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JDV agrees to compromise, GMA immunized from impeachment

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House Speaker Jose de Venecia, to save his speakership, agreed to inhibit from the impeachment complaint filed by Atty. Roel Pulido against Gloria Arroyo,

Deputy Speaker Raul del Mar of Cebu will endorse the complaint to the Justice Committee. That effectively immunizes Gloria Arroyo from any impeachment complaint for a year. Pulido’s impeachment complaint, which allegedly is the handiwork of Arroyo’s people including Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, is considered so flimsy, it won’t prosper.

As long as the complaint did not reach the Justice Committee, it was not considered filed and another impeachment complaint, a more substantial one perhaps, can be accepted by the House of Representatives.

The scene this afternoon at the House of Representatives was bizarre. Arroyo’s men were rushing to speed up the impeachment process against their boss while the opposition was blocking it. Jesus! Only in the Philippines. Only in Gloria Arroyo’s devious regime.

Sources said De Venecia was in danger of losing his speakership if he did not endorse the impeachment complaint. The arrangement was a compromise. At the expense of the Filipino people.

Inquirer’s report:

De Venecia inhibits self from Arroyo impeach rap;Del Mar endorses complaint

By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net

Speaker Jose de Venecia has inhibited himself from any participation in the impeachment complaint filed against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the House of Representatives.

De Venecia made the announcement Thursday at a press conference as speculations swirled throughout the day on what action he would take on the case.

At the same time, De Venecia ordered Deputy Speaker Raul del Mar to endorse the complaint to the rules committee, headed by Majority Floor Leader Arthur Defensor.

Defensor has yet to refer the case to the justice committee.

De Venecia’s lawyer Raul Lambino has advised the Speaker to take a leave because acting on the complaint would further implicate him in the national broadband network controversy, which complainant Roel Pulido used as basis for his case.

While Pulido, in his complaint before the House, accused Arroyo of inaction over the NBN scandal that also implicated her husband Jose Miguel Arroyo, Pulido used the same charge to file criminal and administrative charges against De Venecia at the Office of the Ombudsman and the House ethics committee respectively.

De Venecia was linked to the NBN imbroglio when his son, Jose de Venecia III blew the whistle on the First Gentleman and several government officials who had allegedly told him to drop his bid on the NBN project that eventually went to the ZTE Corp. of China.

Pulido said the Speaker should not have allowed his son to take part in any business transaction with the government as prohibited in the Constitution.

“Considering that the complainant, Attorney Rafael Pulido, has also accused me of unethical practice before the House ethics committee and the Ombudsman, I believe I should have no participation whatsoever in the disposal of this complaint,” De Venecia said in his letter to Del Mar which he read at the press conference.

“I have therefore decided to voluntarily inhibit myself from any participation involving this impeachment complaint,” he said.

“Let me emphasize that my only reason for inhibiting myself is to avoid any implications of conflict of interest that may arise, considering that the same complainant also filed similar charges against my person,” he said.

“Let it not be said that I am doing this to seek any personal leverage or to await the filing of any other impeachment complaint. In my every official action in this House, I have always given primordial consideration the interest of our nation and people,” he said.

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98 Comments

  1. This may be the time to call their bluff. Pressure the complainant/endorser to amend the complaint, and have it signed by 80 congressmen.

  2. I would have preferred the De Venecia was ousted. That would really have been garapalan.

    But it looks like JDV is not ready to lose power, even if that power is already much diminished.

    He retains the speakership now. But his entering into a compromise with GMA shows that his hold on the House is shaky.
    It’s a matter of time,he will be ousted.

    As we have always said here, it’s a quarrel among thieves.

  3. The fact that they have the numbers to threaten JDV, that means Gloria has the numbers to kill the impeachment complaint which is theirs naman talaga from the very beginning.

  4. Mrivera Mrivera

    what we have in malakanyang is a fake and lying president not elected by the people who SHITS everywhere while in the congress are thieves disguised as representing their constituents.

    mga hayup!

  5. Ms Tordesillas,

    As it is, garapalan na po ang nangyayari.

    I still have hopes that eventually, Aling Gloria and JDV will both be ousted- not necessarily in that order. You’re right, it’s just a matter of time.

  6. Ka Magno,

    “mga hayup!”

    Agree 110%!

  7. Jon M Jon M

    We can call her anything we want but she’s really gained a lot of power. She’s killed FVR politically, next will be JDV.

    She can basically do what she wants to do; including perpetuate herself in power.

  8. Because we allow her.

  9. titser titser

    To everyone,

    Do you want Mr. Kevin Nadal to start a petition for gloria’s impeachment? Mr. Nadal (not Mr. Noel De La Torre) was the one who started the ‘Desperate Housewives’ petition online. The petition is 4th place in the most active list.

  10. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    This simply means that JDV’s days as Speaker are numbered. This also means that the 185 Congressmen who attended this morning’s breakfast meeting with the President are loaded. Time for the AMLC to monitor 185 bank accounts?

