July 25, 2005 · Posted in: In the News

Lights, camera, impeachment

OPPOSITION representatives filed at 9.30 this morning the amended impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The number of signatories fell short of the 79 that would have shortcut the process and allowed the complainants to directly transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate. In a television interview this morning, San Juan Rep. Ronaldo Zamora said the anti-Arroyo bloc has "more than 50" willing to endorse the complaint but so far only about 40 have actually signed. This means that the complaint will first be heard by the committee on justice, which will determine if it is sufficient "in form and substance." The justice committee is stacked with Arroyo loyalists.

The charges in the impeachment complaint are a hodgepodge of allegations ranging from election fraud to onerous government contracts, to concealment of assets and, in an apparent concession to the radical left party-list representatives who endorsed the complaint, also the killings of activists. Read the impeachment complaint here.

The main charges include:

Undermining the independence of the Commission on Elections
Knowingly conspiring with the Comelec to commit election fraud
Obstructing justice by falsifying evidence and covering up information related to the "Hello Garci" recording
Concealing ownership of properties in the Philippines and abroad
Approving contracts grossly disadvantageous to the government, including the North Rail and Piatco NAIA terminal 3 projects
Accepting jueteng payola and using this to bankroll the presidential campaign and bribe officials including Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano
Allowing the use of government funds, including the PhilHealth and Road Users’ tax, to promote her presidential candidacy
Providing impunity to the killers of political dissenters

According to existing rules, the justice committee has 60 session days to deliberate on the complaint. The count begins on the day it receives the complaint from the Speaker, who has already included it in the Order of Business. If the justice committee finds the complaint sufficient, it goes to the plenary, where one-third of the members can vote to impeach the president. If, however, the justice committee throws out the complaint, the president can still be impeached if one-third of the House members vote to override the justice committee’s report.

For now, it looks like this will be a long drawn-out proceeding, with the limelight now shifting to the justice committee. Maguindanao Rep. Simeon Datumanong, the committee chair, said this morning that even if the opposition gets the 79 votes in the next few weeks, they can no longer shortcut the process. Datumanong promised that "the committee members will have an objective mind and will be very fair."

37 Responses to Lights, camera, impeachment

VLage

July 25th, 2005 at 12:33 pm

The shouldnt had rush the filing. They bungled it

Garcigwen

July 25th, 2005 at 12:57 pm

vlage. i disagree. it is a hodgepodge indeed and with the concessions and all. but the parts of it with the core accusations were good enough. certainly an improvement on the original lozano complaint that was also included. but bungle is too strong. but i will agree parts of it look rushed.

Overlord

July 25th, 2005 at 2:50 pm

# Undermining the independence of the Commission on Elections

REALLY NOW, WHERE IS THE JURISPRUDENCE THAT EXACTLY DEFINES THIS ACTION? IF MOTIVES ARE IN THEMSELVES CRIMINAL ACTS THEN OUR JAILS WILL BE OVERFLOWING WITH ELECTIVE OFFICIALS.

# Knowingly conspiring with the Comelec to commit election fraud

USING POLLUTED EVIDENCE LIKE THOSE GARCI TAPES? THOSE TAPES ARE NOT ADMISSIBLE UNDER THE RULES OF EVIDENCE. AND WHICH GODDAMN VERSION ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

# Obstructing justice by falsifying evidence and covering up information related to the “Hello Garci” recording

SEE ABOVE. IF TALKING TO A COMELEC COMMISIONER IS A CRIME THEN MOST ELECTIVE OFFICIALS ARE GUILTY OF IT.

# Concealing ownership of properties in the Philippines and abroad

PLEASE, THIS IS A TIRED AND OVERUSED ISSUE THAT HAD BEEN RESOLVED LONG AGO. THIS ACCUSATION IS JUST A FILLER.

# Approving contracts grossly disadvantageous to the government, including the North Rail and Piatco NAIA terminal 3 projects

# Accepting jueteng payola and using this to bankroll the presidential campaign and bribe officials including Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano

# Allowing the use of government funds, including the PhilHealth and Road Users’ tax, to promote her presidential candidacy

# Providing impunity to the killers of political dissenters

EH??? GRAMMATICALLY AND SUBSTANTIVELY INCORRECT. AND AN ANACHRONISM. THE ACCUSED HERE SHOULD REALLY BE IMEE’S AND JINGGOY’S FATHERS.

