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IMPEACH ME!!!
"I am an impeachable government official. Every January, I ask one my staff to file an Impeachment complaint against me. Maybe you think I'm crazy to do that? Of course not. I specifically instruct my staff to make the complaint a ridiculous complaint so it will surely not prosper. I do this so that no other impeachment complaint can be filed against me for the remainder of the year. Thanks to Chief Justice Hilario Davide's interpretation of the rules on Impeachment, I am not only immune from all the real and valid Impeachment complaints against me I also get free publicity."
This is how Hilario Davide wants to set the Jurisprudence regarding the filing of Impeachment complaints against the same official just so it benefits him.
The essence of that section on Impeachment is to avoid the persecution of public officials and not to immune them from Impeachment. It is quite similar to the double jeopardy rule of a regular Criminal or Civil case. Therefore, that Impeachment complaint must only be counted once the Impeachment complaint has actually reached the Impeachment court --- the Senate.
The nature of the House of Represenatives and the politics inherent in Batasan plus all the other technicalities at the disposable of congressmen, makes it very difficult to be able to push an Impeachment complaint. That is the reason why the complaint must be given leeway and construed liberally.
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS?
Why is Cory, Cardinal Sin and the undecided and the late Gloria Napatagal Arroyo threatening us with a constitutional crisis? It is CLEARLY stated in our laws that we can Impeach the Chief Justice of the Supreme court. Is it because the legitimacy of this government is anchored only on the opinion and interpretation of the same Chief Justice whose opinion and interpretation of the Impeachment rules are construed to liberate himself?
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED?
First of all, Davide was given due process. An investegation was conducted in Congress regarding the Judiciary Development Plan before this Impeachment complain was filed. Davide belittled this legitimate Congress investigation and refused behemently to cooperate with the legislators.
And granting for the sake of argument that this Impeachment was politically motivated. For Davide's information, everything in the Philippines is politically motivated. As long as it is part of a legal process, politics or not, we must abide by it/
SEPARATION of POWERS
What really is the separation of powers? What really is the eparation of church and state? This provision in the constitution does not mean that whan branch should turn a blind eye to the evils of the other branches.
Congress has all the right to address the issue/ problem of the Judiciary Development Fund in aid of Legislation especiallly with the recent outcry of the judges and court employees for the deteriorated state of the lower courts and its agents.
GUILTY or NOT GUILTY?
That is a question for the Impeachment court to decide based on the merits of the arguments. But if it you are eager to find out... just go to any trial court and see how measly their situation is as compared to the palace-like mansion these Supreme court magistrates have built for themselves. Davide is not as incorruptible as many thinks he is. Or maybe they already know that but they are estopped because it might retroact to his earlier decisions that favored them.
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Mga Tanong na Nakakaturete ... Gamitan: The interdependence of showbiz, basketball and politics in the Philippine setting. Why is the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) sinking? Will Macapagal replace Aguinaldo? Debunking the Roco Myth... With the way politicians have been demolishing each other and portraying themselves(all politicians seem to have a ghost in their closet), maybe the MNLF, MILF, NPA and even the Abu Sayaf and all other seperatist and radical movements do have a point... Why Jueteng has remained even if Erap is gone? Check out the TRAPOmeter and the GUAPO points... click here Warning: There are some articles that might surprise you because they are comments about showbiz and.basketball and not about the wicked Philiipine political landscape. However, it has come to my attention that Filipino (Filipinos) and Filipina (Filipinas) who aspire to become politicians have discovered that studying law and becoming a liar (sick: lawyer) is not really the best way to become a politician. It has been proven that although being a lawyer trains you to be wicked, at ease with lying and very skimming, there has been a consencus that these are traits that you need when you have been elected. However, they have unearthed the sad fact that the cheapest and best way to be elected is to first become a basketball player, a showbiz personality or at least a media personality. Further studies revealed that you really don't have to have the lawyer skills in you. All you need to do is hire them. So please bear with the showbiz and basketball items that I have included. We must tame Frankenstein or the Incredible Hulk before they grow into the monsters that they are.
