August 31, 2005 · Posted in: Arroyo Impeachment, In the News
‘Has the truth been reduced to 79 signatures?’
REP. Edmund Reyes made a manifestation at the start of the House justice committee hearing this afternoon on behalf of the pro-impeachment congressmen who walked out of yesterday’s hearing. The amended impeachment complaint endorsers did not participate in today’s deliberations, declaring they will no longer be party to the “railroading” of the impeachment proceeding against Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Reyes said it was unfortunate that the issue of truth has been reduced to a numbers game. Revealing that they now have 73 endorsers and/or “commitments to sign,” the Marinduque representative exhorted his colleagues in the committee to sign the amended complaint to allow the truth to come out.
The committee went ahead with “debates” on the second prejudicial question and voted 47-4, with one abstention, to affirm that the Lozano complaint barred the two other complaints, including the amended complaint. This effectively paves the way for the determination of sufficiency in form and substance of the Lozano complaint, which is deemed “weak” and was not even properly verified.
Below is the text of Rep. Reyes’s remarks:
Has the truth been reduced to 79 signatures? Ang katotohanan ba ay katumbas lamang ng pitumpu’t siyam na lagda?
This is the question we endorsers have in our hearts and minds. Kasama po ako sa majority at kapartido ng administrasyon. I did not join as a complainant or even an early endorser to the amended complaint because I was assured that the process at the justice committee will allow the truth to come out.
Totoo ba na nagsinungaling ang ating Presidente? Totoo ba na nandaya ang Presidente? Totoo ba na nagnakaw ang ating Presidente? Mga simpleng tanong na kailangan ng diretsahang sagot.
About three months ago, Sec. (Ignacio) Bunye presented two versions of what is now known as the Gloriagate tapes. This trigerred a series of street protests, withdrawal of support, and the clamor for the President’s resignation or removal from office. Since that time, the President admitted to her “lapse in judgment” and asked that these issues be heard and resolved in Congress.
Congress is the venue of choice of our President. It is unfortunate that in her venue of choice, the truth has a price. And the price of truth in this House is 79 signatures.
The argument raised by the majority is that 79 signatures would resolve the issue. The minority has no right to complain of technicalities raised by the majority without the 79 signatures. No evidence can be presented without 79 signatures.
If this premise of the majority is the true interpretation of our Constitution, and accepts of the duty of Congress on impeachment proceedings, then the case was lost from the beginning.
If Congress requires 79 signatures before evidence is heard, what then is the role of Congress in the determination of form and substance in impeachment proceedings? For with 79 signatures, the complaint will be directly transmitted to the Senate.
All that the pro-impeachment group has been asking is a chance before the justice committee to uncover evidence, to allow our House to make a fair and just resolution of these most pressing issues. But they are denied this simple request on grounds that defy logic and common sense.
Last August 23, four majority congressmen — Ace Barbers, Dodot Jaworski, Gilbert Remulla and myself — noticed that the majority was using sheer numerical superiority to prevent the truth from coming out under the guise of legal technicalities. This was later confirmed by no less than our Speaker Jose de Venecia that the plan of the majority was to kill the impeachment complaint before our President goes abroad in September.
Yesterday, our worst fears started to unfold before the eyes and ears of millions. Before we push our people to the wall and leave them with no alternative, I ask you, members of the justice committee, to consolidate all the complaints. Consider their form and substance in this single proceeding and allow the evidence to be brought out and examined. So that a just and acceptable resolution to this issue can be made.
I ask you to help us bring out the truth because it is the right thing to do. Everyone should be entitled to the truth. The truth should be free. But for those who still insist that the truth in this House carries the price of 79 signatures, let me say this:
The Secretary-General has an official tally of 50 endorsers. I have two envelopes with me this afternoon. The first envelope contains the names of 23 congressmen and women who have committed to endorse the amended complaint as soon as the total of 79 signatures has been obtained or committed.
You know who you are, my dear colleagues. And we will stay to the agreement not to reveal your names unless the 79 is reached. This brings our total to 73 signatures or commitments to sign.
For the truth to come out, the Filipino people needs six more members of this House to endorse this amended complaint. Just six more. Are only 73 members of this House of Representatives on the side of the truth? Is there anyone else? Is there no one else? Wala na bang ibang pipirma para sa katotohanan?