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And while they’re at it they should have included in the impeachment rap sheet the persecution and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Holocaust, the ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia, the Gulags of the old Soviet Union, the Pol Pot regime in Kampuchea, 9/11 and similar crimes. No difference.

Let’s face it, this is in reality the opposition’s last frantic chance at bringing down this President. They are desperate enough to do so before her economic reform programs start to bear fruit in the countryside and in the lower income classes as well as alleviate the dislocations in the middle class. They will not allow her to further shape the infrastructure that makes for a more hospitable investment environment. It will always be necessary for them to whip up a political storm so that the country’s unfavorable image persists. It is all because of a naked desire to grab power in the most cacophonic fashion by either reverting to a regressive form of governance or introducing a chaotic and violent form of political transformation. This poor blighted country.

soledad t. tubay

July 25th, 2005 at 3:30 pm

I just hope that we are all with consicience enough not to justify a wrongdoing just because we are not the only ones doing it. Should this be our line of thinking then it would be right for anybody orfor all of us to steal, cheat, kill, just because there are people who do also do it.

With such a line of thinking, we ssurely are gone to the dogs.

We Filipinos, my parents have taught us, may be poor, but we are proud to say that we have a conscience. Our integrity should be more important than any material possession. The reason we are in this mess is because of the undue importance most people give to worldly possessions. May be many have become agnostics who do not wish to acknowledge anymore the fact that the most practical thing to believe in is that all of us will die, and that life here on earth is a mere passing.
May God have mercy on our souls!

jonathan

July 25th, 2005 at 4:00 pm

overlord,

even my nonlegal mind cannot help but ask: Are they really serious about impeaching Gloria? I thought for a while that she will be impeached because of the Garci Tapes. Why add all these burloloy charges? Is it because the Garci Tapes by itself is inherently WEAK? Now, I am more inclined to say that the opposition is now retreating from the original design to OVERTHROW Gloria by PEOPLE POWER thru the one-two punch of Juetengate and the Garci Tapes, and having failed to do that, into just inflicting on her serious political damage. If my suspicion is correct and the Garci tapes accusation is destroyed, I can very well predict that their next move will be to boycott the impeachment proceedings and cry obstruction of justice by the admin congressmen. By doing so, they believe they will be placed on a higher moral ground and capture the next election.

penpenpen88

July 25th, 2005 at 7:23 pm

REALLY NOW, WHERE IS THE JURISPRUDENCE THAT EXACTLY DEFINES THIS ACTION? IF MOTIVES ARE IN THEMSELVES CRIMINAL ACTS THEN OUR JAILS WILL BE OVERFLOWING WITH ELECTIVE OFFICIALS.
– to that i say jail them all.. most of them are criminals anyways. 30% of overpriced government contracts goes into their pockets di po ba?

USING POLLUTED EVIDENCE LIKE THOSE GARCI TAPES? THOSE TAPES ARE NOT ADMISSIBLE UNDER THE RULES OF EVIDENCE. AND WHICH GODDAMN VERSION ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
– obviously not the fake one bunye reproduced. a cover-up gone awry.

SEE ABOVE. IF TALKING TO A COMELEC COMMISIONER IS A CRIME THEN MOST ELECTIVE OFFICIALS ARE GUILTY OF IT.
– again to that i say let the axe fall no favor here. all the guilty should be punished.

PLEASE, THIS IS A TIRED AND OVERUSED ISSUE THAT HAD BEEN RESOLVED LONG AGO. THIS ACCUSATION IS JUST A FILLER.
– resolved?? how by a brother-in-law who pleaded right of privacy??

PIATCO IS NOT AN ARROYO PROJECT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE DISADVANTAGEOUS IF THE ERAP VERSION WAS ALLOWED TO BE EXECUTED.ON THE CONTRARY, THE ARROYO GOV’T SOUGHT A BETTER DEAL. IMPEACHMENT IS TOO RADICAL A COURSE OF REDRESS FOR PERCEIVED WRONGS IN GOV’T INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THERE ARE THE COURTS FOR THIS. AGAIN, ANOTHER FILLER.
– so i guess in your crooked sense of logic. ramos should’nt be made to explain his white elephant called centennial expo. while gloria should be patted on the behind for constructing the most expensive highway in the world.. as well as bridges that leads nowhere. galing ng logic.

