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Gonzalez says bishops’ call for new government now “seditious”

Gonzalez: Lagdameo’s ‘seditious’ call not the stand of CBCP

by Evangeline de Vera
Malaya

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez yesterday hit back at the leaders of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines who on Tuesday called for a change in government for what they said was rampant corruption in government.

Gonzalez said Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, CBCP president, treaded on thin ice with his utterance of “seditious” statements calling on the laity to take communal action in preparing for a new government.

“Strictly speaking, those are seditious (statements),” Gonzalez said.

Lagdameo, in a press conference Tuesday, called on the people to start preparing for a new government because of what he said was rampant state corruption.

Lagdameo said he was making a statement not in his capacity as a prelate, and not as CBCP president. But he also said that the four prelates also present in the conference, one of them a vocal Arroyo critic, agree with his stand.

The four were Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, Bishops Joel Baylon (Masbate) and Socrates Villegas (Balanga), and Bishop emeritus Jose Sorra.

Lagdameo, asked if he was calling for Arroyo’s ouster, said it is up to the people to decide what course of action to take.

Gonzalez said aside from vocally inciting people to call for Arroyo’s ouster, the bishops also made sweeping statements about graft and corruption, singling out the Arroyo administration.

He said Lagdameo, being a bishop, should be accorded respect, whether or not he is correct, but “certainly, he is not the Pope, therefore he is not infallible.”

“The voice of the CBCP, for all we know could have been different, supposing they put it to a vote… What is important is that he (Lagdameo) is not the CBCP. The other bishops, they are not as popular as Fr. Damaso,” he said, referring to a Dominican priest in Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere.

Gonzalez also said that since Lagdameo has crossed the line between the constitutional provision on the separation of the Church and State, he should try politics and run for president.

“A priest has become governor, why not an archbishop for president?” Gonzalez said.

He pointed out that bishops like Lagdameo are just “sitting in their lofty towers” without attempting to learn the true state of affairs of the parishes under them.

“We would like to know how many barangays has Archbishop Lagdameo visited right in my own city? There are 180 barangays in my city. How many barangays did he visit to find out how the people live, to find out if the people are angry?” he asked.

He said that three years ago, he issued a challenge to Lagdameo that they hire foreign experts to “authenticate” the “Hello Garci” wiretapped recordings on alleged cheating by the Arroyo camp in the 2004 presidential elections.

“He refused. Bakit ayaw nila?” he said.

He said people are already tried of unfailing attempts of the opposition to initiate public uprisings every year that it is doubtful that this new call by the bishops would succeed.

“They are aware that in the next two years, there will be elections already. Why waste energy and efforts for something that will come to pass?” he said.

Bayombong Bishop Ramon Villena said he believes that calling for a new government is already beyond the expertise of prelates.

“It is political to ask for a new government. As bishops, we do not have any prerogative to call for a new government… We cannot come up and crush the present government and put up a new government,” he said.

He also contradicted his fellow bishops, who all expressed belief that the Arroyo government is already engulfed in corruption.

According to Villena, it is not fair to conclude without evidence the President is corrupt. Personally, Villena said, he does not believe Arroyo is corrupt.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said that while Malacañang respects the opinion of the five bishops, it is addressing the corruption issue through various means, like the creation of the Anti-Red Tape Task Force and the issuance of a subsequent executive order on streamlining procedures, eradicating fixers, and prosecution of erring government officials.

He said if the bishops have evidence for their allegations of corruption, there are procedures and venues for action.

Donald Dee, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries, said he talked with Lagdameo and the latter clarified they are not calling for Arroyo’s replacement but merely saying that changes in government are expected with the nearing 2010 elections.

He said he called up Lagdameo around 1:30 p.m. after being informed of a supposed meeting between the PCCI and the CBCP, which the bishops denied was set up.

Dee said he instead took the opportunity to clear the issue as the business sector wants a “calm environment.”

Ermita dismissed concerns that the statement of the bishops would trigger another destabilization or ouster move against the President.

He said that first, it was not the call of the bishops; second, their statement was not the sentiment of all the bishops in the country, and third, the issue they raised is an old one which the government has already acted on and continues to address.

Armed Forces chief Gen. Alexander Yano said the military would remain apolitical and would not involve itself in any extra-legal activity.

He dismissed possibility the bishops’ call would trigger new military adventurism.

