go all the way and convene Con-Ass so they can change the form of government from presidential to parliamentary while the rest of the country are asleep.
After they have succeeded in changing the rules through a violation of their rules, the majority became bolder in violating more rules even in the simple matter of “point of order” , collective and private privilege, etc. etc.and other House rules.
When Minority floor leaders Francis Escudero and Rep. TG Guingona tried to give them a dose of their own medicine by using their method in revising Sec. 105, they were outvoted.It was a classic demonstration of “tyranny of the majority.”
Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano called the blatant violation of rules and the Constitution as “Midnight Madness”.
I am extremely shocked at this BASTUSAN PAMBANSA!
Where are the soldiers who swore to uphold the Consitution?
What we are witnessing is the Death of Democracy.
God bless the Philippines.
Glueria and her cohorts in Congress have already elevated and perfected stealing as an art! It has been the practice of this bogus presidency to steal from the people their rights while they are asleep and dreaming! Por dies por siento!
Sige na nga at ng matapos na, let’s see the end of this power hungry Tiyanak, o kung hanggang saan ang kanyang kaya!
As I watched how the few opposition try to prevent a dictatorship from being born, I wonder what would happen to our country? The soldiers who pledged their loyalty to flag and country should protect the constitution and the people. We are headed for a civil war not a coup. These hoodlums in the majority should be arrested, no trial anymore, let’s just hang them.
That was also my feeling while watching those monkeys in the House of Representatives make a mockery of the law. It was so emotionally draining.
Parang gustuhin mo na lang talaga magka-revolution.
“Not even the disaster of a Typhoon Reming stopped two Palace congressional allies, Reps. Luis Villafuerte (Camarines Sur) and Edcel Lagman (Albay), whose districts are still reeling from the damage Reming wrought on their constituents stopped them from being in Congress and actively ramming through the rules amendment.” – http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20061206hed1.html
Sana naman ang bumuto sa mga ‘to magising naman!
I always believe that in order to eliminate EVIL in our society the majority must be willing to become EVIL themselves just for one day.
We must do what must be done! Eliminate all these EVILS physically!!!
Kundi’y PAULIT-ULIT na lang ang ganito.
Wala na talagang respeto ang mga bobong majority sa tongreso. Mas masahol pa sila sa mga pulis na humihingi ng lagay. Ang titibay talaga ng sikmura nila. Ganon din sa mga asawa’t anak o kapamilya na hindi man lang pinapayuhan ang kanila gahamang tongresman sa pagpatay ng demokrasya. Sana kayo na lang ang nailibing sa putik at lahar. Mas maganda sana kung habang may ASEAN summit sa Cebu, saka nagkaroon ng coup. HAYOP yang GMA na yan. HAYOP yang JDV na yan at sa lahat ng sumusuporta sa kagaguhan at kasakiman na ito. At doon naman sa mga nananahimik na mga opposition sa tongreso dahil sa nabigyan ng lagay, mamatay na rin sana kayo.
“Not even the disaster of a Typhoon Reming stopped two Palace congressional allies, Reps. Luis Villafuerte (Camarines Sur) and Edcel Lagman (Albay), whose districts are still reeling from the damage Reming wrought on their constituents stopped them from being in Congress and actively ramming through the rules amendment.” – http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20061206hed1.html
Sana naman magising ang lahat na bumuto sa mga salbahe na ‘to!
I always believe that in order to eliminate EVILs in our society, the majority must be willing to become EVIL themselves just for ONE day!
We must do what must be done, that is – we must remove all of them physically!
We must not forget the reason they are here is because we ALLOW them to.
PANAHON NA UPANG SUNUGIN SILANG LAHAT NG SABAY-SABAY!
Kundi’y mamatay na lang ay di pa rin tayo makakatikim ng tunay na kalayaan.
Ito ba ang iiwan natin para sa ating mga anak?
We must DELETE these inbreed bastards-pigs before constitutional crisis happens. Con artist Jose De Venecia and his Dagupan Express-CON+ASS is like a run-away train destines to be destroyed at stop point. The majority members of the Lower House used the same method to railroad the proclamation of bogus President Gloria Arroyo and the junking of two impeachment complaints. Silly CON+ASS is tainted with fraud, deceit and conflict of interest. These shameless lawmakers cannot ram the fake Arroyo-DeVenecia constitution against the will of the Filipino people without a civil unrest. The battleground is now shifted to streets and freedom parks. People power uprising, revolution or civil disobedience is the answer to JDV Dagupan Con Express.
itong si Jerome Paras, talagang T. While Escudero was speaking he interrupted saying “Point of order”. Escudero asked what house rule has been violated as a requirement when one raises ” point of order.”
He could not cite any House rule. Tinulungan pa siya ni Villafurte maghanap ng House rule to cite. Walang makita. Umupo na lang.T talaga. Dinadaan sa kapal ng mukha. It’s good that he is now with the administration. The deserve each other.
Rep. Herminigildo Mandanas, who left early and did not participate in the voting on amendment of House Rule Sec. 105, said even if the House get its way, the issue whether the House can amend the Constiution without the Senate remains. It’s still the Supreme Court who would have the last say.
It’s really a waste of time and taxpayers money. The Lower House version of Constituent Assembly to revise the constitution without the Senate participation is a lost cause. It’s unlawful and unconstitutional. They are going in circle; the Supreme Court has the final say.
A desperate act by men and women of greed.
Ellen, I want to cry for our country, and at the same time laugh at the harebrained Jerome Paras and his kind. They are doing everything without thinking, but it’s no surprise to us anymore with Glueria at the helm of all this. Bayad na ang mga Tangnang ‘yan!
I just wish Fidel Ramos, the brain of cha-cha, should now come out in the open and bravely face the filipinos, harapan na! I think he too is now hiding under the skirt of this Tiyanak! Ang laki ng kasalanan niya sa mga tao!
Buti pa ay tapusin na iyang ConAss na ‘yan sa Lower House at ng malaman natin ang magagawa ng Senado, tuloy sa Supreme Court! Tapusin na natin ito, tumatagal ay lalo lamang nabibitin tayong mga pinoy! Nagiging lalo tayong kawawa sa sarili nating bansa!
My condolence to the people of the Philippines. Sana magrebolusyon na sila kapag sinunod pa Pandak at mga alipores niya ang gusto nilang mangyari. Maghalo na ang balat sa tinalupan. PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
These shameless congressmen and women have committed a deadly sin of GREED and must be punished in hell by boiling them alive with bunker oil or with their own fats. Their desire for material wealth and political power ignored the true will of the Filipino people by ramming a fraudulent Con-ass. The only valid reason behind is to perpetuate political power and save their master Gloria Arroyo from the wrath of the people in 2007 polls.
Ang magnanakaw ay talagang naghahasik ng lagim sa gitna ng gabi!