HAZY. WHO IS TO DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN USING GOV’T FUNDS DIRECTLY FOR CAMPAIGING AND FOR A SOCIAL BENEFIT? ANY POSITIVE OR BENEFICIAL ACTION DONE BY A REELECTIONIST DURING A CAMPAIGN NATURALLY REDOUNDS TO HIS/HER BENEFIT. PGMA MAY HAVE PLAYED IT A BIT THICKLY HERE BUT SHE’S NO IDIOT.
-im from the province.. those intermitent placards on the road showing her name in bold letters did come out during the elections.. and what for? just to tell us were on government highways being renovated?? wala namang renovations during that time?? a subliminal message perhaps??

AGAIN, POLLUTED TESTIMONY IS ALLOWED HERE? TRY COUNTING HOW MANY ELECTIVE OFFICIALS WERE NOT AIDED BY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ORIGINATING FROM JUETENG. THE ACCUSERS ARE MOSTLY HYPOCRITES WHO THEMSELVES BENEFITTED FROM JUETENG.
-again everybody doing it doesn’t make it legal. kala ko ba maka diyos tayo. problema kasi satin simba at kumpisal sa lingo sa lunes magkakasala ulet. yan po ba definition natin ng pagiging kristyano??

They are desperate enough to do so before her economic reform programs start to bear fruit in the countryside and in the lower income classes as well as alleviate the dislocations in the middle class.
-what economic reforms on the countryside are we talking about? business in general decreased by 30 percent. on top of that you have rising costs in electricity, water and food prices. on top of that you have the evat. if she’s really serious bout countryside development then she should.
1. finish the irrigation project here in luzon di ung natiwang wang lang ng ganyan.
2. focus on argriculture the key to a sustainable development be it in the countryside or in the country as a whole is for ur to have a cheap and abundant food supply.
3. encourage all those squatters in manila to return to their respective provinces. analyze each provinces’ potential and help them start core industries.
4. put a stop to smuggling/dumping of agricultural products drugs etc.
bad enuf they’re putting our local businesses outta biz. they encourage corruption on all levels of government.
5. all government contracts should be posted on the internet for eveyone to see. for transparency
and more…

They will not allow her to further shape the infrastructure that makes for a more hospitable investment environment.
-for who?? his close allies? there is so much red tape when it comes to doin biz here. if she were really serious bout that in the first place the moment she sat in that chair thru a coup i might add she could have intigated those changes na di ba??

It is all because of a naked desire to grab power in the most cacophonic fashion by either reverting to a regressive form of governance or introducing a chaotic and violent form of political transformation.
– its like the pot calling the kettle black. where in this mess precisely because mrs pandak decided to forgo impeachment and found it more expedient to just accept the presidency handed to her by ayala corp, the church and the military. now that the shoe is on the other foot your crying foul??

This poor blighted country.
-yup i agree the country is really in deep shit cause we abviously have a cheating president here yet everybody seems to be saying its ok to cheat basta your intelligent and your not erap?? and that is suppose to be fair?? who are you kidding here?? yourself??

koj

July 25th, 2005 at 7:39 pm

wow…parang nilunod ng ibang charges ang pinaka sentro sa lahat ng mga kaguluhan ito…seryoso ba sila na mapaabot nila eto sa senado or talaga lng gusto nilang dagdagan pa ang kalituhan ng maraming pinoy tungkol sa karapatan, moralidad at kakayahan ng pangulong mamuno…mukhang hindi sa senado ang pakay kundi sa kalsada…pag nagkataon lalong magiging kawawa na naman ang mga juan at pedro…

many are threatening that they would go to the streets in case the complaint fails to go to the senate. but what if they fail to get the numbers? would they cry dagdag-bawas?

can the justice committee recommend to trim down the charges to the relevant ones?

amungcal

July 26th, 2005 at 12:40 am

Nothing will happen positively in the planned impeachment complaint to be filed in the House.The context of this institution is too beholden to the President.Remember the national canvassing last year produced the tyranny of numbers to suppress legal challenges to the CoCs by the opposition.History will repeat itself, the majority will suppress the complaint and moved by passion rather than reason because this institution is not free from patronage politics.The immature political arena we have will only break loose the issues in the streets if the truth is suppressed repeatedly by an institution which is thronged by patronage and favors.Though there are some progressive groups inside, however, their numbers is not sufficient.The instability of our political institutions stems from the suffrage system we have that is based on patronage that is why personalities are elected rather than issue oriented individuals.A regime change is necessary to overhaul the rotten system and get rid of patronage so that good governance and national development can complement each other to bring about genuine reforms in a country known for people power movements which have no backbone once the successors and beneficiaries of the new status quo begin to take hold political power.

