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Arroyo extends Esperon’s term

Opposition senators: Proves military holds her by the neck

by Joel Guinto
Inquirer.net

DAVOS, Switzerland (via PLDT) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has extended for three months Military Chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s term of service, saying she wanted to sustain the military’s momentum against communist rebels.

At the same time, the President announced that the commanding general of the Philippine Army, Lieutenant General Alexander Yano, would replace Esperon at the end of his extended term on May 9.

Arroyo said the extension was not due to reports of alleged fresh attempts to unseat her, which she laughed off in an interview with reporters at her chalet here late Friday evening (early Saturday morning in Manila).

Arroyo said she wanted to give Esperon, who had been scheduled to retire on February 9, time to focus on the counterinsurgency campaign and did not want to “change horses” at midstream.

One of Arroyo’s most loyal generals, Esperon was implicated in alleged cheating operations that won for her a fresh six-year mandate in the 2004 polls. A military fact-finding board has cleared him of wrongdoing but its full report was never made public.

“There is a momentum in the campaign against the NPA [New People’s Army], and we expect this to snowball in the next several months, so its very difficult to suddenly change horses when there’s a momentum that we have to sustain,” she said.

Asked why Yano was chosen to replace Esperon, Arroyo said without elaborating: “For the [same] reasons why he was chosen as head of the PA [Philippine Army].”

The President said she has not chosen who would replace Yano as Army chief. The Army is the biggest branch of service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The last three chiefs of staff, including Esperon, were Army chiefs before they were appointed as AFP chief.

Arroyo was emphatic when asked if Esperon, who will reach the mandatory retirement age of 56 on February 9, lobbied for an extension.

“Oh no, in fact his relatives already from abroad came to Manila to celebrate his turnover, so now they have to go back and come back in three months time. No, no,” she said.

In interviews with reporters this month, Esperon said the strength of the NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), was reduced to around 5,000 at the end of 2007.

He said sustained military offensives will reduce the communist insurgents to an “inconsequential level” ahead of the government’s 2010 deadline.

The President said she was “expecting” Esperon to meet the AFP’s targets against the NPA before his extended term expires.

Asked if the extension was due to reported destabilization threats, Arroyo said: “I don’t even know about those reports of destabilization. Tell me more reports. I don’t know.”

The President has extended the term of three of the seven chiefs of staff that she appointed: retired generals Roy Cimatu, Benjamin Defensor, and Efren Abu.

Abu’s term was extended in mid 2005 when wiretapped tapes of Arroyo’s alleged phone conversations with ex-elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano put into question the legitimacy of Arroyo’s win in the 2004 elections and set off the worst political crisis of her presidency.

Esperon was among four generals mentioned in the wiretaps.

The extension will make Esperon, who has headed the AFP since July 2006, the longest-serving military chief under Arroyo.

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GMA: Military supports me

Esperon: vows to intensify fight vs NPA

Malacañang news release on Esperon extension

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76 Comments

  1. chi chi

    Ellen, allow me to post these here, malayo na dun sa kabila.
    ****

    # Zardux Says:

    January 26th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    Adviser: ser, mukhang malungkot kayo sa 3 months extension na binigay?? Hanggang May 9 lang
    Esperon: sobrang tuwa ko nga e. Walang nakalagay na year. Hanggang May 10, 2010 tayo! Kaya mag isip na kayo ng maraming gyera para i-extend pa ako. Di ba sabi ni Apostol pwede basta ”in times of war?”
    # chi Says:

    January 26th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    “Esperon: sobrang tuwa ko nga e. Walang nakalagay na year.” -Zardux

    Unlimited number of years pala ang extension ni Asspweron…hahaha!

    OK let’s brace ourselves for Gloria Esperon rule beyond 2010!
    # chi Says:

    January 26th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    Haping-hapi si Asspweron kapag sinasabi ng oposisyon ang katotohanan na hostage niya si Gloria d’ kumander-in-cheat!

    Gloria Esperon will be haunted for the rest of her life by the ghost of Hello Garci. Kailangan niya si Asspweron palagi sa kanyang tabi to assure her ‘we’ll be together on this forever, honeybitch’!

  2. Brownberry Brownberry

    The one behind Esperon’s extension was no other than FVR who openly endorsed and praised Esperon. More than GMA, this FVR must be terminated immediately so that he will not be able to cause more troubles to the nation. Gaya ni Gunggonsalez, napakatagal mamatay itong si FVR. Pinaka-traidor sa lahat. Nag-traidor sa sariling pinsan noong 1986. Nandaya sa election noon (Dagdag-Bawas), Nag-traidor kay Erap. Amo ni GMA hanggang ngayon…at gusto pang maging hari ng napakarami pang taon.

  3. chi chi

    Gloria Pidal and inFidel made a Deal or No Deal on Asspweron’s extension.

    Hapi si FVR, hapi si Asspweron and for 3 months the Pidal woman can rest in piece!

  4. GMA: Military supports me

    Of course! It’s only the military, especially the dishonorable ones, who support you.