Ini-interview sa ngayon ni Ricky Carandang si disHonorable Pichay (na akala mo ay know-all tungkol sa legalidad ng batas samantalang hindi naman abogado)!
Nakakaasar talaga!
hi ellen,
i’ve been a fan of this blog for as long as i’ve been out of the country. its a way for me to keep abreast of the duping we as a people have been getting from our government.
i know there are a lot of names involved but shouldnt we publish the names of the reps who’ve ripped us off and voted for this move? and i dont mean in this blog alone. its a move that may inform each of these reps constituents of the moral imperative to take them out of office come may.
while the media has had its front slowly decimated by the onslaught of a bloody purge, it must continue to make people understand that it can no longer just print, read, and discuss. what must be involved is legitimate action that has real potential for actual consequences. i use the word legitimate only because it is the most prudent way for an already fearful public – middle class, in fact – to rise above the situation and act. kahit ako kung pwede lang rebolusyon para lang mabitay yung mga nagsasamantala ng poder, kaya lang this may not work because the sector that can provide the critical mass to resist the presnt government’s actions will not move beyond what it sees as “safe.” may takot din sila, and its all understandable.
from what i’ve read so far, there’s a railroad of the process which takes advantage of the supreme court’s adjournment this december. perhaps, coaxing people out to vigil in the SC, to implore the magistrates to take an extraordinary show of fortitude and keep its functions open or ready in this critical period, may prove to be productive. it is a legitimate course of action. because it is legitimate, more people may tend to act on their already well-documented moral stance. it will make the representatives hesitate, and may delay the process long enough for the people to exercise their mandate in may.
any other action must either be overwhelmingly brutal or unforgiving, in order to succeed. i am a fan of such a thought. but i doubt it can ever be so. it will tend to fracture an already divided opposition. if there must be military action, let it be the coup de grace.
Military intervention is justified to end/prevent constitutional crisis. Majority of the Filipino people will definitely support a KUDETA- coup de grâce to end the abusive and corrupt Arroyo regime. What is the stand of the Catholic bishops, the middle class and the business community about the fraudulent JDV Dagupan Con Express? Are they impotent to fight the evil Malacanang forces? It’s about time to make a stand. Oust Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo!
Ginagahasa nila ang bansa, Ellen. Sana katulad ni Smith ay hatulan SANA sila ng GUILTY at parusahan ng Reclusion Perpetua.
Ngayon, ang isang bagay na kinakailangan ang mahigit sa isang taon upang pagtalakayan at pagtibayin, ay gagawin nila sa loob ng sampung araw at aamiyendahan nila ang Konstitusyon at ihaharap sa plebisito upang manatili sila sa puwesto. May mga tao talagang matatapang ang apog at matitibay ang sikmura at makapal ang mukha.
ANO ANG GAGAWIN NG BAYAN?
This is how a rubber stamp UNIICAMERAL parliament works. Minority members have no say in the parliamentary proceedings. It’s a dictatorship by numbers. Checks and balances system is in the dead pool. Please links below, Warning it may cause your blood boils @10000‘F.
House minority questions ‘irregular’ panel report
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=36599
House turns down opposition appeal to stop debates
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=36598
A representative form of government like the Republic of the Philippines would only work with an informed and involved citizenry. The congressmen are supposed to be representatives. As such they have the moral obligation to solicit the opinion of their constituents and act accordingly. It seems the citizenry is asleep, or it doesn’t care. Polls and surveys are meaningless. I echo yung sigaw ni pandawan: ANO ANG GAGAWIN NG BAYAN?
Sukdulan na. Nasaan ang magigiting na sundalo na dapat humadlang sa kabuktutan ng mga ungas na namamahala? Hanggang kailan ito titiisin ng ating bayan? Mabuti pa rito sa Fiji, nang makita ng militar na kurap ang PM hayun tigmaok silang lahat. Walang nakaporma. Alalahanin natin na itong PM na ito ay suportado ng militar noong araw. Ito namang mga gunggong na NZ at Australia panay ang warning at pakialam dito. Iwi-withdraw daw ang aid. Mga unghang, magsama-sama kayo ng mga kano na puro pakialamero. Itong PM naman ng NZ na si Komrad Helengrad palibhasa ay matalik na kaibigan ni pandak dahil kapareho niyang sinungaling magtsi-tsika tsika ulit sila sa Mayo. Pwe. Diyan ako bilib sa mga militar ng Fiji, hindi nabibili ng salapi.
Masama na ang paningin ko. Medyo malabo na ang mata. Ang basa ko sa titulo “Midnight Mass”. Dahil malapit na ang Pasko, akala ko pinag-uusapan na ang Midnight Mass. Iyon pala Midnight Madness.
If we follow house rules and the constitution, JDV and his congressmen cannot do what they are trying to do. But they are doing it anyway because they have the numbers – so they are saying to hell with the people, they are listening to and are being misled by the opposition.
Actually, the opposition are not doing anything to stop the majority from ramming down the throat of the people whatever Gloria wants. They have accepted that they are estopped by the numbers of the administration in congress to do anything and they are pointing this out to us. I don’t know about this, because the people are counting on them and when a completely amended constitution passes the halls of the House of Representatives, I for one, will blame them, if only because they are there and could have done something to stop it.
This is no longer time for speeches but for ACTIONS. They should not let the militants and radicals to do all the work. Gloria will do all she can to stop the 2007 elections and the question is what are they going to do about it. THIS NOW IS FOR ALL THE MARBLES.
All of us Ellen bloggers had said the worst description of these people in power but I think there is no word that can really describe their scheming, oppressive, tyrannical and evil ways. The only solution may really have to be a revolution! The people have had enough and if the tyranny of numbers in the house can delete laws from our sacred constitution, the 85 million ( maybe 75 % of this populace- because the rest of the 25% are in the same camp as the trapos who are just content with their wordly possessions that they just close their eyes to what is happening in the country) can have the tyranny of numbers too to simply overthrow the trapos. SOBRA NA!
Fiji just have had it too. The military defenders, gising na kayo! There are only a few of the ranking officers who are the “fattened” officers,anyway. Why rely on them to do something? I am pretty sure, there are more of you who love our country. MOVE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! Tengang daga is worst than Smith. Smith only raped Nicole once but tengang daga is raping the country again and again!!!!!
For the religious ones, you got burned with too much politicking in the past but this does not mean you will just be passive while your country is being looted, raped and burned to the ground. THE OPPOSITION SHOULD UNITE AND FIGHT!!!
Kung talagang gugustuhin ng nakararami, walang makapipigil, kahit militar, kahit PNP. Pag nagmartsa ang kalahating milyon katao, o mas mainam, isang milyon, sinong mga sundalo ang pipigil sa kanila? Walang mangyayari sa constitutional remedies na inaasahan ng opposition dahil ang administration ay walang respeto sa constitution.
I am appalled at what’s happening in the Philippines. Gloria and her cohorts in Congress have brought the level of moral values of government to the level of Zimbabwe’s government led by Mugabe.
