The president says, ‘I am sorry;
I want to close this chapter.’

Admission

President Gloria Macapaga-Arroyo issues an apology, and admitting that the voice in the Wiretapgate audio was indeed hers.  She does not admit to rigging the vote, but she says:
I was anxious to protect…

I don’t see any humility in Gloria’s admission because she stonewalled for three weeks before she admits that she did something wrong.

Kung patawad lang ang kailangan niya walang problema, I’m sure Filipinos will see it in their hearts to forgive her. But having said that she must not forget that she is not yet off the hook. A simple snatcher or robber cannot just say sorry and be allowed to go. It’s not that simple.

For me, the first step for her to show that she was indeed sincere in her asking for forgiveness is to let go of her ambition to continue her presidency. To show delicadeza and patriotism. That is what the situation require of her. She has no choice.

I am deaf, dumb and blind to see why some people can be moved by G.Arroyo’s HUMILITY to ask for an apology. These people might have escaped victimization, but as I said so many deaf, dumb, dumber may not even asked what humility?
Is this a new word in the dicrtionary of depravity and corruption? We are still a country of (adjectives deleted).

GMA’s admission of impropriety last night is akin to a criminal suspect who pleads for a lesser offense. In simple words, meron talagang pagkakasala.

If the team of Ermita, Remonde and Claudio thought that the easy way out for GMA to get out of this political imbroglio is to do ala-Clinton kind of “lapse of judgment”, Sorry po mga bossing. I won’t buy that. Bumenta na yan.

Clearly, Gloria is not Bill; neither the acts precedent of the former is similar to the latter.

This bring us back to the lis mota of the Gloria gate and every Filipino should not miss the point, as what Condrado de Quiros unmistakably wrote today in PDI,“ the point is that GMA rigged the elections and therefore whether she actually won or not, she has invalidated her votes.

Whether GMA’s lapse of judgment is a defense of good faith, she admittedly violated a law and isn’t transgressions of the Election Law- mala prohibita?

GMA has still a viable option left and that is to resign—-now.

2. necrosphinx

OUST GLORIA!!! OUST THE CHEATER!!!!

God bless the Philippines indeed. Pwera yung nagsabi.

Dahil lagot sya sa Diyos.

I agree. Ending this chapter is in order. Let’s start a more exciting one. Si Noli Boy naman ang gawin nating bida!

Magandang araw po, Ma’am Gloria,

Sa totoo lang po… isa po ako sa bumoto sa inyo (totoong boto po).
Let me tell you how I personally feel. “Nagsisisi rin po ako at binoto ko po kayo.” Napaka-Hipokrito niyo po! Pweh! Wala na po kaming tiwala sa mga pinagsasabi ninyo! Hindi na po namin kayo paniniwalaan kahit na lumuha pa kayo ng dugo!

May God have mercy in your soul! Buong populasyon ng Pilipinas po ang niloko ninyo!!!

just a thought… for ERAP.

bakit hindi ka kaya mag SORRY na lang sa bayang pilipinas. and then sabihin mo, itutuloy mo na ang naputol na pagka pangulo mo. tutal sa ngayon naman SORRY lang ang kailangan para magpatuloy sa pagiging presidente. oh di ba.

para kay GMA, ang sagot ko sa sorry nya eh tumataginting na NOTED!

Majority are in favor of “RESIGNATION” BY OUR BOGUS PRESIDENT”, so the only thing that the lawmakers to do right now is to let the “SNAP ELECTION” materialize to determine judgement of the people, if Bogus Pres. adamant on what people’s demanded, then we can do it in street protest, remember we cannot rely on “IMPEACHMENT” the opposition are outnumbered so that’s easy for them to kill the impeachment process.sigaw ng bayan! “RESIGN NOW GLORIA” if you have still that good conscience to love and to protect the interest of the Filipino People, not the interest of your family! MAAWA KANA MADAM BOGUS SA PILIPINAS, MAYAMAN NA ANAK MONG C. MIKEY, AT BAYAWAK MONG C IGGY..ARAYKO!

