May 20, 2006 · Posted in: Governance, In the News
Arroyo’s choice elected DAP president;
voting called a ‘farce’
AMID accusations that the voting was a farce, the board of trustees of the Development Academy of the Philippines elected last night Antonio Kalaw Jr. the new president of the government think tank. He will replace Eduardo Gonzalez who retires on May 31.
Kalaw, whom President Arroyo declared in a March 31 letter as her choice for DAP president, got the votes of seven Cabinet members who sit in the 11-member board, in what DAP insiders charged was according to a script fashioned by Malacañang.
The seven were Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes, Health Secretary Francisco Duque, NEDA Director General Romulo Neri, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr., Acting Land Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman, education department officer-in-charge Fe Hidalgo and Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban.
In last night’s meeting, called to interview eight candidates shortlisted by a search committee, the representatives of Neri, Duque and Pangandaman submitted to DAP Chair Jimmy Yaokasin letters already indicating their vote for Kalaw “pursuant to President Arroyo’s desire letter.” The endorsement letters were the same as the draft Yaokasin earlier suggested to the trustees.
Reyes’ and Panganiban’s representatives informed the board that their principals were voting for Kalaw. Andaya’s and Hidalgo’s representatives, on the other hand, said they had called their principals, who reaffirmed their vote for Kalaw.
Yaokasin did not vote after seeing Kalaw had garnered seven votes.
Neither did Gonzalez. Instead, the outgoing DAP president, reading from a prepared statement, explained that he could not vote for Kalaw who, he said, had subverted the selection process and could not “lead the academy to new heights.”
“I deeply regret that it is an insider—a high-ranking DAP officer who must lead by example, a Career Executive Service Officer who is sworn to uphold professionalism in the bureaucracy—that is causing this agonizing moment for the Board members. He has degraded this process through a politically endorsed candidacy that he has furtively maintained despite the presence of a stronger, more qualified set of candidates—a situation, I feel, that will potentially embarrass the President herself,” Gonzalez said. (Click here for the full text of Gonzalez’ statement)
Kalaw is DAP senior vice president and corporate secretary. He was overseer of the search process that began when Gonzalez announced his intention to retire to the DAP staff last January.
Civil Service Commission Chairperson Karina David-Constantino inhibited herself from voting, calling the process a farce and accusing the trustees of reneging on their duty by succumbing to pressure from the Palace.
“I think the interview was a useless process because, indeed, we were going through the motion, the letters having been prepared,” David said. “I cannot call ourselves a Board if we cannot make decisions with reasonable basis.”The CSC chair expressed fear for the academy’s future. “(DAP) was never intended to be just a tool of any administration. It was intended to be a think tank worth its salt to help to advise those in power and not to be used by those in power,” she said.
David recalled how the DAP has been a “pillar of strength” even during martial law. She said, “DAP has always been a sanctuary for fresh ideas and for people with integrity. And I think, to put it bluntly, while it is true that power has its own prerogatives, I have always believed that the only way by which power can be used should be with sufficient restraint. I have not found that restraint in this process.”
David said she will not attest Kalaw’s appointment. The board has 30 days to get the CSC’s imprimatur to make his appointment official.
The CSC chair, however, will be out of the country starting June 21. This means the board can approach the CSC officer-in-charge during her absence to attest the appointment.
David had insisted on the proper selection process after Yaokasin read Arroyo’s desire letter at the board’s March 31 meeting. She had reminded the trustees that the DAP presidency is a career, not a political position.
Seven of the eight shortlisted candidates snubbed last night’s interview upon learning that Malacanang had issued “marching orders” to Cabinet members to elect Kalaw even after the DAP board had agreed in its March 31 and April 28 meetings to follow the proper selection process.