Is there no one else?
Mr, Chairman, thank you very much for giving me this time. I will leave the second envelope containing blank endorsements. And we will wait. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
38 Responses to ‘Has the truth been reduced to 79 signatures?’
noelet
August 31st, 2005 at 5:19 pm
My tears are flowing…
noelet
August 31st, 2005 at 5:22 pm
We need six heroes… I wonder what is the stand of Way Kurat?
Loi_Pogi
August 31st, 2005 at 5:42 pm
Top 10 headlines the opposition wouldn’t want to hear:
Dengue fever claims lives of 15 pro-impeachment solons;
Impeachment complaint good as dead
Garcillano found dead
Archbishop Cruz abandons jueteng probe;
accuses opposition of coercion
Ping Lacson and Mike Arroyo kiss and make up; literally
SWS: GMA’s approval rating rises to 98%
Mikey Arroyo’s film breaks box-office records;
Jinggoy’s comeback movie flops
Pimentel does an Enrile, joins Senate majority
Escudero to wed Luli Arroyo;
announces shift of allegiance to GMA
Loren Legarda wins protest vs. Noli;
now eyes the presidency
Makati mayor loses plunder case;
death by lethal injection set
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Top 10 headlines the administration wouldn’t want to hear:
Garcillano yields, vows to tell all vs. GMA
GMA resigns; commits hara-kiri
FVR coup plot vs. Arroyo government bared
Ex-AFP top brass Efren Abu joins Abu Sayyaf
Iggy and Mikey Arroyo sign impeachment complaint
El Shaddai, INC tell GMA: Step down
FPJ surfaces; is alive after all
ISAFP agent releases GMA-Garci sex video
U.S. withdraws support for GMA;
calls for snap elections
Dinky Soliman inks record deal with BMG;
“If We Hold On Together” to be album’s carrier single
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agol_78
August 31st, 2005 at 5:47 pm
waaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ano ba tooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kng sino magfile ng compalint next year pala (june 26,2006) dapat magunahan na kayo baka maunahan ng sham complaint. wwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!! isa tong kalokohan, unahan sa opisina ng sec. general ng house of representatives? ganon ba un? kng kay rep. crispin remulla it is rediculos!!!.
para ma bar ang isang complaint sa malakas, dapat unahan na ng maka-administrasyon na magfile na mahinang complaint para libre na naman ang akusado ng isang taon? ganon ba un? kalokohan!!!!!!!!!
kakainis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ang kitid ng utakkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
agol_78
August 31st, 2005 at 5:53 pm
nakuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! anim na lang, sana wag makulit si gloria!!!!
some paragraphs from INQ7
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Meanwhile, Cebu Representative Clavel Martinez claimed Arroyo personally asked her to withdraw her signature from the impeachment complaint.
“I have been talked to by the President herself. I have been asked to withdraw my support from the impeachment,” said Martinez, an estranged Arroyo ally.
“I said no [to Arroyo]. It is something for us to make a stand,” Martinez said during the forum.
Martinez did not say when the conversations with Arroyo took place and how the President contacted her.
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http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=1&story_id=48683
tenshio
August 31st, 2005 at 6:09 pm
Kayong mga siguristang congressistang walang bayag, pumirma na kayo habang may pagkakataon pa.
claymore
August 31st, 2005 at 6:09 pm
Nasa sa inyong mga kamay ang ikapagtatagumpay o pagkatalo ng “katotohanan”……ngunit nasa sa aming mga taongbayan ang “paghuhusga” sa inyong mga inasal sa pagtatakip ng “katotohanan”….
Nakakatakot isipin ang mangyayari, ngunit pilit ninyong binabalewala ang tunay na damdamin ng nakararami….inyong pakiwari’y wala na kaming pakialam sa ano mang kahihinatnan ng prosesong ito…..
Pagod man kami sa pang-araw araw na gawain, nauuhaw pa rin kaming malaman ang mga tunay na balita, sa diyaryo, telebisyon o radyo….ako, sampu ng aking mga kasamahan sa munting kumunidad na salat sa yaman, ay nawawalan ng pag-asa, tuwing makikita namin ang kawalang hiyaan at kawalang damdamin ng mga “mambabatas sa mayorya”….
