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Hindi nakakasiguro si Arroyo

Published by Ellen on October 15, 2008

Dapat lang mag-alala si Gloria Arroyo kapag tingnan niya ang botohan ng Supreme Court sa MOA-AD.

Hindi dahil natalo ang Malacañang dahil sabi nga ni Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, ibinasura na nila yun na nahalata nilang nabuking sila sa kanilang pambabastos ng Constitution. Kungdi, lumalabas na ang mga taong akala niya hawak niya ay minsan nagkakaroon ng konsyensya at darating ang oras na hindi niya mapagawa ng kanyang kagustuhan.Habang palapit na ang kanyang pagkawala sa kapangyarihan, hihina na rin ang hawak niya sa kanila.

Sa mahigpit na botohan (8-7), sinabi ng Supreme Court na labag sa batas ang Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain sa pamamagitan ng pamahalaang Pilipinas at ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front o MILF.

MOA-AD unconstitutional , 8-7

Published by Ellen on October 14, 2008

by Evangeline de Vera
Malaya

The Supreme Court, voting 8-7, yesterday declared unconstitutional the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain that the government would have signed with the secessionist Moro National Liberation Front two months ago.

The MOA-AD, whose signing was stopped by the tribunal, proposes to create a Muslim homeland in the South which will have its own judicial system and police force.

The Muslim homeland will be governed by the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE), also proposed to be created under the MOA, which can enter into economic agreements and trade relations with other countries.

The Supreme Court said the government peace negotiating panel that crafted the MOA with the MILF violated the Constitution when it initialed the agreement that would have ceded a portion of the country’s territory to the secessionist group under the BJE.

Arroyo knew MOA details — Esperon

Published by Ellen on September 16, 2008

Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Presidential peace adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said Monday President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was aware of the details of the controversial memorandum of agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain that he initialed in Kuala Lumpur early last month.

Esperon, speaking to reporters during the 15th anniversary celebration of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), explained that the peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) involved consultations with the Cabinet and guidance from the “top leadership.”

Malacañang backed out of the peace agreement after its constitutionality was questioned before the Supreme Court.

Pera-pera lang

Published by Ellen on September 10, 2008

Galit na galit si Sen. Rodolfo Biazon sa panukala ni Secretary Ronaldo Puno ng Interior and Local Government na magbibigay sila ng P25 milyon sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front kung isu-surender nila sina Ameril Ombra kato, Abdulla Macapaar alias Kumander Bravo at Aleem Sulaiman.

“Hindi ako papayag na pagsinurender yung dalawang commander binigyan pa natin ng P25 milyon yung MILF. Ibibili nila ng bala at baril yan,” sabi ni Biazon.

Ang P25 milyon at para sa talong kumander. Noong isang linggo kasi, dinoble ang patong sa ulo nina Kumander Ombra kato at Bravo ng tig-P10 milyon. P5 milyon naman ang patong sa ulo ni Kumander Sulaiman.

Preparing for a nasty exit

Published by Ellen on September 7, 2008

In her fake presidency, Gloria Arroyo has every right to appoint anybody- scoundrels and losers -in her cabinet.

If she thinks Chavit Singson, will help her stay in power, let her be. After all, if not for Singson, she would not be in Malacañang today.

In fact, she should not stop at Singson. When Joc-joc Bolante comes back, she should appoint him agriculture secretary so he could go back to his familiar ground and continue what he does best – diversion of funds for farmers to her campaign kitty. That way, he could invoke the all- season weapon against truth – executive privilege.

Panggagago sa taumbayan

Published by Ellen on September 3, 2008

Erased na raw ang peace panel na nakikipag-usap sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front, sabi ni Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita.

Ganoon lang ba yun? Paano na lang ang mga namatay at ang mga nawalan ng bahay na umaabot sa 250,000 dahil sa kanilang pinaggagawa sa Mindanao?

Ito ang statement ni Ermita:“President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has directed a new paradigm in the peace process by mandating that peace negotiations be refocused from one centered on dialogue with rebels to one of authentic dialogue.”

Hindi ko ma-translate sa tagalog dahil hindi ko maintindihan ang ibig sabihin. Ang nakukuha ko lang ay mas uunhain daw ang pakikig-usap sa mga taong apektado kaysa mga rebelde. Ngayon lang nila alam yan?

Desperately saving Gloria Arroyo

Published by Ellen on August 31, 2008

Now that it’s becoming clear that the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is unconstitutional and could be grounds for the impeachment of the one who authorized it, Gloria Arroyo’s minions are scrambling to protect her saying she never saw the document that has now claimed more than 200 lives and rendered homeless more than 250,000 people.

At the final hearing of the Supreme Court on the MOA-AD, Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera said “The panel conveyed to me that the MOA was not submitted to the Office of the President..She never saw it, she was never shown a copy.”

Responsibilidad ni Arroyo

Published by Ellen on August 30, 2008

Kahapon ng umaga, inambus and tropa ng 11th Marine Batallion Landing Team sa Patikul, Sulu. Apat ang namatay at sampu ang nasugatan.

Sabi ni Marine Commandant Ben Dolorfino, mga bandidong Abu Sayyaf daw ang may kagagawan.

Sabi ni Navy Spokesman Edgardo Arevalo, papunta ang mga Marines sa Mt. Bayug sa Talipao ng paputukan sila ng mga armadong grupo. Pagkatapos ng barilan ng mga sampung minuto, umatras na rin ang mga armadong grupo.

MILF press con

Published by Ellen on August 25, 2008

Last Saturday, Al Haj Murad Ibrahim,chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Central Committee, held a press conference in Camp Darapanan, part of what they consider their Bangsamoro homeland. Murad reiterated the MILF’s position that the MOA-AD is a done deal and suggested that Comanders Ombra kato and Bravo are not subject to Philippine laws because they are a revolutionary government.

For the complete MILF report on the presscon, click to:http://www.luwaran.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=862
Excerpts:

MILF position is firm

As we had said and manifested in the press and official statement I had earlier read, the MILF position is firm. “As far as we are concerned, the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA – AD) is a final document, a done deal.”

Is Ermita taking charge?

Published by Ellen on August 24, 2008

Amidst the disarray in Malacañang, it looks like Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita is asserting authority which had almost slipped out of his hands sometime ago.

Consider these confusion in Malacanang:

Last Thursday, Gloria Arroyo, in her speech at the 2nd Philippine International Motor Show at the World Trade Center, announced a policy shift towards the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, with whom her administration had forged an agreement for the creation of a Bangsamoro homeland that would include the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao and more than 700 barangays from North Cotabato, Zamboanga City and Palawan.

She announced this supposed policy shift a few days after hostilities in North Cotabaro and Lanao del Norte that left more than 30 dead and some 70,000 homeless .

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