AN URGENT APPEAL TO GO Senators-Elect
Update 7/12/07
Keep it coming... let your voices be heard, below is from a STATEMENT OF SENATOR MAR ROXAS;
“There is an attempt to pin on two other senators (Ping and Loren) and myself the blame for a fragmented opposition in the Senate. Yet, whoever wins the senate presidency by courting the administration senators is clearly the real purveyor of division within the opposition ranks.”
“Whatever the outcome of the SP race, the LP senators except for Sen. Pangilinan will remain within the minority bloc. The people’s mandate in the last election is clear: an independent, fiscalizing Senate under the leadership and control of the opposition. I follow that mandate.”
Feeling betrayed and scammed bloggers and online netizens are starting to pour out their frustration over these shameless turncoats of convenience at the expense of once again relegating the interest of the voters over their personal vested interest. Emma Orozco has reported at Fil-Am Forum an unmoderated
Time to make these senators honest and true to their loyalties which is …… the people who gave them the mandate or was it the unbedolable (unbelievable) math wizards that gave them the numbers thus they have no qualms abandoning those that supported them?
Let us spread out the message and continue on or forever get played by the trapos in their game of musical chairs that is not rooted on party principles, philosophy and ideology as pointed out by Fidel Umaga. A political system that lacks accountability owing to the absence of primaries or party conventions at the least as Bruce of Iloilo pointed out. Ninjathet of Life: Half Empty – Half Full has poured her disappointed but was glad they showed their true colors early in the game. This has proven once again that the trapos cannot be trusted to uphold the peoples interest.
To effectively send your message to these senators I have rearrange the email address to make it easier to cut and paste…… so what are we waiting for, let’s send them an email showing our disgust and disappointment.
mb_villar@yahoo.com, benigno_aquino_iii@yahoo.com, minorityoffice@gmail.com, allancayetano@yahoo.com, ping_lacson_gov@yahoo.com, jpe825@yahoo.com, rbrobles@yahoo.com, senjinggoyestrada@senate.gov.ph, pongbiazon@yahoo.com, aqp@senate.gov.ph, aqp@pldtdsl.net, mar@marroxas.com, mam@senate.gov.ph
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This is a very good development, Pedestrian Observer welcomes this sentiment and has been featured here by Movement for a Free Philippines officers Gil Ramos, Ph. d. in his "Traydor!" article and "We Ought not To Forget!" by Fidel Umaga of pointing out the newly elected senators namely Villar, Escudero, Cayetano, & Pangilinan in realigning themselves with the administration.
Enteng Romano of The Black and White Movement has been circulating emails urging people to send a clear message to the opposition senators not to let the administration of the cheating errr seating president take control of the senate presidency.
The voters have given these senators a clear mandate out of repugnance and rejection of the policies of this administration with a questionable tenure. The letter below of Enteng Romano should serve as he stated as a starting point in your letter to protect our mandate. Email and fax these senators and let them know we are watching.........
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Dear GO Senators-elect,
We are alarmed at the way the fight for the Senate presidency is developing. The 14th Congress has not yet opened, and already we are seeing the people's mandate for an opposition-dominated Senate being squandered.
We view with grave concern that because of a factious opposition bloc, it is ultimately the administration bloc who will determine the outcome of the senate presidency. And the next senate president is inevitably allied, if not beholden, to the administration.
We, therefore, urge the opposition senators - if not the whole bloc, then at least those who won under the GO ticket, to hold a caucus and decide exclusively among yourselves who the next senate president will be. We call on each and every one of you to rise above personal ambitions and loyalties for the higher interest of the people who have pinned their hopes and aspirations upon you in the last election.
The worst thing that could happen is for the opposition to win with an overwhelming mandate the majority of the 12 seats contested, only to end up as the minority in the 14th Congress.
We were one with you when you fought the good fight and celebrated a well-deserved victory. We pray that you will not fail us on this very important issue.