Yes, indeed…God bless the Philippines, Gloria said.

With a president(?) like Gloria, we must never forget to call on God. What would happen to our country if we will be governed by LIARS and CHEATERS? I have always believed that a country doesn’t only need GOOD leaders but also GOOD FOLLOWERS. But the leaders must set examples for his/her followers. Nakakatakot kung magtatagal pa si Gloria sa pwesto …maraming masunuring Pilipino, baka magkamali pa ng susundin.

i append my username…

pleigh

onga pla…kung magbubulagbulagan ang mga nasa puder ng malacanang, talagang mahihirapan…bahala sila, sa susunod na eleksyon, sila ang babalikan ng mga kababayan nila….sino nawalan??sila rin, dahil ang pinoprotektahan nilang amo eh nakalusot na(kung makakalusot ka pa nga)…wala to senate president, house speaker, chief justice, magaling kayo sa batas diba??baket nyo lilituhin ang mga tao na it is unlikely that the president do an apology…where in fact she should at dapat nde na nya pinatagal….baket ang ordinaryong tao, pag nagnakaw ng tinapay kinukulong, ang nagtraydor sa tiwala ng bayan nde??baket ganun ang pagiisip nyo??granted that the president apologize….it is not enough…me katapat na parusa yan, nde yung cnasabi ni mr drilon at mr devenecia at pichay at kung cno cno pa na kalimutan na and lets move on….alam na alam nyong nde pwede mangyari yan….wag nyona kaming lituhin….kung ok lang….again i append my username below

pleigh

kapal ng mukha ni gloria at tsaka mga alipores nyang kampon ng kadiliman.. makakarma di kayo!!!!! walng konsensya… lahi ni taning

emer

they said that GMA’s apology is good enough if only to save the government and our economy from falling down.

in the question of letting a “crime” just go unpunished they countered ‘who would replace the president? Noli? Erap? Jinggoy?’

on the question of snap elections. “can we afford it? we cant afford it! our country is very poor we cannot afford it! besides there are no candidates available to replace the president.”

on the question of GMA’s cheating in the elections. “both parties cheated! even FPJ cheated in the elections also how can we be sure that the next election will not be rigged?”

honestly i dont know how to answer them.

i can only surmise a history being read by our children learning on how criminals being in the form of a president get away or else tolerated because of baseless fears. i hope they never scorn our generation for having been less intrepid in the face of a great challenge, that being the opportunity to change a government and to let a criminal be put to justice, us being the victim.

people say that i am too idealistic that im missing what reality really is. how reality is supposed to work here and now.

its true i am too idealistic, but i believe when filipinos loose their idealism and stop themselves in striving to create a better future on their own then they’d be more than criminals they’d be worse than animals and they truly deserve their condition.

i remember when my mentor told me these hurtful words.

“our generation failed your generation”

i was in High School then but i saw in his eyes the disgust, the pain & the shame of how the stigma would haunt him for the rest of his life.

of how bright minds would rather sit back and live their own lives than make their country’s life better.

The thing is guys.. we cannot just keep ousting one person.. by heart.. (im sorry for this but).. we really need to clean EVERYTHING.. as in EVERYTHING.. its just to much.. We need to have a new system.. or else the cycle will continue.. Like a microsoft windows error.. no matter how many times you reformat it will show up.. and you will have to fight it.. but getting a new motherboard is diffrent.. getting a new computer is totally diffrent.. we need a new government.. im not saying that our government has gone totally nuts.. (iam sorry if i sound offending..) but it must be done! There must be whole change! Lets pray for a better country. Better government. May seem far, but this country has hope! I know so..

Godbless!

to apollo: hehe.. no! no! wishing for the proper way only.. killing.. naah.. not thinking of that.. but even in peaceful terms i wonder if it is actully possible.. hmmm.

Godbless!

IN CASE U DONT KNOW… WATCH THE INTERPRETER.