July 26th, 2005 at 2:15 am

^ wow…in my opininon, ideas like regime change without popular mass support is very dangerous despite desirable if this is pushed to happen within a short period of time. a gradual change free from violence would be more palatable to the common tao.

the impeachment complaint likewise would be a failure based on political partisanship. despite the charges that were filed, without a real damning evidence that politicians would be real afraid (people’s backlash) to vote against, chances are they would vote based on party lines and not based on evidence.

this is what the opposition and left-leaning groups are trying to feed the people with this early. thinking that their ends would not be met by the impeachment trial, they want to short-cut the process that, though thru to their miscalculations perhaps, didn’t materialize as the rallies failed to snowballed into larger ones.

i don’t know where this political chapter bring us but currently we are in a lose-lose scenario. either way, the longer this will be, mas lalong kawawa si juan, kasama na rin si pedro.

datu_lakandiwa

July 26th, 2005 at 9:07 am

Wala magagawa ang oposisyon but to amend the complaint filed by Atty Lozano and rushed the filing thereof otherwise the original one or the other one filed by a “who’s that” individual, which is a replica of lozano’s complaint, will be endorsed by JDV to the justice committee. Once endorsed no impeachment complaint will be entertained due to the provision that only one complaint should be lodge and endorsed in one year.

sinningsaint

July 26th, 2005 at 11:23 am

if impeachment is unlikely, and a truth commission is, well (ehem!)….

what next?

July 26th, 2005 at 12:37 pm

to those not so familiar with PIATCO. I have read that the charge
strangely enough is backed up by a wiretapped attempt at extortion.
If true, just exposes just how rotten GMA administration is.

And so we have a strange case hear of double wiretapping supposedly
inadmissible as evidence.

If they would have allowed garci to be played. I wonder if they will now invite the Germans to play back the PIATCO TAPES as well.

Now that would be WEIRD.

July 26th, 2005 at 12:46 pm

as for that POLLUTED evidence defense.

Sadly, it worked for OJ. despite overwhelming evidence including OJ’s DNA at the crime scene at that.

Wycoco’s testimonies about TAMPERED. The unbelievable P25 million
LEMON wiretapping equipment.

( Sino ang bobo bibili ng expensive equipment without a Test drive. Not compatible daw when there is only one GSM system worldwide.)

and an incorrect allusion
to Ali and Rocky Marciano never having fought but all done by computer.

(They fought in a ring and was filmed. But it was scripted.
Rocky Marciano died in a plane crash not long after that session.
The computer was the FAKE one, it made a scripted simulation.
A bad testimony by Wycoco. buking. trying hard)

Doble’s unbelievable denial of not knowing wiretapping. obviously
being coached with his 3 wives being hostaged.

all of this point to a POLLUTED source defense.

It worked with OJ but hope to goodness it won’t work here. (UNless magpapauto tayo)

July 26th, 2005 at 12:55 pm

As for this comment.

COMMON SENSE lang po ang kailangan. there is no JURISPRUDENCE because si Gloria palang ang bbobong presidente na MABUKING
calling GARCI to commit election fraud.

So the answer to the question is GLORIa is making JUDICIAL HISTORY.

July 26th, 2005 at 1:03 pm

I really think that PIATCO is a sleeper issue. most people will not notice it. but if and when it is aired out. it might bolster the impeachment case. It would serve to establish a pattern. but it would be interesting
how the prosecutors play this out.

Some of the burloloys. And I agree they are borloloys, are for political expediency, in order to hold together the alliance.

But the core of it is still : ‘HELLO GARCI’.