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GMA - TRAPO or GUAPO? President Gloria Arroyo - Her decision not to run earns her a lot of GUAPO points. However because of her many blunders in the past, I am putting her on probation status. If in a case she decides to run and break her promise, you know where she's going to be classified. *** Why is PGMA not popular ? --- read here *** There are incomplete entries. These people are also under probation. Very slim difference, although they are leaning towards where they are listed. Watch out for updates. |
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Why the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is sinking? The PBA website recently conducted an online survey why the Invitational tournament was a flop. There were around six choices that tried to explain why attendance has gone down and why it is continually going down. The winning option eventually was "all of the above". The choices didn't even include the fact that some of the marquee players like Asi Taulava, Jimwell Torion, Davon Harp, Zandro Jun Limpot and Noli Locsin, players that were supposed to be ambassadors of the league, are now involved with illegal drugs. Hopefully not addicted. Let me tell you why the league that I vigorously followed during the 80's is going down the drain. This downward direction has been the trend for some time now but it had to take a commissioner like Noli Eala to accentuate the situation. In his pitch for the office of the commissioner, Eala announced that he is going to market the product (league) vigorously. And true enough. The PBA has become a league all about the money. No loyalty, no camaraderie, just show me the money. The PBA has become a league where foreign players who could not land roster spots abroad try to fake their Pinoy lineage to play where they can get the big bucks.!!! The PBA has become the tambayan of talented players like Marlou Aquino and Jun Limpot who are happy to appear in the games and get their millions but not to play their full potentials. The players don't play for the love of the game anymore. They play for the money. Gone were the Floro days at Crispa. Did you see the way the Crispa-Toyota Reunion game was played---- Did you see how Atoy Co, Terry Saldana, Philip Cezar, Bogs Adornado, Chito Loyzaga, Tito Barela, and even the pa-istar Robert Jaworski played? --- even if they are old, they played with heart unlike the game and the current crop of players of today. The PBA has also killed most of its partners, including long time partner Vintage and Viva (both companies are heavily debt-ridden nowadays). The PBA is planning to have their own TV coverage team. Maybe this is a good way so they can accelerate their demise. They also decided to stop playing in the Philsports arena and the Araneta coliseum because of the Beam Toothpaste commercial which they are not earning anything from. The league also said that it is building its own Arena. To all the remaining PBA fans, maybe you should stop supporting this league. We, the consumers of Shell, SMB, Ginebra, Talk and Text, Sta. Lucia, Fed Ex, Alaska, Purefoos, Coke, and Red Bull. We pay for the millions of pesos that these players are receiving. Prices of commodities increase because of the multi-million salaries of the players and other celebrity endorsers of the product. |
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"Gamitan" Walang ganyan sa States (meron din pala) Bold stars are a dime a dozen these days. It is the easiest way to make a name for themselves, not to mention a few bucks on the side. And to make sure they do make a name, they use popular and catchy screen names. One of the more popular ways is to use a politician's name (as if they were the second wife of that politician). Take for example Ana Maceda or Diana Zubiri. Now comes the rebel beauties: Glorietta Magdalo and Gringa Honasan and Trina Trillanes <Llanes yata>. My godness!!! Anyway, politicians are only too happy to be associated with these stars. Come election time it would be handy. Not only the regular rosters of stars like Rica Peralejo, Diana Zubiri, Assunta da Rossi, Aleck Bovick, Georgina Palermo, Alicia Meyer, Angela Velez, Aubrey Miles, Kris Aquino, Angelika Jones and the Sex bomb dancers like Rochelle Pangilinan, Jopay, Ira, Joy Cancio and Izzy, etc... They would also be getting young stars like John Pratts, Heart Evangelist, Richard and Raymond Gutierez, Long Mejia, Bea Alonzo, Chynna Hortaleza, Karen delos Reyes, Ciara Sotto, Claudine Baretto and of course Jolo and Bryan Revilla. Watch out for your favorite stars... Coming soon in your favorite campaign sorties. At ito ang hubad na katotohanan. |
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They Shabu? In the 1998 elections, there were two factions: The PRO Erap and the ANTI ERAP. There were more anti-ERAP than pro-ERAP, however because everybody wanted to be the one to beat ERAP(or everybody wanted to be President) (especially Fidel Tabacco Ramos and Joe "Speaker (King) of Trapos" de Venecia) they went about it in their own individual manner. Everybody thought they can beat this Action star, who during his time battle and beat hundreds of goons simulteneously. Well, they eventually won (tnx to the help of Erap himself) power in 2001 when they put Gloria Arroyo and the Hulk in Malacanang through a well planned and well executed People Power Two in Edsa, but Joseph Ejercito Estrada wiped them all during the polls. In 2004 it seems the scenario in 1998 will repeat itself. I can picture the events so vividly. It seems that the underdog opposition might just fool off another upset if the Administration (Gloria Arroyo, Raul "bait-baitan" Roco and whoever shinanigan who decides to run) decides to divide their votes among themselves, again. Abangan ang susunod na kabanata....