TO DIGNIFY HER HOLDING THE POSITION, IPAPA-ASSASSINATE NYA SARILI NYA NA HINDI MAGTATAGUMPAY PARA MAGKAROON NG MILITARY HOLD OVER THE PEOPLE.

TUTAL NAIUNA NA NYA SI SIN.

To Mr/Ms Naz:

Allow me to comment on what you have earlier posted, particularly on the phrase “we cannot just keep ousting one person.”

Kindly dissuade your mind that ousting a person in office is just a matter of whims and caprices of only few or presumably half of the Filipino populace.

Let History guide you that those who were ousted in power are generally the undesirables. Back to our local setting, the Filipino people had unquestionably ousted Marcos though Erap’s ouster case still make a valid subject for legal debate no matter what the SC had finally done in favor of GMA.

A person’s ouster in office is always a compelled by a valid reason, in the case of GMA– her implied admission of guilt in relation to her rigging the results of the last election.

Reinventing the government as what you have posited earlier may only be true if all Filipinos, including GMA, will start reinventing ourselves.

And the first step of reinventing particularly for GMA –is to resign.

In our criminal jurisprudence, one’s admission of an offense will only have a mitigating effect if said admission is timely made.

If GMA is considering that by admitting her lapses after three weeks had past could fall under the context of timeliness, then, she is awfully wrong.

The Court of Final Resort had already ruled against her favor at the very moment she opted to stonewall herself.

Now she is cajoling us to move forward and forget the past— Forgive us,Oh Lord!

HIPOCRISY—> the evolution of of the filipino heroism masked by graft, corruption and arroyo…

ok….

Arroyo—> a new word defining extremely seveve and gargantuan hipocrisy

my apology for the first definition including arroyo…

im sorry

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Nakakatuwang malaman kung paano umaandar ang politika sa bansa. May mga tumatahi sa aking isip na mga kuwentong nagpabunsod sa biglaang pagsasalita ni PGMA. Pananahimik ang unang naging tugon. Pero hindi ako naniniwala. Sa dami ng advisers, mga kapartido, kontrolado mo ang buong kongreso… kampante kang matutulog na politically impossible ang impeachment. Appointees mo ang NTC, and Dept Of Justice, and NBI, inalagaan mo ang mga Heneral ng PNP at AFP. Si PGMA na siguro ang may pinakamaraming inappoint na Chief of PNP at AFP. At Higit sa lahat apointees mo rin ang COMELEC.

Paratian namang numbers game ito. Nang lumabas ang mga taped conversations hindi naman siguro nagdesisyon si PGMA na manahimik na lang. Ang mga advisers ang nag-evaluate na mas makabubuti ang manahimik sapagkat wala pang maisip ang na paraan ang mga ito. Maaaring unang pinakilos ang PNP, NBI at AFP para tugisin ang tao o mga taong nagpalabas ng mga taped conversations. Ang unang naging tugon ng Malacanang ay ang rule of Law.

Maaaring sa pagaaral ng mga adviser ay maaring magtago sa Anti-Wiretapping Law ang pangulo. Samsamin lahat ng tapes o CD at ihabla ang mga nagmamay-ari nito. Tumulong ang NBI at DOJ at nagsabi na bawal ang pagmamay-ari ng mga naturang CDs. Tumulong ang NTC at aalisan ng lisensya ang anumang Network na magpapatugtog ng mga naturang audio conversations. Napaka-organisado ng tugon ng Malacanang. Parang nakikinita-kinita ko ngayon na may bagong Hello Garci na nagaganap… “Hello Kongres, sigurado ba akong hindi ma-i-impeach?”, “Oo, ma’am. Lamang tayo sa Kongres.” “Hello PNP, sigurado na ba tayo na walang protest rallies?” “Yes ma’am, hindi na po sila bibigyan ng permit ng mga kaalyado nating mayors.” “Hello NTC, sigurado na bang walang makakarinig nga mga tapes?” “Naku ma’am, na-pirate na po eh…” Sa kabila ng pananahimik nya sa issue ay maaaring mayroon pa rin mga political calls na nagaganap. Pero wag ka naka-anti-wiretap device na si ma’am. Kaya wala na tayong bagong masasagap.

