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Three critical turnovers

There are three changes that would be happening in May and June that should be a cause of concern for the Filipino people.

No, we are not talking about the presidency. It’s not the replacement of Gloria Arroyo after June 30, 2010 that we are worried about. It’s more of she might be replacing herself.

The most discussed impending change is in the judiciary, when Chief Justice Reynato Puno retires on May 17.
Article VIII, Section 4(1) of the Constitution states that any vacancy in the Supreme Court shall be filled within 90 days of the occurrence. Gloria Arroyo’s minions say that she can appoint Puno’s replacement because he term ends on June 30.
However, Article VII, Section 15 of the Constitution prohibits midnight appointments . It states that after two months immediately before the next presidential election and up to the end of his/her term, a President or acting President shall not make appointments except temporary appointments to executive positions when continued vacancies will prejudice or endanger public safety.

May 17 is still within that restricted period. But one cannot take comfort on the protection of the law knowing Arroyo’s penchant for violating the Constitution and the subservience of the majority of the members of the Supreme Court.

Another problematic impending vacuum is in the Senate. There are calls for Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to step down so that a senator whose term would be until 2013 could be elected senate president.

Enrile has resisted these calls. Probably because they are being made by allies of Senator Villar, presidential candidate of the Nacionalista party, who are maneuvering to control the upper chamber to prevent the approval of the Committee of the Whole report on the C-5 road project censuring Villar for unethical conduct and ordering him to return P6.5 billion he gained from the project. Villar’s allies want him cleared in that controversial project.

The Villar investigation is just a side issue. What is more important is the vacuum that would be created in the presidency of the country if there would be a failure of elections and no new president is declared by June 30, 2010.
The Constitution provides that in case of a vacancy in the presidency, the vice president takes over. If the VP is unable to assume the presidency, next in line is the senate president and then the speaker of the House of Representatives. If the there is no one qualified, Congress shall pass a law to provide who shall serve as acting president until the president or vice president shall have been elected and qualified.

The term of Enrile, who is running for re-election, ends on June 30, just like 11 other senators. The same thing with House Speaker Prospero Nograles.

Who will then be acting president on June 30, if national winners are not proclaimed?

Yesterday’s Inquirer carried a suggestion to elect as senate president either Sen. Loren legarda, who is running for vice president under the Nacionalista Party or Sen. Chiz Escudero. Both are members of the Senate up to 2013.

But then, even if Enrile agrees to step down and any one of those whose term ends in 2013 would succeed him, there will be questions on the legality of his or her ascension to the presidency under a Senate without a quorum because there would only be 12 members. If the issue goes to an Arroyo-controlled Supreme Court, one can guess what would be the decision.

Another change that is causing a lot of concern is in the military.

Armed Forces Chief of Staff Victor Ibrado is retiring on March 10. He missed the election ban on appointment by one day. That means Arroyo can appoint his successor.

The name being mentioned as frontrunner to succeed Ibrado is Army Chief Delfin Bangit, former head of the Arroyo’s Presidential Security Group.

The involvement of the military in the 2004 election cheating has been traumatic for the people, more so for members of the Armed Forces. Ibrado’s performance the past seven months has elicited trust and confidence that he would not allow the military to be used for partisan politics in the may elections under his watch.

More than that, many believe that Ibrado will not allow himself to be used for any unconstitutional attempt by Arroyo to continue staying in power beyond 2010.

There have been calls, all from the opposition, to extend Ibrado’s term. Even Magdalo officers, who rebelled against Arroyo in 2003, said extending the term of Ibrado beyond March is better than appointing “a very unpopular candidate.”

Magdalo spokesperson, Lt. Ashley Acedillo, said “Ibrado has shown himself to be professional and non-partisan.”
Bukidnon Rep. Teofisto Guingona III, who is running for senator under the Liberal party ticket, said extending the term of Ibrado will give the next president a free hand to appoint a new AFP chief and “ would create stability within the AFP especially during the critical period leading to the elections. A stable AFP is absolutely crucial to ensure free, safe and honest elections.”

That is if Arroyo wants an honest and credible elections.