“Political issues and other similar issues are to be settled or resolved by politicians and not the soldiers… We cannot make, for example, the military as the quick fix solution or the stop gap measure for any problem that we have,” he said.

Yano also said the military has not received any “adverse report” arising from the bishops’ call but he said that it is “not farfetched that some mischievous group” might take advantage or exploit the situation. – With Gerard Naval, Jocelyn Montemayor and Victor Reyes

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61 Comments

  1. chi chi

    So, ano ang gagawin ni Gunggong kung seditious ang panawagan nina Bishop Lagdameo, ipahuhuli at ikukulong niya ang mga prisipe ng simbahang katolika?! Sige na Gunggong, para mo ng awa, ipakulong mo na sila, tingnan ko lang kung hindi ninyo katapusan!

    Rose, bibisitahin ko sa kulungan si Soc kung matapang ang EK na ipakulong sya!

  2. More reactions to the call of the five bishops led by CBCP President Angel Lagdameo for “radical reforms now” and a “new government now”:

    Yano:AFP ignoring call for “radical reforms”

    As chief of staff I would like to make to sure that the [AFP] remains apolitical and we will support the duly constituted authority all the way up to the President and the commander in chief and we remain solid behind that mandate,” Yano said in a press conference in Camp Aguinaldo.

  3. rose rose

    Seditious pala – di ikulong niya. or why doesn’t he file charges and try them in court? tingnan natin ang tapang niya…kidney transplant ba ang ginawa sa kanya or brain transplant? siraulo talaga! I would love to see siraulo arrest Bishop Lagdameo…of Jaro, Iloilo. siraulo..lagdameo..brenda..mike arroyo..ilonggo puro..si frank drillon rin pala…something is wrong somewhere..the food they eat? I wonder…the biggest camote was grown in Iloilo…

  4. bitchevil bitchevil

    If this nincompoop Raul is really serious and consistent, then he must charge the Bishops for making seditious statement. Otherwise, it’s very unfair to the many whom he ordered arrested.

  5. Press Secretary Jesus Dureza dismisses call of the bishops for the ouster of Arroyo saying they are pre-occupied with the economy but he arranged a presscon by Donald Dee on it.

    Inquirer story:

    Donald Dee says he scolded Archbishop Lagdameo

    Recalling his conversation with Lagdameo, PCCI chairman emeritus Donald Dee said he told the archbishop: “One statement you made that we cannot accept and will never accept is that we need a new government.”

    “Your statement is creating havoc, it divides the people. We did not create this recession. We were just dragged into this,” Dee said he told the CBCP president.

    “Beyond that, let me say this very clearly archbishop, that business, we businessmen, need a calm environment to work in. With your statement, you can see that some groups with different agenda are moving,” he told reporters at the Palace, in an interview arranged by Press Secretary Jesus Dureza.

  6. rose rose

    magsubukan na..Donald dee..dee..dee or donald duck as in quack, quack…
    ..if I remember right ang sabi ni gloria isang bala lang ang magpapasupil ng NPA..seguro isang bala rin will end the problem..magsuicide act na lang si gloria..at gloria ang bayan natin…it is a choice that she and only she can make…sacrifice her self…for her love (?) of the country..

  7. rose rose

    at sa wakas kung mangyari ito lilipad ako sa gabi…kahit hindi full moon…

  8. chi chi

    “He (referring to Bishop Lagdameo) is not the Pope, therefore he is not infallible. Only the Pope is infallible in matters of faith and morals,” Gonzalez said.

    That is a wrong view, Gunggong! Hindi porke Pope ay ‘infallible’ o incapable of committing error in faith and morals. The Pope is also a human being, a mortal and some of them are not enlightened as evidenced by history. Therefore, just like other human beings, the Pope is still subject to commit wrong choices/mistakes/sins.

    Utak lamok itong si siRaulo!

  9. chi chi

    Bet, aatras sina Bishop Lagdameo o hindi?

    Sana ay magsimula na ang salpukan ng mga nasa katwirang bishops at mga Donald quacking ducks.

  10. rose rose

    The Pope is infallible in matters of faith and dogmas..this is not a case of a dogma…corruption..moral values…are all in the 10 commandments..I wonder if siraulo still knows his ten commandments…The Ten Commandments are commandments that all God fearing people are commanded to do…kailangan ata ng brain transplant ni siraulo..matalino daw ang matsing..ano kaya kung mag bago ang utak ni siraulo…

  11. chi chi

    EK “challenged the bishops to bring to the proper forum any evidence on the alleged corrupt practices of the administration”.