So very sad…
The Philippine nation rebelled against foreign invaders and colonizers only to find themselves becoming a colony of a handful of their own people meaning Gloria and Congress.
This situation cannot go on. The situation whereby the nation allows 161 people + 1 (Gloria) to determine their lives is unacceptable by any standards of a poeple with a minimum of self-respect. The Filipino people today must level the playing field, otherwise, this country will go down in infamy as a nation of sheep with no will nor regard for what is right or wrong.
If this nation allows these 161 thieves to get away with murdering the Constitution again (the toppling of Erap being the first), the Filipinos will be hard put to earn the respect of the international community.
The Filipino people must show a little bit of will, a bit of teeth, a bit of self respect – they must act and show their indignation in action and no longer in words because to do less would make them accomplices in their own doom.
People must go out and fight! If it results in a revolution, so be it!
The good elements of the Armed Forces must be courted by decent Filipinos. They have the weapons, the arms, the training to defend a country in danger!
Now is the time – don’t wait till it’s too late or when Gloria and Joe de Venecia have perverted the Constitution.
The Consttitution is the nation’s backbone. You break it, the nation is no more.
The people can no longer tolerate the rape of democracy in the Philippines. These shameless lawmakers are doing the same dirty tricks to fool our nation. They rammed to us a fake Gloria Arroyo mandate and fraudulent De Venecia Con-Ass. The AFP is the protector of the people and the State. Kilos na! KUDETA for democracy with the support of the Filipino people is the only option left to save us from the evil empire.
I am waiting for the senators to do something. Surely they will not take this lying down. It makes me wonder if they are mice or men in the senate.
These military men of all ranks are so weak, holding onto the skirt of GMA. Their proud words they speak when they state that they are the DEFENDERS of the people, but they fail to back up their words with action.
These Military of all ranks are DIS-HONORABLE.
One Million warm bodies standing outside the Palace gates, wait any longer it will be a worse situation, it will be a CIVIL WAR and out of control.
What more can I say, Anna? You said it all. What more can I say but to encourage Filipinos to rise up in arms now if they want to be free, at least the kind of freedom there was when we were growing up in the Philippines, when Filipinos held the Constitution as sacred and not something that they can easily discard at the wiles and whims of these crooks the way they ignore the provisions of the 1987 Constitution that replaced the one made during the Marcos rule that in turn replaced the much easier to understand Constitution made under the tutelage of Uncle Sam.
We have a similar dilemma in Japan at present as a matter of fact. A lot many of us in fact are opposing the plan to revise the pacifist Constitution of Japan especially the part that bans Japan to re-arm. There is a strong movement to remove that clause because of the North Korean threat and pressure from the US for Japan to participate actively in its wars especially under a president whose family’s business is selling arms to country’s that actually do not need them because it is not necessary, which we have found out to be true. Japan is what it is at the moment because people here are more concentrated now in improving their lots without the use of force, and reason I guess why God, even when majority of the people do not profess to believe in a god, has blessed them and the Japanese reap the seeds of their labors.
What more can I say, Anna, but agree with those who believe that now is the time for Filipinos to RISE UP IN ARMS versus these oppressors who want to rule the Philippines the way they do in Darfur or any of the countries now in chaos and war where those opposing their oppressive governments are vanished to kingdom come.
Your description of this present republic is aptly said, “Bastusan Republic.” What more can I add? Wala na, nasaid na. Still, let me add these phrases from a hymn we sing in church: “Fear not, though the enemy deride; courage for the Lord is on our side. We will heed not what the wicked may say but the Lord alone we will obey. We’ll not fear the wicked nor give heed to what they say, but the Lord, our Heavenly Father, him alone we will obey! Let us all press on!” (LDS Hymn #243)
alitaptap:
Why are you waiting for somebody else to sort it, its not just a problem for the Senators its YOUR problem also, its a problem for every Filipino Citizen because it seems already there’s no rule of law!
Revolution? So be it..But as npongco said, we need one element.Uncle Sam!!
Big question mark I am trying to figure out..Nponco, long time no blog.? wassup wassup?
We-will-never-learn, I have two brothers and several cousins in metro manila with whom I am coordinating.
Maybe Npongco is coordinating with Uncle Sam..
Hmmmm.
I should add that at least over here in Japan, we are freer to protest against any move that we deem to be detrimental to our pursuit to be happy and live in plenty!
I really feel sorry for the people of the Philippine Bastusan Republic. They should not wait for their country to be ruled by these crooks who can have their enemies vanished with a flick of a finger while other labor overseas to finance the extravagance of the lunatic who wants to be queen with a pablik pigyur as her prince! Ugh! 😡
Uncle Sam? It is itself in troubled times, so why should the Americans bother with the problems of the Philippines? If you mean US help, it is more like the help coming from Filipinos calling themselves as half baked Americans!
As the newly appointed in charge of US presence in Iraq says, America has made a bad performance in Iraq. So, why should Filipinos expect better performance (meddling) in the Philippines?
Huwag nang maghintay ang mga pilipino. Baka mamuti ang mata nila ng kahihintay kay Kanuto! Ngayon pang walang pera ang mga kano! The US has already spent $347,741,212,293 for the Iraqi war. It cannot afford to spend on other countries brewing trouble around the world with its own domestic problems filing up due to some natural calamities likewise that are in fact signs of the times. Golly, hanggang ba naman sa pagrerebolusyon, parasite pa rin ba ang dating ng mga pilipino?! Por dies, por singko naman!
i’m glad you all are pretty piqued at the recent events. but read all the comments and just about everyone is waiting for someone else to solve the problem for all of us!
tulong tulong tayo makapaghanap ng paraan na pwede na nating gawin. i understand the need to convince other people to act, and many here seem hopeful that the military act and now. but what about us? what do we do? is there anything, anything at all we can do that is within our individual power? something we can do while we wait for that time which may not come if we continue to just talk about it?
so maybe those here who may hold influence over a group or a particular resource, maybe you should open up here and tell us readers where to go? is there a mobilization in japan, for example, where we can convince governments to censure, if not withdraw support over our government? or in the US? is there a symposium or conference that any one here can attend to show support for our opposition? does anyone have a campaign plan we can all jump on to show solidarity against the manipulative sectors of our government?
should we perhaps, encourage and campaign for everyone to turn our backs on these politicos? it may sound simple but think about it? whenever we see any of these people, anywhere – the market, in universities, in offices – we should just stand still for a second, and turn our backs and make sure everyone notices. pero di kelangan mag skandalo. imagine this, at church where “she” attends mass. just continue hearing mass but turn your back from wherever she is at. if everyone does it, we will succeed in getting the message across that we do not like these people and what they are doing. in a school speech, this could be done too. use your imagination.
it may sound silly at first, but think about it. kung paunti-unti napapadama natin sa tao na may lumalaban, dadami at dadami yan. lalo na kung ang paraan ay di gaano makakagulo sa buhay nila. then, maybe people who can actually do the greatest damage against this abuse of power will find the mettle to stand up and actually do something.