Pabor ako sa mungkahi ni Leo na “isang linggo lang”. Kahit na narito ako sa Bahamas ay lalahok ako sa 1 week no work. Kahit gutumin amg pamilya ko sa Pilipinas. Sanay naman sa lugaw ang mga anak ko noon.

Mauunawaan ng mga anak ko ang sakripisyong gagawin namin, alang-alang sa lugmok at naghihikahos nating inang-bayan.

Hinihiling ng civil societies groups na lumahok si Susan sa kanilang protesta pero ito’y kanyang tinanggihan. Sa ngayon naman wala pang “Hello Garci” scandal si Susan.

Its just part of those dooms-day imagination hackers. Ang issue ay ang mga ebidensya ng dadayaan noong nakaraang election. I wish we could leave Susan her own sentiments.

Let us be united in one cause not in destabilizing our own conviction.

After all these is over, I have wish to make… the presidency accounts to the people. So let her/him accounts to the people. The SONA should be held in Luneta not in Congress. Let the people hear the president’s intentions and let the president presents her’s or his’ to the people.

We have a very mechanize political atmosphere here. Let us personalize Malacanang and offer also personalized responsibility to the people.

ATTY C and my fellow filipinos in the Philippines, after reading the speech of Susan Roces, she is ready to help out the filipinos to enforce the rule that GMA had violated. Susan Roces is not interested in going to politcs as she suggested already but mainly wanting to help and ready if needed her help. This lady is lending her hand as ordinary citizen. Did any of you thought of building an organization like we have here in USA the “ACLU” maybe this sites are interested on this: http://www.aclu.org/
ACLU is a american civil liberties union a non – profit organization that PROTECTS the american citizens rights. This is unbiased organization, they are like a “watchdog” to make sure the law is properly applied and no human being is being taken advantage by the government or wealthy people that had so much influenced. I think Miss Susan Roces is a great director of such organization like this. It is mainly pro-bono, lawyers are volunteers and other professionals are contributing their time for free. This is non- politics, it is about the CIVIL rights of every citizen of our country. Maybe if anyone out there reading this might consider. This organization is like the spokeperson of the whole citizenry.

tama ka jan opti… kaya lang baka kainin ng trapo si susan…

hindi lang naman si gma ang kailangan palitan eh…

si iggy…
si jr.
haaaay… hayaan nyo na… let them be.

hayaan nyo sila magaway away nang sila ang maubos at hindi tayo.

again

webster defined:

arroyo->ultimate hipocrisy, evil as the devil, walking lies, chronic violator of constitutional rights

macapagal-> the sorry ass and lucky guy to have a damned daughter in malacanang…. nacover up yung pangalan nya.

gloria-> maglaba ka na lang

There goes chaos this country is in again!

Nobody is a dignified leader! Its such a shame to the rest of the world.

But the saddest part of the story is there goes the clamor for an impeachment, for another leader, for another president!

WHO IS QUALIFIED TO BE NEXT PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT?

Who is capable of being honest to his countrymen,set aside his political agenda and take us away from this pit?

Indeed, saying sorry is not enough..To forgive may help but to forget may not heal the wounds of betrayal the Filipino people is experiencing right now.

Many and even almost of our leaders are traitors to the interest of their “CONSTITUENTS”. And people up there in Manila are working towards destabilization without them knowing (o maybe they plan it out). And that is the worst part of all.

In fairness to the president she has a good plan for the country. Sayang ang ten point agenda ni PGMA if what this will lead us up to is another stepping down of the presidency.

It’s sad when there are those interest groups who always looks for mistakes and use the masses for revolution. eh, hindi naman alam ng masa kung paano patatakbuhin ang ekonomiya. Sila rin naman ang magbe-benifit not the country as a whole.

KAMI DITO SA KABILANG PANIG NG PILIPINAS ANG NALILITO!

We are living peacefully here in Mindanao, to help ourselves finding the means to uplift our economic well-being. We follow instructions, we submit to their demands and now we are shaken again with all these troubles.