Wala pong paliwanag para sa aming payak na kaisipan,,, sa kahit pa anong kadahilanan,,, na kailangang “pagaanin” ang mga paratang sa ating pangulo..ng mga sarili nating “representante”……
Ang kasagutan na umuukilkil sa aming mga kaisipan ay sa kadahilanang…ibinenta kami ng buhay ng mga “walanghiyang” ganid sa salapi at kapangyarihan…upang mapagsilbihan ang “lideratong huwad” at maipag-patuloy at maitaguyod ang kani-kaniyang pang-sariling interes….
ANG LAHAT AY MAY HANGGANAN AT MAY KATAPUSAN!!!!
NAKAUKIT SA AMING MGA ISIPAN ANG INYONG MGA “MUKHA” AT PANININDIGAN….
IPASOK SA INYONG ISIPAN ANG ISANG BAGAY…..
ANO MAN PAGSULAK NG DAMDAMIN NA AMING NARARAMDAMAN SA NGAYON…..
KAYO ANG MAGBIBIGAY SA AMIN NG PANIMULA… NA MAIBUHOS IYON.
MABUHAY ANG MGA “TUNAY NA PILIPINO”
tenshio
August 31st, 2005 at 6:15 pm
… and I’m referring to those who said they will sign once signatories reach a certain number.
chac
August 31st, 2005 at 6:26 pm
Much was said and seen at the congress and I am hurt to know how my vote was wasted to the people whom I have elected to represent me. Grabe na ang dumi ng politika. Ewan ko kung bakit magtataka pa ang marami sa moral values meron ang mga taong nakaupo. Simpleng katotohanan di mailabas para ma-resolve na ang matagal ng gumugulo sa isipan ng mga tao at nagpapabagal sa economiya ng Pilipinas. Puno’t dulo nito ay sila rin namang mga nakaupo pnagmulan. Kung di ba naman kasi naglabas ng dalawang tape si Bunye, will it stir the people’s curiosity? Inamin na nga ni GMA mismo na sya yung nasa tape at due to lapse of judgement ang pagtawag nya sa isang comelec official…tapos biglang nawawala na si garcillano which is the garci in the tape (sino ang magdedeny ay napakatanga naman talaga). Simpleng mga tanong lang naman ang gustong malaman ng mga tao ngayon: totoo bang me lokohan na nangyari nung nakaraang election? Bakit di maintindihan ng mga Kongresista na hindi uurong at sasayaw ang mga tao sa tugtog na gusto nila hangga’t me mga tanong na ganito na hindi masagot. Once and for all, harapin na naman ninyo ang totoo…maawa na kayo sa mga taong bayang katulad ko na binibilog nyo ang ulo. Matagal ng bilog ito at kasalukuyang inuumpog ang ulo sa dingding dahil binoto ko kayo.
luzviminda
August 31st, 2005 at 8:07 pm
THE ROTTEN CONGRESS:
Our Congress has become ROTTEN… An INSTITUTION FULL OF WORMS! The PRIME DUTY of the Congress is to uphold the law of the land THAT WOULD SERVE THE B-E-S-T INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE… They are REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE and NOT of The President who have CHEATED her way to Presidency and PLUNDER THE PEOPLE’S MONEY.
Maybe IT IS BETTER TO HAVE A REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT and ABOLISH THE ROTTEN CONGRESS and THE LAWS ( Like Power bill & Evat ) THAT MAKES THE LIFE OF FILIPINOS HARDER.
username
August 31st, 2005 at 9:21 pm
mga kababayan sample pa lang yan. pano na kung parliamentary system? sila sila na lang?! p&tXng I*N@ na lang nilang lahat na con****man walang kwentang mga representative. puro representative ni GMA. Bakit d pa kaya atakihin sa puso or bangungutin ang mga halimaw na un? bulok na pilipinas la talaga pagasa nakakainis na maging pilipino…. walang kwentang civilitation. tsk tsk tsk…
zorros
August 31st, 2005 at 9:33 pm
Looks like there is a pattern here regarding filing IMPEACHMent complaint. Why not review all the impeachment complaint filed against Gloria Arroyo since day one. Her political and legal advisers had planned everything like filing a weak impeachment complaint to pre-empt the opposition.