  5. chi chi

    OK then, let’s have a confidential survey of the military support for Gloria Esperon, supported daw pala siya ng militar e!

  6. vic vic

    GMA extension of Esperon term is nothing more than to spite her “enemies” and to challenge them to make more noise so she can have more excuses to do whatever her plans..then could even extend the 3 months to even longer terms as they opposition noise gets louder…or maybe just declare Esperon the Chief for Life…

  7. J. Cruz J. Cruz

    Esperon’s extension ends on May 9?

    PLAN — A

    Based on military intelligence report, the next scheduled coup attempt will “likely” take place between May 1 to May 8.

    If above plan didn’t materialize….

    PLAN — B

    GMA needs 90 days to figure out which government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) this “horse” will be assigned to.

    PLAN — C

    Coming very soon!

  8. chi chi

    E bakit takot s’ya na pumunta ng Basilan and other areas of conflict ng wala sa kanyang harapan/likuran si Asspweron and her other corrupt military officials?

    Dapat sabihin ng bruhang ‘yan: Esperon and my corrupted military aides support me!

    Esperon is not the entire military establishment. Ilagay niya iyan sa bulok na pagkatao niya! Hunghang na babae!

  9. Communist insurgency, my ass! Matagal nang problema, sumuko na nga iyong mga pinuno noon and living normal lives, ginagawa pa ring dahilan. Gago! Humahanap lang sila ng butas at pagkakakuwartahan. Tanggalin nila ang mga ungas at palitan iyong mga batas na dahilan kung bakit hindi makulong ang mga kurakot na iyan, pag hindi tumino ang Pilipinas. Golly, ang impression ko puro mandarambong. Walang tulak kabigin! Worse, magkakasabwat, pulis, sundalo, taga-usig, hukom pati na mga abogago! Walang masumbungan ang mga taumbayan! Dapat lang mag-aklas sa totoo lang.

    Kawawang bansa! Napuno na ng mga magnanakaw! Makatulog na nga muna!

  10. atty36252 atty36252

    The Constitution states that:

    “Laws on retirement of military officers shall not allow extension of their service.” (Section 5 (5) Article XVI)

    “The tour of duty of the Chief of Staff of the armed forces shall not exceed three years. However, in times of war or other national emergency declared by the Congress, the President may extend such tour of duty.” (Section 5 (7) Article XVI)

    “The Congress, by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses in joint session assembled, voting separately, shall have the sole power to declare the existence of a state of war.” (Section 23 (1) Article VI)

    If the Constitution prohibits the passing of a law extending the service of officers, with more reason may an executive order not be passed.

    They may justify by stating that there is a war on terror (copya kay Dubya), but only Congress has the power to declare war or a state of emergency. Walang basis ang extension na ito.

    This is another flagrant violation of the Constitution.

  11. atty36252 atty36252

    Can this be judicially challenged? Yes, for the Constitution provides that:

    Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of the Government.

    Will a challenge win? It may or may not, considering the flexing of independent muscles of Puno and Carpio. But this case will be heard, and oral arguments will be had at the Supreme Court. Manalo man o matalo, it will be discussed in the classrooms as a landmark case defining certain terms in the Constitution.

    Nasaan ang mga batang abogado na gustong malagay ang pangalan sa law books? Hataw.

  12. Etnad Etnad

    Ginagago nila talaga tayo. Inextend daw dahil sa away sa NPA. Noon pa naman, Totoy pa yang Glorya at Esperon na yan may NPA na. Sa tatlong buwan na extension niya, kaya na ba nilang lusawin ang NPA? Napakababaw na dahilan.
    Ang sabihin nila, mayroon pa silang pina-plano na kung ano man yon sila na lang ang nakaka-alam.
    Sana huwag na nating hayaan na lang ang pina-plano nila, lusawin na natin sila pati si Ramos sa lalong madaling panahon.

  13. Brownberry Brownberry

    # Ellen Says:

    January 26th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    GMA: Military supports me

    Of course! It’s only the military, especially the dishonorable ones, who support you.

    —-Not even all in the military but only a portion. The ones supporting her are mostly higher ups who were involved in the election mass cheating of 2004. Majority of the mid level and junior officers especially the lower ranks do not support GMA.

  14. chi chi

    Iyang mga batang senador din at mga oposisyunitas, hindi ba ninyo alam ang Constitutional provisions above as stated and posted by our Atty. here?!

    Why not challenge the Ass’ extension in a court of law, kesa dakdak kayo ng dakdak! Or wala kami talagang pag-asa sa inyo! Nami-miss ko tuloy si Trillanes!

  15. Chabeli Chabeli

    GMA: Military supports me

    Agree with Brownberry that “only a portion” of the military support Gloria “mostly higher ups who were involved in the election mass cheating of 2004.” Seguro yung PNP pa-na downgraded yung base niya to the mere PNPs nalang-the Pen Standoff was proof of that.

  16. balweg balweg

    Well, well, well….tuloy ang ligaya sa Ellenville, extended din itong subscription ko sa internet provider para mag-vigil!

