Category: Magdalo

Captain? Lieutenant? Mister?

Published by Ellen on February 18, 2010

It must have been slip of the tongue when Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told Malacañang reporters “We have been checking on the court” when asked for reaction to the order of Makati RTC Judge Elmo Alameda to grant bail to Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and 16 officers and soldiers in connection with the Nov. 2007 incident at the Manila Peninsula.

Alameda said the evidence presented by the prosecution did not prove the charge of rebellion, which should have been non-bailable.

Alameda’s order supports common sense that what Trillanes, Lim and company did on Nov. 2007 did not constitute public uprising and taking up arms against the government which is the primary element of rebellion.

Lim, Trillanes to remain in jail despite bail—AFP

Published by Ellen on February 18, 2010

From GMA News TV:

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and senatorial aspirant former Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim will remain in jail despite being allowed by a Makati court to post bail on a rebellion charge, the military said on Wednesday.

“The group of Senator Trillanes cannot be released until after the military has agreed already, because they are still facing general court martial,” said Armed Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr.

He said the two have pending cases before the military tribunal in connection with alleged attempts to overthrow the Arroyo government.

“Under the military law, there is no such thing as bail,” Brawner said.

Minaliit ni Ermita kandidatura ni Lim, Layug at Alejano

Published by Ellen on February 17, 2010

Ang yabang talaga nitong executive secretary ni Gloria Arroyo.

Minaliit kahapon ni Executive Secretary Ermita ang kandidatura ni Brig. Gen. Danny Lim at ang dalawang Magdalo na oisyal, si James Layug, dating kapitan sa Philippine Navy na ngayon ay tumatakbo para kongresista sa second district ng Taguig, at si Gary Alejano, dating Marine captain na ngayon ay tumatakbo para mayor ng Sipalay sa Negros Occidental.
Tinatanong si Ermita kung ang pagpayag ni Judge Elmo Alameda ng Makati Regional Trial Court na makapagpiyansa sina Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, at ang 16 na Magdalo na opisyal at sundalo kasama na doon sina Layug at Alejano ay makakatulong sa kanilang kandidatura, ang sagot ni Ermita na painsulto “Oh..oh…oh.. Only in the Philippines.”

Nakalimutan na yata ni Ermita na minaliit din nila noong 2007 si Trillanes. Kaya nga nila pinayagan kumandidato kasi akala nila walang pagasang mananalo. Kasi nga naman, walang pera, nakakulong pa.

Breaking News: Lim, Trillanes and 16 others granted bail

Published by Ellen on February 17, 2010

Breaking News:
Update: Malacañang blocking posting of bail of Trillanes, Lim and 16 other Magdalo officers.

The Makati Regional Trial Court Judge Elmo Alameda granted the petition for bail of Se. Antonio Trillanes IV, Brig.Gen. Danilo Lim, and 16 other military officers and soldiers.

The 18 are facing rebellion charges in connection with the Nov. 2007 Manila Peninsula incident.

Click here for the copy of the order:

Bail order pages 1-4
Bail Order pages 5-8
Bail order pages 9-16

Covered in the order aside from Lim and Trillanes are:

Marine Capt Gary Alejano; LTsg James Layug; LTsg Eugene Gonzales;Ltsg Andy Torrato; LTsg Manuel Cabochan; Air Force Capt Dan Orfiano; LTjg Arturo Pascua;Air Force Lt Billy Pascua; Lt Jonnel Sangalang; Lt Armand Pontejos;

Sgt Julius Mesa;Sgt Cesarie Gonzales;Sgt Emmanuel Tirador;Sgt Herman Linde;Sgt Juanito Jilbury;Sgt Clecarte Dahan

Let Trillanes fulfill his mandate

Published by Ellen on January 5, 2010

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

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

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

Lawmakers international group takes cudgels for Trillanes; Zubiri replies

Published by Ellen on January 4, 2010

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

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

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

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

Saradong pag-iisip sa Comelec

Published by Ellen on November 2, 2009

Palagi sinasabi ng mga hindi sang-ayon sa ginawa ng Magdalo na sundalo sa Oakwood noong Hulyo 2003 at sa Manila Peninsula noong Nobiembre 2007 na kung ayaw mo ng palakad ng kasalukuyang administrasyon, tumakbo kayo sa eleksyun.

Ganun nga ang ginawa ni dating Ltsg Antonio Trillanes IV noong 2007 na eleksyun at laking gulat ng lahat na nanalo siya kahit hindi nakakulong siya at hindi siya gumastos ng malaki katulad ng marami sa sa kandidato ng administrasyun na natalo naman.

Talagang gusto ng mga dating sundalo na ito na makilahok sa pagpatakbo ng pamahalaan para maipatupad nila ang pagbabago na kanilang ninanasa para sa bayan kaya sila nag-apply ang kanilang grupo, ang Samahang Magdalo sa Commission on Elections para maisali sa partylist at makatakbo sa eleksyun ang kanilang mga kandidato.

Palparan, yes; Magdalo, no

Published by Ellen on October 30, 2009

Former Air Force 1st Lt Ashley Acedillo, Magdalo spokesman

The Comelec gave accreditation as partylist to dubious groups represented by people close to Malacañang yet they denied the application of Samahang Magdalo based on their paranoia and misconception of the group.

In denying the group’s accreditation, Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer said that “the principal founders of the Magdalo Para Sa Pagbabago Party remain unrepentant and that they still harbor the propensity to engage in another illegal adventure similar to the failed 2003 Oakwood Mutiny, should they again fail to achieve their goal — this time with the use of the political party that they are now applying for accreditation and which may very well be used by them to recruit and indoctrinate disciplined followers which may become their blind followers.”

The Magdalo group today assailed the denial of the application as party list as “unfair, defective, myopic and shortsighted”

Ang susuportahan ng Magdalo para presidente

Published by Ellen on October 24, 2009

Samahang Magdalo will support the presidential bid of Sen. Francis Escudero.

This was announced this morning by Magdalo Party Secretary General Francisco Ashley Acedillo after the first Magdalo national convention held at the UP hostel.

Sino kaya ang susuportahan ng Samahang Magdalo para presidente? Siyempre oposisyun ang kanilang pagpipilian. Hindi naman pwedeng ang kandidato ni Gloria Arroyo na si Gilbert Teodoro.

Mamimili sila kay Chiz Escudero, Noynoy Aquino, at Manny Villar.

Sa aking pag-uusap sa karamihan sa kanila, ang pinagpipilian ay sa pagitan ni Chiz at ni Noynoy. Basa ko mas kiling sila kay Chiz dahil sa kanyang kongkretong programa sa pagreporma ng pagpatakbo ng pamahalaan.

Rock the vote!

Published by Ellen on October 8, 2009

Reminder to first-time voters and those who will be transferring voting places: please don’t wait until Oct. 31, last day of registration.

The Commission on Elections said they will not be extending the deadline because they have to finalize the voters’ list. Remember that the 2010 elections will be the first supposedly nationwide automated elections.

The Smartmatic/TIM computers that Comelec will be using (Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS) are precinct-specific so it’s important that the voters list is finalized early.

After you have voted, pray that the PCOS that contains your name does not get misdelivered to a wrong precinct, just like what happened to many bunches of ballots and ballot boxes in the past elections.

The Samahang Magdalo, Taguig chapter, will stage “Rock the Vote” tomorrow Saturday, with a core message of encouraging first-time voters to register. “If we desire genuine changes and reforms from crooked governance, we must begin these steps at making sure we are legitimate voters before the Comelec,” said Lt. (s.g.) James Layug, head of the Samahang Magdalo in the city that organized the concert.