Our broken Philippine Institution, are the Senators capable of leading us?

The Supreme Court conspiracy elicited some concern on the so-called stalemate which was pointed out by Randy David in his article "Bringing the stalemate to an end ". David enumerated a possible scenario of options the senate can do which is:

1. The Senate can resume its hearings and continue to gather information that may be useful not only to the crafting of new laws but also to the preparation of a new impeachment complaint against Ms Arroyo. The Supreme Court anticipates that the issue may eventually take this route, and so it has admonished the senators against prejudging a case in which they will eventually be the jury.
   
2. Or, the Senate can conclude the hearings and cause the filing of criminal complaints against certain individuals, including high government officials. There is an implied promise in the Court’s decision that the evidentiary requirements of criminal proceedings may be allowed to override executive privilege, and thus bring out information that is being blocked in the current Senate hearings.

Knowing that our institution has been destroyed by the perverted rule of the trapos, he then states further:

The chances that any of these two options may prosper depend, of course, on the independence of the House of Representatives where the impeachment case will have to originate, and of the Ombudsman and the courts which will have to investigate and try the criminal cases. The public perception of the credibility of these institutions, at the moment, is understandably low. That is precisely why the public has turned to the Senate hearings for information that they did not think the Department of Justice, or the Ombudsman, or the lower courts cared to unearth.

Indeed and our system has long been broken by the trapos screwing the institution to suit their corrupted and perverted purpose of serving their legal or illegal vested interest. So on the first scenario, the drawback is people are leery to put it mildly on how the senate and the lower house counterpart are doing their job since nothing really concrete has come out from them since the Garci scandal. There is this perception at least as far as I am concerned that the probe has always been measured and only to a point of not opening the Pandora’s Box. People are definitely watching but definitely not taking to the streets, not because of the so-called "edsa fatigue" but guarded in a sense that while the senators are seen as the last hope to bring back sanity to our broken institution they have not earned enough credibility and respect. After all who would in his right mind would want to be left out in the dark once the bruha errr brouhaha is over with the usual "back to business" on non-transparent pork barrel?

On the other hand which is highly unlikely and if the senators especially those jockeying for the presidential cheat errr seat this early are really intent on proving their mettle to the public then it’s about time that they show results in this probe unlike in the past. This time around they must unearth the truth and bring it to a logical conclusion which is sending the culprits to prison and please no automatic pardon like Erap’s. This is also the time where they can show their genuine leadership if they are indeed of the presidential caliber in leading by example to persuade their lower house counterpart in truly serving the people by abolishing pork barrel which corrupts even the most honest people in the land of cheats and work in a transparent, accountable and responsible manner. If the people see that the legislative department are cleaning their own backyard then there will be no hesitation from the people to follow their lead.... show some political will fer christ sake.

The second scenario is very attractive and will surely get the peoples attention and hopefully show the sincerity of the senators. Filing of criminal charges against Romulo Neri is a good start together with those quadruple accused by Jun Lozada of attempted kidnapping which should have been the job and responsibility of the Justice Department instead of running after whistleblowers that sends a message to everyone how Gloria Arroyo perverts and bastardized our institution using it as a tool to hide the truth and harass and intimidate those willing to tell it all. They might as well charge Raul Gonzales of criminal abuse of authority and the jokers he organized to run after whistleblowers along with the rest in the maze that took part in the scam. While this is not their job these measures are necessary if we want to bring back sanity into our institution and gain the confidence and trust of the people back.

Randy David ends his column with this concern but I will not give any importance to the "stalemate" which I will explain later:

That is why the question that bugs us is whether we can wait until 2010 to resolve the impasse, and watch helplessly while the regime pushes the limits of presidential power and destroys every standing institution; or we must do something now to bring the stalemate to an end. God help us either way.

Although I agree that the Supreme Court decision gave Gloria Arroyo the edge and emboldened her as if she just got a license to possess an ugly face errr in destroying an already broken institution it is getting worse and reaching beyond plunder and we the people have to act fast to stop it now. The stalemate is on the probe that I believe will not affect governance but will probably delay how they screw the people, proof of that can be seen on their tract record. I believe last year's budget only took them 2 days thus it is not an issue when it comes to how they divide the booty errr allocates the budget. It's not like they do an efficient job anyway and it's not like we have a corruption free implementation all along so what will make it different this time around?