RONALD IGNACIO

July 26th, 2005 at 2:05 pm

This is to call the CBCP officials to look into the impeachment complaint filed by the opposition. You requested that there must be truth commission….Now here it is.We are hunger for truth so we are pleading to give all your influence to help the opposition get the magic number to roll the impeachment proceedings.Instead of creating a truth commission please help us see the truth by asking people who wanted to do sacrifices to shed the truth.Let testimony and evidences talk for us. If the impeachment complaint goes to trash can because it did not get the magic number nor allies of MRs. Arroyo does their job well…so be it…When I die I will tell God to cleansed the COngressman and heal our Nation.CBCP your move is most needed by your flock please tell Congressman to be impartial this time because majority of us are hunger for Truth and Justice…

paul

July 26th, 2005 at 2:09 pm

Pakiramdam ko po masarap mangulit ngayon…

Impeachment Wan-0-Wan

Mula 2001 hanggang ngayon
Higit apat na taon na ang nakaraan
Nang maluklok si Inang Reyna sa gintong upuan
Kapalit kay Amang ubod ng kapogi-an

Noon akala ng karamihan
Iyon daw ang tamang paraan
Nakalimutan kasi ang kasabihan
“’Di lahat ng akala’y tama, ito rin ay kamalian”

Ngayon heto na naman
Impeachment wan-o-wan
Katulad ng dati na pamamaraan
Mga mambabatas handang makipagbalagtasan

Ito’y labanan ng magagaling mangatwiran
Ipagtatangol ang tama laban sa kamalian
Ipapakita na patas ang labanan
Makamit lamang ang tunay na katarungan

Aywan ko nga ba kung bakit nauso
Sa ating bayan ang ganitong sinakulo
Malayo pa ang mahal na araw sa pagsasakripisyo
Pero bawat lansangan marami na ang nakikiusyuso

Impeachment wan-0-wan
1/3 ng 236 ay kailangan
Para sa madaliang proseso sa mababang kapulungan
At sa Senado’y masimulan ang husgahan

Inay ko po ‘di kaya sila nagkamali
Sabi ng isa 1/3 ng 236 ay 78
Yong iba naman 1/3 ng 236 ay 79
Impeachment 101 pakitama ang mali

Nakakapanggigil ngunit ako’y natutuwa
Maliwanag sila’y magaling sa matimatika
78 x 3 = 236?, di po ba 234, nasaan ang dalawa?
79 x 3 = 236?, di po ba 237, sobra naman ng isa!

Aba mga kabayan tayo’y mag-isip-isip muna
‘Di pa nasisimulan ang Impeachment wan-0-wan
Hilo’t litong-lito na sila sa bilangan
Baka sa huli lahat tayo’y pulutin sa kangkungan!

Paul/Riyadh City, KSA

July 26th, 2005 at 2:13 pm

Paul O. Pruel
Riyadh City, KSA

July 26th, 2005 at 2:45 pm

Sana lang walang bumalimbing…

I am in total support of the impeachment trial of President Gloria. It shows that human rights are protected in the Philippines, that even the highest in the land can be called upon to account for his actions, and that every citizen accused of a crime has the right to the due process of law.

In respect to Escudero, I would suggest him to go back to school for his math subject. Akalain n’yo one-third daw ng 236 is 78. How come? 78 x 3 = 234, he meant it that the two remaining members ay itatapon? While those insisting that one-third of 236 = 79, another blog at nakakatuwa, if we multiply 79 x 3 = 237, sobra rin ng isa, ibig sabihin huhuli tayo ng isa sa kangkungan?

Sa ngayon let’s wait & see before our say. At sana habang penaprocess ang impeachment trial para kay Gloria, harinawa di pa tag balimbing, tiyak mayroon d’yan babalimbing. Please read my tula, puwede gamitin to blog someone.

Balimbing

Tila yata hitik na hitik sa bunga
Ang halaman kong nananariwa sa ganda
Pagmasdan n’yo labi’y pulang pula…

Pero hinayhinay sa balimbing kabayan
Huwag sanayin yaring kagustuhan
Para ‘di ka mapulaan…

Ito’y ‘di magandang kaugalian
Dati busilak kuno sa katapatan
Ngayon kabaligtaran ng katotohanan…

Gulong-gulo na ako kabayan
Sino ang dapat pakinggan
Ang balimbing O ang iniwan?

Dati magkahawak kamay
Banaag ang saya sa kanilang kilay
Pero saglit lang nagkahiwahiwalay…

Hay Naku! Politika
Ma aksyon na, ma drama pa
Sa Pinas lang talaga!