  11. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    So now Gloria can do whatever she wants with the Lower House? That leaves the Senate as her next target. Can the Senate stand up to Gloria? Can they live up to their high public satisfaction rating?

  12. Chabeli Chabeli

    Joe de V & Gloria looked at each other & guess who blinked first ? JdV. This is yet another blow to our justice system.

    So, what’s next ? People who want to rally peacefully suffer the water canon. We cannot expected anything from our politican who have been undoubtedly prostituted. We may have the Supreme Court, but it is an equal branch of government & also suffers that risk of being politicised. What else is there left to do ? Support a military junta or stick it out with GMA (who, by the way, has plans to stay beyond 2010) ?????

  13. Chabeli Chabeli

    At the end of the day, we can whine, complain, & bitch all we want, the choice is still left to us make, really. Again, itutuloy pa ba natin ang laban ?, or do we pack up & stick it out with Gloria ?

  14. klingon klingon

    Sticking it out with Gloria is not an option. The truth must prevail. We cannot allow our children and grandchildren to believe that it pays to lie and cheat and steal.

  15. chi chi

    Magpatintero sila as long as they want, but at the end both Gloria and de Venecia will be gone. No one stays on top
    forever.
    ****

    That’s right, Ellen. ‘They’ crowned Gloria and created a monster. Pinoys let her stay spreading her evil wings!

    If there’s a divine plan on Pinas, maybe we still have to wait for a longer period until a true leader emerges and we are all ready to receive him/her.

    Today, the lower house of hell is as corrupt as Gloria and Mike Pidal; the upper house is dominated by ‘no-brains’ and ulupongs; and kapinuyan is always watak-watak that it becomes peanuts na lang for Gloria to manipulate the situations to her advantage. Wow, lahat ng ligaya ay na kay Gloria dahil pinapayagan natin!

  16. pechanco pechanco

    Now I can say the word “resignation” is not in the vocabulary of our politicians and government officials. Kahit nahuli na, bistado at garapal ang ginawang kasalanan, walang isa man ang marunong magbitiw sa tungkulin. It’s not only JDV but all of GMA’s men too. The usual alibi: Resigning means admission of guilt. Tanay nila !

  17. Ellen is right and so are many commenters here:

    Jon M says, “She can basically do what she wants to do; including perpetuate herself in power.”

    Ellen says, “Because we allow her.”

  18. Manolo Quezon has a different name for Congress “Bastusan Pambansa.”

    Very fitting!

  19. Phil Cruz asks, “Can the Senate stand up to Gloria?” I hope not but as ever we cannot discout Gloria’s ability to loot the treasury and dip into Malacanang’s long list of rewards of any kind to dangle under the noses of the corruptibles, after all her motto is “Everybody has a price.”

  20. We will now have to wait another year for another impeachement complaint is lodged properly. Effectively, Pulido has innoculated Gloria for this year against an ouster virus.

    Pathetic!

  21. GPS GPS

    AdeBrux,
    I think it is useless to wait for another year,there will be more Pulidos every year. It is very easy to file an impeachment complaint if it is designed to fail(you just need three pages of paper), while the honest to goodness impeachment complaint which is usually voluminous and carefully studied takes a lot of time to prepare. GMA has bastardized the process.

  22. GPS,

    Agree! Gma and Davide have bastardized the process.

  23. The scene this afternoon at the House of Representatives was bizarre. Arroyo’s men were rushing to speed up the impeachment process against their boss while the opposition was blocking it. Jesus! Only in the Philippines.

  24. Gloria is the alpha and omega of everything bad that’s happening in this country today.

    How can such liliputian person have such gargantuan greed, evil in her bones is really quite frightening.

  25. chi chi

    My golay! Katawa-tawa sila sa Lower House of Hell!

    Ellen, agree ako sa sinabi mo, “I would have preferred the De Venecia was ousted. That would really have been garapalan.”

    Sobrang ligaya ko sana na makita ang extreme babuyan ng alyados ni Kwin Korap sa Tongreso!

  26. chi chi

    Anna,

    Even Gloria’s bone marrow is itim!

  27. Chi,

    Pati asawa niyang baboy – normally white meat ang baboy but am pretty sure kung kakatayin iyang si baboy Arroyo, we will see that his flesh is black.

    Yuck!

  28. chi chi

    If there’s a ‘legal wrinkle’ in Joe de Venecia’s delegating his Constitutional duty to his Deputy, the opposition lawmakers must act immediately. Meron pang konting liwanag to kick Gloria’s ass thru impeachment.

    Isabay nang sipain si de Venecia!

  29. vic vic

    It’s very obvious that everything was sripted just like in the movies and of course just like in the movies, each character according to the role he or she played is paid accordingly in Gold or Dollars and the “important characters” will still a percentage of how good the movie makes in the Market. and eveyone wants to get into the act. so Pulido will get a good share of the production cost and the endorsing congressmen even maybe higher, and how about the members of the Justice committee?