SUS YSTAK,
hanggang bumbunan ang galit mo!! Sige maghintay na lang kami ng Hapon!!
Uncle Sam is at the moment is busy dealing with another guy named Hugo Chavez, which is trying to embarass the U.S. president which ever way. And Venezuela has a lot of OIL. The Philippines right now, as far as uncle Sam is concerned is a Status Quo, same old, same old, let it settle by itself. Not worth its precious time, and an embarassing to deal with an illegitimate Head of State, who thinks, she knows more than the Rest of the others Head of States. Pathetic, egoistic and the House of Representatives which members are as every newcomer here describe them as beyond description. Or in one simple word…PIGS..
Macshock,
Don’t be too sure that everyone here is just all blah!
Don’t be too sure…
anna,
thank god. i do hope i’m wrong. from your previous posts, i’m quite confident in fact that you’ve done or are doing more than your share. as well, perhaps, as all the others here. but that’s exactly my point – sayang yung venue na ito if, apart from all your other discreet moves, there’s no information for transient readers like me to seek a productive method of joining up and doing something. imagine all the other readers who may want to act but are not coaxedinto doing so because of a lack of venue.
when you act, we may all be grateful. but till then, we have not been asked to help. if this is to be good for our people, let the people be a part of it.
Amending the constitution if this will benefit the people is not wrong. What is wrong is the manner in which the amendment is being made. Laws are being twisted to suit the ones who benefit most from the amendment; and that’s no other than JDV and all Malacanang crooks. I have long maintained my position that no kind of argument or bla-bla could change these crooks’ minds. Their minds are set to remain in power for as long as they can. The only solution to this is an immediate People Power or Revolution!
These (Kang)kongresmen SHOULD NOT BE CALLED ‘LAWMAKERS’ kundi “LAWBREAKERS”!!!!
Our present form of government is ‘BICAMERAL’. Meaning, whatever law is introduced it should passed ‘The Lower House’ and then the ‘Senate’ before it would become a constitutional law. So, how can the JDV/GMA ConAss(hole) hold water….NEVER!!!! Ang TATANGA AT ANG BOBOBO NG MGA KANGKONGRESMAN NA ITO. MGA BULOOOOOKKKKKKK!!!!!!!
MAGREBOLUSYON NA TAYO PARA MATAPOS NA ANG BANGUNGOT NG MGA PILIPINO!!!!
You are right, Vic.
Uncle Sam has more important things to do than meddle with the affairs of an illegitimate president, especially now that the newly approved Defense Secretary Robert Gates has confirmed that the US is not winning in Iraq. Bush administration is about to forge a new war strategy. US hands are already full with this and Chavez. Besides, US will only move if Philippine events would jeopardize its interests in the country. Up to this time, US still dictates and gets what it wants from the bogus president.
We should treat this Glueria as our problem not someone else’s. For us who are away, one simple thing that we can do is to ask family, relatives and friends to ask or influence in turn people they know to totally reject Glueria and minions. This is not so difficult to do, in fact some bloggers are already doing it. Let’s continue to spread out our hatred of Glueria outside of this blog.
We are cyber warriors!
should be “Lets continue to spread out our hatred of Glueria via this blog.”
joe devilnecia’s daughter was killed when fire accidentally broke out in his house. I have no idea how it started, but, it crossed my mind that what happened was some kind of a message relayed to him as a warning and guide to transform himself from a tradpol to real and genuine Filipino leader who has nothing but for the good and welfare of the country and its people. Unfortunately he is a hopeless case. He even became more aggressive and brazen in his trampling of the fundamental law of the land. Nothing will stop him in his quest to fulfill his ambition to become the very first PM under his new one-man-constitution.
What they did in what Cayetano called as the “midnight madness” is just a duplicate of their railroading the election result and proclaimed the glue as the bogus president. They already mastered it and only robbers and thieves do that. They strike and steal when nobody is looking and everybody is sleeping. Mga tulisan talaga!
joe devilnecia did not heed and give meaning to the message to him. Ano kaya kung sa kaniya na lang ipatama, Ma-stroke o kaya ma-heart attack. Lord, patawad po.Nakakainis na kasi!
First Thailand, then just now Fiji. Kelan tayo. Wake up soldiers!
Next week many Heads of State will be attending the ASEAN Summit 2006 in Cebu City. Hopefully these Heads of State will hear the anger being expressed by the people for the
cohorts in Congress ignoring the rule of law.
They even never had a resolution made out,they rushed in desperation to make one to convene a session at the late hour of 3-30am this morning!
I slept at 3 a.m earlier while they were still shouting at each other at the House of Representatives.
Rep. Constantino Jaraula has introduced a resolution to convene a Con-Ass without the Senate to amend the Constitution. The minority was trying to derail the _GMA-JDV Express train by citing the very rules they crafted.
Rep. Mario Aguja is being interviewed on ANC right now and he said they parted at almost 5 a.m. and they will resume the debate at 4 p.m. today.
At least give the minority credit for fighting it out. Despite their lack of numbers, their resolve remains firm. They are not making it easy for Arroyo’s minions to et away with it.
Aguja is appealing to the public to pressure their representatives to being back decency and respect for the law in the House.
Would you believe that these Tongressman can work up to dawn just to finish off their ill intentioned changes on the constitution?
I heard that after they voted, the tongressman were invited to some salo-salo but actually it was a party of loot distribution(a note for their “pork”. What kind of animals are these Tongressman? I hope some of them will just expire from sleep deprivation. One tongressman allied with the administration just passed away, Doesn’t that give them another warning?
These soldiers have no guts! The one’s with honor have already been arrested on trumped up charges, these slodiers with no guts even allowed that to happen. If they won’t move to save their own honorable officers then don’t
expect these soldiers to DEFEND the Constitution and the citizen.
Ellen: “Aguja is appealing to the public to pressure their representatives to being back decency and respect for the law in the House.”
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One suggestion is to bombard these Tongressmen with emails. Problema lang is that they always return the mail. So, what I used to do is have a cousin get my message via her email to them, and deliver it to the Tongressman in question directly by her husband. That’s how I got known by some Tongressmen there and look for me when they visit Japan.
Sorry Apoy, hindi makikialam ang mga hapon sa problema ng mga pilipino lalo na para patalsikin ang bobong pinaupo nila. Problema ng Pilipinas hindi problema ng mga hapon. Sorry, mamumuti ang mga mata ninyo sa kahihintay. On the other hand, may mga Japanese NGOs helping Filipinos some other way, but not the kind of help you are waiting for. Hindi na nila sakop ang patalsikin at baguhin ang gobyerno ng mga pilipino. Kagaguhan na iyang ipagawa ninyo pa sa mga Amerikano o Hapon ang paglutas ng problema ng Pilipinas na hindi naman sila ang may gawa! Tawag diyan namamahamak. Mahirap ang pahamak sa totoo lang!!! Katamaran din iyan. Gusto ng mga pilipino nakahilata na lang sila? Wala silang gagawin? Ganoon ba?