    ‘Wag na lang, hawak ninyo ang lahat ng korte including the Supreme Court of Gloria. Basta ipakulong na ninyo ang mga Obispo. After all, Nognog said that what Bishop Lagdameo said was “not legal”.

  12. chi chi

    My family and I will support the “anti-corruption” tour of the five bishops. Huwag lang silang mapapagod.

    OK, Soc. Kapag tinutoo mo yan ay medyo ayos ka na ule sa akin. May hawak ka pang alas laban kay Gloria. Ikaw ang dumampot kay Doble at nagdala sa kanya sa teritoryo ng impakta. Kung iyan ay isisiwalat mo ay ayos na tayo. Todohan mo na!

  13. bitchevil bitchevil

    The Pope is not infallible. Church documents prove that many Popes erred. Many Popes tried to correct the mistakes committed by their predecessors.

  14. chi chi

    Putragis, pati pala si CJRP ay naghihintay ng 2010. Wala ngang 2010 election e dahil nakaumang na ang chacha ni Gloria kaya nananawagan ang limang bishops.

    Meron bang idea si CJRP kung paano gagawin ang kanyang susuportahang “reforms” maliban sa maghintay sa 2010?

    Naiinis na ako talaga, sila-sila ay takot sa “radical change”. Don’t wanna rock the boat eh?!

  15. rose rose

    Ang alam ko lang..the two dogmas set forth (hindi ko lang alam kung sinong Pope) are the dogma on the Immaculate Conception of Mary and the Assumption of Mary..these we believe as issued by the Pope…yong iba are simply teachings or guide lines on how we can be better catholics…being human they are subject to errors just like siraulo..not even encyclicals are dogmas..pambihirang patis talaga si siraulo..I am waiting for him to file charges…ano ba ang PCCI? Philippine Chamber of Commerce of Industry?

  16. chi chi

    Ano kaya ang stand ng business community? Donald is only one of the many businessmen in the pocket of the Pidals. Will Raul Conception, who backed up the late Cardinal Sin, do the same for the five bishops? Mukhang naghihintay sila lahat ng 2010!

  17. Gabriela Gabriela

    When Gloria Arroyo is ousted, I’d like tob e the one to hang Donald Dee on the pole upside down. Bitay na patiwarik ang gusto kong gawin sa kanya.

    Hindi na ito nahiya. Ang kapatid niyang si Dewey Dee, malversed millions of money and fled to Canada.

  18. Gabriela Gabriela

    No problem with Yano’s stand of supporting “a duly constituted authority”. Gloria Arroyo is not a duly constituted authority. She is a fake president.

  19. Ellen:

    “We must improve moral standards in government and society, in order to provide a strong foundation for good governance!”Gloria Macapagal Aroyo

  20. chi chi

    How many millions are in the brown bags, Villena? Gumagala na naman si Medeprensya Poblador, yun pamangkin ni Gaudie Rosales of the EK diocese.

  21. ELLEN:

    Please take me seriously!

    Remember,in my Inauguration Speech on January 20,2001,I told the nation my mantras: applying the highest level of moral standards, practicing good governance and leading by example !

    Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  22. Bobitz Bobitz

    Yano di ka kailangan ng bayan , alam namin na maski ano mangyari poprotektahan mo si Mr.& Mrs.Pidal, pero huag kang paka-siguro sa ibang kasamahan mong matino, magising ka na lang isang araw nasa munti ka na.

  23. bitchevil bitchevil

    Once and for all, let’s ask Gen. Yano: Hey General, Ya or No?

  24. hawaiianguy hawaiianguy

    Gunggong Gonzales? What can I say? His brain has already shrunk to peanut-size. Or maybe infected with deadly viruses?

    But if he were true to his words, why doesn’t he make a case against Lagdameo and the other bishops? Or, as what his lawless colleagues are doing, harass them or threaten them into extinction. Let’s see where this gunggong and his thieving master will end. They may not see glory until 2010.

  25. Confident si Gloria Dorobo doon sa mga member ng CBCP na under her payroll kaya matapang magsalita iyong gunggong na hind pa mamatay-matay. Ang dami sigurong kasalanan ng unggoy kasi sabi nga, “Only the good die young.” Taragis si GungGonzales, gurang, hindi pa kaniya ang kidney, buhay pa rin para magpahirap pa ng husto sa mga pilipino.