  30. Hah! Now JdV is learning a very bitter lesson – NO ONE BUT NO ONE in the political arena can trust Gloria!

    Now, all of them, the whole lot of them have just confirmed the saying, “There is NO HONOUR among thieves!”

  31. Etnad Etnad

    Part of MLQ III report “Time is against Gloria Arroyo. She had to inoculate herself immediately because sooner or later the Senate is going to get hold of those NEDA minutes and the testimony of Neri and others in executive session. And when that happens, she’s fucked.”
    Kaya pala walang hearing sa Senado dahil hinihintay pa ito, ganoon ba? Kung ganoon, kasama sa palabas sila Villar at Cayetano? Oh my Gloly, anong klaseng mga tao meron tayo sa Gobyerno? Diyos namin huwag niyo silang patawarin at alam nila ang kanilang ginagawa.

  32. Etnad Etnad

    Sama na din diyan si Mr. Noted at Escudero. Kunyari naggagalit-galitan pero kasama din pala sila sa payroll ng Malakanyang. Oh my God!!!!!

  33. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Tadtarin ng kurot si Gloriang Putot! Ano ba itoh? Bastusan, garapalan at Moro-Moro para pagtakpan ang kanilang kasalanan sa taumbayan. Etyashead nila. Malacanang’s spin masters will capitalize the junking of ‘impeach me’ to boost Gloria Arroyo’s sagging popularity. They will spin once again that she is politically strong leader after surviving the third impeach attempt in three years and everything is under control. Anyways, nobody will buy their shithead spin.

    I can’t believe that 187 tongressmen were herded in Malacanang Palace to show support for their thieving-bogus president of the republic. These tongressmen screw their own asses. They are willing to shield her crimes against the Filipino people if the price is right. These shameless elected representa-thieves of the people are total disgrace. I think its business as usual beyond 2010. Fart bomb the House of Representa-thieves!

  34. Chabeli Chabeli

    It is very sad but the reality we seem to be faced with today is that only a fellow cheat, liar & thief can beat a cheat, liar & thief.

    The battles lines have been drawn. Its a De Venecia vs Gloria fight.

    Who do you think will win ?

  35. -Pulido Files Impeachment Rap Against Gloria, Cong. San Luis Endorses

    -Opposition Calls Impeachment Worthless

    -Pulido Files Charges Against JDV With Ethics Committee

    -KAMPI Officer Accussed of Bribing Would-be Signatories to Impeachment

    -Rep. Garcia Confirms Puno is Bribery Mastermind

    -Puno Denies Garcia Rap, Sacks Ver

    -House Investigates San Luis on Bribery

    -Battle Lines Drawn, JDV VS. GMA War Looms

    -188 Reps in Malacañang Meeting, JDV’s Speakership Hangs in the Balance

    -JDV Inhibits Self in House Probes, Impeachment

    -Del Mar Refers Complaint to Rules Committee, Rules Committee Refers Complaint to Justice Committee

    -GMA Impeachment Initiated, One-year Ban Starts

    Will somebody please explain these to me?

  36. hawaiianguy hawaiianguy

    This “impeach me” case is another charade! They fool everyone, including themselves.

  37. pnoynrs pnoynrs

    hawaiian guy, you are right. this is just another charade. magaling talaga itong si go liar. basta pagdating sa pambababoy ng mga tao la syang kakupas-kupas, numero uno at alang kapantay. ba eh mas masahol pa ata kaysa ke marcos

  38. pnoynrs pnoynrs

    mr. diego kaya nga sila dinala malocng palace este malacanang palace pala kasi mga tongressman sila at panahon na naman para mangolekta ng kanilang partida lalo pa’t magpapasko na

  39. pnoynrs pnoynrs

    at ito namang si joe dibingisya, kunyari nagpapainhibit pa daw kesyo me conflict of interest daw sa kanya.sinong niloloko nya? kala ba nya ganun katanga ang mga pilipno. gusto lang nya manatili spitter of the house, imean speaker of the house

  40. martina martina

    Patay kang bata ka si JDV. Nakipag-compromise sa devil woman? As she is a cheat and a liar, for sure she does not have to honor what she has compromised about, the speakership. All she has to say is it is beyond her to control his ouster. Maiisahan ka diyan speaker!! It will not be yours for long.

    Tungkol kay Cayetano, hanggang kailan tayo maghihintay sa paglabas niya ng ebidensiya sa German bank account ni Pidal?

  41. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Merry X’mas Mr.Tongressman! Pasalamat kayo kay Satanas Gloria. Ang suwerte ninyo limpak-limpak na salapi ang para inyo habang 21 milyong Pinoy walang makain. Dapat kasohan ng indirect bribery si Gloria. Lantarang pag-suhol ito.

    Pro-Arroyo lawmakers given gifts, pork pledge

    Inquirer
    Last updated 01:36am (Mla time) 10/12/2007
    MANILA, Philippines — Battling for political survival for the third time in as many years, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Thursday summoned loyal congressmen to Malacañang and, in a show of strength using “sendoff gifts,” forced Speaker Jose de Venecia to back off from an impeachment move.