Oh yes, wala akong sinasabing Hapon ang lulutas ng problema ng Pilipinas! What I present are examples of what we do here para magkaroon ng idea ang mga walang idea sa totoo lang diyan sa Pilipinas! Sa kagutuman ng mga mahirap ay para na lang silang tautauhan. Iyon namang meron, sakim naman at ayaw gumawa ng hakbang dahil takot na mawalan. Puede ba, huwag nang umasa pa sa iba? Kung magrerebolusyon, rebolusyon na! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Amen sa sinabi mo Florry. Iyan din ang impression ko tungkol doon sa pagkamatay ng anak ni DevilAmnesia. I actually thought he was indifferent and unaffected by the death of thir daughter he immediately ordered cremated. Gosh, tumawag pa iyong anak sa kanila, walang ginawa o walang nagawa ang walanghiya! So, how can Filipinos allow themselves to be continuously duped by this crook? Kagaguhan na iyan! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA?
Now is the right time for those ‘moderates’ to show who they really are… the likes of ruffy biazon, teddy locsin, etc… or they are really those who are perceived as ‘riding on issues’… mahiya naman kayo.. kung oposisyon tlaga kayo, admit it.. kesa ung papogi lang kayo ng papogi na kapag tagilid ang administrasyon, oposisyon kayo.. kapag tagilid ang oposisyon, iwas-pusoy kayo… maawa naman kayo sa bayan!… eto ang magiging bayan ng mga anak at apo nyo!…
ENOUGH OF GLORIA AND HER ALIPORES!!! CALLING ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE AFP (wether pro or aginst GMA), THIS IS YOUR TIME TO DEFEND OUR VERY OWN CONSTITUTION AND THE FILIPINO PEOPLE. REDEEM OUR DEMOCRACY!! FOR GOD’S SAKE!!
Ystak
NOTED! Nagpapatawa lang ako.Andami kasing Hapon ditong
may- ari ng beach resort..
WE, cyber warriors have common battle cry- REVOLUTION! Only time can tell. Wake up soldiers! Nasaan ba ang ating mga magigiting na sundalo ng bayan? Kilos na! DEFEND the Constitution! KUDETA for democracy! Rebolusyon! One Million warm bodies standing outside the Palace gates! Civil war! RISE UP IN ARMS! UNITE AND FIGHT! People Power! PATALSIKIN NA!
Just opened my celfone and found this text message from Rep. Roilo Golez. It must have come in very early this morning.
Golez said:
Calling on the AFP?
Heheh! You’ll get at best 5% (and even then ain’t sure at all) willing to answer the call of duty. Problem is when two military factions come face to face, one will stare down the other and then they drop on their knees.
Coup d’état in the Philippines? I mean a real one? Nah, it ain’t gonna happen. Too few good officers and men or better still, too few capable of going the whole hog…
Ain’t possible.
There was also this congressman last night who looked unkempt (I didn’t get his name) who had the gall to say that he is sure the Church will not get angry with him for voting “Yes” to amend the rules because he just gave P4 million to them (church). He also addressed De Venecia as Speaker/ Prime Minister.
In his excitement, he stuttered, “Prime Minister JBC”.
I’m the one who is embarrassed for the kind of Representatives we have.
Ellen,
Was that for real? Which Church was he referring to?
Wowie! What a load of frogsh*t the guy was.
What perverted mentality!
Met blogger Mong Palatino with a friend from CEGP (College Editors Guild of the Philippines) at the Batasan gallery last night doing their share as concerned citizens. Wish there were more of them.
Mong’s blogsite:http://www.mongpalatino.motime.com
It seems Marx’s famous line about religion being the opium of the people applies brilliantly to Congressmen in the Philippines.
(Wonder where he got the 4 million pesos…)
Wish I could be there too. Would have been a “glorious” way of writing about Philippine politics so I could submit it to the EU Council here and to the various Committees particularly the one on Cooperation (whose chairman I had dinner with tonight – he was asking me about Cebu and I told him, he’s likely to get kidnapped so he shouldn’t go, the guy was gobsmacked!)
I’ll try to get his name. I was busy last night shuttling from the session hall to the lobby where we set up for live interviews for Strictly Politics.
There was also this Laguna congressman, Danton Brueser, who was in a leather jacket. Leah Navarro said, “how declasse!” (i don’t know how to spell this correctly. Anna, please help.)
Anna, that representative who gave P4 million to the church is a female pala. I’m sorry.
Her name is Rep. Annie Susano, second district of Quezon City.
Does it mean 4 million pesos as a bribe for their all-out support? If it’s true, bishops/priests are modern day Judases.
Ellen, What did Leah mean by “declasse?”
Low class? Maybe she said “aucune classe!” (No class!)
Ellen, Is Lu Antonino’s daughter (who replaced her as congresswoman, I think her name is Arleen???) with the majority or with the minority in the Lower House?
I think devoid of class. Imagine wearing leather jacket during a legislative session.In a tropical country!
More on this Rep. Annie Susano. My reporter friend recalled that she was the one who was pictured going to the slums in her Rolls Royce.
Diego,
Ang yabang ni Rep Susano, ano? Hah! Siguro she had lots of mortal sins to confess so she gave MILLIONS, heh!
I am just so surprised at how our members of Congress could get away with such sordid act! Really unthinkable in the West.
Ah ok, so, it must have been “aucune classe”! The usual expression would have been that.
(Pronounced phonetically “OKUN class”…)
Oh I see, yeah, I’ve seen pics of that Congresswoman who was vulgarly ostentatious in get up, yeah, parading like a Christmas tree.
She was in real estate or something like that….
Lu’s daughter is Darlene Antonino-Custodio. She is with the opposition. An active member of the opposition. She was doing her share last night in delaying the trampling of the Constitution by GMA and JDV’s minions.
There was a write up about her, can’t remember if it was in the Inquirer complete with pics in a slum area beside her RR…
Ellen, borrowing Yuko’s expression “Over here”, if the press had got wind of her in Rolls Royce in a slum area, she would have the French Financial Brigade on her back and by the time they’re through with her, she would be driving a Volkswagen Beetle circa 1970…
Yeah, yeah, I knew her name sounded like Arleen, yeah it’s Darlene – I knew her when she was a teen ager only! Her mom used to be one of my close friends.
Good girl! I remembered her as a tiny teen ager but sweet and with a very nice disposition.
GREED, GREED, GREED…Glue-ria and her minions are showing their true color. Can’t stomach them anymore, sobra na! Bastusan na!
wow. is this a replay of the creation of Marcos’ 1973 constitution?
good job, lads!