They included Grace Jamon, dean of the DAP Graduate School; Segundo Romero, former DAP executive vice president; Francisco Magno, executive director the De la Salle University’s Institute of Governance, and Amado Mendoza Jr., a political science professor at the University of the Philippines; UP sociology professor Josefina Navarro; Ayala Corp. associate director and Cebu Business Club president Antonio Pineda; and former environment undersecretary Rolando Metin.
Many DAP officers and employees had opposed Kalaw’s candidacy, saying he lacks expertise in the academy’s thrusts, which include governance, productivity and competitiveness, and development.
The search committee, in fact, ranked Kalaw ranked second to the last of the eight candidates. Kalaw has no postgraduate degree, unlike all the other candidates who are PhD holders with strong local and international connections and a string of publications, researches and awards.
Mendoza, who was among the four candidates who wrote the DAP board a strongly worded letter last May 11 rebuking Arroyo for interfering in the selection of the DAP head, showed up at the start of last night’s meeting to ask if the two conditions they had set for their participation in the interview process had been met.
The four had sought the withdrawal of Arroyo’s desire letter and the board’s assurance they would evaluate the candidates based on their merits.
When told the conditions had not been met, he left.
The board interviewed Kalaw, asking him about the propriety of Arroyo’s desire letter, among other things. He replied that the desire letter was the President’s prerogative and that it was a reality.
The board did not assess the results of the interview, but proceeded immediately with the voting.
Absent from last night’s meeting was Finance Secretary Margarito Teves or his representative.
The other Cabinet members sent representatives: NEDA deputy director general Nestro Mijares, Education Undersecretary Antonio Inocentes, Budget Assistant Secretary Eduardo Opida, Health Assistant Secretary Mario Villaverde, Agriculture Undersecretary Salvador Salacup, Environment Undersecrtary Demetrio Ignacio and Land Reform Undersecretary Bernie Cruz.
40 Responses to Arroyo’s choice elected DAP president;
voting called a ‘farce’
Cecile Impens
May 20th, 2006 at 4:04 am
The Development Academy of the Philippines, the country think tank proves at once that against Arroyo’s “whims” they become an”empty tank”: no backbone, no brain, no credibility no power to resist. That’s what they probably wants, otherwise, they could have fought their way for what this institution stands for! What is there left still for Gloria to be destroyed? What is more irritating is the apparent submission by these so-called elite and educated people of the country. There is not even a room for intimidation here, they just give way, without a fight! Shame, shame, shame on you!
tongue in, anew
May 20th, 2006 at 4:57 am
Cecile:
“The Development Academy of the Philippines, the country think tank proves at once that against Arroyo’s “whims” they become an”empty tank…”
I beg to disagree, DAP is one full septic tank, filled with high-grade shit that came out of the grandmother of all assholes. With seven of them on the board and a new one hailed as prexy, Malabanan sure would have a hard time sucking ’em stinkin’ poo-globs out.
baycas
May 20th, 2006 at 5:30 am
In the DAP board’s March 31 meeting, Chairman Jimmy Yaokasin read a “desire letter” from President Arroyo, who expressed her wish to have Antonio Kalaw, a DAP senior vice president, elected the next DAP chief executive. A DAP board member says the unprecedented letter was “clearly an attempt by the President to influence the board.” (The election of the DAP president is tentatively scheduled on May 19.)
Several DAP board members say there are “better qualified candidates” for DAP president than Kalaw, who supposedly lacks expertise in any of the think tank’s thrusts. CESB executives also say that should a pro-Malacañang person become DAP head, the Palace would find it easier to muster the necessary numbers to remove David as CESB chairman, as well as force through or recall certain policies. The DAP president automatically becomes a CESB ex-officio member.
from manila times
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Antonio D. Kalaw, seems to be the least qualified of the candidates for DAP president, ranking 7th among the eight candidates evaluated by the search committee. And the reason he didn’t place No. 8 was that one of the candidates failed to submit some required documents.
from inquirer
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vengeance is mine, you will all pay, says the all mighty G…..
normanfernandez
May 20th, 2006 at 7:26 am
That’s what happening in DAP. Meanwhile, the Marcos Boys are back in the palace.