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Great Commentaries There is this showbiz oriented talk show hosted by Butch "P're" Francisco, Rosanna "Pokpok on Air" Roces and Lolit "Datung Scam" Solis. I won't mention the title of the show, the channel and the time slot so as not to promote it. However, if you have seen it or is patronizing it, you will notice that it keeps criticizing stars who are creating and fabricating issues as a publicity gimmick . Isn't it funny because the only reason why their show is still alive is because they feature these "useless" stories of these "Stars" who fabricate these stories... Talk about having the right to criticize...
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Survey - vor show in the Philippine election jungle Election surveys should be banned from being published in the media. First of all, it is very self-surving. Number two, it conditions the mind of the majority of undecided and unsuspecting voters. Surveys should serve their research purpose for those who commissioned the survey and not as a campaign tool to deceive the ballot-writing voters. Calling on the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). Please study the matter carefully. Haven't you noticed that the number of survey companies are growing by the ballot? Companies like the Social Weather-weather Station, The Ibon, the Family Feud Survey, the Pulse Asia, etc... And haven't you noticed how their results seem to be different depending on who pays to commission their respective survey. To the media... please be responsible enough... |
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Attention: Senators and Congressmen... If the supreme court can impose strict guidelines and code of ethics for lawyers; and if church leaders have been faced (or forced) to sacrifice marital priviledges and sexual pleasures, then why can't congress pass a law that would define stricter standards and higher qualifications for a politician/ public servant and the corresponding penalties for violating such code of conduct. Hey... don't be afraid to discriminate... public officials hold such a sensitive position, they are responsible for a lot of lives and they hold such a great degree of power and influence. They need to be bound by high moral standards and atleast a decent IQ. We've seen what a charismatic bobo and a super-intelligent villain can do? Let's not let it happen again, okey? Or maybe you are just afraid to prosecute yourselves...
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More CoMELEC woes... Hey Mr. Benjamin Abalos... If there is a law that allows only a certain amount of money that a candidate can spend per voter, why can't they fix the maximum amount that a candidate can receive as campaign contributions? The more people who contribute to a candidate and the bigger the amount they contribute, the more indebted the winner and the supposed public servant becomes. Are candidates making big money from political contributions? Think about this.... Gringo Honasan barely made it to the Senate in his last stint. He was lucky thirteen in 2001. Sumabit la'ang. What baffles me is his great desire to run for President. He knows he has no chance to go up against a Gloria Arroyo or a Raul Roco (maybe Ping Lacson or Fernandp Poe Jr. has a better chance). But why is he so insistant on his desire to run. Does political contributions his ultimate goal? Just asking...
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CALLING ON GLORIA... Gloria Macapagal Arroyo... Madam Gloria, the country is in disarray. Now more than ever, you should reiterate your promise that you want unity and you want to stop politicking.... now is the best time to reiterate your promise that you will not run as president for the 2004 Presidential elections. We don't want you anymore.