Paul O. Pruel/Riyadh, KSA

Criss

July 26th, 2005 at 3:06 pm

hehehe dude hindi din importante kung 78 o 79 yan… pag nasa 75 na yan malamang yang mga pulitikong nabangit pipirma yan pipilitingmapasama sila sa nagreklamo…. lam mo naman media exposure… gusto nilang masama sa “history” hehehe

siguro tingnan nating mabuti ang impeachement noon kay erap minadali nila yung 79 daming complaint namahina yung kaso… kya nung nakahanap ng butas yung mga private prosecutor na hindi mabuksan yung envelope dinaan nila sa kalye…nung matapos yung hearing yung envelope na pinagtalunan walanglaman hahaha… nung dinidinig na kaso iniiba na nila yung reklamo… kya hanggang ngayon hirap silang mapatunayang maykasalnan si erap sa bayan… hirap silang pagkasyahin yung pera na binabangit ni Singson… sana yung mala Clarisa Ocampo ng Oposisyon ngayon hindi selective memory….

well better na rin sigro kung salaing mabuti ang kaso… yun nga lng maraming kaalyado ang pangulo sa congresso baka madaan sa technicality hehehe….

…pero kung daanin man ni gloria sa technicality ang laban hindi nya na maprove ang sarili nya beyond reasonable doubt so sana kung may reklamo man ang oposisyon hayaan nyang mailatag at sagutin nya sa sendo…. total kung mahina ang kaso wlang dapat ikatakot si GMA… “hello garci” peace!

tonyvn

July 26th, 2005 at 3:57 pm

Mukhang hirap ngang kunin yong 79 dahil iilan lang naman ang may prinsipyo sa mga Tongresman na yan! Pera lang at power ang katapat, palagay ko kung may pera ang oposisyon ay maging bidding pa yan ang labanan at siyempre patatalo ba si GMA! Hindi! di ba? maraming pera sa PAGCOR at OFW at ang kaban ng bayan, isang magic lang yan! Sana nga makonsensiya naman sila at pakingan ang sigaw ng sambayanang Pinoy at hindi yong sigaw ni GMA, FVR, JDV, Gonzalez, PIDAL Brothers, Mikey , Ermita, Defensor, Bunye at iba pang mga sipsip at linta ng lipunan!

Kapag ganyan ang mangyari at harangin ng pro-administration ang impeachment, walang ibang pagpipilian ang taong bayan kundi parliament in the streets. Dahil wala ng kakampi ang taong bayan sa mga dapat na magtangol sa kanila, dapat ay magkapit bisig na isulong ang labanan sa kalye ng katarungan!!!!makamit lang ang tunay na ipinaglalaban! Sigaw ng bayan “GMA Resign”!!!ngayon na!!!

siyete

July 26th, 2005 at 9:54 pm

Ang hirap sa ibang Pilipino, sasabihin ayaw kay Gloria, pero ngayong may impeachment na, ayaw din sa impeachment. Ang labo. Dapat magtake ang bawat isa ng stand. Sa pula o sa puti, hindi puwedeng wala tayong pakialam. Hindi puwedeng sawa na tayo sa panonood sa mga pulitiko. Kung mananatili tayong walang pakialam, kawawa naman ang Pilipinas. Masahol pa tayo sa mga maka-administrasyon pag nagkataon, atleast sila, may paninidigan, kahit alam nilang ayaw na sa kanila ng maraming tao, hindi ba Sec. Mike Defensor?

Sa magic 79 na pirma. Palagay ko, aabot. Hindi naman mag-aaksaya ng panahon ng oposisyon kung alam nilang walang patutunguhan ang impeachment nila. Mas pabor na ko sa impeachment kesa naman sa People Power. Mas dapat na manaig ang batas. Noong Edsa Dos kasi, masyado tayong naging emosyonal, marami ang nadala lang ng damdamin. Basta gusto lang mapatalsik si Erap, hindi na iniisip kung tama ba ang proseso. Kung tutuusin, may mali ang taumbayan.

Hindi magre-resign si Gloria. Wala sa karakter niya. Isa pa, siguro iniisip niya, na “Tama na ang nag-sorry ako, bakit ako magre-resign, ano kayo, hilo?”