A contentious resolution in any one of these three areas of concern would increase political tension and put at risk the political stability of the country.

If it’s all the three areas, the country would be in big, big trouble because that would mean Gloria Arroyo forever.

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55 Comments

  1. Golberg Golberg

    “That is “if” Arroyo wants an honest and credible elections.”

    E ayaw niya naman ng ganun. Dahil kung ang lalabas ay alam niyang ipapakulong siya, 2008 pa lang may plano na iyan.

  2. Golberg Golberg

    Tingnan ng mabuti yung mga raid na ginawa sa bahay at lote ng mga ampatuans. Ang daming baril may mga ballot boxes pa. Kaya siguro pinutol na yung martial law. Maraming nabubuking na operation.

  3. MPRivera MPRivera

    Any general not identified with the ngoyang will be acceptable as successor of Gen Ibrado who is due for retirement on March 10.

    Kahit ano pang sabihin ng mga asong ulol, kung sila rin lang na kasapi ng PMA Class 78 ay mabuti pang i-extend na lamang si Gen Ibrado sa poder sapagkat walang maaasahang katapatan sa kanila pagdating ng eleksiyon. Tamaan na’t makasama ang hindi tiwali sa PMA Class 78, subalit dahil sa malasadong paninidigan ng ilang inuuna ang pansarili kaysa tungkuling sinumpaan, hindi mawawala ang hakang nasa saya sila ni ngoyang.

  4. martina martina

    Speaking of c5 case ni Villar, televised ang senado ngayon at naku, akala ko aatakihin sa puso si Pimentel sa sobrang depensa niya kay Villar. Si Cayetano naman paulit ulit at paligoy ligoy and depensa, walang kakwenta kwentang depensa, walang credibility nga. Magkano kaya ang ibinayad ni Villar sa kanyang mga ‘choo choo train lawyers’, tawag nga ni Madrigal sa kanila.

  5. That is if Arroyo wants an honest and credible elections.

    Arroyo never indulged in honest and credible elections, so why will she want one now. Her future is at stake. Depending on who becomes president, her future might take her to prison.

  6. bayong bayong

    kahit anong batas kayang babuyin ni aling gloria kahit konstituyon hanggat ang mga kapulisan at kasundaluhan ay walang sariling disposisyon.

  7. xman xman

    Nakakatawa yong mga insulto sa Senado parang grabe pa kesa dito sa Ellenville.

    “But Pimentel, while castigating fellow senators for alleged “unparliamentary language,” was himself guilty of it when he stated that while Sen. Mar Roxas may not have had any road insertions, he is certain that Roxas had an insertion with his wife, Korina Sanchez. Roxas demanded it to be stricken out.” LOL

    http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20100126hed1.html

  8. Anyway, talaga naman maraming bastos na senators at tongressmen/women.

    That’s why Pinas is called the Bastusan Republic.

  9. MPRivera MPRivera

    Ano na nangyayari kay Pimentel?

    Bakit nagiging balimbing na siya ngayon?

    Kunsabagay, dati na. Kung sino ang alam niyang may pakinabang siya ay doon subsob ang kanyang nguso.

    Nagmana kaya si Koko sa kanya?

    Anuman, burado na ang mga Pimentel sa aking balota.

  10. MPRivera MPRivera

    Nakalimmutan ko.

    Ang Philippine politics pala ay arena ng mga hunyango. Kung merong tunay ang prinsipyo ay mabibilang sa iisang daliri. Putol pa.

  11. rose rose

    an honest and credible election there will never be under gloria;s administration..seguro pagputi ng uwak puputi din ang kanyang budhi…ang sabi nga God knows best..baka puputi din ang uwak!

  12. chi chi

    Kung susundin lang ang Pinas Konstitusyon ay walang magiging problema. Pare-parehong kasing greedy sa power.

    Pinagpipilitan ng lintek na Gloria Arroyo ang mag-appoint ng papalit kay Puno. Kung hindi ba naman nanggugulo ang bwisit demonya na yan. Gusto raw ay magkaroon ng maayos na transisyon sa panguluhan, e puro gulo naman iniisip pinapatulan naman ng mga ulol din na JBC.

