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Something sinister in Genuino’s midnight re-appointment

Published by Ellen on May 30, 2010

Truth does not easily get washed away
Truth does not easily get washed away
There is something sinister in Gloria Arroyo’s re-appointment of Efraim Genuino and four other members of the board to the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation in violation of the ban on midnight appointments.

Last week, my friends and I were talking about how the grim predictions about the May 10 elections were proven wrong.
I asked, “Were we wrong about Gloria Arroyo? ”

I asked that because we all believed that she would do everything to hold on to power beyond June 2010 including cause a failure of election.

Our paranoia was not unfounded. We have seen Malacañang’s efforts to change the Constitution to remove the term limit that prohibits Arroyo from staying on to power. There was an attempt to change the form of government from presidential to parliamentary that would have qualified Arroyo to stay on as prime minister.

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Ayaw bitawan nina Arroyo ang Pagcor

Published by Ellen on May 29, 2010

Update:

1. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/29/10/palace-defends-midnight-reappointments-pagcor
2. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/05/29/10/bernas-hits-midnight-appointments-pagcor-officers

Itong midnight appointment ni Efraim Genuino sa Pagcor ay nagpapahiwatig na hindi talaga bibitaw si Gloria Arroyo sa kapangyarihan. May binabalak siyang hindi maganda.

Kung akala natin ang appointment ni Renato Corona bilang Supreme Court chief justice ay ang malaking problema na kailangan resolbahin ng susunod na pangulo na si Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, mas madugo itong sa Pagcor. Bilyunes yata ang nakataya dito.

Ang ibig sabihin ng Pagcor ay Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation na siyang nangangasiwa ng lahat na pasugalan sa buong bansa. Ang malaking parte ng kita ng Pagcor ay pumupunta sa Presidential Social Fund kung saan malawak ang kalayaan ng isang pangulo kung paano gamiting ang pera.

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Arroyo extends Genuino at Pagcor for another one year term

Published by Ellen on May 28, 2010

Another past-midnight appointment

From ABS-CBN:

President Gloria Macapagal has re-appointed her close ally Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) Chairman Efraim Genuino as well as 4 members of its board of directors.

Genuino said he accepted his re-appointment, confirming a document obtained by ABS-CBN News that he had been re-appointed for another 1-year term.

Others who were re-appointed, based on the document from the Office of the Executive Secretary dated March 9, were Rafael Francisco, Philip Lo, Manuel C. Roxas and Ester Alano Laconico-Feria.

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