Sa huli, may dahilan naman ang lahat nang nangyayaring ito eh. Parang lahat ‘ukol’. Kahit hindi man natin maintindihan sa ngayon, darating ang araw, malalaman din natin kung bakit nangyari ang dapat mangyari.

korab

July 27th, 2005 at 11:26 am

DOA ang impeachment…..sorry na lang FRancis Escudero…isa pang nakakatawa, si Imee Marcos at Noynoy Aquino, magkakampi na?? babangon si Ninoy niyan eh…

d_entrep

July 27th, 2005 at 11:40 am

korab,

kung mananatiling mag kakaway yung mga personalidad na nabanngit
mo,wala nang mangyayari sa Pilipinas.Matututo kayong magpatawad
Marahil noong panaho ni Marcos di tayo masyadong malaya di naman
tayo masyadong gutom.dahil hawak ng gobyerno ang mga basic needs
ng mamayan.Merong OPSF na pang balanse sa pag taas ng presyo ng
langis at ang PETRON ay pag aari ng Pilipinas,Ang Kuryente di masyadong mahal dahil hawak ng gobyerno.Anf Tubig na pagkamahal
mahal ngayon gobyerno rin ang may-ari.hindi masyadong talamak ang
pag aangkat ng Bigas at Asukal kaya mayroon kabuhayan ang mga magsasaka natin.Ewan ko lang pero parang mas nais ko na ang kapanahunan na iyon kaysa sa mga nakikta ko ngayon.

arn

July 27th, 2005 at 1:28 pm

Hay naku entrep , bata ka pa nga ano? Saan ba galing ang pera sa OPSF na pinagsasabi mo? Why was it abolished in the first place? Ang koryente noon hindi masayadong mahal? OO mura noon kasi ang brown-out ay 12 hours a day ( walang koryente mula 9 am hanggang 3am) generators ang gamit noon pati sa SM City at Farmers Cubao, tigil muna sine, wait ka ng two hours hanggang tumakbo na generators – kaya syempre mura, hehehe. Tubig ay mura noon – oo mura dahil walang tulo ang gripo! Hindi talamak ang pag-angkat ng bigas at asukal – bakit? alam mo ba kong gaano tayo karami noon? 35 to 40 million lang po tayo noon – ngayon we are 85 million! Ang lupang sinasaka ay ganoon pa rin kalawak! Kong gusto mo noon, cge punta ka sa noon.hehehe.

July 27th, 2005 at 5:01 pm

Kaya tayo nag-iimport kasi mas kumikita ang mga in-charge sa importation. kung bibili sa mga lokal na magsasaka walang kita. gets nyo? isa pa yung mais galing cebu mas mahal daw kapag dinala sa maynila. pero yung galing ibang bansa mas mura. kung walang produksiyon dahil walang puhunan ang magsasaka. kaya walang puhunan kasi walang tunay na tulong mula sa gobyerno. pumunta kayo sa norte at tignan nyo kung ano ang ginagawa ng gobyerno para sa irigasyon. kung hindi magsasariling sikap ang magsasaka, wala talagang aanihin. kung may ani naman kontroloda ng mga mamimiling intsik ang presyo. pag binili ng gobyerno (kung bibilhin) babaratin din. saan lalagay ang mga magsasaka?

Isa pang malungkot na sitwasyon ay edukasyon na dapat sana’y magpapalaya sa ating mga kababayan mula sa kamangmangan na tunay na dahilan kung bakit hanggang ngayon ay alipin pa rin tayo sa sariling bayan. wala ngang tuition pero laking gastos sa mga projects at kung anu-ano. pag di raw sumunod ang estudyante bagsak. kaya yung walang pera hihinto na lang sa pag-aaral.

enlightened_pinay

July 27th, 2005 at 6:46 pm

where can i get a complete listing of congressmen who has already signed the impeachment complain?

docles2002

July 28th, 2005 at 12:48 am

I think we should start collating contact data of all known GMA allies in congress and start convincing/pressuring them to sign for the impeachment so that it could be expressly transported to senate to save time and finish the deadlock we are in, once and for all. We should act now and act decisively for our country. What do you think guys? Let us put our collective effort in this endeavor as its the time to put our words into play.