    Mayroon uli tayong mapagpipiestahan, tutal month of several piesta activities ngayon sa Pinas eh, sure marami tayong putaheng mapagsasaluhan.

    Nangangati nga itong fingers ko to compose lullaby. Extend or not to extend, that’s the question? Eh nagkaroon ng extension so problema na nila yon, basta ang atin eh tuloy ang ligaya against this unpopular and illegal acts of Arroyo regime.

    Beh…naisahan na naman ng EK ang Sandatahang Lakas ng Pinas. Anong say nýo, kasi di nýo sinuportahan sina Gen. Lim/Miranda, AT4 and co., ngayon pasensiya kayo kasi ayaw nýo ng pagbabago sa ating bansa.

    Pare-pareho tayong magtiis kasi yang ang gusto nýong mangyari, pero kung magbago ang inyong mga puso’t pag-iisip eh nandito lang ang Masang Pinoy to support your withdrawal of support sa EK.

  17. ace ace

    “Will a challenge win? It may or may not, considering the flexing of independent muscles of Puno and Carpio.” -atty36252

    atty36252,
    I completely agree with the legal points you raised and I believe that this is a justiciable case for the Supreme Court to settle. The bone of contention would be centered on the retroactive effect of the said provisions in the Constitution. Did the provisions repeal existing laws such as “PD 1650. Sec. 5 a). Upon attaining fifty-six (56) years of age or upon accumulation of thirty (30) years of satisfactory active service, whichever is later, an officer or enlisted man shall be compulsorily retired; and, provided, finally, That the active service of military personnel may be extended by the President, if in his opinion, such continued military service is for the good of the service.”

    But another problem can arise, it may become moot if Esperon’s term indeed will be extended to just 90 days, meaning that before the Supreme Court can make a ruling, we already have a new Chief of Staff.

  18. balweg balweg

    Ano ang paki natin Ka BB, kung naextend si Esperon? Ang sa atin lang eh AYAW na ng sambayanang Pinoy ang EK.

    Naks naman, mga senior citizens na sila eh dapat nagmumuni-muni na ang mga iyan kasi nalalapit nang magtakip-silim ang kanilang mga hybol eh. Nawa sana eh mayroon silang magandang pamana sa lahing Pinoy, but ONLY hatred and divisions.

  19. skip skip

    Why am I not surprised?

  20. balweg balweg

    Noon pang 2001 Ka Etnad! Nag EDSA III, Oakwood siege, Marine standof, and PEN standof….walang nangyari kasi hard-headed ang marami nating kababayan.

    Puro dakdak lang ang alam sa buhay, pagkatapos yong personal problems nila sa buhay eh dito sa EK isisisi, pero ayaw namang makipagtulungan sa mga nagnanais mabago ang gobyerno.

    Saan tayo patutungo nito kung di makikiisa ang taong-bayan? Sa kangkungan!

  21. SULBATZ SULBATZ

    I tried to conduct a survey among Enlisted Personnel here in the South. But before I could even start, yung mga tropa sabay-sabay nagtanong agad….”May presidente ba tayo, sir? Ang alam namin namatay na yung presidente natin sa sama ng loob.”

    These men are witnesses to the cheating in the 2004 elections. Ang tanong pa nila, kailan ba kami sir ipapatawag para maimbestigahan talaga. Ala akong masagot sa kanila except to say that if ever that time comes, they should be able to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. Their answer….”Sir, dapat ngayon na para matapos na to. Pati kami nahihirapan na rin.” I hope some of the rah-rah boys of Gloria Esperon read this and take up the challenge.

    Kaming mga pinuno dito ay nahihirapan na ring magpaliwanag sa mga tropa kasi wala naman talagang dapat ipaliwanag kasi maliwanag pa sa araw na nandaya talaga si Gloria Esperon noong 2004 elections.

    Matatapang ang mga tropa namin dito at tapat sa serbisyo kahit malayo sa pamilya. And this controversy about the 2004 cheating is making leadership at our level very hard. Mahirap magdala ng tropa sa gyera kung sa likod ng aming mga isipan na ang nag-uutos samin ay di tunay na presidente at ang mandaraya at mandarambong na Cheat of Staff.

  22. rose rose

    nagtanong si Atty: nasaan na yong mga batang abogado..ang tanong ko naman: nasaan na ang mga batikan nating constitutionalist? in particular I am asking where is Fr. J.Bernas..I understand he is an expert of our constitution..where art thou pader! what sayest thou pader? Fr Bernas is a Jesuit priest, a lawyer, a graduate of Ateneo who can certainly give us his expert opinion..
    …ang sabi din ni atty: this can be judicially challenged..what sayest thou Justice Azcuna? Just like Fr. Bernas (at magkaklase pa!) Justice Azcuna is an Ateneo graduate, and if I remember right both were in the top ten of that year’s bar exams..ano ang masasabi ng ating mga magiting na abogado..enlighten us. Pader enlighten us at baka mahampas namin ang aming mga ulo sa pader! Help us with the understanding of the laws..