GMA used COMELEC during the election and now she is using the same tactics and approach to CONGRESS.
zorros
August 31st, 2005 at 9:34 pm
GARCILLANO = DATUMANONG (? operator sa CONGRESS)
mukilteo
August 31st, 2005 at 10:50 pm
To the street NOW !!!!!!
nnk
September 1st, 2005 at 12:35 am
Paanong to the street? Parang walang momentum e. Hindi nakakadala ang opposition. Watched ZOE channel 11 kanina, akala ko ano ang bagong ipapasabog, e lahat naman alam na natin. Pinatugtog lang ulit ang Hello Garci with matching NOISY background music, indistinct tuloy ang conversation between Gloria n Garci.
Sana maka 79 votes na ASAP!
noelet
September 1st, 2005 at 12:45 am
Bat sa ZOE pa mahina ang rating doon… konti lang makakanood…
nnk
September 1st, 2005 at 12:48 am
Takot ang ABS at GMA to play those hello Garci conversations, baka masara sila ng NTC.
Don’t you guys feel so powerless? Its so frustrating, we know full well she’s the “INTELLIGENT EVIL (I.E.)” but yet we can’t do anything to stop her.
We are held hostage…by the ineptness of the opposition n by the brilliant moves of Gloria’s mafia!
nnk
September 1st, 2005 at 12:49 am
She’s the RESIDENT EVIL
meekcute
September 1st, 2005 at 12:51 am
Well, If there’s no other alternative to find out the truth and justice in this country through the congress, then I would say that we gonna do it in the street, I remember them (GMA’s alipores) saying that we should do it legally by filing the impeachment, and look at what they have done? that was an orchestrated, or scripted complained by lozano! so whatever ways that we could possibly do to oust the “BOGUS” GMA, then lets do it, the evidence is so strong against “Bogus GMA” so thats why they did everything to kill the impeachment process, I agree with you guys that we should have a revolutionary government, rather than leaving our fate with this rotten and most corrupt politician in the World headed by “Bogus GMA”. let the retired and junior officers military do their part if thats the other way to protect the interest of the filipino people and abolish the rotten congress.
Betsey
September 1st, 2005 at 1:26 am
My heart sank listening to Rep. Reyes’ remarks at the House of Representatives…Realistically, we cannot blame all our troubles of the country only to GMA and the politicians. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ALL OF US HAVE A SHARE IN THIS PROBLEM. Therefore, it is high time to take the high moral ground. It is time for the TRUTH. It is time to commit to a better Philippines. I will start by accepting that I, too, have had a fault in making the country what it is today by my negligence. However, change must start from within, BUT I also need to be inspired and be led a PRINCIPLED LEADER who can show me a better tomorrow. Not one who finds nothing wrong in saying, “HELLO, GARCI?”
INSIDE PCIJ: Stories behind our stories » Did the rule of law really prevail?
September 1st, 2005 at 2:09 am
[…] First, with a vote of 54-24, the committee declared the amended complaint as separate and distinct from the Lozano complaint. A subsequent 47-4 vote virtually knocked out the amended and Lopez complaints and favored the Lozano complaint, which, with its apparent defects and infirmities, was an easy strawman to be demolished (and demolished it was), and assured that the president will not be impeached and convicted. […]
rmac1522
September 1st, 2005 at 3:46 am
the rule of law prevail. mabuhay!
tongue in, anew
September 1st, 2005 at 5:45 am
Uulitin ko lang ang post ko sa kabila.
Tinatawagan ko ang aking Congresswoma ng Pasay, si Consuelo Dy. Sa susunod na eleksyon, mabigat ang laban mo. Kung gusto mo pang makatikim ng boto ng Pasay, kailangan mo nang pumirma.
Alam naman nating lahat na ang puhunan mo sa pulitika, e iyang sabungan mo sa Cementina. Kung di ka pipirma malamang mawalan ka ng regular mong parokyano. Kung di mo ako kilala di ko na kailangan pang sabihing sa distrito ko, walang natalo sa sinuportahan ko. Mula kay Cuneta, Claudio, Peewee. Lahat ng kalaban tambak. Pati ikaw nakinabang.