This is an opportune time for the senators to lead the nation towards redemption or they can blow it once more with empty shallow posturing and let the people decide for them, although it may not be in the immediate future if it happens they probably will not be included in the re-structuring of the new institution. A challenge to their leadership and character if indeed they are worthy of being addressed as honorable…….. genuine leaders arose in times of crisis and so far not one among the “presidentiables” are showing any inklings towards it. Why even Noli de Cashtro is failing miserably which is understandable because the guy won in a popularity contest not in a real election. An electoral contest that is fraudulent prone and lousy choice on personality versus patronage politicians that needs restructuring now to remove the regularity of aberration. There is definitely a vacuum in leadership and the people need a leader that will lead us out of this mess, now! The ball is in the hands of the senators who are in a position to do that now or lose their chance to leave a lasting legacy for the future generations to come, lest they want to be thrown in the dustbin of history along with all the despicable trapos......... So as a follow -up question on Randy David's question, I dare ask the Senators if they are capable of leading us? Do they have what it takes or are they just a bunch of popularity contest winners in a broken politics of patronage and personality electoral system?

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Bukol Republic’s Jokers & Chief Liar Enjoys Popular Support

Manuel Buencamino at Uniffors has Tatlong Pinoy (3 Filipinos) joke about some goofballs wondering if Adam and Eve belongs to any particular race, a timely joke on Filipinos gullibility. I say more of a cruel joke and a reflection on the gullibility of some Filipinos, maybe including those paid hacks too suffering from brain paralysis going against the tide of public rage over the corruption and lies dished out by the present administratong in the Bukol Republic.

The Bukol Republic’s Chief Liar has been exposed in the recent ADB Report and now Felipe Medalla, who headed the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) during the Ramos administration, debunked the fallacy of the 2007 gross domestic product (GDP) growth as reported by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) saying it was inconsistent with other economic indicators. Accordingly asked if NCSB was lying on their figures he said no but Gloria is the Liar because NCSB lack the resources to conduct accurate surveys on the performance of all sectors. Oh, that was too kind and what a yarn. How can you point on Gloria alone when the agency that is unreliable at best ought to shut their trap if they are aware that their data gathering are faulty at best? Just say it….. it’s a conspiracy to lie to the gullible public in denial that takes anything “positive” be it a spin or outright lie just to feel good about the “good news” of a pathetic Bukol Republic.

Their economic gains actually add insult to injury rice a kilo increased from 20 to P30, a considerable increase to 27.6 million Filipinos earning less than US1 or less than P40 a day, meaning a kilo of rice alone takes its toll on their meager income. Guess what, does it bother the chief liar and her cohorts, probably not because they now seem to believe their own concoction of lies and deception.

As if we have not have enough of the jokes and jokers DJB scored again on a law student appointed to the bangko (bench or bank, take your pick) while John Marzan is having a fit on this same "Justice" named Renato Corona for his partisanship citing an entry all the way back to the highly irregular crony appointment to the SC during the siege to throw Erap out of Malacanang. Imagine that.... only in the land of cheats where a student gets appointed in the Supreme Court at that is truly…… well,....... pathetic. The wife also gives the guy a boost in his security of tenure by being one of the signatories of certified lunatic errr supporter of La Gloria. Nothing surprises us anymore and with this monkey errrr donkey yikes kind of people having a last say on our constipation errr constitution and laws, it is no wonder why they had the gall to legalize conspiracy to commit fraud just like a Mafiosi rubbing out a stool pigeon.

Maybe we can delude ourselves that the Supreme Cover-Up errr Court will reverse their conspiracy errr decision according to their mouthpiece. Yeah like these robe wearing jokers will reverse themselves as in admitting they made a mistake right? Really, so what are the chances especially the present Justices daw (?) are answering to the call of loyalty check and one basing his judgment in return for something we ought to know by now that this is just another exercise in futility. Of course the circus is not complete without SiRAULO GOONzales having his say on respecting the decision of lapdogs in robes excuse me while I barf and emulate her lying president’s respect for her running dogs. Coming from the laughing stock Goonzales, how can you respect people that disrespects the very foundation of whatever credibility is left of the institution just escapes me, someone please wake me up from this nightmare.