Two henchmen of dictator Ferdinand Marcos are back and now lording it over in one of the primary offices of Malacanang. Eduardo Soliman Jr., and Marcelo Farinas II are now the one-two punch of the Office of External Affairs, an agency that is supposed to work with non-government organizations and people’s organizations – the very institutions that were in the forefront of the campaign against the Marcos dictatorship.
Soliman served as Imelda Marcos’ executive secretary at the Metropolitan Manila Council while Farinas, a technical assistant at the defunct National Development Corporation, accompanied Marcos in exile – a blind Marcos loyalist. Both are known to have dictatorial tendencies, styles and methods.
Soliman and Farinas may have their political backers but surely their appointments do not augur well for the NGO’s and PO’s, and the Filipino people. Through them, Marcos is back from the grave and the years of struggles against tyranny and oppression are now being laid to waste.
primo
May 20th, 2006 at 9:32 am
the world is populated by idiots… the president wanted all these idiots to join her crusade in saving the motherland hahaha.. cheers to the seven of the eight shortlisted candidates who snubbed last night’s interview…
Toro
May 20th, 2006 at 9:53 am
It is not surprisisng any more that appointments to such important positions are in aid of the presidential interests (not to be confused with in aid of legislation hehe). Similarly, I had correctly suspected that Garci would be used for the 2004 elections when he was appointed to the Comelec over the strong objections of Sen. Pimentel who had the sad experience of having lost his previous senatorial quest due to dagdag/bawas and he accused Garci of having a hand in it. I really hate it when anyone in this govt invokes the words “transparency in governance.’ because that’s an outright lie.
jr_lad
May 20th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
simply means, happy days are here again. they’re back!
normanfernandez
May 20th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
But we must not let that happen. We must not let them plunder the nation’s wealth again, the way they did during the darkest days of the dictatorship.
As Ella Wheeler Wilcox have written, To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.”
Edmund Burke also wrote, “To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.”
normanfernandez
May 20th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
I hope PCIJ could help in exposing the appointments of former Marcos men to key positions in the palace and other agencies of government, and in monitoring their activities which Im sure will be to the detriment of the people to include graft and corruption.
Random Thoughts
May 20th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Nakakahiya…
How can newly elected Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) president Antonio Kalaw Jr. even occupy the position with this kind of “endorsement” from the outgoing DAP President? Kapal ng apog na lang talaga pag umupo pa siya….
fighting
May 20th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
For the information of everybody, not all employees of the ACADEMY is in favor of the endorsement letter. There have been protests and requests for Antonio D. Kalaw to widraw his candidacy unfortunately he never stepped down because of the strong support and assurance of all the Board members ( na sunod-sunuran sa lola GMA nyo) na done deal na ang pag-upo niya. Despite all the comments of Karina David, deadma lang ang lolo nyo! Nakakahiya talaga pero makapal ang apog e.
jr_lad
May 20th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
the fire is raging! even maring winnie cannot contain herself. more! more! more exposés!
http://news.inq7.net/opinion/index.php?index=2&story_id=76383&col=62
sasabihin ng iba si gloria na naman!
baycas
May 20th, 2006 at 6:17 pm
basahin n’yo na uli ang Resolution 619 bago pa mawala sa mundong ibabaw…
kung ang mga numerong 1017 at 464 ay di kayang burahin, sigurado ang papel ng 619 ay kayang-kayang lamukusin ng mga bata ng malacanang.
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baka gusto n’yo ring kilitiin ang konsiyensya ni CESO III Antonio Dimalanta, Jr. sa tonyk@dap.edu.ph. ano kaya’ng say ng mga miyembro ng tau omega phi?
