Senate condemns Proclamation 1017

yeah, madame glue-ria. declare martial now! order your death sentence now! i’m challenging you. unite the people once again.

yeah GMA follow ryebosco, it will be the last nail to your coffin!!

Seriously ryebosco, do you even know what your talking about?! You dont want to open pandora’s box!!

You know GMA’s actions like EO464, CPR and state emergency is a sign that she is getting more desperate ,bolder and more vicious…. I just hope that if she comes down she doesnt drag us all to the abyss……

What I am afraid of is that some people or elements in the military might run out of peaceful options and will be forced to take a more violent step…. there are people who will not take these abuses sitting down…..we dont want Filipinos hurting fellow Filipinos because of one woman…..

GUYS SHE IS NOT WORTH DYING FOR!!!!

“The president is the commander-in-chief of our armed forces, as such she is empowered to declare state of emergency if the situation warrants it; public safety is involved and or armed rebellion against the government.”
— think no one questioning her move to declare national emergency yung methodologies lang ang nakakatakot.. as to why u should read ur constitution more carefully

Arroyo, you’re running out of time.
— no we are running out of time.. by the time u read this millions nanaman ang nawawala sa kaban ng bayan..

Your enemies are gaining momentum and getting bolder. Declare Martial Law, get rid of them, and get on with your economic reforms…
— what economic reforms? taxing the middle class to death? why dont u tell ur hubby not to smuggle rice nalang.. let others profit from it nalang..

cleanse the Philippines. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you to prove that your intentions are good.
— good? not theres an understatement.. if u feel that after all of this u have a good president in her person they iuwi mo nlang sya sa bahay mo at sya mag micro manage ng buhay mo.

The Senate hall is no longer home to the likes of Pelaez, Diokno, Aquino, Salonga…..
— excuse me di po sila nakatira run dyan lamang sila nagtratrabaho.. and whether u like it or not yung mga an dyan ngayon halal ng tao.. and i dare mention their legitimacy is not being questioned now di ba?

instead we have actors, wife of a deposed drunk, and wanna be legislators using their last names to have a feared license plate.
— we have em all.. political dynasties.. actor politicians.. soldier politicians.. communist politicians.. and what have you.. we also have an illegitimate president.. so go figure..

timtim2, i dont know which constitution u r referring to with your quote, but the 1987 Philippine Constitution contains no such provision. Sec 18 of Article 7 which u refer to states:

” Section 18. The President shall be the Commander-in-Chief of all armed forces of the Philippines and whenever it becomes necessary, he may call out such armed forces to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion. In case of invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it, he may, for a period not exceeding sixty days, suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus or place the Philippines or any part thereof under martial law. Within forty-eight hours from the proclamation of martial law or the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, the President shall submit a report in person or in writing to the Congress. The Congress, voting jointly, by a vote of at least a majority of all its Members in regular or special session, may revoke such proclamation or suspension, which revocation shall not be set aside by the President. Upon the initiative of the President, the Congress may, in the same manner, extend such proclamation or suspension for a period to be determined by the Congress, if the invasion or rebellion shall persist and public safety requires it.”

Im afraid ur interpretation of the constitution is quite unplaced. Do you work with a Malacanang PR Firm? =)

yup the resolution will help a lot to protect the democracy…though i have not seen the documents i believe the intention of the resolution is only to question the motive of the proclamation because it go against the democratic form of government we have…democracy has two opposing powers, one is the opposition w/c always scrutinize or fiscalize the other one w/c is the majority ruling party…and how can we balance this two powers harmoniously? thru supreme court (w/c shld be always impartial to both of them) and of course the public, uniformed men, and the media…we have a very very nice form of govt…imagine it involves anyone of us ‘basta pilipino ka’…kasi yun ang impurtanti!…kaya lang parang sa nakikita’t nababasa ko sa mga balita…parang iba ang dating nitong 1017…
tanong ko lang…anong bayan ka ba? kasi nagtatanong ka kung it will help sa bayan.

thanks for reminding me of a few branches of the state…hinde naman bawal magtanong at syempre di naman bawal sumagot sa tanong, di ba? kagaya nang sinabi ko, we have a very nice form of govt. w/c is a democratic system. pls allow me to express my thoughts of what i’ve learned during my academic days and i hope i could still explain this dynamic system we have. democratic system is an attainment or realization of a democratic stability and political completeness w/c permits an effective representation of large sectors of the population which addresses their general or common interest of the people and by the people. di ba ang galing…it is a cyclic representation of balance of power…and it means all of us is a part of the govt…sa kaliwa ka man, kanan, gitna, o tagilid…all of us is a part of the govt…and one of the common interest of the filipinos is the universal freedom…for freedom then refers to whether a person can do what he chooses, not to the choosing itself; it refers to the freedom of the action, not to the choice of act. A person’s will could be enslaved by the passions, chained to Freudian complexes, bound to the body’s needs, limited by heredity, and necessitated by environmental causes, and yet by this meaning of freedom, he could be totally free to do that which is determined. For me the virtue of this meaning is in enabling both necessity and freedom to coexist; it permits a belief both in the most complete causal explanations of human behavior and in our freedom; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without necessitating moral responsibility. It violates common sense to call free a person who is determined in his course like an object thrown through the air and following its trajectory without opposition. “freedom to do without restriction” means POWER , an ability, restricted to the person, and not a freedom of the will. This is the dynamics of a democratic form of government, no one is above the law, everyone is equal…hope you like it…

SherillV har har har Gee Araykko should not be remove from office, instead she should join (not soon, but NOW na!) with Reybaldo Ayawco in hell…

Sasakay na naman ang mga minamahal na senador natin sa isyu ng PP1017 instead of just leaving it to the Supreme Court to rule on its constitutionality.

If we may remember, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the legality of GMA’s declaration of a state of rebellion in 2003, stating that she “was merely exercising a wedding of her chief executive and commander-in-chief powers” and that there was “no indication that the President had exercised judicial and legislative powers.”

In regard to PP1017, there is no need for the Senate to interfere in what could very well be settled by the Supreme Court soon. Tama si MitaMs, pang-press release lang yan. Pandagdag pogi points.

What’s up with “Secretary” Gonzales? Every time I see him being interviewed in his office, you see piles and piles of papers in front of him and behind him. There are even books over filing folders, which are then covered by more folders. Someone needs to take up a collection to buy him filing cabinets, wall shelves, standing shelves and perhaps an IN tray, an OUT tray and a very tall “BEEN ON MY DESK SINCE I TOOK OFFICE” tray. One wonders whether he has looked at these documents at all. Does he think that all this clutter makes us beleive that he is very busy?