    Sa Senado, ayaw ngang humarap ni C5-Taga Villar sa investigation. Malinaw, hindi nya matitingnan ng deretso sa mata si Jamby, kasi guilty sya. Si Pimentel, kung kailan tumanda at dapat meron syang magandang legacy as senator, ayun at nabayaran din malamang. Si Allan Cayetano, nilaro lang ang pinoy para manalong senador, manloloko ang putragis!

    Si Bangit, ang bangit ng pangalan at reputasyon pero ipinaggi-gitgitan ni Gloria na kapalit ni Ibrado. Napakadaling bigyan ng solusyon kung nais na walang gulo. Extend ang service ni Ibrado, tapos.

    Maitim ang mga plano ni Gloria Arroyo hanggang makakaya niyang lokohin ang pinoy. Nasa pinoy na rin kung patuloy syang magiging tanga.

  13. MPRivera MPRivera

    Philippine budget deficit hits P293-B in 2009

    http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/01/25/10/philippine-budget-deficit-hits-p293-b-2009

    Pagbaba (?) ni ngoyang sa Hunyo, magkano na kaya ang deficit?

    Teka muna nga pala. Bakit ba lumalaki ang deficit samantalang buong kahambugang ipinamamarali ng meron minaster at dinoktor na degree sa ilalim ng puno sa likod ng George Bush University na gumaganda ang economy at masuwerte ang papalit sa kanya’t ipagpapatuloy na lang?

    Ano nga ba ang dahilan? Hindi kaya dahil sa madalas niyang pagbibigay ng isang kilong bigas at dalawang balot na nudols? O, dahil sa dami impaktostraktyur prodyek niya sa Lugao?

  14. Nakakahiya ang itsura ni Pimentel sa Senado. Ganun pala ang itsura ng tumanda ng walang pingkatandaan. Bastusan ang laban, yung gutter level argumento ni Pimentel lalo na yung “insertion” ni Roxas dahil siya daw ay bagong kasal ay foul at extremely unparliamentary. Sinundan pa ni Cayetano na “salimpusa” daw si Jamby. Diyan siya magaling, mag-imbento ng labels at pero ang katiwaliang usapan ay pilit minamaniobra para mailayo kay Villar.

    Pati si Jinggoy nagwala sa galit nung pilit binubuhay yung mga kaso ni Erap. Napilitan si Jinggoy bumaba sa upuan ng President Pro-Tempore para makasali sa debate. Binanatan niya si Villar na isa raw mang-aagaw. Ginagaya yung Kulay Orange ni Erap, yung pagiging makamasa, pati yung pagiging taga-Tondo. Pinagtataka raw ni Jinggoy bakit hindi gayahin ni Villar yung pagharap ni Erap sa kanyang mga kaso kahit na may offer siyang hindi kakasuhan at makakapag-exile basta pumirma ng resignation lang.

    Mainit si Enrile, Jamby, Jinggoy, at pati si Roxas na hindi kayang sagupain ni Cayetano ng kanyang mga slogan-labels na hindi naman bumebenta.

    Si Joker ay may punto sana kaya lang walang kredibilidad at prinsipyo dahil siya mismo ay nag-akusa rin noon kay Villar ng parehong kaso sa Kamara nung maglaban sila sa Speakership.

    Malamig si Noynoy pero napilitang sumagot kay Cayetano tungkol sa Mendiola at Luisita Massacre na pilit ginagamit ni Cayetano para tumabang ang kaso ni Villar. Naimpress ako sa reaction ni Noynoy, malinaw ngayon ang sagot lalo na sa hinanakit niyang pinili pang tirahin ang alaala ni Cory sa araw ng birthday nito. Namula ang tenga ni Cayetano.

    Bukas pa naka-scheule si Miriam para magsalita pabor kay Villar. Hayop sa balimbingan, pagka may kwarta, naroon ang mga oportunista. Tandaan na ninyo ang mga pangalang Villar, Cayetano, Pimentel, Miriam. Hindi na dapat pang maupo yang mga iyan sa Senado na natitirang sanggalang laban sa mga demonyo sa Malakanyang. Yung mga taga-administrasyon gaya nila Zubiri, Revilla, Lapid pati na yung oposisyon “daw” na sumuporta sa resolusyon panig kay Villar gaya nila Pangilinan ay hindi malinaw kung saan nakapanig ngayon.