…bagama’t Kalaw nguni’t isa namang Tauan, matauhan kaya siya?
wagas
May 20th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
The election of DAP President last night was a farce. We were made to believe that the DAP board followed a selection process, a process that has been corrupted by a desire letter from GMA. If the DAP board indeed followed a process, then it could have been clear to them that Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. was the least qualified among the eight nominees based on the report submitted by the DAP board appointed Search Committee. (Kalaw ranked 7th out of the 8 nominees). This may have been more evident to the board members if they were given a chance to interview the nominees in person. Shame on them to make us believe that they voted based on their careful assessment of the nominees qualification.
The farce election of Mr. Kalaw came right after the historical event of having Filipinos climb Mt. Everest for the first time. We salute people like Leo Oracion, Pastor Emata and Romi Garduce for being true role models to us DAPers.
To Mr. Jimmy Yaokasin and the 7 DAP Board members who did not uphold the integrity of the DAP President Selection Process (namely Sec. Angelo Reyes, Sec. Francisco Duque, DG Romulo Neri, Sec. Rolando Andaya Jr., Acting Sec. Nasser Pangandaman, DepEd OIC Fe Hidalgo and Sec. Domingo Panganiban including their representatives) maybe you could learn a bit from Oracion, Emata and Garduce the true meaning of becoming role models to us DAPers and to all Filipinos as a whole.
Juan Makabayan
May 20th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
It’s a HoldDAP !!
Na-holDAP ang DAP. Si Antonio Kalaw Jr. ay isang holDAPper. He is an ILLEGITIMATE President of DAP endorsed by an ILLEGITIMATE president in Malacanang.
Our government is hijacked. 85M Filipinos are virtually hostaged by Gloria and her cabal of Trapos and CORRUPT Generals. 8M OFW’s ransom their families thru remittances.
We have a hostage situation here.
normanfernandez
May 21st, 2006 at 12:38 am
But we must not let that happen. We must not let them plunder the nation’s wealth again, the way they did during the darkest days of the dictatorship.
As Ella Wheeler Wilcox have written, To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.”
Edmund Burke also wrote, “All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.”
schumey
May 21st, 2006 at 2:54 am
Now its Gloria and the Seven DAPers! Talk about nightmares, when will we put an end to this farce of a president? We all thought that Hitler was the anti-Christ, then Khadafi, then the Ayatollah, then Saddam, then Bin Laden. The Filipinos need not look anywhere else, she is in Malacanang.
tongue in, anew
May 21st, 2006 at 3:37 am
Tapos sasasbihin ni Bert Gonzales may assassination plot laban sa Donya in the Palace. Kung ganito naman ng ganito na lang lagi, masama mang isipin, dapat na talagang tapusin ang walang patid na pambababoy sa mga natitirang matitinong institution. Walang patawad! Pati mga opisina ng gobyerno na di ko pa man lang naririnig ginamit na ni Gloria para sa interes niya.
Gaya na lang nung opisina nung abnormal na si Manapat, ano nga pangalan ng opisina nun? Para madisqualify si FPJ, nameke ng dokumento, naparusahan ba? Yung tungkol sa National Dairy ekek, yung pinuno inakusahan naman ng pekeng kaso para alisin samantalang napakahusay pala ng mga accomplishments nung tao. Kaya lang natsugi dahil asawa ni Gerry Bulatao na matinding kritiko ni GMA.
Yung dalawang subordinates ni Karina David sa CSC Board sinibak din dahil di nagustuhan ng Donya ang manifesto. Pati na rin si Mike Luz na-T.Y. memo dahil ayaw gumawa ng illegal.
Tapos, kapal ng mukha, pati eleksiyon ng DAP president inimpluwensiyahan. Sec. Gonzales, hindi na kailangan i-assassinate si Gloria. Palakarin nyo na lang sa kalye ng walang bodyguard, tignan natin kung merong kahit isang magtatanggol sa kanya laban sa gustong gumulpi sa kanya. Ako, kahit papitik na lang sa tenga okey na sa akin. hehehe.
tongue in, anew
May 21st, 2006 at 4:07 am
To add insult to injury, didn’t you notice, Gloria had to write the board a letter to name her preference for the next DAP president.