    Envelopes containing cash amounting to between P200,000 and P500,000 were handed out to congressmen at the meeting, along with promises of pork barrel amounting to millions of pesos, hours before administration lawmakers took action in the House of Representatives to protect Ms Arroyo from being impeached, several lawmakers present at the meeting told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
    newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=93961

  42. This impeachement fiasco has been going on for years. How come no one in the Philippine Congress or Senate have the nerve and decency to correct the loopholes in the law regarding removing crooks and criminals in their government. They may try to study laws of other countries, even laws to remove corrupt judges of the courts that should be independent of the branches of the government.

    They should in fact bar the criminal from appointing people in the court, police and other agencies responsible for locking up creeps like go liar (good moniker for the criminal squatting at the palace by the murky river) to jail forever if not excecute them to lessen the number of crooks in the Philippine government.

    Right now, we can only pray for a miracle. I’d better help by going to our temple weekly, I guess.

  43. Martina: Tungkol kay Cayetano, hanggang kailan tayo maghihintay sa paglabas niya ng ebidensiya sa German bank account ni Pidal?

    *****

    Huwag ka nang maghintay. Sayang ang pagod mo. Aabutin ng pagputi ng uwak iyan. Sa totoo lang mahirap umasa sa mga ganyan tao na urong-sulong. Walang pupuntahan ang mga ganyan nilalang!

  44. DKG:

    Iyong mga bayad na iyan galing sa mga utang iyan na hindi pinakikinabangan ng mga pilipinong pagbabayarin sa mga inutang ni go liar. Tanong lang. Hanggang kailan ba talaga magtitiis ang mga pilipino?

    Kawawang mga nilalang? Handang magsakripisyo at magtiis para sa isang kriminal! Yuck!

  45. chi chi

    Yuko,

    Hanggang meron mga utak de Venecia at mga pinoy na tulog, safe si Kwin Korap!

  46. Hahahahaha! Ang galing ng lusot ni JdV. Napapaghalataang nagbabasa ng mga posts dito iyong unano, et al kasi ang palusot ngayon iyong sinasabi nating “conflict of interest.” Ang tindi!

    Sabi ni JdV, hindi daw niya puedeng galawin ang impeachment bid ni Pullido dahil may rap din si Pullido laban sa kaniya. Now, we’ll see kung sino sa kanilang dalawa ni Go Liar ang mauunang ma-impeach.

    JdV should not be too sure that he can still retain his present position as Speaker of the House. Dugong aso ang kausap niya na magaling ng traydoran. Kahit na sabihin ng ungas na sumunod lang siya sa gusto ng animal, hindi siya matatanggal as if siya na talaga ang may-ari ng Philippine Congress (Tongress tuloy ang labas). Hindi malayong utusan niyang ang mga bayarang galamay niya na sipain siya at ipalit iyong Cebuano na kakutsaba din ni Go Liar.

    Kawawang bansa! Walang tulak kabigin sa mga nakaupo maliban na lang doon sa mga Congressmen ng mga kaliwa siguro!!! Diyos mahabagin!

  47. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Parang manhid ang sambayanang Pilipino. Matagal ng gina-gago ni Gloria Arroyo ang gobierno at taumbayan. Ang Korte Suprema ay naging kapon at ang Senado ay lahing mongrels. Nakaka-hiya.

  48. chi chi

    Nagpipiesta ang mga Pidal because Pinas has become a nation of pipi, bulag at bingi!

    Merong lumalaban, pero mangilan-ngilan lang na kung hindi ipadukot ay ikulong, gawing baldado o sampahan ng kaso.

    Bakit nagkaganito ang Pinas? Ang mga nagluklok kay Gloria ay tumahimik na, wala ring magawa o kulang ang ginagawa o sadyang walang ginagawa!

  49. Chi:

    Sinabi mo pa. Truth, Chi, maraming takot. Iyong ginawa naming documentary on the farmers in Negros maganda. Marami akong nalaman sa problema kung bakit hindi makahirit ang mga pilipino ngayon. Golly, binabalian ng boto kundi naman pinapatay iyong naglalakas ng loob na lumaban!

    Iyong kapatid nga ng isang lider ng mga lumalaban for their rights to own land under CARP natakot nang papuntahin ang asawa niya na sumama sa mga pinamumunuan ng kuya niyang nabugbog at nabalian ng boto. Kung hindi iyan pang-aapi, etc. na dapat na masupil, ano iyan? Marami sa mga farmers na iyon ang patay kung patay na ang desisyon. Kaso ang nangyayari ngayon, inuubos sila.

    Same with the rest of the population. Kundi sila dini-discourage sa pamamagitan ng ginagawang extrajudicial killing na isinasagawa ng sandatahan ng Pilipinas na dapat ay pinagtatanggol sila, ang ginagawa ay ini-encourage silang umalis ng Pilipinas at tinutulungan pang lumusot sa mga bansang mahigpit sa pagtanggap ng mga dayuhang trabahador gaya ng Japan.