Ngayon, huling pakiusap namin. Pirmahan mo ang impeachment kung hindi sa kangkungan ka dadamputin sa susunod na eleksyon, kahit pa magpamudmod ka ng pera gaya ng ginawa ninyo ni Greg Alcera. Nasaan na si Greg? Di ba mangiyak-ngiyak sa sulok? Gusto mong magaya?
concerned citizen
September 1st, 2005 at 9:23 am
ok speech ni edmund reyes kahapon sa congress. very emotional. he did it with compassion and conviction. very convincing to the eye of the truthful public. not to the majority (lakas-cmd) tongressmen na mga mukhang panis, mga cancer ng lipunan gaya nila jaraulla, antonino, villafuerte, lagman n may mid-crisis problem sabi ni atty lorna k. kaya sobrang kapit tuko gaya ni arroyo. dati aksyon demokratiko party nito, si m. fuentebella parang bakla sa kadaldalan sobrang nakakasuka. at yung chairman nila si datumanong pwede ba maginhibit kana. sobrang bias ka.
job well done mr edmund reyes. mabuhay pro impeachment congressmen! kahit pinatay na ng majority impeachment, kaasbay nilang pinatay si arroyo. wala ng silbi administrasyon ng bogus na presidente. sana by monday may mangyaring himala. makumpleto na 79 signatories. ipagdasal po natin. God bless the pro impeachment congressmen!
enlightened_pinay
September 1st, 2005 at 11:20 am
Ang galing ng speech ni Cong Edmund “Achiles” Reyes. It was simple but sincere, truthful, straight to the point & hard hitting. Im still optimistic na marami pa rin dyang katulad ni Cong Reyes na nanindigan at higit sa lahat, hindi bumigay sa partisan politics. We will reach the 79 signatories before monday.
agol_78
September 1st, 2005 at 12:16 pm
konting pasensya lng mga tol, may lunes pa, hayaan muna natin sila kng ano gagawin nila sa plenary, konting tiis muna malapit na naman.
enuff
September 1st, 2005 at 12:51 pm
I am not sure anymore whether I will cast my vote in the next (national) elections. Para saan pa? Nagpakapagod ka pa, ibang results din naman pala ang bibilangin sa taas.
To those DULY ELECTED solons, anim na lang po! SIX! SAIS! UNOM!
agol_78
September 1st, 2005 at 1:15 pm
AT DI NA RIN AKO AASA, KNG MAITULOY ANG CHA-CHA, SA PLIBESITE. YES “VOTE” NA YAN. SILA PA!? KAHIT “NO” BOTO MO.
tonyvn
September 1st, 2005 at 2:30 pm
rmac1522, what rule of law? Baka rule of LOKO? or Arroyo Law!..Clarification lang po sa sinabi ng ating magiting nating kaibigan na di sumasangayon sa katutuhanan.
KaBlog
September 1st, 2005 at 2:50 pm
Cong. DANILO SUAREZ, pirmahan mo na ang amended impeachment complaint.
Alam namin ito lamang ang maganda mong magagawa sa distrito mo. Alam namin na wala kang nagagawa sa ikauunlad ng iyung nasasakupan. Kaya ito na ang pagkakataon mong bumawi sa amin at patatawarin ka namin.
Patunayan mo ngayon na ang LOYALTY mo ay nasa amin at wala kay Gloria. Wag kang matakot kung ma-delay ang SARO mo, mayaman ang LUCENA CITY kaya wala kang dapat ipag-alala.
Tularan mo si Erin Tanada, wag mong ibenta ang dangal ng mga taga-LUCENA CITY. Wag mo naman ipagdamot sa amin ang katotohanan. KARAPATAN namin na malaman ang TOTOO.
tongue in, anew
September 2nd, 2005 at 5:33 am
You should have seen the look in the eyes of the zealots, pro-GMA monsters in the House of Representa-thieves while the admirable Rep. Edmund Reyes delivered the very emotional eulogy before the funeral. The hired assassins were there, in rare full attendance, their hands drenched in fresh blood, and just about ready to deliver the final fatal coup de grace.