The least thing we wish we could have is to perhaps not to clamor for another president but to clamor for a Mindanao Republic to keep us away from the endless chaos the “Imperial Manila” is frequently experiencing.

It’s important for a leader to consolidate his or her rule especially if s/he’s assumed office in a democracy via a majority vote (but if you look at this closely the majority vote is STILL a minority of the population if you take into consideration that there are many candidates for presidency and each of them chips away a portion of the vote). Because the president is installed by only a small percentage of the population (but more than his or her rival candidate) s/he tends to spend the rest of his/her term as presidency trying to win over the segments of the population who had voted for the other candidates.

The largest group of people who the politicians always try to ‘catch’ are what is generally known as the ‘masses’. If they were an organized group (I speak of the urban masses, for rural masses are another matter altogether) a solid vote from them would be enough to guarantee a national candidate to win.

But (and i assume most knows this) the masses are not qualified to make a decision as important as installing someone in a national office. For, let’s face the reality here, they are ruled by their emotions and these are all too easy to manipulate especially by the ones that make a living out of it (and then you can also factor in their financial needs and how that can be manipulated as well).

My point is this: the election system is flawed in the first place. Does it make any difference if our incumbent president cheated? Everyone else has. At least she had the audacity to admit it on national TV. Would you rather than she didn’t?

Another point: There is such a thing as an ABUSIVE democracy. Should we let our society fall into anarchy, just because we’re unsatisfied with the government (again)? (And have we ever been satisfied? Will we ever be satisfied?) What makes you think the next one would be different, s/he wasn’t the one who had made a mistake, and would have learned from it by now.

It seems to me that we’ve concentrated the blame on Gloria, and somehow have formed this delusion that it’s always the government’s fault. But this isn’t always the case. The government can’t do anything without the support of the people (it is after all, made up OF people). And even before any of this has started, did we even give a chance for that to happen? By the way we’re acting, we never did.

About the moral dimension of all of this. I acknowledge the need for justice, but instead of crying for the president’s blood all the time, why don’t we do justice to our society first? Why don’t we reform ourselves first?

Haven’t you even considered that you are just being used as a puppet, “worth your vote”, so that another power, god-knows-what can assume leadership over you (and to oppress you all the same)?

Will you let them have that privilege?

Continuation for Neritheka:

You posted:About the moral dimension of all of this. I acknowledge the need for justice, but instead of crying for the president’s blood all the time, why don’t we do justice to our society first? Why don’t we reform ourselves first?

My response : Non sequitur. Do I need to answer this? Whew!…my apologies po again.

You posted: Haven’t you even considered that you are just being used as a puppet, “worth your vote”, so that another power, god-knows-what can assume leadership over you (and to oppress you all the same)?

My response: Duh? Is this a spin of Malacanang or what? Let’s be real No more red herrings, please.

Lastly You posted :Will you let them have that privilege?

My response : Do you? Honestly? C’mon. Let’s cut the crap.

With all due respect and apologies, Ma’am/Sir.

I have read the transcripts of the wiretapped tapes and contrary to what GMA wants us to believe, she cheated in the last elections. Let us call it as it is. Enough of this bullshit about the inadmisibility of the tapes. At any rate some legal luminaries are saying that it is admissible. (read raul pangalanan’s column inquirer) GMA cheated us, so she must suffer the consequences. It is no longer a legal nor a political issue but a moral issue already. I am not being self-righteous here. I am not perfect and made a lot of mistakes or to borrow GMA’s words commited numerous lapses in jugdment. However, I expect my president to be more morally upright than me at the very least. Cheating in the elections just doesn’t cut it for me.
I am no Erap nor opposition fan. But for all Erap’s faults, he did not curtail our rights to express ourselves. I just shook my head when the government raided a printing press for allegedly commiting acts of sedition. I almost fell off my seat when I heard the LTFRB chairman saying jeepney driver’s honking the hello garci tones may be arrested for inciting to sedition. I laugh albeit nervously whenever Raul Gonzalez opens his mouth. This guy would willingly trample our rights to express ourselves for the sake of his President.
Let us forgive a person who sincerely ask for forgiveness but let us rebuke him/her who continously make fools out of us. GMA MUST RESIGN.

to indio_lawless: Your comments are noted. Thank you!