Bakit ‘ka nyo? All she had to do was to tell in private the seven cabinet secretaries to vote for Kalaw and she wouldn’t have heard a whimper. But no, she made sure the remaining 4 board members, and everyone else knows, “hey, Kalaw is my appointed one, me reklamo?”
Such arrogance.
Mukhang tama ka Schumey, look – GLORIA ARROYO PANDAK – when counted, produces 666.
Isa pa, Yung title nitong blog, “Arroyo’s Choice Elected DAP Pesident; voting called “farce”, rewind to June 2004, tapos tanggalin mo yung “choice” saka “DAP” = Arroyo elected president; voting called farce.!
schumey
May 21st, 2006 at 4:38 am
Yes tongue, 666 talaga. ‘Di daw kaya ni Garci ang DAP kaya si GMA na mismo ang gumawa ng paraan. Such arrogance and blatant disregard for due process. The media should follow-up on this issue to open the eyes of the so-called silent majority. Huwag na tayong kumagat sa spin nila na walang puwedeng pumalit. Pagod na ako mag-explain sa mga anak ko kung bakit nandiyan pa si GMA kahit na patuloy na niyuyurakan ang ating mga institusyon. Okay na sa’kin yung caretaker council maalis lang yang si GMA.
Cecile Impens
May 21st, 2006 at 5:25 am
If we view fully, the reason why PANDAK continues her sejourns in the palace is that because she is waging her cohorts in a lavish/generous way, and that includes the promise for top government posts. Even independent institutions like DAP became a subject of her political terrorism.
What to do to stop this woman? If everyone refuses to pay tax, there would no more money to pay these termites in the government, and everyone will put the blame on Gloria, and that is the last thing Gloria in Excelcis could afford to handle. Anyway, there is no possible way for her to sue every taxpayer in the country: this is just a sort of national disobedience intended to suffocate the supplements for Arroyo’s survival! A very risky move but hit them where it hurts most: their pockets!
baycas
May 21st, 2006 at 5:55 am
yup, gloria not only has dapped* her finger into DAP’s affairs but she practically swam into the think-tank thereby making it a septic tank (as tongue aptly said).
now, kalaw is floating on top of that septic tank after the magnificent seven flushed their farcical votes on him down the toilet drain.
…imagine kalaw floating in that sea of organic wastes…iiw…then imagine him as the just-flushed excrement from the bowels of presidential desire…that bulky, grimy feces now on top of the sewage water…yuuck!
kalaw, please remember that upon assuming DAP presidency you’ll be acted upon more or be gradually decomposed by palace bacteria (as you will not be able to assert your independence and just be beholden to the ones who appointed you) and eventually, you’ll only become the sludge at the bottom of the heap.
kalaw, i guess it will never really hurt you…for you’ve already shattered your personal integrity when you chose to be a candidate for the presidency yourself when all the while you were the overseer of the selection process. who knows if you’ve just inserted your credentials in the search process and then bowed down from it when you’re already in the 14 semi-finalists. you even had the nerve to solicit endorsement from the number 1 non-believer of delicadeza.
…and to think personal integrity is one of the selection criteria crafted by the search committee…
for sure, kalaw, you’ll never be able to fly away from your distinction as the stinking manure of your org.
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*dipped lightly or quickly
baycas
May 21st, 2006 at 6:44 am
unfortunately, gloria will never run out of money, as pcso and pagcor funds are at her disposal…disposal, as in…another round of porks and perks galore!
just sit back and relax…more of gloria’s shameless (but sometimes laughable) antics and tactics will come…now that they are hell-bent on achieving a no-el scenario come 2007 or if not, at least a horse-rider of a mayor of the city of Makati…(i just had a talk on gloria’s brand of politics with a neighborhood last-termer local exec…a grim future awaits patriots.).
