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No deal

Published by Ellen on September 18, 2006

Nanginginig na siguro ang tumbong nitong si Gloria at Mike Arroyo sa alok ni Jocjoc Bolante na “kumanta” basta ibalik lang ang kanyang U.S. visa.

Natatakot na rin siguro ang mga opisyal ng pamahalaan at iba pang mga kampon ni Gloria Arroyo na may warrant of arrest sa Senado dahil sa nangyayari ngayon kay Bolante.

Katulad nitong mga opisyal ng PCGG (Presidential Commission on Good Government). Hindi sila makapagtrabaho dahil ayaw nila mahuli ng mga security officers ng Senado. Tago sila ng tago. Anong klaseng buhay yan?

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Pagwawaldas ng assets ng taumbayan

Published by Ellen on September 16, 2006

Nakakatawa itong si Ricardo Abcede, commissioner ng Presidential Commission on Good Government , na ngayon ay nagtatago dahil katulad ni dating Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante, takot siyang humarap sa Senado.

Ini-imbistigahan ng Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises na pinamumunuan ni Sen. Richard Gordon ang napabalitang pagwawaldas ng mga assets ng Philippine Communication Satellite Corporation.

Malaki kasi sa mga shares ng Philcomsat ay sequestered dahil ang suspetsa ay pag-aari raw ni dating Pangulong Marcos. Kaya ilan sa mga director doon ay nominee ng Malacañang katulad ng pinsan ni Mike Arroyo na si Benito “Bomboy”Araneta.

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Suicidal moves

Published by Ellen on September 15, 2006

Malacañang’s two-pronged offensive to change the Constitution – by People’s Initiative and Constituent Assembly – tries to give the impression that Gloria Arroyo is on a roll, especially how her allies in the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments adopted Resolution 1230 convening Congress into a Constituent Assembly after only two hours of debate.

These crass moves – Singaw ng Bayan’s fake People Initiative and the railroading of HR 1230 – however, betray a suicidal administration who knows they have nothing more to lose with what they are doing because the remaining option is much more grim.

That’s Gloria Arroyo being out of power, at the latest, in 2010 and ending up in jail for the numerous crimes she has committed against the Filipino people foremost of which is cheating in the 2004 elections.

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No bail for Bolante

Published by Ellen on September 15, 2006

Here’s the Philippine Daily Inquirer report on the hearing on the petition of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante for bail before a Chicago court:

A petition for bail by embattled former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante has been denied by an immigration court in Chicago, according to a GMA Network “Flash Report,” quoting a Filipino lawyer monitoring the case of the former government official in the US.

Harry Roque was quoted as saying that the court, in a hearing Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time), also dismissed a petition by Bolante to reject an amicus brief, which Roque and other lawyers from the Philippines had submitted to the court.

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Naka-ambang constitutional crisis

Published by Ellen on September 14, 2006

Mabuti naman at nanindigan ang Senado sa pambabastos ng Malacañang sa kanila.

Kapag pagpipilitan ng Malacañang na bastusin ang Senado sa kanilang pagi-imbistaga ng mga kaso na may relasyon sa kanilang ginagawang batas, hindi malayo na magkakaroon tayo ng constitutional crisis.

Simula pa lamang ang pag-aresto kahapon kay Chairman Camilo Sabio ng Presidential Commission on Good Government na nang na-isnab ng imbestigayon ng Senado kaugnay sa Philcomsat Holdings Corp.

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