Speaking of respect I believe not only are the Justices getting it but Gloria herself gets so much respect from her own kind. I must concede and admit that I underestimated Gloria Arroyo’s popularity (yes, you read it right not a typo) and respect she is getting. Contrary to the surveys which I believe erred in gathering their poll they left out the most important sector in conducting an “accurate” pulse of the nation survey. As the title of this blog implies, The Bukol Republic’s Chief Liar Enjoys Popular Support is indeed true and to prove my point let me point you to an article where it shows where her avid followers come from. Who else do you think will stick together through thick and thin and truly validates Erap’s gangland motto of walang iwanan (no retreat) showcased in the most succinct manner.

The ever so popular and world renowned via youtube of the perverted kind worthy perhaps of the Yabang Pinoy (Filipino Pride) seal of approval non other than the killers and dregs of society the dancing idiots and equally dumb warden will perform once again to show their support in honor of their idol the top honcho of the underworld Gloria Arroyo to the tune of Gloria. They were saying that they were irked by Jun Lozada and to show their support to their other idol Cardinal Vidal thus it merits shaking their booty.

So do these political morons concocting this expect to rally the people behind Cardinal Vidal and La Gloria? While I don’t discount the possibility that other criminals incarcerated and those freely roaming the streets will be inspired by this moronic dance whoever said that birds of the same feather flocks together is not true is dead wrong. So did the warden lose his marbles or something? Kissing La Gloria’s behind in the most perverted risky dangerous idiocy of gathering criminals in one place at the same time is asking for trouble and let us just hope those numb nuts are not in a mood to incite a riot or something. Well, I know in time they will get their wish…… dancing with La Gloria and Fatso Mike as the principal and lead dancer together with their co-conspirators and with that I will surely watch and even spread it all over the net.

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Romulo Neri's Glued Lips & the Supreme Court

I will not get into the nitty gritty of the provisions and legal mumbo jumbo as this Political Jaywalker is not a lieyer err a lawyer but from where I am at on top of Mt. Payatas I see a major cover-up with the help of Gloria Arroyo's appointees in the Supreme Court. Let me just share and point others who want to get on the legalities to blogs and articles that I consider a good authority on the legal issues and good insights. Fear not DJB says anyone with a good comprehension of the English language will be able to see through the provisions that was the basis of the Supreme Court decision, so go ahead and check it out. There's only one drawback though if it is such an easy read how come the justices did not get it? They probably used Janina San Miguel or Ruffa Guttierez as their reasearcher, ooops sorry I did not mean to say that lest Connie of the Mommy Journal raises her eyebrow again.

We see a President who can’t seem or refuse to see her evil deeds, a husband who refuses to hear the damning revelation of institutionalized corruption, a lackey whose lips are glued shut, top that with unfathomable SC decision and what do we have but truly a crooks paradise.

A must read excellent dissertation by DJB at Philippine Commentary in the recent Supreme Cover-up errr Court decision on a petition filed by Romulo Neri titled, "The Fallacious Heart of Neri v. Senate is a False Distinction About the Powers of Legislation and Oversight." Offering a bold suggestion to the senate and hopefully they see the decision the same way as he does, then that will make this a real showdown with a lot of fireworks to watch, to quote:

Having disposed of the PREMISES of the Main Decision in Neri v. Senate, I conclude that the decision is based on a false dichotomization of the Power of Inquiry and is therefore a decision that is morally and logically NULL and VOID. The Congress must ignore it if it is to do its DUTY of making and re-making the laws.

This decision is making MLQ weep and just to show how this bogus decision of the Supreme Court riles up people, DJB's comment in said entry is worth quoting here:

One last thing: I hope this will finally dispel the incredible idolatry of people towards the Supreme Court. I hope the Mass Media now shine their bright lights into the vast dark corners of Padre Faura where lurk crimes and coverups of dastardly crimes, quietly but lucratively executed. Remember that every justiciable case of the highest value and controversy passes through there with nary a mention or attention from the Press. But I believe that ZTE/NBN are nothing compared to all the subrosa cases they’ve decided in favor of the highest bidder.

If we think Executive Privilege is bad, the Supreme Court even forbade Newsbreak last year from looking at the Public Log book of the Court to find out who gave some judge 10 million in gift wrapped package.