Juan Makabayan
May 21st, 2006 at 3:15 pm
baycas,
“gloria will never run out of money” , anything we pay for just to survive we give RVAT money to GMA, that simple, ginigisa tayo sa sariling mantika.
Juan Makabayan
May 21st, 2006 at 3:30 pm
baycas,
“a grim future awaits patriots.”
Mga posts ko this week,
“All plans will be overtaken by a confluence of events.”
” We are ‘all in’ in, unfortunately, a zero-sum game — nobody wins, everybody looses.”
We are on a count down.
But then again we just hope that if each one can manage to avoid getting sucked up into a vortex by allowing (and following) good sense to have its way, then we can avoid this imminent self-inflicted national calamity.
jr_lad
May 21st, 2006 at 4:05 pm
imagine, all these moves just to take out csc chair carina david? this obsession started w/ mike luz. lahat ng umaangal sa kapritso ay gustong tanggalin. lahat na lang pinapatulan. may tendency nga mag-ala marcos. nandiyan na lahat ng katibayan.
schumey
May 21st, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Has anyone been to Ellen Tordesillas’ blog site or to MLQ’s? There is a nice discourse about Lulli’s Blog Brigade. It seems that she has a swarm of bloggers whose posts are in defence of her mother dear. Could it be that they are also here? According to some bloggers in MLQ, they have finally come out in the open. They no longer lirk in the shadows waiting to pounce on those who oppose GMA. Can you confirm this Alecks?
Civil disobdience is very effective. Gandhi used this to kick the British out of India. I agree with you baycas, GMA will never run out of money because of PCSO and PAGCOR. Add that to their desire to strike a deal with the Marcoses regarding their ill-gotten wealth. Incidentally, the human rights victims also has GMA to blame for their woes. Its the government who’s been fighting their claim in the courts despite the fact that remuneration has already been awarded to them. The main reason behind this is the impending impeachment this July. This will definitely cost much more this time as her tongressmen will surely raise the ante.
baycas
May 22nd, 2006 at 7:22 am
the local exec counselled…
please remain in the vigil,
for evil will prevail…still.
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never allow to get sucked into the vortex
…i agree to juan makabayan’s main context.
batong-buhay
May 22nd, 2006 at 9:09 am
Ito bang Tony Kalaw, Jr. na ito ay nag-aral sa Malate Catholic School nong elementary at high-school level? Kung siyanga, walanghiya ka Kalaw, noong magka-klase tayo numero uno kang sipsip sa mga teacher natin, hanggang ngayon ba naman sipsip ka pa rin?
Huseng Bulag
May 22nd, 2006 at 6:25 pm
What I really find hard to believe is Sec. Ermita actually forwarding the desire letter to DAP. I believed the good secretary is FVR man on GMA govt. I was also more inclined to believe that the good secretary will be guided by the principle of good governance and high standard of moral integrity, a built-in guardian and fiscalizer to the excesses of the usurper in Malacañang. I was terribly disappointed that his actions tend to imply that he saw nothing wrong on GMA’s desire letter.
If the good secretary can actively participate in this kind of maneuvering, to what extent is he willing to do the bidding of the present dispensation?
gwaping
May 22nd, 2006 at 7:10 pm
schumey said: Okay na sa’kin yung caretaker council maalis lang yang si GMA.
…tsk, tsk, tsk…suicide huh? Don’t forget your lessons from the past, wag mainit ulo schumey baka lalong mag-hanap ng explanations ang mga anak mo
schumey
May 22nd, 2006 at 9:15 pm
Huseng, try visiting Ellen Tordesillas’s blog site. Read the post regarding Ermita’s Code. It can be found at http://www.ellentordesillas.com. This will surely answer your question.