    Kailangan sigurong magdasal ng katakot-takot ang lahat para matepok na ang tribo ni Dorobo.

  26. Dami daw investment nakuha sa China si Dorobo sabi noong sipsip na spokesman niya. Oh yeah? Baka maraming nakuhang lagay doon sa mga intsik na binigyan niya ng concession para pambayad doon sa magagamit niya sapagharang ng impeachment petition nina Atty. Roque. Malaki siguro ang binigay na parte kay GungGonzales kaya nag-iingay na naman ang inutil.

  27. deanr deanr

    Pg hindi nag salita si Bolante gawin nyo na syang fertilizer at paki sama nyo na din si gonzales. Pati QC nakakuha ng fertilizer funds? ano yon para sa mga kabit ng mayor at Kongresista?

  28. deanr deanr

    sa tingin ko isang neri ang mangyayari kay bolante. sa tingin ko hindi mag sasalita yan at best friend nya si mike. Sana may natutunan sya sa pag kakakulong nya sa US at matakot sya. Para mag salita na sya. Pero mag salita man sya o hindi. Mga pilipino na dapat ay mag ka isa-isa at gawin na natin kung papaano napaalis si marcos at erap! Pag wala na sa pwesto si gloria. Malaki ang chance na mag salita na ang lahat laban sa kanya….

  29. Seditious iyong ginawa noong pari? E iyong ginawa ni Gloria Dorobo na pagnanakaw at pagbibigay ng concessions sa mga dayuhan para gutumin ang mga pilipino, hindi seditious? Ulol! Puede ba sapakan na ng bulak ang bibig, ilong at tenga ng unggoy na GungGonzales na iyan?! Kakakulo ng dugo sa totoo lang.

  30. Sa totoo lang iniinsulto ni Bolate ang kapwa niya mga pilipino. Handa siyang magpakulong sa mga kano pero hindi sa mga pilipino. If that is not insulting the capacity of his own people and the justice system in the Philippines, what is?

    Sa ginagawa niya mismo, admission na na may mali at anomalya somewhere. Pinapakita lang niya na talagang palpak ang administration ni Gloria Dorobo na kapwa niya kriminal. And worse, under a criminal, walang hustisya. Yuck!

    Kawawang bansa!

  31. Tama si Cocoy. International Convention provides that prisoners are given medical attention if they are sick. Hindi isasakay sa eroplano si Bolate kung may sakit siya.

    Sa Japan nga, first class medical care ang ibinibigay sa mga nakakulong. Lalo pa siguro sa Tate. Kaya nga iyong isang pilipino na ako ang nag-interpret para sa kaniya, sabi sa akin, pakiusapan ko raw iyong prison na huwag pa muna siyang pauwiin kahit na tapos na ang sentensiya niya para maipagpatuloy daw ang dialysis niyang libre.

    I bet sa Tate libre din ang medical check-up and care. Kaya anong kalokohan ang dinala siya sa St. Luke’s? At saka bakit iyong nag-aresto sa kaniya mukhang takot na takot na baka matanggal sa trabaho kundi susunod doon sa mga pakialamerong alagad ni Gloria Dorobo na hindi dapat pinapayagang makialam sa pagpapatakbo ng Hustisya sa Pilipinas gawa ng isa siya sa probable na puedeng arestuhin at ikulong. Kung puede pa nga ipabitay para mabawasan na ang mga kurakot sa Pilipinas.

    Dapat lang lalong maging masigasig ang lahat na hindi makaalpas si Bolate. In fact, pati iyong Garcillano. Esperon at Neri dapat ikinukulong! Contempt of court, nakakalusot! Unbelievable talaga!

  32. Bobitz Bobitz

    Ellen, Rose,
    Ang dali namang makalimot niyang si Mr.Donald Dee….Mr. Donald Dee..do you still remember what your kuya (Dewey Dee) did. ?…ang hirap sa iyo Mr. Donald ang galing mong magsalita…parang tutoo sinasabi mo, Pwehhhh !

  33. Valdemar Valdemar

    Ang talagang bagguhin ay ang kapare-an. Sobrang joke-joke sila. Paglumusot, another Sin na naman.