  15. chi chi

    “Pinagtataka raw ni Jinggoy bakit hindi gayahin ni Villar yung pagharap ni Erap sa kanyang mga kaso kahit na may offer siyang hindi kakasuhan at makakapag-exile basta pumirma ng resignation lang.”

    Nakaisa si Jinggoy! Sige banatan mo pa si Villar at nang si Noynoy at Erap ang maglaban sa pampanguluhan. Ayos sa akin yan.

  16. chi chi

    Ang putang%$$#@ Cayetano, dapat ay dagukan ang manloloko na yan! Pati patay, si Cory Aquino pa, ay hinukay para mailigtas ang kanyang plunderer na master!

  17. MPRivera MPRivera

    Mga bastos na ‘yan!

    Kung sakaling ipahintulot ng demonyo na manalo ang duwakang na Villar na ‘yan, wala ring ipinagkaiba sa bulok na gobyerno ni gloria. Puro mga salaula at ganid. Walang kayang mga ipagmagaling kundi ‘yung kanilang mga pinag-aralan kuno subalit batbat ng kabulukan ang mga pagkatao.

    Bayan, saksi ka kung paano dapurakin ng pesteng ‘yan ang integridad ng sebisyo publiko. Pangalagaan ang iyong kinabukasan at kapakanan. Sa darating na eleksiyon ay huwag iboto ang masisiba sa salapi. Ang mga hunyangong walag kahihiyan sa agarang pagpapalit ng kulay.

    Ibasura ang kandidatura ng mga ganid!

  18. balweg balweg

    Ano na nangyayari kay Pimentel? Bakit nagiging balimbing na siya ngayon?

    Hay naku Igan MPRivera…ang matandang hukluban na yan e numero unong balimbing, nakaligtaan mo na ba yong ginawa niya sa impeachment ng Pangulong Erap?

    Isa rin yang hudas at walang pinagkatandaan? Bying time na lang ang alam niyan at ginagawa na lang past time ang maupo sa Senado.

  19. balweg balweg

    MPRivera – January 25, 2010 11:23 pm

    Mga bastos na ‘yan!

    Igan MPRivera pasalamat tayo mga bastos yan at kung nagkataon e naging ispada e tepok tayo…opppsss, di nga pala sotang bastos yaks…jokes only!

    Relax igan, ang puso mo…di tayo aabot ng ganito kundi yan mga bastos na walang modo, sila ang pasimuno ng paghihirap natin kaya inabot tayo ng 10-years na kuba na sa paghihirap?

  20. The world is undergoing major changes, but this country seems not ready for it.

    This week Obama could be in trial re citizenship. He’s on the way out unless he cooperates.

  21. Isagani Isagani

    From GMA News:

    “Senator Manuel Villar Jr. exerted his influence on the Department of Public Works and Highways so that the properties of the Nacionalista Party presidential candidate would benefit from the controversial C-5 Road Extension project, according to a report by the Senate committee of the whole.”

    Puwede pa bang manalo si Senator Manuel Villar Jr sa pagka-presidente ng Pinas?

  22. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Masmatindi ang insertion ni Gloria Arroyo. Ang failure of elections ay maari niyang i-extend ang kanyang termino sa ibang paraan gaya military take-over ng gobierno o martial law. Nandiyan si Norberto Gonzales at PMA class 1978 para ipatupad kanyang maitim na plano. Lalong tumindi ang kanyang hayok sa kapangyarihan.

  23. chi chi

    Totoo yan, Ka Diego. Habang papalapit ang pagkawala ng kapangyarihan ni Gloria Arroyo ay lalong kinakati ang buong katawan, loob at labas, sa extension ng kanyang kademonyohan.