Incidentally, I would like to inform you that there is such a group aptly called Luli’s Blog Brigade. This group posts comments in the different blog sites all over the web. They mostly harass and irk the bloggers who are against GMA. They used to lurk in the shadows but now have come out into the open.
So just sit back and relax and don’t get affected if certain bloggers would hit your posts and even attack you personally.
Happy blogging to all.
short_talk
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:47 am
Does the Senate allocates the budget for all these government institutions and agencies? If that’s the case, maybe the Senate can allocate a zero budget for all of these farcical government institutions and agencies. The Senate is threatening to pass a zero budget for the PCGG if the PCGG won’t backed down from their plan of striking a “deal” with the Marcoses, isn’t it?
Huseng Bulag
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:16 am
Thanks for the link, schumey. It’s people like Mei Magsino-Lubis that keep my hope afloat that this country is not hopeless at all. We still got a lot of sincere and principled professionals who make each one of us proud and most importantly keep egging us to fight for what we think is right, for this country, for our people and for our children. My fervent prayer is that all these things today will be a nightmare for us tomorrow, and our children will face a better Philippines where cheaters, liars, opportunists are jailed and not gifted with powers.
Gloria, este, GO LIAR!
jr_lad
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:05 pm
short_talk, walang epekto yung threat ng senate for zero budget ng isang govt dept. sabi ng pcgg irere-inact lang ng gobyerno ang 2005 budget. so actually meron pa rin.
schumey, totoo ba talaga etong luli’s blog brigade? mukhang hindi pa nila ata napapasok ang pcij. or nandito na rin sila at hindi lang napapansin?
hindi ko malaman kung talagang nang-iinis na lang talaga etong si gloria. parang inipon na ata lahat ng mga taong may tama sa utak at ikinalahat sa lahat ng ahensiya ng gobyerno. take the case of this pcgg commisioner abcede. part daw ng strategy niya ang makipagsayawan at kantahan kay imelda para sa niluluto nilang compromised agreement sa mga marcos. ang labas eh, sa halip na kasuhan at ikulong nililigawan pa ang mga magnanakaw. ano kaya ang masasabi ng yumaong si ms. haydee yorac kung nabubuhay pa eto? wala talagang DELIKADESA etong si gloria sampu ng kanyang mga tauhan.
Yvonne Chua
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:35 pm
batong-buhay,
Mr. Kalaw is an alumnus of Malate Catholic School.
schumey
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:43 pm
jr_lad, poor Ms. Heidi Yorac would turning in her grave. This Abcede’s name should be changed to Absurd Eh. Yes LBB is alive. ‘Di sila nagpapahalata noon, but officially they’re out in the open. What they do is to register and post irritating comments and remarks defending GMA and her cohorts. Maybe nandito an din sila. Pag may nag-react sa comment ko, alam mo na member sila nun. So para huwag kang ma-inis, huwag mo na lang patulan pag may tumira sa’yo.
Nice to know you liked the site Huseng. This story was posted here a few months back. Follow up yung kay Ellen. Its should inspire us all.
gwaping
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:39 pm
schumey, if you are free in posting comments against the administration, you should accept other people’s view as they are also free of their own opinion, learn to listen not just to write! That’s RESPECT! Don’t single them out, some of bloggers here are against your comments but they are not necessarily pro GMA!
batong-buhay
May 25th, 2006 at 8:39 am
Thanks for the confirmation Yvonne. Now I know, once a suck up always a suck up. Mahiya ka naman sa balat mo Kalaw, sa palsipikado ka pa sumipsip.
INSIDE PCIJ: Stories behind our stories » DAP official resigns on eve of Kalaw’s takeover
May 31st, 2006 at 6:18 pm
[…] Kalaw was elected by the DAP board of trustees on May 20 amid accusations that the voting was a farce. His election followed a series of events that DAP insiders charged was according to a script fashioned by Malacañang, beginning with a March 31 desire letter from Arroyo declaring Kalaw as her choice for DAP president. […]