  34. rose rose

    Sigue na..siraulo…file charges at ikulong mo ang mga obispo ..isama mo sila kina Sen. Trillanes, Gen Lim, Gen Miranda at mga kasama..put them all sa Capinpin..what are you waiting for? Takot ka? Kung takot ka nagpapatunay ka na wala kang yagball..baka Neri ka rin? Abaw siraulo talawit ka rin pala..subukan mo lang idalhin sila sa kulungan at lahat ng mga tao ay makikiramay sa kanila..this will now show how powerful the people will be..what are you waiting for?

  35. rose rose

    for halloween..I will put up a halloween tree. and I will hang pictures of gloria, ito na ang pagkakataon ko na mapitay silang lahat..

  36. jose miguel jose miguel

    We should not be surprised with the behavior of Dee. This has already been foreseen in the 17th century.

    O. D. Corpus stated that a Spanish author Joaquin Martinez de Zuñega was already warning just after 1801 about Chinese acquisition of all the lands of the natives. By the 1880s, great number of Filipinos were driven out of business by the Chinese.(1)(2)

    In 1896, a group of Filipino merchants and manufacturers made a report on how the Chinese were excessively exploiting our soil, corrupting our population and draining our resources and the threat of damage to us “within a few years”. The report recommended to the government of Spain security measures such as, suspension of immigration and controlling activities, of the Chinese in the Philippines.(3)

    It would have been our next logical step after we became an independent nation in 1898. Unfortunately, the military might of the Americans intervened by their invasion in 1899. So the focus of our efforts against the Chinese invasion was suspended and turned towards resisting the American invasion.

    It was during the American occupation that a Chinese economic-legal unit, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was activated in the Philippines. It was tasked to block any of our legislative moves that would be in conflict to their interests and secure passage of those which they considered friendly to them.(4)

    By 1924, many thousands of Chinese have already infiltrated thru the long stretches of our seacoast or ports, “in the thickness of the night”. They subverted us Filipinos who attempted to stop them thru bribery.(5)(6)

    Around November of 1924, we tried to setup a legal channel of check points for identifying and assessing foreigners entering our country as part of our defense system of checking further foreign infiltration.(7)

    However, while our legal check points where still in the setting up stage, the Americans, with their military might providing cover to the Chinese, already dismantled them.(8)

    In 1927, we attempted again to set up legal check points to check continous foreign infiltration.(9)

    Immediately, the Chinese who are under the protective cover of the military might of the Americans blocked our attempt again.(10)

    Our dragging experience of loss of our check points to the Chinese, made us ponder in 1924 and in 1928, the progressive impotence of all layers (physical, political, economic, legal, etc.) of our security system. It´s impotence to check any foreign threat to the integrity of our own flesh and blood, will logically progress for as long as Americans have any form of control over us.(11)(12)

    We tried strategies based on our present condition to gain control as much area of our nation as we could against the foreigners. The start of our series of manoeuvres thru legal operations with the Retail Trade Nationalization Law in 1954 however, was out-manoeuvred by the Chinese. After we implemented this law, some 8700 of the 10,000 Chinese who rushed to get hold of certificate of Filipino citizenship papers after 1946, did so after 1954. We Filipinos actually overrun previously Chinese-controlled areas the strategic value of which where at most, of low significance. Thus in paper, the number of Chinese registered as engaged in the retail trade was reduced and the number of Filipinos engaged in the same business was increased. In reality however, there was no physical difference. The difference was only in paper.(13)(14)(15)

    What are they with the collaboration of GMA in power for?

  37. An assassination squad that targets known traitors and collaborators to foreign interests would be the best option.

    Actions must be done without media fanfare.

  38. Donald Duck’s concern about the economy is a non-issue.

    There’s no economy to talk about, Stupid!

  39. Sa mga Kaparian:

    Araw-arawin niyo na.

    Dapat malaman ng nakararami na wala ng natitirang option kundi’y ang patalsikin ang lahat na nagtaksil sa bayan.

    ‘Di mga bobo ang mga ‘yan para bigyan pa tayo ng isang malinis na eleksyon.

  40. ocayvalle ocayvalle

    sus naman..!! naniniwala pa ba tayo kay (si)raul(o)
    gon(ggong)zales..ung statement niya na ang mga sinabi daw ng mga obispo ayy seditious..baka ibig niyang sabihin ay delicious, dahil sa palagay ko ay ito ang pinakamasarap na sinabi ng mga obispo upang gumising na ang mamamayang pilipino.. the fall of this evil regime of GMA is just around the corner. let us all be prepared that this evil people in will surely land in jail where they belong..!!
    delicious..!!