  24. chi chi

    Villar said he will face and answer the charges in his own terms and his own time, adding that he cannot be dictated upon as to where and when he should deal
    with the case. – www. tribune.net.ph

    Kaputa-putahan, hindi pa patay si Gloria Arroyo nag-encarnate na kay MANEVILLIAR!

    Kung sa kanyang ngang mga ka-senador ay ganyan ang sagot nya, sa mga de-pagpag pa!

  25. rose rose

    is Pimentel becoming a “dirty” old man? Nagulat ako sa sinabi niya. halimbawa ba siya ng isang gentleman? it seems na tumatanda siyang paurong…nakakalungkot…noong araw we were encouraged to attend and listen to our senators debate in the senate…Diokno..Soc Rodrigo, Tanada at walang kanitong “biro”..not only is t pathetic it is tragic that we have a senator like who is turning to be what he was not before… a conduct unbecoming of a gentleman..

  26. chi chi

    “But Pimentel, out of nowhere and in jest, said: “After your marriage, you have insertions.”

    Roxas flared up and in high voice, said: “That’s an affront to my wife.” Pimentel then asked that his remarks be removed from the journal.” -www.malaya.com.ph

    Ang bastos ng dirty old man Nene! Wala nang natira kay Pimentel na dapat irespeto. What has happened to this man along the way?

  27. Mike Mike

    Si Pimentel ay tumatandang paurong. I used to admire that man. But with his posturings these past months defending MAN EVIL LIAR (thanks Tongue), nawalan na ako ng respeto sa matandang yan. Lahat ng credibility niya wala na, kaput!!! Si Pimentel ay isang matandang bastos, walang modo, etc…..

  28. What’s frustrating is what the Senate has done to this obvious expose. In the US, the FBI would have started their separate investigation. In the Philippines, I am reading that this Monday, it will boil down to some Senate vote. Where is the NBI? Where is the Ombudsman? I mean, I don’t know the process, I could only surmise like similar to what Cabral has said in her suit to Ella, Ella should have gone to NBI or Ombudsman. Does this mean that if no one from the Senate goes to NBI and Ombudsman to report the C5 anomalies nothing is going to happen? Please educate me…

  29. Mike Mike

    Ganun din ang tingin ko kay Allan Cayetano, nuong congressman pa siya, bilib na bilib ako sa kanila ni Chiz. Pero mukhang itong si Allan eh nag mana din sa kanyang ama. Tutal pilit niyang ibinubuhay ang mga isyu laban sa yumaong si dating President Cory bubuhayin ko na rin ang mga isyu laban sa kanyang namayapang amang korap. Ako mismo, nakita kong naguusap si Rene Cayetano at ni Gatchalian sa isang restaurant sa Shangrila Hotel, ito’y sa panahong pinaguusapan ang impeachment ni Erap nuon at ng BW scandal. Diba may allegation nuon na hiningi ni Rene ang malaking share ng BW Resources kay Gatchalian nuon? Anon kaya ang sagot ni Allan dito. Ogag ka Allan, sayang, so young and so ……….. huwag nalang baka ma sensor ako dito 🙁

  30. What has happened to this man along the way?

    Chi,

    Villar’s dirt has rubbed on him. C5Taga’s money bought the man’s last remaining shred of self-respect. He sold it dirt cheap.

  31. Pero mukhang itong si Allan eh nag mana din sa kanyang ama.

    No doubt about it.

    Cayetano jr probably has no access to insider trading so he sold his soul to C5Taga.

  32. Where is the NBI?

    Reynz,

    Natakot! Remember iyong kwento ni Tongue? Napindot iyong magazine during the shoot out with the Aquilar boy sa takot! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

    Either that or they were bought out by C5Taga as well using taxpayers’ money.

    Sanamagan! What a pipol!

  33. Mike Mike

    MAN-EVIL-LIAR is very much like Gloria nowadays, ducking every issues thrown at him that has to do with corruption. If MAN-EVIL-LIAR cannot answer and defend himself from the C5 scandal issues as senator, what more when he becomes president? Will he use the same strategy of Gloria by also issuing EO 464?

