by Dennis Gadil
Sen. Manuel Roxas II yesterday took over the presidency of the Liberal Party with the promise of leading the once dominant party to victory in 2010.
Roxas was overwhelmingly elected to a three-year term by the LP executive council after an hour-long, closed-door session at the Club Filipino in San Juan.
He was given “blanket authority” to appoint the party’s officers and reorganize the party starting November 30.
“We shall build a strong, united, and modern LP – rooted in its founding principles, sharpening its purpose – and lead it to victory in 2010,” Roxas, who is being groomed as LP’s standard bearer in 2010, said in his acceptance speech.
Roxas vowed to address the “assaults to our democracy and freedoms,” particularly extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances that have befallen the ranks of activists the last six years.
He compared the term of President Arroyo to the “long night of the dictator” Ferdinand Marcos.
When asked to confirm presidential plans for 2010, Roxas said: “It’s quite a ways away.”
However, Roxas said he need not wait for 2010 to start working for the country’s transformation.
Roxas delivered a message to the faction of Environment Secretary Jose “Lito” Atienza that the LP under him will not be taken hostage by the splinter group.
Atienza’s faction snubbed the LP meet. He said his faction was not invited.
But he did have a few words about Roxas’ election. He said:
“Congratulations, Sen. Roxas, at your installation as president of the Liberal Party faction led by Frank Drilon and his merry cabal of destabilizers. We were hoping we would be congratulating Mar as our president, the head of a newly-united Liberal Party, but it seems the worst fears of our group became reality after all,” referring to former Senate president and outgoing party chief Franklin Drilon.
Atienza, together with other LP stalwarts loyal to President Arroyo including former presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor, ousted Drilon’s group in a rump session in late 2005, which elected Atienza as party president.
The splintered LP took their case to the Supreme Court with Drilon’s group gaining the high court’s recognition.
Atienza is a staunch ally of President Arroyo, while Drilon has been critical of her administration since the height of the “Hello Garci” scandal in 2005.
Roxas said the party will also take it slow in exploring possible coalitions for 2010.
“What I do know is what I will do tomorrow,” he said.
Drilon said he led the LP through “interesting times,” when the political waters were “roughest…gravely threatening (the party’s) existence.”
“Today, there is no impediment to our claim that there is only one Liberal Party of the Philippines,” he said. “Under the stewardship of Sen. Mar Roxas, the Liberal Party will be the only formidable party to reckon with in 2010.”
Roxas was nominated by Sen. Benigno Aquino III, Roxas’ likely running mate in 2010.
“Senator Mar Roxas has what it takes not only to lead the LP but our country. In the Senate, we listen when he speaks – eloquent whenever he is in command of the podium, analytical when sifting through the issues that we seek to resolve and thorough in his inquisitions that clarify, rather than hinder us further from the truth,” Aquino said.
“He is an audacious intellectual with a great sense of humor, and a pre-eminent statesman who has managed to excel in the frontlines of business both here and abroad. Through his vast experience, he fared well and continues to do well as the real ‘Mr. Palengke’ – making sure that people get a fair deal, that they don’t get duped – from overpriced medicines to an overpriced broadband project,” he said.
Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca said Roxas embodies the “Liberal spirit.”
Also present during the affair were Sen. Francis Pangilinan, who will remain as party chair, Sen. Rodolfo Biazon and former education secretary and former LP president Butch Abad.
Senate President Manuel Villar, Nacionalista Party (NP) president, lauded Roxas’ election as president.
NP and LP are expected to slug it out in the 2010 elections with Villar as NP standard bearer.
Villar said his party is also preparing for the next elections.
“Gusto ko lang ipaalam na buhay ang Nacionalista Party para maibalik ang kalakasan ng partido kung kailan maganda ang takbo ng ating bansa,” Villar said.
The Senate president said he also favors a return to the two-party system dominated by the LP and NP.
“Maganda ang two-party system dahil ‘yon talaga ang sistema noong namamayagpag ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas. Noong No. 2 tayo sa Asya sa ekonomiya, two-party system ang pinaiiral sa ating bansa,” he said.
Villar will be leading the NP in marking the party’s 100th year anniversary on Wednesday.
Sen. Loren Legarda said she was also available for a presidential run.
“I am always ready; I am prepared a long time ago,” Legarda said.
Legarda is a new recruit of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) headed by businessman Eduardo Cojuangco.
She ran as vice president to movie icon Fernando Poe Jr. but lost to then Sen. Noli de Castro.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said the early reorganization of the LP and the NP, which are both identified with the opposition, is reflective of the people’s clamor for regime change.
Sen. Mar Roxas, together with former Senate President Frank Drilon and Rep. Erin Tañada will be guests in “Strictly Politics” hosted by Pia Hontiveros on ANC tonight at 8 p.m.
Reliable sources said the reunification of the Liberal Party didn’t push through because Atienza wanted to be chairman of the party (vacated by Senate Majority leader Francis Pangilinan).