Why weep?? That’s silly! Burn Padre Faura down with withering exposures and investigative reporting or bear your chains in abashed silence forever grovelling as mental slaves of those blackrobed shysters forever!

Indeed and I used to think that they are our last hope when they decided on human rights cases that inspires us and gave us hope. On the other hand I am probably in denial thinking that the SC does not play by the rules oh, wait I digress they do play by the rules. The Mafiosi rule if I may say since common good in the interest and pursuit of what is just is an aberration and exception to the rule of the Bukol Republic, when they also misuse public funds on trivial things. This latest decision laid bare the ugly side of patronage politics and false hopes that the SC is the bastion of last resort in our quest for justice. If DJB who considers himself a Rizalist (Philippine Reformist National Hero) goes on a Bonifacio (Philippine Revolutionary Hero) moment, you know that this administrations' excesses are now so blatantly arrogant radicalizing people in the process.

In a follow-up entry MLQ thinks of the development as a perfect trap due to the stalemate that allows people to rationalize an Arroyo in cheat err seat of power until 2010.

If you think the 9 - 6 decision favoring secrecy over public disclosure in Neri's case is bad enough it will be total disaster in Aries Rufo's article at ABS-CBN pointing to the 2 dissenting associate justices retirement next year. Rufo's sources also reported that the justices were evenly divided before the March 4 oral argument but with the palace applying pressure on one justice with a promise of something (as in bribe, I supposed) in return for his vote while loyalty check was applied on others. Heck what in the name of Lady Madaya was that all about? Holy mackerel, this is so sick and perverted, so even the justices are supposed to be loyal to the inidoro (toilet) Queen errr the president? Oh, well what a joke and speaking of joke check out Manuel Buencamino's 9 - 6 against check & balances take on the nine justices namely Teresita de Castro, Renato Corona, Presbitero Velasco, Arturo Brion, Leonardo Quisumbing, Antonio Nachura, Dante Tinga, Minita Chico-Nazario, and Ruben Reyes.

Toot's Ople in her blog entry titled SC Justice Art Brion and the tale of the Butterfly should change the butterfly into a bangaw (fly) in a dung's heap or how about borrowing Fidel Umaga's entry title.... "Could a Maggot metamorphosed into a Butterfly?" After all the guy that she lavished with praise turned out to be a real bangaw or something else in getting in on the decision bandwagon, that was really odd and irregular to say the least. In fairness to Toot's Ople, the entry was before the decision but she also need to be cautious and should have waited a little longer to see that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I wonder how she is taking this as the guy was not exactly how she describes him which is actually the opposite. It will be unfair to hold her accountable but her credibility as a writer will of course suffer...... unless she does something which I believe she is entitled to do, a 180 degree turn around in taking back her praise and admiration for Brion.

There is a lesson to be learned here and as the Chinese saying (I don’t think it’s a Confucian maybe confused… yan or from some smart Philippine local Chinese businessman definitely not the “probinsyanong Instik, lol) goes, “too many talk many mistakes, less talk less mistakes, no talk no mistake.” Romulo Neri is off the hook temporarily and as the deception and lies goes around like a dime a dozen the people are witnessing the farce on a national level in high places at that is like digging La Gloria’s political grave deeper and eventual demise sooner….. I hope…….. While Neri is allowed to shut his trap others are doing the talking for him that only exposes the rottenness of the Bukol Republic destroying the institutions credibility along with it. DJB's idea is very attractive but I am not going there so how about just letting this injustices know how we feel by expressing our disgust and disapointment by emailing them at pio@supremecourt.gov.ph

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Executive Privilege or GAGo Order

Finally, the Supreme Court ruled that former kickback henchman errr greed moderator yikes I meant former director general of the National Economic Development Authority Romulo Neri is allowed to attend Friday’s senate hearing. That is the good news, unfortunately that is all there is to it because while he can attend the hearing the senators will not be allowed to question Neri regarding his conversation with the evil errrr president. Say what now? Now what is the point of all this? Is he going to attend the hearing like a distinguish guest and sit there as what?