  34. Eto pa Anne, i just read this… “Sen. Manuel Villar said Monday night that he had no intention of facing his accusers in the Senate and would rather go to the people to explain his side in the C-5 road extension controversy.” So, is this how a Presidentiable should act? No respect to the institution that he was a part of?!

  35. martina martina

    Pimentel lost and Enrile won my respect for their showing yesterday at the senate.

    Si Pimentel, bastos na matanda. Last hurrah na niya, kaya todo sipsip kay Villar.

    Sabi naman ni Enrile, ‘nahihiya akong magbayad ng taga media’. Alam ni Enrile ang ‘hiya’, in contrast sa ibang politicos na walanghiya, siyempre pahaging ito kay Villar.

  36. Martina,

    While Enrile’s attack on Villar has basis, we mustn’t forget that Enrile is not doing this for some noble or altruistic purposes, i.e., for God and country. He is fighting Villar tooth and nail, and rightly so, for the survival of his own master: Erap.

    We all here mustn’t fool ourselves. It is very clear that Enrile is Erap’s attack dog just as Cayetano is Villar’s attack cat in the senate.

    That’s why to me, the Senate is full of bastos people — they are not fighting to legislate for the people, they are fighting to legislate for their masters and for themselves, for their own survival. Our senators are despicable the puppets.

    Bastos Republic with a Bastusan Senate composed of bastos senators fighting for their bastos candidates — with nary a thought for the Filipino people. Yuck!

  37. Eto pa Anne, i just read this…

    Reynz,

    Talagang traydor and gago ano?

    He’s so proud to say he’s come from Tondo slums. He thought the nation owes him a debt because he was born and was raised in Tondo slums, hence he believes that looting the coffers for starters through the Senate should be payback!

    Does he really believe that because he was born on the other side of the fence, i.e., slums, gives him the right to extract payment from the nation by stealing big time?

    Hayop na duwag pa ang animal na Villar na ‘yan!

    Gago! Ang mga taong boboto sa kanya ay pareho niyang gago!

  38. I told you so (in a previous post): I used to admire the bulldog-like doggedness of Alan Peter as an underdog being mauled by the Presidential spouse. His perplexing defense of Villar gives loyalty a new meaning not so dainty, and reveals a plain cur.
    Clever Tongue in #24.

  39. Tedanz Tedanz

    Kaya tinatawanan/binabalewala lang sila ni Arroyo. Karamihan kasi na nasa Senado ay puro gago at oportunista. Lalo na sa matandang Pimentel na yan. Laki ng respeto ko sa kanya dati pero yong binitawan niyang salita kay Mar ay iba. Dapat lang pala na dinaya ni Zubiri yong anak nitong si tanda baka pag nagtagal mamanahin din niya yong kabastusan ng kanyang ama gaya ng pagmana nitong si Cayetano dayunyor.

  40. chi chi

    Nainsulto ako as a woman sa sinabi ni bastos Pimentel. Hindi na inisip ang nanay at si Bing bago nagbukas ng bibig ang matanda na yan.

    Na-remember ko tuloy si Raul Manglapus when he said na “enjoy while it lasts” na lang daw ang mga babae ang rape. Ano ba ang nangyayari sa mga dating respetadong tao na ito, tumanda na walang modo!

    Balik kay ManeVillar, “Gago! Ang mga taong boboto sa kanya ay pareho niyang gago!”. Agree with you Anna, pinakagago na sila sa botante kung itutuloy pa nila na iboto ang plunderer na yan.

  41. chi chi

    Malas lang ni Villar at na-document ang kanyang kababuyan.

  42. Korokan Korokan

    Yan ba ang taga Tondo na si Money Villar aka C-5 at Taga. Walang bayag hindi makaharap sa senado. Mahiya naman siya kay Andres Bonifacio na taga Tondo na humaharap at lumalaban hangang kamatayan. Mahiya din siya kay Asiong Salonga na kilala din sa katapangan. Kilala din ang Tondo sa mga Gang na matatapang gaya ng Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Bahala, OXO. Matapang lang ito si Money Villar kapag pera na ang pinag usapan isang tuso. Mga taga Tondo papayag ba kayong iboto ang walang bayag na si Money Villar. Money Villar ang bayag mo nasa leeg na, mag sama kayo ni Gayweather.