Kitang-kita sa kanilang anyo ang hapdi ng mga palasong tumatagos sa kanilang laman tuwing pakakawalan ni Cong. Edmund. Pero, di pala lahat. Meron ding manhid na at nakahandang lulunin anuman ang ibinuhos ni Cong. Reyes, dala marahil ng lasong tinungga mula sa kopa ni Satanas. Alumpihit man sa kanilang mga upuan, di na inalintana ang anumang bulong ng konsiyensiya, kunsabagay, malapit nang makamtan ng mga atat ang hunkag nilang tagumpay, ang walang-awang pagpatay sa katotohanan.
Naiisip ko tuloy, ipagmamalaki mo ba sa panahong ito na ang apelyido mo ay Datumanong, o kaya’y Lagman, o Villafuerte, o Nograles, o Pichay, atbp., lalo na kung ito’y Macapagal o Arroyo kaya? Binigyang-kahihiyan kaya ng mga taong ito ang pangalang minana lamang nila sa kanilang magulang…at ipamamana sa kanilang mga anak…at mga apo?
Maybe, their children or grandchildren, when in school, avoid other children so as not to hear those laughing at or cursing them. Likewise, their spouses and other relatives who may have been alienated by the shameful exploits so arrogantly exhibited by their “Daddy” or “Lolo” or “Manong” in Ringmaster JDV’s appalling and gore-filled freakshow.
As was expected from the very start, as soon as the death certificate of the Lozano complaint was signed by Datumanong, the conspirators-in-attendance made congratulatory gestures among themselves as if to say, “mission accomplished, time to collect”.
Well, to you, murderers, don’t you celebrate just yet. You may have won the battle for now, but the war isn’t over. With truth on our side, we will emerge victorious. With God, we will conquer all.
Cromwell6
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:51 pm
‘The Caving Roof’
At every ordeal is indeed a problem, mine is really simple. Either we sink or ourselves undergo mental dissection by shrinks, but yes, I smell stench but does it always have to be bad odor from a dead meat? Ulterior motives can certainly be taxing at times; in fact, simple comprehension is a problem in this country, and am I fidgety dead afraid? Are you guys kidding? I’m from Mindanao and I’m scared as hell!
Ulterior motives may it be Edgar Allan Poe’s or of FPJ is a foregone persona, but their beautiful poetry remain to me the best of things yet to grace our overburdening country, hungry really hungry and getting hungrier by the day. Politics as we see them present day remain same as decades back, bunch of cheaters, graft ridden, corrupt and by golly, nobody admits to any thing except may be few adulterous behavior here and there, man or woman, love kids…etc. Well, good for PGMA admitting to a problem and asks for apologies, I wholeheartedly accept! PGMA admits to a problem and indeed, I can say we can now find resolutions to it and come up with perhaps something viable for solution.
For my part, the Peace Process with the underground insurgencies are to me the most important event yet to materialize after decades of serious skirmishing, people die as a result, and because of it they die by the hundreds. Would you like me to email to you guys the stench from dead bodies? I see no ulterior motives than a Marxist agenda wanting to subvert our nation into their brand of mayhem. Make an issue of what may be trivialities like the on-going political circus; withdraw from the talks because of Garcillano?
The Peace Process is the goose that lay the gold eggs, if successful; we can have the gold eggs to pay up our needs and perhaps, our debts. What the Marxist agenda would like by their withdrawal from the talks is I would suspect to be an agenda of a protracted people war; a mayhem that may put our nation into a scenario of conflict -never-ending killings until they succeed with what they may be wanting, otherwise, let them explain why.
Whose ulterior motive is it? Must I say Cong Edmund Reyes imprematur for due process is in error? Every efffort along peaceful resolutions and as far away from mayhem is an acceptable resolution, let justice be heard for evevryone including that of the president, let there be peace for this country by re-examining our priorities! Return to the negotiating table insurgents of the left and stop meddling in the exclusionary affairs of the state, you already have adequate representations in congress!