Indeed the truth should be digged up but the question now is what is the “real” truth then?

Actually the president’s apology speech is so vague. Did she really apologize for cheating in the last election? I guess not she apologize for conversing to a COMELEC Official and taking so long to speak before her electorates on the matter. “ANd the issue of the tape has Spun out of control”.. BUt maybe this will lead us to the truth…

but as of the moment. if we judge her as a cheater that is based on our own judgment. We can’t take the law into our own hands. I guess to dig up the truth then is to present the facts and carry the matter in due process of law and in accordance to the constitution of the Philippines based on the facts presented.

The facts, the evidences should be considered. Not through our emotions that are greatly affected by the media or the people around us.

Let’s listen closely to the tape, at which point there that the president is worthy of impeachment? I guess none. YEt this might lead us to the truth therefore may theydig up the truth, go through investigations until the truth will come out.

Let the people we vote and those we pay our taxes for do their work.Let’s get down to our own business and strive to contribute something to our economy.

Wish ko lang after this controversy, we will be promised of a better Philippines…Many have cheated, many have been put into trial, but the real truth has yet to come…The long wait is not over, from the ill gotten wealth of the Marcoses to the Fraud case of ERAP…THere goes another president, now adjudged of cheating…then the clamor of another president…

WHAT’s NEXT?…..

PROSPERITY???

Wish ko lang…

I can not accept GMA’s apology. Her intention s not to seek for one, but to deceive us into believing that she did, thinking that we will be fooled to drop our call for her resignation or ouster if she didn’t. She didn’t authenticate nor admit that she’s the one on the tape and that she cheated. Her psuedo apology was carefully crafted in such a way that would allow her to escape prosecution by citing RA4200, if not not deny that she’s the one on the tape.

But ofcourse, we are not fooled.

To Lawspeak_007

Thank you for taking time to read my post and dissect it. This is my feedback to the “erroneous generalizations” and “fallacies” you found.

I am not condoning her cheating, but merely keeping in mind other important matters, such as the political economic situation of this country.

Also, am I on trial here? Please make the effort to appropriate your words to the situation. Not everyone can understand court-room-jargon.
Law, and its root in logic and rationality are just one method of looking at things. There are many interpretations of reality and to insist on the primacy of one (especially in the realm of opinions) is to do injustice to the others.

To take your spin, making the generalization that PCIJ bloggers are “too smart to be taken in for the ride,”, are a fallacy as well because a brief survey of the statements made earlier in this entry (and elsewhere in the site) would readily prove you wrong.

Please don’t presume that I am a GMA cohort or some such thing. I am merely a reformist who felt the need to balance the scale of opinions. I recall Archbishop Rosales calling for sobriety and that is precisely what I’m doing.

And Ma’am/Sir, please don’t fake politeness for my sake. You could have made the effort by constructing more neutral statements about your sentiments, rather than following up an insult with an apology.

Thank you for the chance to exchange opinions. I wish you luck in your undertakings.

Marubdob,

Sa iyo ang iyong boto, at wala akong pakialam dito dahil meron din ako.

At ang kabulukan ng sistema ng administrasyon ay hindi lamang pagkakasala ng isang socio-economic class ng lipunan dahil kung tutuusin “Walang manloloko kung walang magpapaloko.”