  41. Valdemar Valdemar

    Jose Miguel,
    We dont really need much references to say the chinese potency has already taken hold long before our parents played footsies. Just take a look at the birth registration books. I dont even exist as a person when I found out there were no records of my birth anywhere. The second world war had been the favorite culprit. But the Japanese left my place in a parade and left it the way they found it. So next they injected ravaging fire at the municipios. Those were lies until now.I still believe the vetsin myth and I went on to searth the tombstones for children dying of chinese blood.

  42. Pei99 Pei99

    Kapag tinira daw at malinis ang iyong konsensya Walang ARAY… ganun lang un.. Si Gonzalez nkkatawa… hindi na dapat seryosohin… Kung paglabag sa konstitusyon ang ginawa ng mga nas CBCP eh bakit ang chacha ipinipilit pa rin. Di ba kawalan ng galang sa batas ng Pilipinas ang pilit na pagbabago ng konstitusyon para sa pansariling layunin. Ang mga pulitiko paghalalan, dinadaan sa simbahan, endorsement ng Iglesya, ng simbahan, ng kung ano anong relihiyon tapos nun Kalimutan na… hahahaha. Kung ang simbahan ay dapat nalalabas sa usaping pulitika dapat hindi sila nilalapitan ng pulitiko tuwing halalan. Ang simbahan kasi ang Moral guardian at Spiritual guide ng mga taong bayan. Hindi natin maiaalis na habang padumi ng padumi ang imahe ng pamahalaan Meron at meron pring nagmamatyag at nagnanais na malinis at maibalik sa maayos na sistema ang bayan.

  43. etcetera etcetera

    jose miguel says:

    However, while our legal check points where still in the setting up stage, the Americans, with their military might providing cover to the Chinese, already dismantled them.(8)

    In 1927, we attempted again to set up legal check points to check continous foreign infiltration.(9)

    Immediately, the Chinese who are under the protective cover of the military might of the Americans blocked our attempt again.(10)

    =================000=========================

    jose miguel, how come Americans were protecting the infiltration of Chinese?

    Thanks in advance.

  44. iwatcher 2010 iwatcher 2010

    eto talagang si sec. galung-gunggong gonzales umarya na naman…in his position as justice sec. daming controversial cases natutulog sa pancitan, daming eskandalo at anomalya nilalangaw sa kaniyang upuan, daming maling desisyon lalo na sa interpretation ng batas in favor of arroyo corrupt-poration at malacanang mafia at nakakaasar pag bumuwelta parang walang aral ang baho lagi ng lumalabas sa bibig…

    sabi nga pag tumatanda ka dapat gumagawa ka na ng kabutihan sa buhay mo pero etong isang ‘to puro yata kagaguhan nasa utak niya at animoy itim na konsensiya ni gloria…hiramin ko lang ang isang pahayag ng ating kaibigang blogger..may isang dakilang misyon si sec. r. gonzales kaya binigyan siya ng pangalawang buhay and with full authority sa kaniyang amo na palaganapin ang kasamaan!

    daming injustices sa ating bansa pero hindi ginagawa ng magaling? na sec. r. gonzales ang kaniyang tungkulin..biruin mo ang murderer na si ex.cong. villarosa nakalaya na, si manero laya na, si c. tehankee jr. laya na, at maraming kasong nabaligtad ang desisyon sa pakikialam niya.
    at ang mga kalaban ni gloria hayun, kabila-kabila kaso ng graft,violation of etc, rebellion at kung anu-ano pang panggigipit at pang-aabuso ng kaniyang departamneto sa mga kaaway daw ng estado?
    whoa! daming kaso ng korupsiyon, scams, money laundering ng mga kaalyado nila ay di amn lang pinapansin kahit may mga ebidensiya at witness..justice or injustice sec?
    damingkapwa nating pilipino na nabubulok na sa bilangguan sa simpleng kaso ng celfone snatching, robbery, theft hayun parang mga animal kung tratuhin at di amn lang binigyan ng pagkakataong magbagong-buhay o mabigyan ng kaukulang hustisya.
    samantalang ang mga kurakot, illegal logger, smuggler, hueteng and gambling lords, tax evaders, scam syndicates hayun at kahalubilo nila…

    kaya pala tumpak ang kaniyang misyon..palaganapin ang kasamaan at tipunin ang lahat ng masasama sa pinas.

    hay naku bat ganito ang mga uri ng pinuno natin, dami namang magagaling na pinoy bat laging nakapuwesto yung ganitong uri..palalo, abusado at siguro sira-ulo na ring maituturing spagkat hindi normal ang mag-isip at gumawa ka ng masama sa kapwa mo.

    mabuhay ka pilipino!