  23. balweg balweg

    Skip,

    RE: Why am I not surprised?

    For what? Extension of Esperon? If you ask me personally, being a nationalist Pinoy….WALA LANG!

    Di sila ang nagpapakain sa akin at isa pa wala akong mahihita sa kanilang ka ek ekan. Si Mang John ang nagpapakain sa kanilang lahat kaya dapat SILA ANG MAGSILBI SA TAONG-BAYAN, at kung ayaw nila EH AYAW din ni Mang John period.

    Ang hirap eh nagsusumiksik sa EK at winawaldas ang kabang-yaman ng Pinas….kita mo si GMA gagastos ng 10,900US$ sa Dubai for 2nites. Ang daming nagugutom sa Pinas!

  24. eddfajardo eddfajardo

    What else do you expect from GMA? She has been violating the constitution from day 1. This government has not been for the people, by the people and of the people. The Filipino people know it.

  25. rose rose

    sulbatz: ano na ba ang nangyari sa mga investigation ng senado? ano na ba ang result sa Garci case…hindi ba itong newly appointed Comelec Chair ay author ng Melo Commission tungkol sa extra judicial killings? Was that report ever released? Hindi kaya siya uupo Cocollect chair? Ang hindi ko maintindihan bakit walang katapusan ang mga investigation? How much more will the people suffer to end all these miseries. Matatapos na kaya?

  26. balweg balweg

    Sir Sulbatz,lubos akong naliligayan na mayroong Pinoy na tulad mo. I salute you SIR! My prayers always and forever sa inyo pong kagitingan para sa ating bayan.

    Dama ko ang hirap ng inyong kalooban diyan lalo na sa Mindanao naka-assign. Mayroon akong kumpare na na assigned diyan sa Sulu at talagang mabigat ang labanan against lawless element diyan, heto nag abroad na lang siya.

    Mahirap naman kung ang buong tropa ng AFP eh mag-abroad, mag-eenjoy ang mga Heneral natin.

  27. balweg balweg

    Exactly Ka Eddfajardo 101%!

  28. Brownberry Brownberry

    Three months ang extension ni Esperon kasi three months na lang sa Malacanang si GMA. After three months, his name shall be changed to Sexperon. Magse-sex transplant siya.

  29. rose rose

    edd: what do I expect from GMA? Nothing kasi ang basa ko sa GMA..The Greatest Magnanakaw Ako! Hindi lang ninanakaw ko ang treasury ninyo..pati ang karapatan ninyo! With such an agenda..what can one expect?

  30. atty36252 atty36252

    ace:

    It is true, that the government may raise the issue of mootness. But “courts will decide a question otherwise moot and academic if it is ‘capable of repetition, yet evading review.” [Alunan III v. Mirasol 276 SCRA 501 (1997)]

    Is the infraction capable of repetition? The facts prove that. How many has she already extended? The infraction may evade review, because she would terminate the extension once the case is challenged in court (luma na yan – a favorite trick of Macoy).

    That there was no question then (previouse extensions) does not render this a valid exercise of power. One cannot amend the Constitution by non-observance.

    This, by the way, is also an impeachable offense.

  31. balweg balweg

    Ka Rose,

    RE: Hindi kaya siya uupo Cocollect chair?

    WOW, fantastic word, Cocollect chair. Sa Merriam-Webster mo ba ito pinitik, nice in my ears at mapapasama na naman ito sa collection ng English words.

    Ang siste eh ito, naitanong mo ba na kung member na siya ng Dalawang Daan ZTE Ministry ni Bro. Abalos?

  32. balweg balweg

    Ka BB ikaw ha, gusto mo pang kumpitensiyahin si Madam Auring? Akalain mo eh nahulaan mo na 3mos. na lang ang EK, si Madam Auring nga eh di nahulan na wala palang gusto si Victor Wood sa kanya. Sablay ang bolang cristal ni Madam A.

    Ano ba ang gamit mo sa panghuhula? Pahula na rin kung magaalsa-balutan ang buong AFP para edimolis ang EK, gaya ng ginagawa ng tropang MMDA sa mga squatters sa Kamaynilaan.

  33. rose rose

    bal: I would not be surprised if Melo collected in advance..but I still hope that he did not..sino na nga yong nagaabot ng brown bag na maylaman na pera? Melo-dy hindi ba?
    ..ang sabi ng mga oppositionist senators: “military holds her by the neck.” sa leeg lang? her whole being (pati pa seguro ang kaluluwa) is owned by the satanic few in the military at under the pantalon siya ni Esperon kung hindi naibulsa na siya..kaya mahigpit ang kabit at malapit sa kinakabitan.. If indeed FVR is behind all this..masakit isipin that once upon a time I believed that FVR would save the Phil..at hindi ako naniwala sa sinabi sa akin ng isang kaibigan..na santo daw si Erap compared to FVR..he is correct…

  34. ace ace

    atty36252,

    The issue of mootness, I think, will just be a “technical” issue. The bigger issue is whether the said provision automatically repealed an already existent law and I agree that the Supreme Court should take cognizance of this case and make a ruling.