Neritheka

Napakahirap at masalimuot ang iyong pang-unawa sa problemang ito. Ewan ko ba kung sinisisi mo pa ang mga mamamayang kapuspalad kung silay salat sa pinag-aralan. Para sa aming may kakulangan sa antas ng pag-iisip dahil sa kakapusang mag-aral, napakasimple ng tinutumbok ng problema…”PEKE ANG PRESIDENTE”…
Ewan ko kung maireresolba iyan ng sinasabi mong “baguhin ang aming sarili”…..gustuhin man namin “papaano”..
HINDI mo maiintindihan ang salitang “MAHIRAP”, dahil hindi mo ito nasubukan.
HINDI mo alam ang paraan ng aming “pagiisip” sa mga bagay-bagay, dahil wala ka sa mga lugar na aming kinasasadlakan.
Kung kami’y nais maabot ang buhay ng isang katulad mo…..malayo sa hinagap na gustuhin mo ang mabuhay tulad namin.
Kung kayat huwag mong isipin na alam mo ang aming “KAHINAAN” at “KALAKASAN”……kahit papaanoy sagana kami sa “ARAL” dala ng kahirapan.

Tulad ko isang magtataho.
Iyong simpleng pakupit-kupit, okey lang iyan…mauunawaan.
Ngunit kapag itinapon mo ang taho…..TULAD NG AKING BOTO!!!
IBANG USAPAN NA IYAN!!!!

may isang religious na nagsabing tayo raw ngayon ay dapat na maging maka-kristo sa lawak ng pag-unawa at pagpapatawad. kaya lang, turn off ang kanyang binigay na halimbawa na hango sa sacred scriptures.

Unang halimbawang ginamit ay ang prostitute na gustong patawan ng stoning to death ng scribes and pharisees. si Hesus ay nagwikang: “let him who has no sin cast the first stone” (John 8: 7-8) at lumisan ang mga nais magparusa sa prostitute. Kaya turn-off ay una, hindi naman prostitution or sin of the flesh ang sala ng babae sa malakanyang .(by the way, kung sakali mang may sin of the flesh si gma, eh hindi pa natin natutuklasan, di pa naibubunyag ng isafp, hehe). ang sala niya ay betrayal of public trust and dishonesty. kung magaan yan eh di wala ng mabigat. ano na lang ang maituturo nating mabuti sa mga susunod na henerasyon? na ok lang magsinungaling sa bayan kapag ikaw ang isang pangulo or mataas na opisyal sa isang organisasyon? isa pa ay sana si Hesus ang ginawang halimbawa ng malinis na pamumuno, hindi ng pagpapatawad ng isang nagkasala. sa katunayan, binigyan ni Hesus ang kanyang mga apostoles ng kapangyarihan magpatawad o hindi batay sa bigat ng pagkakasala. (…”whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, whose sins you shall retain, they are retained., John 20:22-23). siguro naman ang prostitute sa scripture ay hindi nakipagtalik sa 80 million na tao!!! kaya siya madaling napatawad.

Ang panglawang halimbawang ginamit ng resource person na ito ay ang insidenteng hinuhuli na si Hesus ng mga kawal at di pumayag si pedro, kinuha ang espada niya at tinagpas ang tenga ng kawal na si Malchus at sabi nu Hesus:”Put back thy sword into its place; for all those who take the sword will perish by the sword” (Matthew 26:52-53), apparently referring to those who want the head of gma. again. turn off ang comparison kasi si peter nung tinagpas ang tenga ni Malchus the servant, yun ay outburst at paraan niya upang protektahan si Hesus na ayaw nilang mawalay sa kanila at saktan ng mga hudyo at sundalong romano. Ngunit ang mga nagra-rally ngayon halos araw-araw ay may prinsipyong ipinaglalaban na batay sa moralidad ng lipunan. so far naman, walang lumalabag ng “peaceful assembly”. wala pa naman natagpas na tenga tulad ni Malchus.

ANG MAGANDANG MARINIG SA MGA OBISPO, PARI, PASTOR AT MGA GURO AY: SINCE SI HESUS AY NAGPAKITA NG MALINIS NA PAMUMUIHAY NA WALANG BAHID AT PINTAS, DAPAT ANG PINUNO NG MGA BANSA, LALO NA KRISTIYANO AT LALONG-LALO NA KATOLIKO TULAD NG PINAS, AY MAGPAKITA NG HALIMBAWANG MAKA-HESUS.

