Tag: Magdalo

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.

Two more Magdalo officers enter politics

Published by Ellen on December 1, 2009

Capt. Dante Langkit is running for governor of Kalinga and former Air Force Lt. Ashley Acedillo is a candidate for representative of the first disctrict of Cebu.

Dante fills up his certificate of candidacy accompanied by his twin brother, Danzel.

Langkit (PMA class ’95), who is detained at Fort Bonifacio, was allowed last week by the Armed Forces of the Philippines to leave his detention cell to file his certificate of candidacy.

Langkit is facing mutiny charges for allegedly planning to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo together with 27 other officers in February 2006 following the expose of the “Hello Garci” tapes which revealed that Arroyo used the military to tamper the results of the 2004 elections to her favor.

Thinking that they could break Langkit’s will, his custodians put him in a solitary confinement for 10 months, the longest that an officer was subjected to such harsh condition.Langkit held firm to his convictions.

Magdalo poll aspirants get leave

Published by Ellen on November 20, 2009

by Ashzel Hachero
Malaya

A Makati court yesterday granted a leader of the Magdalo group that staged the 2003 Oakwood mutiny temporary leave of detention for him to file his certificate of candidacy.

Marine Capt. Gary Alejano was granted a five-day leave starting today. He is running for mayor of Sipalay in Negros Oriental.

The filing of COCs starts today.

Alejano, chair of the Samahang Magdalo, is detained at the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame for his involvement in the Oakwood mutiny and the Manila Peninsula standoff in November 2007.

The court has also granted leave to another Magdalo leader, Navy Lt. (s.g.) James Layug, effective November 25. Layug is seeking a congressional post in Taguig City.

Aside from Alejano and Layug, four other Magdalo officers are running for elective posts in the 2010 elections.

Former Air Force 1st Lt. Francisco Ashley Acedillo is running for a House seat representing the first district of Cebu City; Army Capt. Dante Langkit for the sole district of Kalinga province.

One of the core leaders of the group is former Navy lieutenant and now Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV who is also under detention.

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.

Iba ang “Partido Magdalo” sa “Samahang Magdalo”

Published by Ellen on September 21, 2009

Noong Martes, nagpuntahan ang nga defense reporters, ang mga nagku-cover sa mga pangyayari sa military, sa bahay ni Sen. Manny Villar sa Shaw Boulevard dahil sa press release ng Nacionalista Party na ang Partido Magdalo ay sasama sa kanila para suportahan ang kandidatura ni Villar para presidente.

Akala nila ay yung mga Magdalo na mga batang opisyal ng military na nanindigan laban sa corruption sa administrasyong Arroyo noong Hulyo 2003 sa Oakwood Hotel sa Makati. Ang isa doon ay si Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV na hanggang ngayon ay nakakulong.

Nagtaka sila na pagdating nila doon, wala naman silang nakita na mga rebeldeng sundalo. Ang nandun ay mga taga-Cavite na mga pulitiko sa pangunguna ni Rep. Boying Remulla.

Two hearings

Published by Ellen on September 6, 2009

Last Thursday, while former Armed Forces Chief Generoso Senga, now ambassador to Iran, was testifying at a court martial trial in Camp Aguinaldo on the stirrings in the military in February 2006, members of the Magdalo group were at the Commission on Election for a hearing on their application for accreditation of Magdalo Para sa Pagbabago as a regional political party in the National Capital Region.

Questions asked of Former Air Force Lieutenant Ashley Acedillo, secretary general and spokesman for the Magdalo group, revolved around whether they advocate violence as a means to introduce change. ( Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV had wanted to be present in the the Magdalo’s case at the Comelec but he was not granted permission by the Makati Regional trial Court.)

Acedillo told Comelec commissioners that their participation in the election process is proof of their advocacy for reform through peaceful means.

Ibang klaseng laban ang nahaharap kina Lim at Querubin

Published by Ellen on August 19, 2009

Ang kalimitan na tanong kay Brig. Gen. Danny Lim ay kung paano siya makakasilbi sa taumbayan kung siya ay maswerteng manalo sa pagka-senador sa eleksyon sa 2010 samantalang nakakulong siya.

Baka raw matulad siya ay Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV na nanalo noong 2007 na eleksyon ngunit hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa nakadalo ni isang sesyon sa Senado dahil hindi siya pinapayagan ng korte na lumabas sa kulungan sa Camp Crame.

Nagparehistro siya bilang botante sa Solano, Nueva Vizcaya noong Martes.