    Gosh, ang ginawa sa mga pilipino! Ginawa talagang mga pataygutom at salot na kinaiinisan at tignan na mababa ng ibang lahi gaya ng ginawa sa Desperate Housewives. Question is for how long will they allow themselves to be used by these criminals running their government/country like hell?

  50. Abe Margallo sums up Gloria Macapagal’s type of governance in Manuel L Quezon 3rd’s blog this way — and by gum, he’s right!

    Abe N. Margallo writes:

    To think that to be above the law, Marcos needed to padlock Congress, jail his political opponents, shoot down militant students, bulldoze the Supreme Court, clamp down on the press and ultimately place the country under martial law; Arroyo has only to wear her elevator sandals to achieve similar feat. Quo vadis, Pinoy?

    And talking of her elevator sandals, check this: Shoes fit for a moral midget queen. http://www.manila-bay-watch.blogspot.com/2007/05/shoes-fit-for-moral-midget-queen.html (courtesy of Emilio OFW)

  51. chi chi

    Yuko,

    Talaga, kung isa-isa lang ang lalaban, lalo nasa malayong lugar, ay kayang-kaya silang baldahin at ilibing ng mga galamay ni Gloria.

    Ang mga pulitiko naman na dapat ay magsilbi sa publiko ay naglalamierda sa Europa tuwing recess ang Legislature sa halip na bumisita sa mga pook sa Pinas at kausapin ang mga mamamayan tungkol sa mga hinaing. Kanya-kanya ang istilo ng Pinoy, walang lakas diyan para sipain si Gloria!

  52. Sayang ang boto ng mga pilipino na walang voice! Sobrang pambabastos ang ginagawa sa kanila. Pang-aapi pala! No wonder nakatagal ang mga kastila sa Pilipinas.

    Kundi pa siguro sinakop ng Hapon ang Pilipinas, siguro nagtagal din ang America bagamat sabi ng mga gunggong na pilipino, mas mabuti pa nga daw na naging parang Hawaii o Guam ang Pilipinas!

  53. Utak alipin pa rin sa totoo lang maliban na lang siguro iyong mga ipinanganak at lumaki sa Manila lalo na noong panahon ni Mayor Arsenio Lacson. Pero punta ka sa mga probinsiya lalo na doon sa maraming hacienda, doon mo makikita kahit ngayon ang ugali at utak alipin.

    Hindi ko talaga akalain na may ganoon pa ring mga utak sa Pilipinas. Kaya pala kahit maalipin, hindi tumitinag!

  54. Chi,

    Iyong style ni Go Liar at asawa niya, iyan ang style ng mga haciendero sa Negros na ginugutom ang mga lalaban sa kanila pero inuuto iyong mga magsusuporta sa kahayupan nila. Kunyari benefitted ng mga amo nila ang mga alipin nila na mabigyan lang ng bigas at asin, heaven na sa kanila, kaya pala buto’t balat ang karamihan sa mga tao doon, at kinaawaan ng mga ibang lahi na katulad noong nangyayari sa Darfur.

    Progreso ba iyan? I wonder.

  55. Off topic: by the way did you know that Pres George W Bush, the “whore” (not “war”) president, is a candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize?

    I’m pretty sure some of Gloria’s accolytes will nominate Gloria for a Nobel Good Governance Prize…

  56. bagwis bagwis

    Chance na sana ni JDV na bumango pangalan nya sa Masang Pinoy. Tuwang tuwa siguro si Pulido sa nangyari. Hindi na ako nagtataka kung bakit nahuli ang mga nagtatagong Magdalo nuon. May karma din iyan hindi lang sa ngayon kundi sa mga susunod na henerasyon. Pulido-Lozano-Apostol- The modern 3 stooges

  57. Bagwis: May karma din iyan hindi lang sa ngayon kundi sa mga susunod na henerasyon. Pulido-Lozano-Apostol- The modern 3 stooges

    *****

    Sabi nga sa Bible, Manong, the sins of the father will be visited on his sons up to the 4th generation. Sira ang reputation ng mga ito at ang kanilang mga anak no doubt ay mapupulaan sa ginawa nila.

    Nakakataka nga kung bakit gusto nitong mga ungas na ito na masira ang pangalan nila for something like the 30 pieces of silver that Judas Iscariot got for betraying Christ. They betrayed their fellow countrymen sa totoo lang. At least, si Iscariot, nagpakamatay after realizing what he did!

  58. DinaPinoy DinaPinoy

    “sins of the father”………

    walang katotohanan yan sa pinas. sins of the father – yan ang nagpapayaman sa mga anak. tingnan mo ang mga anak ni marcos, ni erap, ni mike, ni escodero at iba pa.

  59. Dinapinoy,

    What is exactly your point? Why are you so anti the commenters here? Do you feel so frustrated that you can’t seem to put things in their right perspective?

    I suggest very kindly – please don’t get this wrong – that you rethink your stand. A person has got to have a stand but mustn’t remain in the middle.