  35. rose rose

    bal: napulot ko sa lingo ni miriam..

  36. Chabeli Chabeli

    This extention of the Ass is another of those mive of Glorilla to taunt the people to react negatively. Glorilla is desperately trying to find a way of staying beyond 2010, so martial law would be her last bullet..when you drink a bottle of XO practically every night (my better-half witnessed this in Malacanang recently), it must affect ones’ thinking process. And to think one of the issues of EDSA Dos was Erap’s drinking..

  37. Chabeli Chabeli

    Oooops, I clicked too fast again! Should read: “..another of those MOVES of Glorilla..”

  38. SULBATZ SULBATZ

    Rose,

    Wala namang nangyayari sa mga imbestigasyon. Kung meron man, wala namang report na pinapalabas. Naimbestigahan yung iba samin nung nasa Lanao pa kami. Pero yung karamihan na naimbestigahan eh ala naman talagang first-hand knowledge. Pero yung majority ng may alam ay di pinatawag. May parang veiled threat pa nung investigation. Alam nyo naman ang nangyari sa mga naglakas-loob na magsalita. Hinihintay nga namin na ipatawag kami sa Senado. Sana naman di paisa-isa para di nila ma-intimidate ang isa man samin. Pero mukhang di talaga papayag si Gloria Esperon na paharapin kami kaya nga may EO 464.

    Ka Balweg,

    Maraming salamat sayo. Nababasa ng mga tropa ang mga comments nyo. Napapasaya nyo sila pag may nakikita silang mga salitang nagmamalasakit. Maraming salamat daw.

  39. rose rose

    ..ano na nga yong ginagawa ng Tanduay..Ginebra San Miguel marca demonyo? Is this the kind that they drink all night? Is this the spirit that leads them on?..Mukha nga!

  40. Brownberry Brownberry

    Balweg, alam mo ba kung bakit patay na patay si Madame Auring kay Victor Wood? Kasi daw kasing tigas ng kahoy ang…paninindigan ni Victor.

  41. rose rose

    sulbatz: the senators like Cayetano and Escudero who when they were running for election were very vocal but are now quiet..the only conclusion I can draw is “when your mouth is full you can not talk”. Lacson, who I understand is a PMAer seems to be quiet too..and I understand is a presidential timber? (hindi illegal logging ha..sa Quezon pala yong illegal logging…ang gara gara kasi doon) taga saan pa si Lacson..Visayas? sana soon and very soon there will be a continuation of the Garci investigation ..and you are right kung isa isa nga ang pagtawag sa mga witnesses it really could be intimidating…I pray that your company would give us the light in the investigation…Keep going..why should they only have all the fun..

  42. atty36252 atty36252

    “The bigger issue is whether the said provision automatically repealed an already existent law…” ace
    ***************

    it is elementary that when a law contravenes the Constitution, it is void and unconstitutional.

    Article 7 of the Civil Code also provides that:

    “Art. 7. Laws are repealed only by subsequent ones, and their violation or non-observance shall not be excused by disuse, or custom or practice to the contrary.

    When the courts declared a law to be inconsistent with the Constitution, the former shall be void and the latter shall govern.”

    The Constitution itself says:

    “All existing laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, letters of instructions, and other executive issuances not inconsistent with this Constitution shall remain operative until amended, repealed, or revoked.” Section 3, Article XVI, Transitory Provisions.

    Laws are only remain operative if not inconsistent with the Constitution. Conversely, therefore, if inconsistent, they have ceased to be operative as of the date of ratification of the Constitution.

  43. balweg balweg

    Sir Sulbatz, pls. extend my warmest best regards sa lahat ng tropa diyan sa Mindanao. Mas dapat kayo ang bigyan ng mataas na parangal bilang mga Bagong Bayani sapagka’t di mababayaran ang iyong pagsisilbi sa Bayan.

    Mulat ang aking puso sa inyong dedikasyon sa tungkulin at labis ang aking paghanga sa mga tulad nýo na ang iniisip ay para sa bayan.

    Magkagayon man na nagkakaron ng pasaway sa AFP/PNP eh di naman nangangahulugan kasama kayo doon, at naniniwala kami na napakarami pang tulad mo ang mayroong malinis na puso at dignidad sa sarili.

    Mabuhay kayong lahat diyan at mag-iingat kayo sa lagina at wag makakalimot sa Panginoong Dios.

    Mabuhay kayong lahat diyan!

  44. balweg balweg

    Yaks Ka BB, updated ka rin pala sa showbiz balita!

  45. SULBATZ SULBATZ

    Rose,

    Ang tanduay at kung ano mang alak ay maraming silbi lalo na dito sa kabundukan. Isa itong mabisang kulambo laban sa sandamukal na lamok at nik-nik na malalaki pa sa kalabaw. Pwede rin itong gamiting pamatay……sa kalungkutan nga lang. Mabisang kumot rin ito sa ginaw at lamig ng gabi. Ang mga bote naman ay pwedeng early warning device at “orinola” kung di pa nagagamit sa suka’t toyo. Matapos ang mahabang lakaran at kung minsan matapos ang bakbakan, ito rin ang mabisang pampakalma sa nagtataasang adrenalin. At higit sa lahat. ito ang aming libangan tuwing gagawin naming pulutan si Gloria Esperon.