bigbear
September 2nd, 2005 at 3:27 pm
I must congratulate Cong. Edmund’s mom, Carmencita, for having raised a child the right way, that is, hindi sinungaling and always on the side of TRUTH. Yung ibang BABOY kaya sa kongreso, pano sila pinalaki ng mga magulang nila (hoy Edcel Lagman, Marcelino Libanan, Jose De Lihensya, Simeon Datung Manong, Ben Abante) at yung iba pang kasing-tataba ng baboy). Sana atakehin na kayo sa puso sa kakain nyo ng Pork Barrel
bornokz
September 2nd, 2005 at 8:55 pm
Mabuhay ang mga pro-impeachment congressmen,sana dumami pa ang pumirma para malaman na ng taong bayan ang totoong baho ng kapit tuko na si “GLUE RIA”
Turkish
September 3rd, 2005 at 4:55 pm
Galing ni Rep. Reyes! His speech was very inspiring and evrything he was true. Dapat talaga matuloy ang impeachment. This is a democratic country ruled by law. We pinoys are entitled to know the truth; and this enables us to obtain justice. This can only be fulfilled through the impeachment process…
baycas
September 5th, 2005 at 8:39 am
Cromwell6 said,
In his “The Caving Roof”
“…in fact, simple comprehension is a problem in this country…”
“…Politics as we see them present day remain same as decades back, bunch of cheaters, graft ridden, corrupt and by golly, nobody admits to any thing except may be few adulterous behavior here and there, man or woman, love kids…etc. Well, good for PGMA admitting to a problem and asks for apologies, I wholeheartedly accept! PGMA admits to a problem and indeed, I can say we can now find resolutions to it and come up with perhaps something viable for solution.”
“…For my part, the Peace Process with the underground insurgencies are to me the most important event yet to materialize after decades of serious skirmishing, people die as a result, and because of it they die by the hundreds…”
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must we succumb to resignation that the age-old politics of cheating and corruption is here to stay? and no amount of perseverance and self-sacrifice to change ourselves be worthwhile to the evolution of a genuine democracy?
“simple comprehension is a problem in this country…” yes, very true indeed, because it is really incomprehensible that the highest official in the land is SORRY for something she considers right (conversing with a comelec official during election period) while not admitting an obvious wrongdoing (manipulation of electoral votes). she even had the nerve to attempt a cover-up of that mistake so “below-the-belt” and haphazardly done as to VERY MUCH insult the minds of a thinking public. “simple comprehension” is what’s lacking when one ACCEPTS an apology for something that doesn’t need a “sorry” to it. and granting she admits to the real wrongdoing, “simple comprehension” is a problem when one ACCEPTS a confession without the reconciliatory act of penance.
i wonder if “the” Cromwell6 has taken valuable time to painstakingly listen to the tapes before he proposes that the Peace Process is foremost to our nation’s agenda. are we to allow the highest official in the land, who lacks character and sincerity, to broker LASTING peace to our wayward brethrens? are we to tolerate in a “forgive and forget” manner the highest official in the land who VERY MUCH raped every institution she could get her hands on just to stay in power? are we to permit the LYING highest official in the land to continue on her reign of greed?
certainly NOT! the ROOF CAVED IN on the highest official in the land…it is of her own doing…it is of her own doing…
jay seneca
September 5th, 2005 at 9:05 am
THE CONGRESSIONAL CANVASS COMMITTEE HAD ESTABLISHED A PRECEDENT IN THE ANNALS OF LEGISLATION WHEN IT CRIMINALLY DECLARED WINNER CANDIDATES THEY KNEW AS CHEATERS AND LOSERS IN THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL LECTIONS.
THE OPPOSITION AND INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAD PUT UP WEAKLY AND INDECISIVELY. THEY COULD HAVE WALKED OUT OR RESIGNED TO HONOR THEIR SWORN DUTIES TO PEOPLE AND COUNTRY. THEY CHOSE TO ACQUIESCE BECAUSE THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE CRIMINAL OTHERS. THE OPPOSITION FAILED TO DO THEIR DUTY AND MISSED A GOLDEN CHANCE FOR GREATNESS AND ADMIRATION OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.
INSIDE PCIJ: Stories behind our stories » Pro-impeachment congressmen “penalized”
November 25th, 2005 at 11:37 am
[…] Remulla led the congressional inquiry into the "Hello Garci" tapes. Reyes delivered the speech that dared congressmen to sign the impeachment complaint, asking, "Is there no else?" […]