The opposition team is really admirable. Even if they are few, they stand on principles: cayetano, escudero, antonio-custodio, gilbert remulla, golez, acosta, aguja, maza, rissa hontiveros-baraquel, casiño,tirador,guingona, villanueva,magtubo,noel, rosales, suplico, plaza. (i apologize for those I missed).
What a difference from JDV’s minions like villafuerte, lagman, paras, jaraula, susano. Eeeek. Kadiri.
Ellen, you talking of jacinto paras as one of JdV’s minions?
Yes. He is now with administration, where he appropriately belongs.
Good heavens! That guy is a blackmailer! He and another one in the list but whom you’ve listed as being among those trying to “derail” Jdv’s lower house hocus pocus, were ganid! ganid with a capital G!
Paras back in the 90s liked to deliver privilege speeches so that the target would cough up bribe money in order for house investigations not to proceed following his privilege speech!
And bribe money wasn’t peanuts! They asked for millions just to stymy negative publicity that their own privilege speeches engendered… Real low class blackmail!
Anna,
Paki-sabi kay Diputado Annie Susano bigyan din si Bro. Mike dahil masyadong maingay. Parang contra cha-cha. May 4 million follwers daw. Okay na ang 2 pesos/member. It’s cool 8M pesos.
EL SHADDAI leader Bro. Mariano “Mike” Velarde vowed to block the Charter change (Cha-cha) train without the Senate on board even as Malacañang’s allies in the House of Representatives struck down a rule providing for a two-chamber action on proposals to revise the Constitution.
“The people won’t allow it and I, for one, will be openly against it,” the leader of the Catholic charismatic movement with 4 million followers said of the House move to convene a Senate-less constituent assembly (Con-ass) to change the Constitution. Inq7.net
Anna, I think I know who he is. But right now, he is with the opposition and last night he was also doing his share.
Apoy,
Apology accepted. Just wanted to assure you that Japan does not have the guts to meddle in other people’s affairs. As for the beach resorts owned by Japanese, don’t blame Japan for it. They may even be victims in fact of unscrupulous Filipinos who actually own these beaches but ask Japanese to finance them in some sort of a racket. I should know. I have friends who have been duped to invest in the Philippines and lost a fortune!!!
Jaraula? Baka salaula!
Diego,
Naku paano ko sasabihin iyan e di ko naman kilala iyang mamaw na Tongresswoman na yan na may Rolls Royce.
GMA and Jdv napaka walanghiya..garapal talaga!!it seems me drama pa sila with brenda defensor screaming like a mad dog in the senate accusing panganiban and the jbc for not nominating her..with these scenario and the retirement of panganiban it will be 7-7 and GMA and JDV is banking on it when the anti chacha will file for a tro on sc..and it seems GMA will not appoint replacement,puno will be an acting cj..how evil is this GMA and JDV,they will do anything just to stay in power illegally..let us all support any movement that will oust this evil..be it the worst..just oust them!!
matakaw. masiba. gahaman. ganid. swapang. suwitik. timawa. sukab. buktot. balasubas. mandarambong. kawatan. magnanakaw. hayop. buwitre, linta. buwaya. limatik. manhid. salaula. hunghang. halang ang kaluluwa.
ano pa ang kulang upang makumpleto ang paglalarawan sa magigiting at kagalang galang na mga matatapat na mambabatas na ‘yan?
Ellen, kudos to the opposition for doing a great job! I hope they can stall the process, at least. It looks like the
trapos are not just doing a final push. They are trying to be super heroes!
Lalo ng lumaki ang tenga ng tengang daga nung tawagin siyang Prime Minister. He is in a fantasy world like his Donya.
Leather jacket and rolls royce, what luxury when over 50 million Filipinos are starving! If she liquidates these assets, she can feed a village!
06 December 2006
GUYS!!!! dont be surprised, most of these TONGressmen are only after their personal vested interest. one word to describe them ‘PATHETIC’.
PRANS
Rolls Royce? It’s value is enough to feed Mt. Mayon mudslides’ victims in a week or so.
Toting Bunyeta sabihin mo, DESPERADO silang lahat. Bulok ang Malacanang-bulok ang Batasan.
“The House action was a bold political move in an attempt to overhaul the country’s degenerated political system.” Press Sec. Ignacio Bunye Inq7.net
it may have started as Midnight Madness, pero kung pabaya ang lahat, this will end up as a Dawn Raid on our freedoms…
pabor ako sa anuman paraan para pigilan ang patuloy na panloloko sa Inang Bayan. kung rebolusyon man, sana’y sa isang demokratikong paraan.
mabuhay kayong lahat!
06 December 2006
OK, OK….. guys, If the great YODA and his cohorts wants to ram into our throat their Cha-cha, may answer is, why not “WE” the populace boycott’s next year’s election, whether its a plebescite to change the consitution or the “mid-term” elections”??? that way we are sending a strong signal to these TONGressmen and especially to YODA that that are not in the best position to tell/impose on the people’s will.
IF the my suggestion is not accepted, let us push for the mid-term election, BUT……. please!!!!!! we should put “NOTA” in the ballots. MEaning “NONE OF THE ABOVE”, again that way we are showing the so called “HONORABLE????”TONGressmen, enough is enough!!!!
I say, vote NOTA in next year’s elections.
prans
Zenzenai, we are beyond democratic means to oust these abusive politicians. Can’t you see how they make use of their numbers just to do what they want anytime they please?
Prans, boycotting the elections may not even work too because these politicians will be able to come up with their own filled out ballots anyway.
There are just a few ways to stop them, one million bodies in front of Malacanang or do a Thailandlike or Fijilike takeover!
i would rather call this black mass run by the jdevil.
BTW, Apoy, if you know any anomaly involving some Japanese there, give me the details complete with evidences, and I will take the case to the police for them to initiate an investigation based on a new Japanese law regarding prosecution of Japanese nationals committing crimes overseas.
This actually has been prompted by the numerous cases of insurance scams perpetrated in the Philippines in connivance with some Filipino mamamataytao. Until then, Japanese, who commit crimes there unless they are properly established with incriminating evidences, could not be prosecuted in Japan for crimes committed abroad because of the problem of legal jurisdiction.
This will help reduce the number of Japanese committing crimes in the Philippines especially because of the corruption there even involving corrupt Philippine policemen, etc.
Mahirap ang bintang lang ng bintang sa totoo lang. Puede naman gawan ng paraan para magwagi ang katarungan sa totoo lang.
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Lacson cries ‘rape’ over House’ Charter change efforts —inq7.net
Last updated 01:32pm (Mla time) 12/06/2006
EFFORTS by Malacañang’s allies in the House to push Charter change through a constituent assembly are “nothing short of constitutional rape,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said in a statement Wednesday.
“This is one of those rare instances where words are no longer enough to describe the disgust over the latest — and by far the most brazen — attempt to ram Charter change down the people’s collective throats,” he said.