    ERAP parin ako manalo o matalo man dahil siya ay lumaban kahit pinagkaisahan.

  43. Pimentel changed since his son’s “defeat” last elections.

    That’s the reason why there’s retirement.

  44. Isang malaking gago si Cayetano. Kaya raw sila pumanig kay Villar dahil walang hustisyang matatamo ang kanyang padron sa Senado dahil lahat daw sila doon ay politiko.

    Kundi ka ba naman ogag, Alan. Kaya nga kayo nasa Senado dahil politiko kayo. Ano’ng gusto mo, maghalal na lang ng mga barbero, karpintero, mangingisda, bumbero? Kunsabagay, kung katulad mo lang din, pwede na siguro sila!

  45. In the US, the FBI would have started their separate investigation. In the Philippines, I am reading that this Monday, it will boil down to some Senate vote. Where is the NBI? Where is the Ombudsman?” – Reyna Elena

    Reynz, hindi ko alam kung walang TV sa bahay yang mga taga-NBI at Ombudsman. Yung anak kong 8 yrs old, alam na niya kung bakit isang ordinaryong pulis o detective sa kahit anong palabas sa FOX Crime channel, pinoposasan kahit presidente ng America ayun sa mga istorya nila. Mga pelikulang sa ending ay hinuhuli ang mga opisyales na nagkasala kahit pa halos ikamatay ng bida. Diyan sumikat sila Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Denzel, kung sinu-sino pa.

    Kunsabagay, dito ang mga pelikula tapos na ang istorya pag nabaril na ng bida lahat ng galamay ng sindikato, maghahalikan na sila ng leading lady habang dumadating ang mga mobile ng pulis. Hindi na nalaman kung naparusahan ang mastermind at mga kakutsaba. Ganyan din ang sa tunay na buhay. Puro peon lang ang nayayari.

    Art imitates life.

  46. martina martina

    Ang mga paliwanag ni Alan ‘mangogoyo’ Cayetano para sa depensa kay Villar ay para sa mga ogag na katulad niya. Pang elementary pa, pwede ikumpara sa nahuling nangngopya, tapos ang depensa, ‘eh bakit si ganyan at si ganito nangongopya din, bakit ako lang ang hinuli, madaya kayo’.

    Hindi na gets ni Alan ang punto ng kaso, kaya hayun nakatikim siya kay Mar.

  47. Si ‘AlangPeter Cayetano manggagamit na numero uno. Letseng kinampanya ko pa noon yan. Kahit alam kong daan-daanan lang nilang pamilyang puro nakaupo sa poder (maliban dun sa direktor) yung basurang hindi kinokolekta sa Bagumbayan na araw-araw niyang dinadaanan. Paniwala ko kasi maka-Diyos at talagang maka-oposisyon. Naghahanap lang pala ng oportunidad.

    Si Pimentel noon pa mang Martial Law alam ko na ang hugis. Pakitang-tao lang talaga. Ngayon lalo siyang nahubaran ng katotohanan. Sinaksak si Erap sa likod, tapos si Gloria naman tapos piliin si Guingona sa VP. Pinagtatanggol pa niya ngayon ang isang kurap na kandidato.

    Nene Payment-tell na ang dapat niyang pangalan.

    Sama-sama sila ni AlangPeter, Miriam InSane-tiago, Joker (no need to modify). Sama-sama sila sa Enchanted Kingdom ni Gloria kung saan ang roller coaster ay na divert ng tatlong kilometro para dumaan sa lupa ni King Money.

  48. Nene Payment-tell na ang dapat niyang pangalan. kaya I don’t even comment to his emails anymore. I’m disgusted!

  49. chi chi

    Nene Payment-tell, bagay nga, hehehe!

  50. MPRivera MPRivera

    Sa action dramang May Election ay maglalaban ang dalawang laking Tondo. Mga hari ng kanya kanyang balwarte.

    Sila sina Asiong Tomador at Elyong Taga.

    Subaybayan ang madudugong kabanata.

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