    I personally don’t understand (and I’m sure many here don’t know what you stand for either) whether you say the things you do because you have nothing else to say or because you are pro-Gloria and her government…

    You seem to take pleasure in simply contradicting everything that’s said here for the sheer pleasure of it.

    Prove me wrong – make your stand either you are for Gloria and her government or not. Either way, I’m pretty sure people here will respect your opinion.

  60. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    Ellen,

    I am quite intrigued by the reaction of Senator Trillanes when he was asked why Pulido was terminated as his and the Magdalo soldiers’ lawyer. All he said was that let Pulido answer that himself.

    What did Pulido do? This is relevant in view of the controversial role he played in filing the weak impeachment case. The public needs to know more about this fellow’s morals and character.

  61. Phil, agree! Trillanes should speak up if only to give us an insight on the Pulido persona… there is no turning back, we must have it straight from the horse’s mouth.

  62. chi chi

    Anna,

    Re: Shoes fit for a moral midget queen.

    Lahat ng humongous shoes na yan ay dapat ihambalos sa pagmumukha ni Gloria!

  63. DinaPinoy DinaPinoy

    anna,

    naitanong mo na yan sa akin noon. tama ang description mo, “frustrated”. pero hindi nawawala ang aking perspective.
    may nagsabi dito noon, “one million warm bodies”, yun ang panalangin ko na gawin ninyo. maniwala kayo, hindi na aalis yan sa malakanyang. hawak na rin kasi niya ang militar dahil kay esperon. maghihintay na lang ba ang pinoy na dumating ang 2010? ano ba ang magagawa natin? nandito ako sa tate, ikaw nasa europe, 90% dito nasa labas ng bansa.

  64. So if I were to follow your logic DinaPinoy, you believe we shouldn’t post our thoughts in Ellenville at all anymore, since as you say, “ano ba ang magagawa natin?” after all you believe 90% ay nasa labas ng bansa?

    Should we all desist from making our ideas known here?

  65. Ka Enchong,

    Re: “This may be the time to call their bluff. Pressure the complainant/endorser to amend the complaint, and have it signed by 80 congressmen.”

    It’s done Ka Enchong… JdV pissed water after a phone call from Gloria so the complainant can no longer ammend the complaint. It’s already up there, it will be dismissed and Gloria obtains a new lease on life.

  66. DinaPinoy DinaPinoy

    anna,
    alam natin, lahat dito laban kay gloria. hindi yata ideas ang lumalabas dito kundi frustrations. ok lang. tulad nitong post doon sa MLQ:

    Do the people really still care about all this? Is there even national indignation? (Parang wala yata?) Ba’t parang mas nagalit pa ang pinoy kay Malu Fernandez at sa Desperate Housewives?

  67. DinaPinoy,

    Ang tanong ko naman ay straightforward that needs a straightforward answer:

    “you believe we shouldn’t post our thoughts in Ellenville at all anymore, since as you say, “ano ba ang magagawa natin?” after all you believe 90% ay nasa labas ng bansa?

  68. DinaPinoy DinaPinoy

    anna,
    siguro, yun na lang ang magagawa natin – vent frustrations.

  69. Anna,

    I don’t read the guy kasi useless, but you’re right. I don’t think that what we do here is useless at all. As far as I am concerned, I have seen what our actions here have resulted into. Kaya nga alarma agad iyong anak who blogs in Filipino blogs and egroups, di ba? Kaya sinong may sabing useless ang blogging sa Ellenville. Trying hard lang ang isang iyan na walang magawa no doubt, even regarding his second class status down under ba?

  70. At least, iyong daldal namin nga nakasipa doon sa PR agency noong Fatso sa Japan. Alsa-balutan and now operates I am told in Manila, US and Australia. Baka may ginagawa ding PR agency sa Europe. This Filipinos in Europe should find out for themselves.

  71. Yuko,

    Not only that, tignan mo nga because of our incessant attacks on Gloria’s selling Pinoy labor while she’s on her various roadshows in the past, ayun tumigil na siya ng pagtitinda ng cheap Filipino labor.

  72. DinaPinoy,

    “anna,
    siguro, yun na lang ang magagawa natin – vent frustrations.”

    Not quite true. There are so many things you can do – bakit ka na lang mag give up at mag hinagpis? Look, Ellen’s blog, I’m pretty sure helped, even if minutely, for Trillanes to win; also tumutulong maski paano na ilabas ang baho ni Gloria.

    Marami dito pareho ni Yuko, nag lead ng protest marches sa Tokyo against Gloria. Dito rin sa Belgium, thanks na rin sa Ellenville.

  73. DinaPinoy,

    At least we encourage each other here not to lose hope beyond hope… Ellen’s blog is a medium for exchanging thoughts, ok perhaps frustrations but at the same time, these thoughts are a way of not giving up.

    I would rather have someone encouraging the people here not to close their eyes on Gloria’s putrid governance than discourage people by saying, “wala naman tayong magagawa.”

    Don’t you think?