    Pwede nyong tanungin si Esperon kung naranasan nya ang mga yan at tipong ala syang maisasagot. Kaya ganun na lamang sya kalupit mag-trato ng mga Enlisted Personnel na dating nagtrabaho sa kanya sa Basilan. Yan ang hirap sa mga opisyales na namumuno ngayon…..di nila nasubukan maamoy ang mga paa ng tropa kung katatapos lamang maghubad ng combat boots.

  46. balweg balweg

    Nagiging reseachful tuloy tayo nito Ka Rose, refreshing di ba! Lalo na ngayon, mayroon muli tayong pagpiestahan sa EK.

  47. SULBATZ SULBATZ

    Ka Balweg,

    Di namin ikinasasama ng loob ang pagbatikos ng karamihan sa kapulisan at sa AFP. Bagkus eh kami’y natutuwa at sa ganung paraan lamang namin malalaman ang aming kamalian. At sa ganang pagmulat sa katotohanan ay aming maituwid ang mga kamalian. Tulad nyo, kami rin ay bumabatikos sa mga kasamahan namin na ang inaatupag ay hindi serbisyo, kundi perwisyo.

  48. Brownberry Brownberry

    # balweg Says:

    January 27th, 2008 at 12:23 am

    Yaks Ka BB, updated ka rin pala sa showbiz balita!

    —-Hindi kaya nagkamali lang tayo ng basa sa headline o na-misquote na naman ang Malacanang? Hindi siguro extension ng term ni Esperon kundi extension ng kanyang….(alam mo na) for another 3 inches. Balitang diyutay lang ang kanya…

  49. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Bakit tatlong buwan lang? Dapat mag-sama sila habang buhay at kabilang buhay sa impierno. Tatlong buwan para pagtakpan ang kanyang dirty linen sa AFP. Tatlong buwan kurakutan. Bida naman ang dalawang Asingan boys-FVR at Esperon. Hawak nila ang leeg ni Pandak. Deal or no deal!

  50. balweg balweg

    Your Honor Sir Sulbatz! Ok ba na I call you Sir, para naman kahit papaano eh makabawi kami sa inyong kabutihan sa Bayan.

    Naaawa nga ako sa marami nating kasundaluhan na walang ginawang mabuti ang gobyerno kasi nga minsan napanood ko sa news a few years ago na pinaalis yong mga nakatira sa Camp Aguinaldo at heto halos ibenta na ang buong Kampo para gawing business Centre.

    Ang mga Heneral naman eh ang rarangya ng buhay at sa mga exclusive subdivisions pa nakatira like FVR sa Ayala Alabang.

    Kung tutuusin nga ang mga junior officers ang na sa field upang sumabak sa laban, pero sila akala mo untouchable, kaya yong uncle naming General eh nag early retirement kasi ayaw niya ang kalakaran sa Krame. Dati siyang regional commander somewhere in the South. Ko mo straight na tao eh mas ginusto pa niyang magretiro kaysa madungisan ang dignidad.

  51. chi chi

    SULBATZ Says:

    January 26th, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    I tried to conduct a survey among Enlisted Personnel here in the South. But before I could even start, yung mga tropa sabay-sabay nagtanong agad….”May presidente ba tayo, sir? Ang alam namin namatay na yung presidente natin sa sama ng loob.”

    Wala ring presidente ang pamilya ko, Sulbatz. Namatay nga sa sama ng loob!

    ***

    “Mahirap magdala ng tropa sa gyera kung sa likod ng aming mga isipan na ang nag-uutos samin ay di tunay na presidente at ang mandaraya at mandarambong na Cheat of Staff”

    I understand that’s why you and your men and all the honorable soldiers have my support and prayers.

  52. Brownberry Brownberry

    Is this SULBATZ an enlisted soldier, non-commissioned or officer? Ang damdamin mo ay siya din damdamin ng libu-libong mga sundalo natin na nagmamahal sa bayan. Ang hirap kumilos at sumunod sa order mula sa isang pekeng Commander-in-Chief. Huwag po kayong mag-alala…kaunting panahon na lang ang ititiis ninyo…at magkakaroon din kayo ng isang tunay na Pangulo.

  53. balweg balweg

    Tama ka Ka Chi, mahirap talagang magdala ng tropa sa laban. Remember mo pa ba yong nangyari sa Basilan ba iyon Sir Sulbatz, di ba na set-up yong kaawa-awang Marines at di ba pinugutan pa sila ng ulo, ganoong karumaldumal ang mga bandido….walang dinidiyos!