Senator Fax Number email address
Manny Villar
Fax: 551-2923 / 5526876
email: mb_villar@yahoo.com
Noynoy Aquino
email: benigno_aquino_iii@yahoo.com
Chiz Escudero
Fax: 8346590
email: minorityoffice@gmail.com
Allan Cayetano
Fax: 5526692
email: allancayetano@yahoo.com
Ping Lacson
5526734
email: ping_lacson_gov@yahoo.com
Loren Legarda
Fax: 5526889
email: jpe825@yahoo.com
Sonny Trillanes
Fax: 8348974
email: rbrobles@yahoo.com
Jinggoy Estrada
5526716
senjinggoyestrada@senate.gov.ph
Pong Biazon
5526772
pongbiazon@yahoo.com
Nene Pimentel
Fax: 5526713 / 5526731
email: aqp@senate.gov.ph
email: aqp@pldtdsl.net
Mar Roxas
5526689
mar@marroxas.com
Jamby Madrigal
5526687
mam@senate.gov.ph
traitor
5 Speak Out:
This is one reason why Philippines needs primaries or at the very least party conventions. If the voters who supported the opposition chose who represented the opposition in the general election and if victorious in the Senate there would be tougher for the politicians to switch sides. Right now, there is no effective way for voters to punish flip-floppers. There is only a single election, with all the candidates chosen in some secret backroom deal. Primaries has been a key reform in many countries. It eliminates a lot of corruption (the backroom deal-making) and inspires parties to develop ideological differences.
Also, a bit of English nit-picking. Is "electorates" a word? Electorate is that group of people from which someone is elected -- the body politic -- such as the people in a congressional district. "The electorate" includes both the supporters and opponents of the winning candidate. I have never seen it in the plural "electorates". I do not know if that is correct. Perhaps "voters" is a better choice. While "voter" and "electorate" have related means they are by no means indentical. The electorate is made up of all the voters, pro and con, that an elected official represents.
Bruce,
You are right...... yes I see your point, there is a need to be accurate in terms of choice of words to send the message across.
What is important is we have to learn to take criticism....... if only our fooliticians errrr wrong word lol politicians will do the same then everything will be alright.
Now back to business.....if you have voted for the opposition I am hoping you will help out in spreading the word around, cheers.
Bruce I agree with you and Jay Walker, we need a sort of primaries or at least party conventions to make it harder for politicians to switch sides.
But is not a commitment only as good as the one making the commitment? If that is so, there must also be a marked ideological differences between the political parties based on the party's political philosophy and not only on the PERSONAL differences of party members as it is in the Philippines now. But, in my opinion, that alone is still insufficient to provide guarantee against inordinate switching of political parties by politicians when such switching would auger well on the PERSONAL POLITICAL FORTUNE of the politician.
I think, there must ALSO be a change in the people's perspective on the NEED and IMPORTANCE of distinct philosophies between political parties. This change in the perspective of the electorate on those points would further strengthen political ideologies as it creates REAL and EMINENT THREATS OF SANCTIONS of political rejection as a price or penalty from a critically, disagreeing public to aspiring political opportunists
(like butterflies that flutter from one flower to another depending on the sweet nectar each flower offers).
This for me is our coming of age in our politics both from the politician and electorate points' of view.
Along this line of thinking, I look at our decision to express and spread to others our dissatisfaction with the personal decision of Escudero et.al. to coalesce with administration senators at the Senate, TO THE PERIL OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S CHANCE OF GETTING THE MAJORITY BLOCK IN THE UPPER CHAMBER OF CONGRESS WHICH, AS A CONSEQUENCE, COULD WEAKEN THE REPUBLIC'S SYSTEMIC DEFENSE TO THE EXCESSES OF ITS OVER-REACHING EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, as a prescient sign of our growing, albeit belated, political maturity.
I have the utmost respect to Chiz Escudero and I even campaigned for him through the powerful use of Internet but learning this recent event is a great disappointment.
Hi Mr. Jaywalker,
Good day, I have also added you to my links. Way to go. I'm gonna visit this site from time to time.
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