July 28th, 2005 at 1:50 pm

Hay naku Arn,

martial law baby po ako.kaya alam ko ang sinasabi ko yung sinasabi mong mga brownout panahon ni Tita Cory yon.Yun pong OPSF o Oil price Stabilization fund ay galing sa mga taong nag kukunsumo ng gasolina ang gobyerno ay nakakakuha ng 10 sentimos kada karga mo ng diesel o gasolina at ang sentimong ito ay napupunta sa OPSF.
kumbaga pang habol mo sa taas ng Presyo ng langis at yung Oil Deregulaton law ay batas ni FVR.Na sya rin mismo ang nagbenta ng PETRON gets mo ba.Ikaw ba ilan taong ka na kung ka edad ka ng lolo ko ay mas matanda ka nga sa akin..

INSIDE PCIJ: Stories behind our stories » The 41 who signed

July 28th, 2005 at 3:53 pm

[…] IN her comment on “Lights, camera, impeachment,” enlightened_pinay asked where she can find a list of representatives who have already signed the impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. […]

beautybar

July 29th, 2005 at 12:47 am

is this being how intellegent we are that we are able to cheat in the election? my conclusion is that we must not only posses intellegence to qualify as president, but most importantly, we must have the integrity.We must also gain our trust from the people we serve.

ejam

July 30th, 2005 at 4:37 pm

There is no “Proper Forum” nowadays. Certainly not in the courts. The only agenda in our justice system right now is to prop up the president. They will twist everything to get whatever advantage they could get. It’s Sec. Raul Gonzales Vs. The People of the Philippines. Or something like that.
After EDSA 2 our constitution has become one big grey area. This is the best that our best legal minds could do for our people – fuck things up.
But before all these, there was right and wrong. There was justice. Or a semblance of it.
It’s time for us to go back to basics.

john4nature

July 31st, 2005 at 5:51 am

piatco NAIA terminal 3 fiasco, ano ba eto? Can the pcij check on it so the people would really understand its implication to international investors and its connection with the impeachment issue on GMA.

Is this a same issue that Captain Pampilo Villaruel cited when he tookover the ATO tower. An issue that should have been talk about a long time ago.

Former ATO chief, Captain Villaruel, a Pilipino aircraft inventor, a friend of President Ramos, was killed by the military while negotiation for his surrender was in the process.

August 10th, 2005 at 8:25 pm

I agree with GARCIGWEN’s comments about PIATCO/NAIA 3.

We have a small group of people that has so much to answer for. That’s why this is the worst time to have a charter change. Let us not change the rules just as yet. Let’s leave the footprints and traces intact if any.

INSIDE PCIJ: Stories behind our stories » Citizens’ congress to hear and examine evidence in aborted Arroyo impeachment

October 26th, 2005 at 1:30 pm

[…] Denied the legal and constitutional recourse of the impeachment process by the pro-Arroyo House of Representatives, Bukluran has created the Citizens’ Congress for Truth and Accountability as an alternative venue to present and examine the body of evidence gathered for the amended impeachment complaint endorsed by opposition congressmen that charged her with culpably violating the Constitution, betraying the public trust, and engaging in electoral fraud, bribery, graft and corruption. […]

» Blog Archive » Philippine Citizens’ congress to hear and examine evidence in aborted President Arroyo impeachment case

October 28th, 2005 at 12:14 am

[…] Denied the legal and constitutional recourse of the impeachment process by the pro-Arroyo House of Representatives, Bukluran has created the Citizens’ Congress for Truth and Accountability as an alternative venue to present and examine the body of evidence gathered for the amended impeachment complaint endorsed by opposition congressmen that charged Arroyo with culpably violating the Constitution, betraying the public trust, and engaging in electoral fraud, bribery, graft and corruption. […]

INSIDE PCIJ: Stories behind our stories » New impeachment complaint vs. Arroyo filed today as one-year bar lapses

June 26th, 2006 at 12:37 pm

[…] The former Marcos lawyer’s complaint proved to be a weak one, which the opposition tried to remedy by filing an amended impeachment complaint. But Arroyo’s allies in the House would eventually vote on a technicality to bar the amended complaint — which only managed to get 59 signatures, short of the 79 (or one-third vote) required to immediately send it to the Senate for trial — and another one filed by lawyer Rizaldo Lopez, in consideration of a rule that only one impeachment case could be considered in a year. […]

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