  74. The mere fact that some sectors of our population read Ellen’s blog and see that there are people who support them in their fight is good enough encouragement for them not to give up. For example, the incarcerated officers and troops who are jailed by Esperon illegally. These are good thinking people and they deserve our bit of loyalty at least through this medium.

    That’s how I see it. Nothing is ever black and white in life but one thing I’ve learned is never to give up.

  75. nelbar nelbar

    Dina Pinoy:

    may natatandaan ka ba nuon na nagdesisyon si Ninoy na mas gusto niyang magpagamot sa Philippine Heart Center?

    Nagpapasalamat na rin ako kay Malu Fernandez. Dahil kung hindi dahil sa kanya ay hindi ko mauunawaan kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng Cuban/Vietnamese boat people.

    Naunawaan ko na rin kung ano ang pananaw ng mga Pinoy sa shipping at airline industry.

  76. chi chi

    Aba, dahil sa Ellenville ay sumunod ang mga diaryos na batikusin si Mister Assperon tungkol sa illness ni Gen Miranda. Dito unang tinalakay ang kasong ‘yan. Nakasakay pa nga si Mr. Noted e.

    Ayun, ginagawaan na ang mahal naming Heneral ng “executive check up”. O, di nga ba napasugod pa sa Tanay si Senator Pong and Jamby? I regard this as a major accomplishment of Ellen and bloggers here.

    Kaya ang dakdak ay malaki ang nagagawa! Never give up the dakdak sa blog!

  77. martina martina

    Yuko, kada buwan ay lagi kong isisingit dito sa blog ni Ellen ang aking paghihintay sa mangyayari sa German Bank account na inilabas ni Cayetano na dahilan kaya nahalal siyang senador, limang buwan na ang nakakaraan.

  78. Totie Totie

    DinaPinoy:
    Vent of frustrations, or worse ututang dila lang sabi ng matatanda okay pa rin kasi at least may nakakausap ka. Kita mo pati mga outsider na namboboso sa Ellenville nakikinabang.

  79. hindi yata ideas ang lumalabas dito kundi frustrations.”

    It’s not time for exploring ideas anymore for we have been doing that even before the day this blog has begun.

    I think it’s been long overdue to fight for those ideas of good governance in whatever means necessary to bring forth its realization. Otherwise, we truly deserve the government we have today.

  80. Martina:

    Kami nga kahit noong bago pa minura ng mga Pidal si Cayetano, hinintay na namin ang expose niya, noong isang taon pa. Natapos ang eleksyon na akala namin tunay siya, walang nangyari. Namuti ang mga mata namin.

    OK lang na isingit mo ang “hope” mo na totohanin ni Cayetano ang pangako niya lalo na nang maboto siya, pero huwag mo nang asahan na may mangyayari. Kung meron, salamat. Kung wala, salamat pa rin. Pero ang mga ganyang tao hindi na dapat pang binobotong muli para madala! Para kasing nakakaloko!

  81. Chi: Kaya ang dakdak ay malaki ang nagagawa! Never give up the dakdak sa blog!

    *****
    Sinabi mo pa, Chi. Ako bilib diyan. Hindi dapat tumatahimik kahit na akala nila nakakaloko sila. Lalo na kung mapatunayang marami tayo. Anong ilalaban ng mga ungas? Kahit na tambakan ni GLORC na pera ang mga galamay niya, darating at darating ang araw na matitisod siya! Sa ngayon lang siguro kailangan ng mga pilipino ang kaunti pang hasa para tumigas ang loob nilang huwag nang paloloko sa mga magnanakaw, etc.

  82. Anna: ayun tumigil na siya ng pagtitinda ng cheap Filipino labor.

    *****

    Kaya nga naalarma iyong Noel dela Fuente at inatake agad ang sinabi mo, Anna, na dinagdagan pa ni TT, Chi, et al. Golly, naghahanap lang naman iyong mga duwag sa Pilipinas ng mga matatapang na magtatanggol sa kanila sa totoo lang. Kaya nga sabi ko, utak alipin. Hindi naman katamaran (indolence) kundi dahil sa sinanay na alipin sila, palagay nila kung walang tutulong sa kanilang mas malakas, di nila kaya. Ang di nila alam maraming pilipina sa totoo lang mga amazona na puedeng ipanlaban doon sa Boba dela Yuca! 😛

  83. nelbar nelbar

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  84. chi chi

    martina,

    Magandang reminder kay Cayetano ang pagsisingit mo ng paala-ala tungkol sa isyu na nagdala sa kanya sa Senado. Kung hindi man ‘yan ay dapat palitan niya ng isang isyu na magpapakita sa atin na meron siyang “K” bilang mabuting senador.

  85. pechanco pechanco

    Chi, si Senator Mar Roxas lang ang meroong “K”…si Korina. Si Alan baka may “K” din…kabit. Oo nga, etong si Alan biglang naging maamo pagkapanolo sa election. Kung anong tapang niya noon sa pakikipaglaban kay FG Piggydal, ngayon ay medyo maingat. Like Father, like Son…if you know what I mean.