Really? So he is perhaps going to the hearing as an observer and messenger of the goddess of 'heaven' by the stinking Pasig River allowed to shut his trap as his lieyers errrr lawyers argued 'brilliantly' so as not to jeopardize national security. What a bunch of jueteng crap and unbedolable errrr unbelievable tall tale was that all about? The project is how to fleece errrr provide electronic access to government offices so what has that got to do with national insecurity errr security and diplomatic relations with lutong macau (hao shiao or shady deals) errrr China? Here is a quote from GMA News on the “legal” arguments:

Lawyer Antonio Bautista, Neri's counsel, said Neri will attend the Senate inquiry but will not reveal his conversations with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo because it will affect national security and diplomatic relations with China.

It will reveal military secrets, it will offend people, like the Chinese. They may be offended. It will reveal the President's opinion on various matters.

Huh? What military secrets is he yapping about, is it the go signal to go ahead despite the P200M bribe offer to Neri? So how will that offend the Chinese? The Chinese counterpart getting offended because the scam errr the deal did not go through? Where is the military connection and why will the people get offended? Hesumalosep naman (invoking the holy trinity), its bad enough that this botched deal is so scandalously corrupt they even have the gall to further insult the people and the Supreme Court with such nonsense is in itself offensive to the people. What I find offensive is precisely these arguments presented by Neri’s lawyer, to quote:

Bautista accused the Senate committees – Blue Ribbon, defense, and trade – of "legislative tyranny" for insisting that Neri answer questions.

Bautista said disclosing the content of a privileged communication between Neri and the President will likely "open the President to condemnation."

He said that any future appearances before the Senate should first be preceded by questions being sent in advance, adding that under the present set-up, "any senator can ask any question under the sun."

Sounds like they want a scripted hearing so what is the point of the investigation if the probe has to be filtered in advance? To make matters worse the lawyer further added another absurd argument:

He said not all dealings of the President can be made public, and revealing privileged communication to the public would be an embarrassment, “like washing dirty linens before other countries."

Well this lawyer seems to know a lot about the scandalous president because if Gloria Arroyo is such a saint then I don't think he should worry about embarrassing our "Mother Teresa" of the Garci order congregation. Now was that an open admission or conspiracy to hide the truth in the Supreme Court at that really shows lack of common decency? Apparently what this implies is that the ZTE-NBN deal is so anomalous that need's to be covered up due to the irregularities from the top. How can one wash dirty linens if Neri and Gloria Arroyo are above board in dealing with the project? What I don’t understand is despite the statement of Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna, citing constitutional provision on the accountability of public officers to the people at all times and that "in case of doubt, the Supreme Court will rule in favor of transparency", they still went through with the GAGo errr gag ooops “executive privilege” on the Neri-Arroyo conversation? Then we have Justice Reynato Puno’s statement below:

Puno said there was no aspect in the scuttled NBN contract that directly involved national security and diplomatic relations, or if it was ever referred to the Department of National Defense or Department of Foreign Affairs prior to its approval.

Puno cited the three written questions posed by the Senate to compel Neri to appear before its inquiry. These questions were:

1. Did the President have any interest in the NBN project?
2. Did the President order Neri to prioritize the NBN? and,
3. Did she order the continuance of the project despite his allegations of bribery?

Puno asked lawyer Paul Lentejas, Neri's other counsel, how revealing the questions posed by the Senate to "debilitate" the President if indeed the project was aboveboard.

If the President wants to prioritize this project, why should the heavens fall on the President?

Precisely, so why was Romulo Neri allowed to shut his trap if that is the case? Almost encouraging but still disappointing because despite all these Romulo Neri who can provide the damning testimony to the institutionalized corruption gets the "executive privilege" to skirt the issue and the people are the eventual losers. I don’t know about you but clearly the arrogance is showing in what appears to be an open conspiracy to deny the public the truth discussed at that at the Supreme Court really brings us to the muck of a dysfunctional Arroyo’s governance.

No wonder we see so have up to this day human rights violations are still rampant an indication that we are losing our humanity and compassion as a people. Here is another version of Freddie Aguilar's rendition of Bayan Ko, unlike the previous version this time around featuring what tourist will never see, hidden and ignored like these things never happen. Other human rights videos available at the end of the this one.

Yeah go ahead with your executive privilege or GAGo order, the people will not be fooled anymore and at the rate these morons insult the peoples intelligence they are just digging their own graves deeper.

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