Lacson said pro-Malacañang lawmakers threw away all pretensions about being an independent co-equal branch of government during the session from Tuesday evening to early Wednesday.
“Like thieves in the night, they pounced upon the unsuspecting citizenry just as it was fast asleep,” he said.
Lacson said Malacañang and its allies must wake up to the reality of a defeat in the May 2007 elections as he insisted that a constituent assembly will require both chambers of Congress to separately issue resolutions for a joint session.
The administration and its allies in the House refute this view, claiming all they need are a three-fourths majority of all members of Congress and not both chambers voting separately.
Lacson reiterated earlier statements about his willingness to join other senators in filing a petition before the Supreme Court questioning the administration-backed push for a constituent assembly.
According to a gambling lord I have talked to, the asking price of the InFatso is 5M pesos per game. Iyong nagbayad ng bribe sa mga pari, nangupit pa in other words!!! Yikes! Yuck! Ngeek! Ugh!
Ang kapal talaga ng mukha! I wonder how much the Bansot tries to bribe the Lord above through these priests she tells to patronize her and her InFatso husband.
parasabayan,
thanks. heard somewhere, can’t place where, that a revolution can also be democratic. medyo talilong kasi tayo, akala natin ang eleksyon lang democratic, while other means are considered negative.
kung meron democratic revolution, maganda di ba? intindi ko kasi,lahat ng foundation ng democracy, nagsimula sa isang rebolusyon. kaya, welcome din sa akin iyan at panahon na ba?
baka si nelbar, alam ito at pwede magdagdag.
zenzennai,
kung hindi tayo? …sino?
kung hindi ngayon? …kailan?
kailangan na talaga ng makatotohanan at makabuluhang pagbabago!!!
katulad ng sinabi noon ni Andres Bonifacio… simulan na!
The Makati Business group, El Shaddai and CDCP have all opposed the rushed charter change. Who else will join them? But would these groups’ opposition to the change de-rail the Cha-cha train? I am dreading the outcome of the caucauses today. I do not even want to wake up tomorrow to find out we are duped again. LET DO SOMETHING TO STOP THE CHA-CHA TRAIN NOW NA!
Parasabayan,
YES! I agree with you, WE MUST DO “SOMETHING TO STOP THE CHA-CHA TRAIN NOW NA!”
To quote a text message I received today: The “CON-ASS WILL DESTORY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS WE ALL FOUGHT SO HARD FOR. THIS IS NO TIME TO BE APATHETIC & UNINVOLVED. BE AT THE BATASAN BY 4PM. BE READY TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT. PLEASE PASS.”
The choice here is simple: DO WE WANT TO LOSE OUR DEMOCRACY? or DO WE WANT TO WIN OUR DEMOCRACY FROM THESE DOGS?
I AM ENRAGED !!!
Zenzennai:
You bet, there is a variety of revolutions, peaceful and violent. We want as much as possible a peaceful one but if necessary, a violent one may prove more effective. Kailangang magbawas ng mga halimaw kasi lalo na iyong mga squatters sa Malacanang.
Dasal ang kailangan para maging matagumpay ang pakikibakang ito laban sa mga ulupong na ito na ke yayabang.
Sama kayo sa ginagawa namin ngayon para ipa-stop ang mga ODA na winawaldas ni Bansot. Bukas may rally sa harap ng Philippine Embassy. It will be at 11:30 a.m. where members of the AI Japan Chapter will hold a 30-minute vigil for the 750 or more victims of atrocities of the Philippine military supporting the Bansot for the 5M bribery each paid the greedy generals.
Pakisabi sa mga kakilala ninyong nasa Tokyo. Salamat!
Miron:
Papaano magiging matalino ang mga taumbayan e karamihan walang pinag-aralan. Ang daming itinapon sa Japan sa totoo lang, hindi nakatapos ng elementary school gaya noong isang in-interview namin ng abogado kamakailan. Overstaying ang kaso. Nang pinapamirma sa papel ng pangalan niya ang sabi, “Ate, pakipirma na lang.” Nang tanungin ko kung bakit ay hindi daw siya makasulat. Tinanong ko kung bakit. Ang sagot sa akin, “Kasi, Ate, hanggang Grade I lang ako pagkatapos madalas pa akong absent kasi tumutulong ako sa pananim ng mga magulang ko. Hindi ko nga alam ang lahat ng alphabet e.” Nagulat ang abogado nang sabihin ko sa kaniya ang sinabi ng pilipino. Kasi nga naman dito sa Japan ay walang mangmang. Compulsory education hanggang 9th Grade. Iyan ang tunay na democracy! Sa Pilipinas ang meron sila, “Demonyo-kasi”!!! 😛
Tsk, tsk, tsk…
Pero expected na yang railroading ng procedural ammendments sa kongreso. Wala naman tayong maaasahang mabuti dyan hanggang nandyan si Yoda at ang mga jedi knights.
Tanong ko lang Ellen kung may draft na ng proposed ammendments sa saligang batas o kung yun pa ring napublished some months ago.
We should be preparing ourselves to understand and publish the flaws of their proposed amendments to the constitution para may ibuga tayo pag-dating ng deliberations. The opposition should also do their homework. They are not short in terms of the fight, i agree, but still the number rules. In the end, they go home to lick their wounds. The opposition should realize that they are up against people who doesn’t respect the rules, so why respect them. Remember, respect is earned not demanded or given away. Find a way to defeat them at their own game.
Otherwise, it’s time for the residents of the Cordilleras and Banahaw to come down and liberate us. A sad state of affairs..
I think it’s the same as the one published last year pa. I’ll try to get a copy.
There’s another comic situation last night. Francis Escudero moved for a roll call on motion on hand as what happened in the amendment of Section 105. It was put to a vote through “Aye” (Yes) and “Nay” (No).
These congressmen, being used to saying “Aye” without even thinking said “Aye”, which means Escudero’s motion was carried out. So dapat roll call.
Then they realized they voted wrongly. Binawi nila.
It was a comedy.
Bro Mike’s son has just been interviewed live on TV says he cannot support the resolution. That many of his friends have asked him not to support.
Rep. Roilo Golez spoke and in his speach he pointed out to the Congressmen that not even one minute had been spent in discussing the typhoon calamity.
Wow! Lower House is beginning to crack up and lose their cool… another suspension.
“Aye”, too familiar to the ears of the administation tongressmen. “Nay”, too foreign, they never heard this!
These Glueria’s INAKAYS are so used to hearing what to do that they thought any questions posed on them, even by those in the opposite direction, are supposed to get an “aye”.
Ellen, baka these minions spelling of “aye” is “A”, kasi kung A sila ng A ay siguradong milyones ang katapat! What a bunch of IDIOTS! MORONS! RETARDS! STUPIDS!
Isa pa itong anak ni Mike Velarde, false representaive rin gaya ng ama!
Sa mga GAGONG Tongressmen na ito napupunta ang pera para sa mga mamamayan.
