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Cha-Cha revival betrays Duterte’s desperation

Published by Ellen on January 17, 2021

Listening to President Duterte say that he is not interested in staying beyond June 30, 2022 reminds us of his denials about running for president in 2016. He didn’t even file his certificate of candidacy before the deadline set by the Commission on Elections, remember? He had to go through all the drama of substitution.

The proponents behind the renewed efforts for Charter Change in both the House of Representatives and the Senate are his minions. Would anyone believe that House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Senators Ronald de la Rosa and Francis Tolentino would do anything as serious as changing the Constitution without their Master’s imprimatur?

GMA’s second ascent

Published by Ellen on July 24, 2018

Gloria Arroyo – in a red- orange dress taking control of the situation at the Batasan Session Hall last Monday- was a personification of what German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche said,“That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.”

It is shuddering to imagine what a re-invigorated GMA can and will do.

She stayed in Malacañang for ten years with a dubious mandate. A vice president in 2001, she grabbed power from then President Joseph Estrada by installing herself to the presidency that was not declared vacant. She cheated, using the Commission on Elections and the military, in the 2004 elections.

In the unforgettable words of Susan Roces, the widow of her victim, Fernando Poe, Jr: “… you have stolen the presidency, not once, but twice.”

Gloria Arroyo files charter change resolution

Published by Ellen on July 1, 2010

On her first day as congresswoman, Rep. Gloria Arroyo filed a resolution calling for charter change.

From ABS-CBN News online:

A day after stepping down as President of the Republic of the Philippines, Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo filed a resolution to amend or revise the 1987 Constitution.

Arroyo’s proposal seeks to convene Congress in a constitutional convention for the purpose of amending economic and political provisions in the Constitution.

Critics of the former President have said Mrs. Arroyo is planning to push for a shift from a democratic to a parliamentary form of government in the hopes that she could be elected prime minister.

‘Time to grip hands and act’

Published by Ellen on December 11, 2008

All 23 senators, including incarcerated Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, signed resolution opposing charter change without concurrence of the Senate being pushed by allies of Gloria Arroyo in the House of Representatives.
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Arroyo spokesperson: Let’s talk

In today’s anti- Gloria Arroyo, anti- charter change rally, two of the messages to be read are that of detained officers, Brig. Gen. Danny Lim of the Army Scout Rangers and Marine Col.Ariel Querubin.

Lim and Querubin, together with 26 other officials including Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, have been in detention for almost three years. They have been charged with mutiny for allegedly planning to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo following the “Hello Garci” expose that showed Arroyo masterminding the tampering of election results in her favor with the help of some military officials.

Lim’s message was released last Nov. 29 to mark the second anniversary of Manila Pen incident where he, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and other Magdalo officers made a stand against the unabated corruption in the Arroyo government.

Simula ng katapusan

Published by Ellen on December 10, 2008

Ang rally bukas ay para ipa-alam kay Gloria Arroyo at sa kanyang mga alagad na ayaw ng taumbayan na amyendahan ang Constitution para lamang panatili sila sa kapangyarihan lampas ng kanilang termino sa 2010.

Simula lang ito. Habang pinagpipilitan nila ang pambabastos ng bayan, titindi pa ang kilos protesta.

Nangyari itong rally dahil pagkatapos ng pang-apat na impeachment na ibinasura ng kanyang mga alagad sa House of Representatives, nang bumalik dito si dating Agriculture Secretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante na panay naman pagtatakip kay Gloria Arroyo ang ginawa, pagkatapos ng napakaraming pambabastos ng batas, marami ang nagtatanong, hanggang kailan pa ba ito?

‘Unhappy is the land that needs a hero’

Published by Ellen on December 7, 2008

I’d like Gloria Arroyo and her cabal in the House of Representatives to push charter change to the end.

So what if 64 per cent of Filipinos oppose charter change that would result in Gloria Arroyo staying in power forever? (Only 15 percent agree and 21 per cent are undecided, according to a September-October 2008 survey by the Social Weather Station)

What can those 64 percent, that roughly translates to almost 60 million Filipinos, do? Majority of Filipinos also believe that Gloria Arroyo cheated in the 2004 elections but did they do anything to punish the person who masterminded the thwarting of their will?

Dureza prays for Arroyo in Malacañang beyond 2010

Published by Ellen on November 18, 2008

by Jocelyn Montemayor
Malaya

“We pray for the President, that she may have forbearance, good health, and tolerance to lead this nation until 2010, and who knows, perhaps even beyond,” Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said yesterday as he recited his prayer at the start of the Cabinet meeting.

“Oh my God!” and a glare were what Dureza got from a shocked President Arroyo, who covered her face.

At the end of the prayer, a smiling Arroyo asked media men who were allowed to cover that portion of the meeting to leave the room as she said “that prayer is off the record.”

Lagdameo denies Andaya spin on projects

Published by Ellen on November 6, 2008

Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya went to see Archbishop Angel Lagdameo Tuesday night, a week after the latter called for the people to prepare for a “new government now.” Andaya told reporters that they have forged a “partnership” with the CBCP. Lagdameo denies it.

Malaya’s account:

Archbishop Angel Lagdameo yesterday said the Church has not agreed to forge a “partnership” with the government in monitoring the implementation of projects and programs as part of efforts to prevent corruption.

What was discussed with government officials, led by Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya, Tuesday night was that the Church would be given a list of ongoing projects, said Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.

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