  45. kabute kabute

    I’m a Catholic. So it is a bit refreshing to hear and read of the call of these courageous Bishops. What is disheartening is the deafening silence of the rest of the Bishops and the CBCP in the fight against corruption, lies, thievery and immorality by the present government administration. It would be right if we hear the rest of the priesthood talk about this in their sermons and homily in their daily mass. I pity this justice sec (sick) gonzales of the DoJ. The more he talks the more he is miring himself in sin. How his soul will be saved when he eventually dies (which is soon from the way he looks), is hard to say. Maybe prayers will help clear his conscience and see the light.

  46. victor victor

    I find it funny how the Malacanang would tell the press this thing and that thing do not bother GMA yet she let go all her Machineries, including the disburser (of course, money is always the main event here) to counteract all this thing and that thing. Including the Baddest of them all in Secretary of Justice..calling Wyatt Earp..

  47. rose rose

    What are you waiting for Death of Justice Secretary siraulo gonggongsales?..file charges against the five bishops..jail them and send them to where Gen. Lim, Gen. Miranda, Sen. Trillanes, et al…GO ahead be our guest..Come! Come and pick them up…

  48. bitchevil bitchevil

    Jose Miguel, great posting. Those who were born in the 60s and 70s cannot forget one Dewey Dee who ripped of the banks of millions and then escaped the country. He’s reportedly now living in Canada since then. Dewey is the older brother of this Donald Dee.

  49. myrna myrna

    aber nga…make our day gonzales…. sige, file charges against these bishops who stand firm for truth (kahit huli na! :))…. ikulong mo pa, at nang magka-alaman na. sige nga….

  50. rose rose

    be: Lulliput’s wedding day i2 1/9/9? papaano kung ang nanay niya is ousted before then? ma por nada ang kanyang kasal..baka mag juramentado..

  51. jose miguel jose miguel

    A man has been raping a beautiful girl of barely puberty age, still of inocence, still developing her identity. The girl living in a remote but rich and fertile island, has just ran away from his harsh father. She has no more mother. Of tough physical strength and will due to the harsh life she endured in the island, she has been resisting fiercely the rapist. What does a rapist usually do to be able to force his will on his resisting victim? He first gives her several heavy blows till she drops to the ground half conscious or unconscious. What does he do when she regains consciousness? He ties him with a rope, or points a weapon at her. However, to continue this method, would render his raping ineffective for him since half his body would have to remain occupied with suppressing the resistance of his victim. On the other hand, tying his victim with a rope would render the body of his victim not wholly available for his consumption. An ideal rape victim for a rapist is someone who readily gives in to his will.

    What are the options of a rapist? He finds a way to introduce drugs into his victim. The victim at that moment just fall into a state of stupor or almost asleep. What does he do if he wants to rape her again and again? The rapist can continuously lock her in a bedroom. He would have to be always on the lookout making sure she does not escape. He would have to make sure that every time he enters the room of his prisoner victim, the victim is not ready to harm him and escape. So, to eliminate resistance, the rapist has to continuously administer dependency drug to make the victim dependent on the drug and as a consequence on him. That way, the victim is dependent on the rapist her whole life.

    However, the rapist happens to be an accomplished businessman, is known and well respected in his town. So he is necessarily an extremely busy person. He has to monitor closely the production or operations of his companies. He has to continuously look for markets for his products. He has to continuously solve strategic problems. He has to conceive systems to make his company sustainable. He has to look for raw materials to ensure continuous production. Besides he also has to attend to his obligation to himself, his family, relatives, friends and the many social obligations. He has no more time to administer to the perpetuation of dependency to his rape victim to be able to rape her for as long as he wants her.

    There also happens to be a drug pusher in the town who has gone to that rich island to peddle drugs because it has become lucrative considering the place being rich. At that time, the drug pusher sees the potential of the girl to make money out of the flesh trade. So the pusher tries all his manipulative skills to lure the girl to take drugs. The girl, however, of tough physical strength and will due to her having endured a harsh life in the island, resists the invasion and drug introduction of the pusher to her.