Bumangon sana lahat ng nasawi sa Reming at isama sa hukay ang lahat ang mga INUTIL na ito!
Yes, they thought that with their numbers it would be smoothsailing. The persistent opposition is proving them wrong.
sabi na ngang manhid na ang mga ‘yan! dahil sa tawag at kaway ng salapi at kapangyarihan kaya ang mga last termers na tongremen ay nagpipilit idikit ang katawan nila sa mga pader at sulok ng batasan! alam kasi nilang wala na silang lusot sa 2007 mid term election at kapag wala na sila sa poder, katakut takot na kaso ang kakaharapin nila sa paglustay ng pondo ng bayan.
from tribunes business section:
Despite e-VAT haul, ’07 debts to hit $6.7B
By Ruben Hortelano
12/07/2006
Despite what the Arroyo administration has been claiming as an improvement in the country’s fiscal situation, foreign borrowings next year will still reach a total of $6.67 billion from foreign and local sources, the Bureau of Treasury said yesterday.
While foreign lendings will drop to $2.47 billion next year from $2.85 billion this year, $4.2 billion will be borrowed from the domestic market, according to National Treasurer Omar Cruz.
The Treasury said the debt program, however, would be far less than that of this year.
Of the planned $2.466 billion borrowings in 2007, $1.466 billion will be in official development assistance loans and $1 billion from commercial sources.
Cruz announced that the reduced borrowings will cut the debt load of the government next year to just 62 percent of the gross domestic product from 68 percent of GDP this year.
The government borrowed abroad a total of $2.85 billion this year.
“We said earlier we will rely less on foreign borrowings and we have done that. Next year our borrowings will come down even more,” he said.
Cruz said local borrowings are targeted at P208 billion or $4.2 billion in the domestic market in line with the previously announced 67 to 33-percent borrowing mix program in 2007.
Domestic borrowing next year will be nearly 16 percent lower compared to P247 billion in borrowing in 2006.
The government still relies heavily on borrowings to fund its budget deficit, despite the introduction of an expanded value-added tax (e-VAT) and the sin tax last year. The fiscal deficit is expected to reach P63 billion in 2007 or 0.9 percent of projected GDP.
Last month, the government narrowed its 2006 budget deficit goal by up to 16 percent to P105 billion to P115 billion, or 1.7 percent to 1.9 percent of GDP against a target deficit of P125 billion, or 2.1 percent of GDP.
After the first 10 months, the budget was only P56.3 billion in the red, less than half the figure a year ago, largely due to a drastic cut in spendings after Congress failed to pass the budget for the year.
Last year’s outstanding government debt totaled P3.888 trillion, which required an outlay equivalent to 12.6 percent of GDP or P678 billion for debt service.
This year’s debt service should improve a bit to just 12 percent of GDP or P721.7 billion and further to only 9.3 percent of GDP next year or P622 billion.
Data from the Bureau of Treasury show outstanding debt totals P3.998 trillion at the end of June this year, a 2.8-percent jump from year ago total of P3.891 trillion.
Of the amount, some P2.035 trillion was obtained from local creditors and the equivalent of P1.837 trillion were obtained from foreign lenders.
The government’s foreign borrowings already represent a 4.8 percent contraction from a year ago considering it obtained foreign loans totaling P1.856 trillion in the first half last year.
The government’s foreign borrowing plan for next year was seen to generate positive impressions on the Philippines and its economic prospects over the medium term.
With macroeconomic conditions stabilizing and the external environment relatively calm, the government’s next hurdle, the departing team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said earlier, was to transform the gains into actual investments.
The IMF has expressed optimism the country’s strong fundamentals should hold together for the short term at least.
WWNL,
Thanks for the alert WWNL. Thanks too for posting my comments. Will give you an update in a separate post on the EU Stop the Killings in the Philippines movement and their vigil in front of the Philippine Embassy on Dec 8th.
Can’t help but picture this in my mind fellow bloggers,”the orks(prostitute tongresman)are on the march now, taking their bidding from sauron(who else(?)),the usurper, the bogus one!This gma ass-licker villafuerte sounds very much like another rabid gma ass-licker, atienza.They literally sound alike, both liars, taksil sa bayan!.Wala talagang hiya,walang pinagkatandaan ang mga tongresman ni peke!Soldiers and Proctector of the People and the Constitution,move now!!!We call on the International Community, to put strong pressure on this immoral and fake gov’t..We call on the European Union to help our country rid of a power-hungry usurper.Please,put pressure on this bogus administration!We don’t want the help or intervention of the US gov’t..They will,as always support and install a puppet leader to look after their own interest!They cannot be trusted!We want a leader we can trust and looks after the welfare and sovreignty of our country.Personally, I admire the resolve of President Hugo Sanchez of Venezuela.I hope one day, we will have a leader who doesn’t kiss-ass with the americans.For now, PATALSIKIN NA!NOW NA!!!
Aneesan at sa lahat ng mga ka-blog,
salamat sa info., at maraming salamat sa Amnesty International (AI) for keeping the issue of political murders alive. Nasanay na ang mga tulisan at murderers na empleyado ng Cheat Executive na walang pumapalag, kasi. Pero, ang AI bilib ako. Masisipag at hindi nasusuhulan, laging pinapa-alala sa international community na hindi lang cheat, liar, and plunderer ang Tiyanak ng Malacanan; kundi mamamatay tao pa!!
Suportahan nating lahat ang mga initiatives na ganito, kasama na ang paglilitis ng Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) laban sa tiranyang pamamalakad ng mga baboy.
Pagsama-sama ang taong bayan: negosyante, aktibista, makata, pintor, magsasaka, office at factory worker, at makataong pulis at sundalo, relihiyoso at manunulat, wala talagang dahilan para hindi magapi ang sinumang kaaway ng Inang Bayan.
Maraming may kakayahang sumulat dito ng maalab, katangi-tangi, puno ng lohika at umaapaw ng pagmamahal sa kapwa at bansa, pakiusap sa inyo: simulan na ninyo ang pagbuo ng Basis of Unity para organisado tayo. Organisado ang mga taksil ng bayan, dapat tayo rin.
Pasensiya na kung organisado na kayo at ako lang ang naiwanan. Paano ba sumama diyan? 🙂
hehe,Pres.Hugo Chavez pala,sorry.Hugo Sanchez is a Mexican Soccer Icon of the 80s,hehe.Call to Action to the Filipino People!Patalsikin na,Ngayon na!Mga tapat at maIntegridad na Kawal ng Bayan, kumilos na po kayo!Binababoy na ng mga baboy na tongresman ng pekeng preSHITdente ang taong bayan at ang Constitution!If not now,WHEN!We call on the ASEAN community!European Union, the International Community(sans the USA who cannot be trusted)!Please,put strong pressure on this bogus gov’t. to step down, and heed the clamor of the Filipino People for change!Snap Elections!If not, revolution!Patlsikin na,NOW na!!!!