    Kung pakasusuriin natin, pinaglalaruan lamang sila ng mga pulitiko at mga Heneral? Kung tutuusin eh dapat tapos na ang problema sa Sulu o kaya Basilan kung sisiryusohin ng EK ang pagnutralize sa mga iyon, pero ano ang nangyayari bantay-salay lang ang mga Katipunero natin.

    Buti pa noong panahon ni Pangulong Erap, pinulbos niya ang MILF pero after na sipain sa Malacanang eh ibinalik uling lahat ang mga nasakop na Camps.

    Kawawa naman yong nagbuwis ng buhay sa labanang yaon, wala ding nangyari at heto back to camp uli ang mga MILF.

    At heto hihirit pa si Gen. Esperon na pupulbusin ang mga No Permanent Address, yaks common sense naman dahil kaya nga tinawag na NPA ang mga iyan eh walang sariling address.

    At isa pa eh paano niya huhulihin ang mga NPA {[N]angungurap sa [P]era ni ka [A]ndoy] eh nasa kongreso at DOJ ang big fishes eh nasa EK.

  54. Laski Laski

    atty36252 Says:
    The Constitution states that:

    “Laws on retirement of military officers shall not allow extension of their service.” (Section 5 (5) Article XVI)
    . . . . . . .
    hoy ‘torni, anong law ang pinagsasabi mo? walang kininilalang law so gloria, kundi matagal na yan nakatira sa munti … ang kailangang pairalin ay LU-nas. ikulong ang mga mandarambong

  55. balweg balweg

    Ka BnB, may daluyong na parating daw sa Pinas…nakupo kailangan natin ang tulong ni Volta…WOW parang tunay, nakakalipad si Ai2.

    Sana ganoon din ang mga Katipunero natin, pag nagwithdraw ng support kay Milenyo tapos na ang problema sa Bayan, kasi wala nang magbabantay sa EK.

    Di ba ang may hawak ng Nano Car eh mga pobreng Katipunero so wala palang dapat ikatakot ang Masang Pinoy.

  56. parasabayan parasabayan

    Ninez said it all in her editorial. The Dorobo needs asspweron in anticipation for several significant days of previous uprisings. To top it all, May 8 is the start of appointment for the cabinet positions without being questioned. There, she has to make sure that asspweron will be placed in another secure position so he will not squeal on her!
    I have something to add to the list of why asspweron is extended-asspweron has mastered the art of creating scenes to inflict fear in people- the Mindanao massacre of the soldiers, the congress bombing & death of Akbar, the Glorietta bombing (the PNP can call it anything they want want but if independent reliable international analysts say the residues in the samples taken from Glorietta showed extremely elevated percentages of bomb residues, I believe them), the alleged plot for another coup by five enlisted men( for Heaven’s sake!), a lot more like the alleged coup of the Tanay Boys (all made up to assure him of his chief of staff position) The list is endless. Asspweron is the right man to ANGER the Filipino people so the DOROBO can declare MARTIAL LAW anew! All asspweron have to do is create a scenario of an “alleged coup”. This is asspweron’s role. He is the “SCARECROW”.

    I have big doubts on his motive to move the hearing of the Tanay Boys to Camp Aguinaldo on the 29th of January. Why bring the incarcerated officers to the city after almost two years of mouthing that it is very convenient to try them in Tanay? Will the Tanay Boys be his next justification of his sinister act? It is so easy to create a scenario of “ESCAPE” in the mountainous roads of Tanay! And why isolate only a few of them for the hearing? It does not take an Einstein to figure out what the plot would be.

  57. Valdemar Valdemar

    If the Supreme Court is questioned on its poor wisdom, if the Executive is questioned on its whims, if the legislative is questioned on its ommissions, we have a very healthy check and balance. But its only checking with no correction. Its us the people low on the balance, low on action. There seems to be great imbalance in law. It can never be perfect for there is always deliberate inperfection while our lawyers, any, can not make up their minds always.

  58. parasabayan parasabayan

    The issues about the media is a prelude to the events that will happen in the next three months. Why was DOJ making it a criminal offense to cover military operations? It is because there will be a lot of “operations” this evil trio (tabako-asspweron-dorobo)will have to do to assure the DOROBO of her continued power!

  59. Valdemar Valdemar

    So far, its the NPAs on the warpath, always on the attack and offensive while our soldiers never knew what hit them while asleep. There is no qualified defense the military has, only political will to survive. There can be no telling if the NPAs rank ever showed attrition, no one knows where they are and who they are. They are the iceberg underwater. The tip of the iceberg seen by intelligent guess is only suspicions and nothing more. This tip provides the sole basis of the Esperon extension, so they claim.

  60. ace ace

    “Laws are only remain operative if not inconsistent with the Constitution. Conversely, therefore, if inconsistent, they have ceased to be operative as of the date of ratification of the Constitution.” – atty36252

    atty36252,
    Points well taken,nonetheless the Supreme Court must make a ruling, alam mo na ang gobyernong ito sanay sa palusot.