TAMA NA ANG PALUSOT NA PANANALITA NA DAPAT TAYONG MAGPATAWAD NA TULAD NI HESUS O NG DIYOS AMA. SINO BA ANG NAGSASABING HINDI TAYO NAGPAPATAWAD? KAYA NGA HINDI NASASAKTAN OR NASUSUGATAN SI GMA DAHIL NAPATAWAD NA NATIN SIYA. TAYO NA KANYANG NILINLANG. NGUNIT ANG LABI NG KANYANG PAGSISINUNGALING AT PANDARAYA AY DAPAT NA MAPADALISAY SA PAMAMAGITAN NG PENANCE ….

AT ANG KARAPAT DAPAT NA PENANCE BATAY SA BIGAT NG OFFENSE AT LAWAK NG EPEKTO NITO SA BUONG SAMBAYANAN AY MAG-RESIGN SIYA UPANG MAPANGALAGAAN ANG IMAGE AT CREDIBILITY NG OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.

BY THE WAY, BANTAYAN NATING LAHAT ANG NAPAKAHALAGANG MEETING NG CBCP SA JULY 4 TO 8 NA KUNG SAAN ISA SA MGA TATALAKAYIN NG MGA OBISPO AY KUNG ANO ANG KANILANG MAGIGING STAND SA MASALIMUOT NA ISSUE NG GLORIAGATE: PRO BA OR AGAINST GMA’S RESIGNATION?

opti

lets have a join hand for the ouster of the cheater of all chearters…liar of all liars…thieve of all thieves OUST PGMA

oust PGMA the sooner as possible, our economy is suffering bcoz of her wrong doing

dear JAMMER, this is my view:

If there is to be admired in the armed forces of the Philippines it’s the enlisted men and the non-commissioned officers. And you can not say the same for the Philippine National Police.

our armed forces getting orders from their commander-in-chief is a CANNIBAL that eat the flesh of its own people. For as long as you can remember (ask our brother Muslims) the organization is a CANNIBAL. They kill their own people they are supposed to protect and defend.

The CANNIBAL exists in many poor countries. The armed forces of many developed countries are not CANNIBALS. THEY DO NOT KILL THEIR OWN PEOPLE. Think of the armed forcess of JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, USA, SWITZERLAND, AND THE BALTIC COUNTRIES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GOBBLEDYGOOKS BEHIND THIS CANNIBAL THING, LET THE INTELLECTUALS SAY THEIR PIECE.

[…] IT has been a month since the taped conversations between Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano suggesting manipulation of presidential election results to favor Arroyo has come to the public’s knowledge. Since then, five committees of the House of Representatives have been jointly conducting hearings on the contents of the tapes. An impeachment case against Arroyo has recently been filed. The opposition, ‘civil society’ organizations, and the Left have invariably called on the president to resign after she admitted and apologized on national television for her “lapse in judgment” for calling a Comelec official yet unnamed. […]

… 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines…most of our political leaders are christians of various colors…before the start of a meeting in the seat of power in malacanang, in almost any official gatherings they bow their heads in prayer..and yet the evil within them is there…such hypocrisy

i agree that mrs. president should give up her presidency!!! that’s the best thing to do!!! tama na yung minsan niyang inagaw ang pwesto! hindi ba siya masyadong sabik sa kapangyarihan? at napaka-hipokrita naman na sabihin niyang ang purpose ng pagtawag niya is just to protect votes of her supporters! what’s the use of pagrerenta ng mga watchers during the election??! she paid them to secure the votes!! ang sabihin niya may hidden agenda siya! no doubt ’bout it! very delinquent!

[…] Garcillano repeatedly denied at the House inquiry that it was his voice on the tapes while Arroyo, in her June 27 apology last year, admitted to talking to a Comelec official whom she refused to identify. […]

[…] Three weeks later, on June 21, Arroyo came out on TV apologizing for her “lapse in judgment” in calling “a Comelec official” but not identifying Garcillano by name. “I am sorry,” she said. […]

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