    If you are the rapist, knowing that the drug dependency of the girl would be of great help to your objective of making the girl a perpetually willing victim, would you or would you not facilitate the moves of the pusher for as long as the pusher also remains under your control?

    The Chinese at the time the Americans invaded our country, have been increasingly strengthening their hold of our economy. As a result, we Filipinos continuously lose control of our economy to the point of becoming dependent on the Chinese.

    We Filipinos, the rape victim have been continuously losing our strength to resist. That is because we have been losing the will to feed ourselves. We have become dependent on the Chinese to feed us.

    If you were the Americans, for us long as the Chinese remain under your control, would you not facilitate the infiltration of the Chinese that would render the Filipinos willing victims of dependency to allow you the Americans to have perpetual control of the Filipinos for as long as you want?

  52. jose miguel jose miguel

    Oh yes, the mother and the elder brothers of the rape victim drove away their harsh father out of the island. The three trying to defend the girl being raped, were killed by the rapist.

  53. Lots of weight lost daw si Bolate kaya patatabain siya sa St. Luke’s para bitayin ni Pidal at ilitson nila sa Malacanang! Yuck!

    Or, tanong siguro ni Mike Pidal nang makipagkita kay Bolate, “Pare, gid, inggit ako sa imo. Anong ginawa mo gid at pumayat ka? Kasi ako di na pumayat. Balik taba pa rin kahit na anong lustay ko ng pera sa kaban ng bayan. Litson kasi masarap!”

  54. etcetera etcetera

    I guess, we are being gang rape by Americans and Chinese.

    Also, we have an incestuous gang rape on us by AFP, PNP, Supreme Court, Lower House, and the grandmaster of pidal mafia – bansot and fatboy pidal.

  55. etcetera etcetera

    Once the Lower House started to push for Cha Cha, the people must start rallying. We should not wait for the decision of pidal supreme court to let the Lower House and the Senate to vote as one, instead of a separate vote on each house. It will be too late for the people to rally if we wait for pidal supreme court decision.

    Mayor Lim’s policy about rallying is basically the same as Atienza. Bawal ang mag rally. Mayor Lim is one of bansot’s evil people.

    Kung pinili sana ni tangang Erap si Lacson para maging mayor ng Manila imbis na si Lim eh di sana eh may kalayaan ang mga tao para mag rally. Itong si tangang Erap eh ayaw na ayaw kay Lacson eh samantalang si Lacson lang talaga ang tunay na opposition na malaki ang magagawa sa bayan. Ngayon eh gusto pa atang suportahan ni tangang Erap si Villar o yong ibang pang mga balimbing. Dapat kay Erap eh e gang rape ni fatboy pidal at mga anak nya para mawala ang katangahan.

  56. Valdemar Valdemar

    Jose Miguel,
    If you ask me now what is the name of the Chinese colonel, I would think its the father..oops, I got lost in your story. Now Please relate it again without the raped goat first.

  57. Pei99 Pei99

    To Jose Miguel:
    I do respect your opinion but you know, I don’t agree with it… I am a filipino chinese and I am taking this very offensive. Are you a racist? Kasi masyadong bitter ang commentary to blame chinese or americans. Ang Filipino kasi meron dapat sariling desposisyon sa buhay. Dapat rin nating isipin ung kasabihan na kung walang magpapaabuso wlang aabuso. O likas lang na tamad at dependent ang mga pinoy kaya ngayon at napag iiwanan na at patuloy ang paghihirap, ibinabaling ang sisi sa iba. Kung gusto natin ng pagbabago, sa ating sarili un magsisimula. Ang tao ay dapat na mabuhay sa kasalukuyan at sa hinaharap. Ok lang na lingunin ang nakaraan upang maging gabay sa pag unlad…
    quote ko lang ang isang to:
    sabi mo: We Filipinos, the rape victim have been continuously losing our strength to resist. That is because we have been losing the will to feed ourselves. We have become dependent on the Chinese to feed us.”
    Ayon sa puntong ito lumabas ang katotohanan. As I see it walang resistance dahil hindi naman tayo naging self efficient kahit kailan. Palaging nakasandal sa pader, panay ang kapit sa patalim na mentalidad, Bahala na. Ningas kugon.Simulan ang pagbabago sa iyong sarili. Kung nakikinabang ang mga China sa atin, nakikinabang rin tayo sa kanila. Un nga lang may tubo cla kc oportunidad un pra kumita.

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