  61. Kung ang talagang amo ni Esperon ay si FVR, ang ibig sabihin niyan ang talagang boss ay si FVR at taga-execute lang si Gloria Dorobo na komo babae ay puedeng palusutin daw. Tapalan lang ng pera tatahimik na. Wow! Point, bakit nakakalusot ang mga iyan? Nakakasawa na kaya kahit na inis ako sa mga tulisan gaya ng NPA, ASG, etc. kung magtatagumpay sila, OK ngarud! Tutal pare-pareho lang namang mga hoodlum ang shenanigan. Iyong mga nakakulong lang naman ang talagang mga sundalo, makabayan, etc. Otherwise, puro kurakot na.

    Kawawang Pilipinas!

  62. Brownberry Brownberry

    Balweg, ang kulit mo naman! Sabi ko nang huwag mo akong tawagin na BnB. Maraming kahulugan iyan: Baduy na Baduy, Bading na Bading, Bulok na Bulok, Bunye na Bunye, etc.

  63. Brownberry Brownberry

    Iyan ang analysis ko kay FVR. Lalong lumilitaw ngayon na siya ang nasa likod ng Malacanang. Talagang posibleng taga-execute lang si GMA ng mga utos ni FVR. Etong pag-utos ni GMA sa mga allies niya sa Congress na huwag nang patalsikin si JDV ay maaaring utos din ni FVR. Pansinin niyo na simula pa noon kahit minsan ay wala tayong narinig na pumalag si GMA kay FVR.
    It has always been FVR making tampo…giving warnings and threatening. Ni minsan ay hindi umimik si GMA.

  64. john_grisham john_grisham

    Our military is really divided…the hawks and the doves…parang University of Manila and Saint Francis de Assissi ha. hehehehe.

  65. john_grisham john_grisham

    and Assperon has the gall to tell us the the next three months will be bloody….meaning, there will be more extra-judicial killings? susmariosep… eh, mga killer pala sila eh…

  66. I’m showing movies on these extrajudicial killings in Japan. I have been able to get hold of even movies with Vilma Santos in the leading and plan to show them to Filipinos and Japanese to arouse public awareness on this issue.

    I’m not showing Erap’s movie anymore especially if he is supporting Villar for 2010 that may likely not even happen with the Dorobo keen to stay forever.

  67. chi chi

    Pinas militar divided “parang University of Manila and Saint Francis de Assissi”. -JG

    The result of Gloria Esperon fake rule! Ngeeeeekkkkk! Bwahahahahahahha!

  68. Brownberry Brownberry

    Ang hirap din kung hindi sabihin naman na piliin ang “lesser evil”. Because there’s no perfect person, no perfect candidate, no perfect President. Many would agree that Manny Villar is one of the lesser evils. Maliban sa questionable na biglang pag-asenso niya at pag-yaman, wala naman tayong narinig na wide scale corruption niya at kanyang pamilya di tulad ng mga iba diyan na sobrang bulgar. All I know is that Villar hit big time in real estate. Hindi din malinis ang real estate dahil dito ang sangkot sa landgrabbing, non-payment of real estate tax at kung anu-ano pang kalokohan sa industry na iyan. But to me as a whole, Villar is not that bad of a candidate lalo na kung talagang opposition na siya. Mas gusto ko naman kay Villar kesa kay Legarda. Mar Roxas is okay…very educated and nothing much negative we hear about him except being a Mama’s Boy. He listens to his family more than anybody else. Baka kung maging Presidente na siya, ang nanay at pamilya niya ang magpatakbo ng bansa. Ping Lacson? Kung sa hindi niya pagtanggap ng pork barrel ang pagbabasehan, I think he’s the best candidate. Who cares kung talagang sangkot siya sa Kuratong Baleleng at ano pang pag-salvage ng mga criminal. Mga criminal naman ang dinedo niya. Even Manila Mayor Lim is known to have practiced such type of eliminating criminals.
    Sikat ang kanyang “Dirty Dozen”. Kaya kung ako ang tatanungin niyo, kay Lacson na lang ako. Pero okay ba siya kay Erap at opposition? Medyo malamig ang relation niya kay Erap. Let’s face it, the opposition candidates need Erap’s support and endorsement, whether they like it or not.

  69. john_grisham john_grisham

    chi, tama yan. tawanan mo ang problema..hehehehehe. I wonder ano kaya ang masasabi ni Sulbatz tungkol dito….sir, ingat kayo palagi.

  70. chi chi

    Sulbatz and Company,

    Gloria: “Whole of AFP backs Esperon’s extension”
    http://www.tribune.net

  71. Brownberry Brownberry

    Correction: Hindi “Whole” but “Whore of AFP backs Esperon…”

  72. atty36252 atty36252

    Baka naman

    Hole of AFP backs Esperon.

  73. Brownberry Brownberry

    Hole as in Ass, atty?

  74. Chi: “Gloria: ‘Whole of AFP backs Esperon’s extension’
    *****

    O di huwag niyang suhulan para makita kung nagkakaisa nga sila para sa kaniyang mahabang pangloloko. Ang hilig talagang managinip ng gising ang animal!

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