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Is there a solution to the Traffic? Of course there is a solution. Does Bayani Fernando know it? That is the question! I don't know what Bayani Fernando is doing? Traffic is like our Laws and constitution. We don't need new laws every year, we just need to implement the existing laws correctly. The same is true with traffic. Bayani Fernando is coming out with a new traffic scheme every month. None of them seem to work. Why???? Because it only creates more confusion. He should just implement all the existing traffic rules. Instead of spending all the MMDA's limited budget for all his new project and his propaganda tv show (MMDA on the Road), he should just hire additional traffic enforcers. As long as traffic conditions and traffic rules keep changing, the problem with traffic will never be resolved. Filipinos have accepted traffic jams as a regular part of everyday hassles. At least the MMDA can make it easier by making trafic a little more predictable. The ultimate answer to traffic congestion is to decentralize the Metropolis. The government should offer incentives to companies willing to relocate to nearby provinces. For now, let's keep it stable and predictable .
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Estelito Mendoza... Its been almost three years since the Erap Impeachment. It has also been three years since the name of Estelito Mendoza resurfaced after the Martial law regime was toppled by the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution. Remember, it was in his office and with his knowledge when witness Clarissa Ocampo was convinced not to testify against Jose Belarde. To my knowledge, Estelito Mendoza has not been sanctioned by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines nor by the Supreme Court. Will he be disbarred? Was the Impeachment trial really all about Erap, the Presidency and Malacanang? was the Impeachment trial just another power struggle?
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Sobra na, Tama na, Huwag na!!! As much as I hate Gloria and as much as I want Teofisto Guingona to lead this country and as much as I think Mike Arroyo has amassed such properyies as Jose Pidal, it would not do any good for this country to unseat Gloria Arroyo at this point. Elections are just around the corner, it is best to just wait for it. We don't want to destabilize this destabilized country any further. Anyway, Guingona or anybody else could not do much in such a small amount of time.Let the people decide who will be the next Panggulo of this country. "Ang paghalal ng pangulo ng Pilipinas ay hinde parang kaning isusubo na nagnapaso ay puedeng iluwa... kailangan na natin itong lunukin at hintayin natin hanggang sa tayo'y tawagin ng kalikasan at umupo sa trono at umebak!!!"
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Everybody can be beautiful, ugly, handsome or guapo in their own special ways. In the same manner, everybody can be called or accused a TRAPO (Traditional Politician), especially during times when election is just around the season and mud slinging is favorite past time. This is the reason why I have come up with a TRAPO - METER that will make it easy ( and reasonable and justifiable) to brand a person as a TRAPO. On the otherhand, this TRAPOMETER can also measure if a person or a candidate can be classified as a GUAPO or Good Unassuming and Admirable Politician who deserves to be entrusted with a public position. 1. Party Affiliation - A political party is an important factor in the life of a politician. This organization is an extension of the beliefs and principles of the individual. In addition, the party is also a sign of people who believe in the beliefs and principles of the individual. But more importantly, it signifies the politician's loyalty. A. Has been a member of 1 political party throughout his career ..... + 3
pts. A. Has been an active member of a religion and goes out of his way to
evangelize his religion and his belief ..... + 3 pts 3. Private Affairs - Many public figures argue that their public life should be separated from their private affairs. However, with the ever-growing role of mass media. Public figures also serve as role models for the millions of constituents who look up to them. A. Is known for his clean living .... + 3 pts 4. Public Apperance - Politicians understand the importance of name-recall and adequate media exposure i to ensure success during elections. A. Keeps a low profile, does his job without much funfare and keeps the
people informed on all major projects and achievements..... + 3 pts D. Takes advantage of every opportunity to be interviewed and do tv guesting..... - 1pt
A. Has completed post graduate courses or graduated from top Philippine
schools ..... + 3 pts 6. Performance - ***If the candidate is running for the first-time
: 7. Priorities and Principles - The reasons
and rationale behind the acts and principles of the politicians. 8. Over-all Impact - The personality of a certain person has different effects on different people. You decide how much a particular politician affects you. A. Affects me strongly in a positively way ..... + 3 pts
*** Basically GUAPO is an adjective used for males and throughout the article the male pronoun was continuously used. This however doesn't mean that lady politicians can't be a GUAPO or a TRAPO. |
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Is there hope for the Philippines? Have you seen David Letterman's Top Ten ways How the Philippines can recover. We have it and we will publish it here.
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