  86. Except for the personal victory that Alan can get out of having the FG appear in his court, there is nothing he can achieve with FG. Unless some other witnesses corroborate Joey’s accusation against him, he will just dismiss this charge. It boils down to JDV3’s word against his.

    I suggest, nay insist, that they get Razon to appear first and make the connection, any businessman will fear losing his concessions even with a dictatorship in place if laws that are friendly to his interests are mishandled by his “agents” in the Senate.

    I’d like to see also if that donation by Razon to Escudero’s campaign was true. We may also see who else got financial support, by way of their questioning him.

    The triumvirate of Abalos, FG, and Razon share common interests: golf, Chinese women, and kickbacks.

  87. botoy botoy

    There’s sort of something sinister for her innoculate herself for 1 year from impeachment and for the next 2 years.
    Would it mean she will proceed (without fear of being impeached) with the ZTE deal, the Cyber-Ed, JPEPA, China-RP agri deals, RP-India side deals and other mega-bucks forthcoming deals?
    Before we knew it, our country’s patrimony and sovereignty was already sold to foreign countries.
    Sana bumangon ang ating mga totoong bayani na sila Ninoy, L. Tanada, J. Burgos, et al.

  88. martina martina

    From Botoy: “Would it mean she will proceed (without fear of being impeached) with the ZTE deal, the Cyber-Ed, JPEPA, China-RP agri deals, RP-India side deals and other mega-bucks forthcoming deals?’

    Parang iyon na nga, wala ng hadlang. For the rest of her term pwede nilang ikatuparan ang mga mega-deals para sa kanilang last hurrah. I said for the rest of her term, dahil mas marami na siyang pambayad o pambili sa mga tongressmen.

    NOw, kangino kaya dapat magsumbong ang mga pinoys, pwede kaya sa UN, kung pwedebg issue ang kleptocracy.

  89. Botoy, that’s what the Filipino nation should be concerned about.

  90. From Rep. Roilo Golez:

    Some members (of the minority), including myself, are inclined to boycott the impeachment proceedings.

  91. pechanco pechanco

    Participating in a weak impeachment complaint is like participating in a crime of deceit. Tama, huwag sumali ang mga taga-opposition. This Golez is doing a good job as an opposition member. Medyo consistent siya di tulad ng iba. Dapat sana nasama siya sa senatorial ticket ng opposition noon. I hope he be given the chance to be included in 2010. He has my vote.

  92. pechanco pechanco

    More on Golez, he did a very good job as Postmaster General during the time of Marcos. Maliban sa may pagkabalimbing, wala naman masyadong masamang record si Golez di tulad ng iba.

  93. nelbar nelbar

    botoy:

    Sana bumangon ang ating mga totoong bayani na sila Ninoy, L. Tanada, J. Burgos, et al.

     

    Ayon sa napanood kong rebyu ng EDSA UNO noong late 80’s, ang unang reaksyon nina Pepe Diokno at Lorenzo Tañada ay:
    “Ano na naman itong eksena ni Marcos?Baka pakulo na naman ito ni Marcos”

  94. nelbar nelbar

    Isa sa mga nakakatuwang quotes na galing kay Tiya Pusit:

    …post it …post it

     
    share ko na rin sa inyo…

     

    Kanina ngang ala 7 ng umaga ay may nasaksihan ako.

    Totoo palang may color coding iskim, kapag kapwa kaopisina ang nahuling traffic violator duon sa nadaanan ko.

    Nakahinto ang dyip namin sa stop sign. Nasa likod lang ako ng jeepney driver nang makita namin ang magkabaro, ang isang trapik n4ser, at empleyada ni FL.
    Sa hindi kalayuan ay tumawid sa di tamang tawiran ang empleyada.

    Sabi ng driver ng jeep: “aaaayyy huli ka, jay walking ka dyan!”

    sabi ko naman: “tingnan ko lang, kung huhulihin nga? eh magkabaro yan?”

    Sagot ulit ng driver: “kita mo naman, ang liwaliwanag, yung isa naka berde, eh yung hinuli nya ay naka-puti”

    Sagot ko ulit: “kapag hindi nya hinuli, ipo-post ko talaga sa internet yan!”

    Hinuli nga!

    Matapos na magbulungan na parang langgam ang dalawa ay may paholding-holding hands pa?May pa-swey swey pa, totoong nasa park pero wala sila sa Luneta.Hi kaya bay?as in “bi”.

    Nakatawid na rin ang sinasakyan kong dyip at bumaba ako sa tamang babaan.

    Sinundaan ko ng tingin ang dalawa, ay taka na lang ako ng nilagpasan nila ang naghihintay na mesa para sa mga traffic violator. Sa harap pa naman mismo ito ng presinto ng pulis.

    Napa-iling na lang ako sa sistema dito sa Pinas. Ano kaya ang boolong na sinabi ni n4ser kay empleyada?

    ‘SALARY DEDUCTION MO NA LANG’

    Sana ganon nga…

    onli inday republic of the philippines

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