The same sources said that position can’t be given to Atienza because it’s party policy not to have a cabinet member as chairman to protect the party’s independence.
When asked about this demand by Atienza in a press con, Roxas said, “The party cannot be allow itself to be hostaged.”
The same sources said it’s Atienza who is trying to provide the bridge between Roxas and Gloria Arroyo saying, “you will need the resoruces and network she can provide in 2010.”
There are also some within the Liberal Party who are warning Roxas not to allow Gloria to “taint” him noting that those identified with her were rejected by the people in the 2007 election. Prime example: Mike Defensor.
Ellen,
A direct question to Mar Roxas:
What makes him think that he’s got what it takes or is qualified to be president, assuming of course that he becomes a presidential candidate and that he wins the presidential election in 2010 (of course this is all predicated on Gloria’s not continuing to hold on to power by foul or fair means beyond 2010)?
“Roxas vowed to address the “assaults to our democracy and freedoms,” particularly extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances that have befallen the ranks of activists the last six years.” ..Why wait until he became President, if he became President. As a Senator he could’ve than something to help prosecute Madam Whore Gloria, at least help expose for what she really is. Now is the time if Sen. Mar Roxas is quite serious of bringing back democracy in the Philippines. He has been silent all these years while Madam Whore Gloria does the prostituting of the constitution, not mentioning the bribes to the congressmen, governors and mayors. And what does Roxas have to say about the latest overpriced ZTE-NBN, Hello Garci, Fertilizer Scam, et al. By the way, where is Mar Roxas has been hiding the past 61/2 years? More hot air, what the country doesn’t need. Pilipinos has enough of BS to last a life time. Gosh, good golly!
Dynasty must stop! Same sh*t only the different day and different person, nevertheless still stink.
“Dynasty must stop! Same ipot only the different day and different person, nevertheless still stink.”
Isa sa mga kabalbalan at kabulastugan na naituro na political ideology dito sa Isla ng Pilipinas ay ang ‘kailangan na palawigin ang mga daynastiya upang mai-preserved ang republika’
parang nagtatagong pasista sa palda ng monarkiya.
Ang isa sa mga solusyon sa Pilipins ay ang dissolution of the republic!
Sa kasalukuyang nangyayari sa political dynasty sa Pinas, nahubaran ng maskara ang mga pinangangalandakang monarkiya sa Europa.
Na sa aking palagay, ay isa ito sa mga dahilan kung bakit nagkaroon ng mass migration ang mga Europeo sa hilagang Amerika.
Kung ang France ay mayroong mga Departments, ang Estados Unidos naman ay mayroon din sa ipinapakita ng Republika ng Pilipinas.
Ang pagiging Presidente, Governador, Senador, Congressman, Mayor, etc. ba ay minamana sa mga ninuno? Does the fact that he is son of a Senator, grandson of a President make him the “heir” apparent? Wala na bang puedeng mag lead sa Liberal Party? And his being the grandson of the founder gave him the right? Is Gloria a better (assuming that her father was good) President? Will this dynasty business ever end? The answer my friend is Blowing in the wind..it is all up to the people of the Republic of the Phil..anong say ninyo? May kasabihan tayo..ang santol ay hindi bubunga ng manga!
Anybody who is with the party of Danding Cojuangco, the mastermind of Ninoy’s assasination, as claimed by Martinez, should be treated as traitors like those of Glueria’s presidentables.
Martinez’ claim explains why even during Cory’s time, Ninoy’s death was never resolved. And now, this Noynoy is barking on the wrong feline.
that fool atienza of the so-called atienza wing of the LP is in no position to make demands. mar roxas is in the ascension and will be the LP candidate for 2010, while atienza’s madam Arroyo will be out by that same time.
There’s going to be a new sheriff in town by 2010, and Lito needs to ally himself more with rising star Mar Roxas, and not than the other way around. Unless Atienza wants to ally his wing to the other potential candidates: the Villar/Erap camp or the Loren/Danding side.
Dapat dito kay Lito Atienza, mula sa Buhayin ang MayniLA , magtayo ng sariling partido.
Dahil sa mahusay na manggaya ang mga strategist nito, gayahin na rin sana si Yuri Luzhkov ng Moscow(United Russia), para maging makatotohanan.
Ala Rudolph Guilliani ng Nueba York.
Mas makakabuti sa political career ni Atienza na itatag na nito ang GMMA – Greater Metro Manila Area Party.
Upang makakuha ng pagbasbas kay GMA at makagamit ng makinarya ng gobyerno. At isapa katunog nito ang GMA diba?
Ang karanasan ng dating Mayor ng Maynila sa National Housing Authority(1988-1989) at ang pagiging malapit na magkaibigan nila ni Manny Paquiao ay isang magandang kombinasyon sa larangan ng pangangampanya.
Bakit magbibigay ng pabahay eh panibagong gastusin pa ito mula sa kaban ng bayan?
Bakit hindi na lang gloves at punching bag sa mga bawat eskinita o distritong nasasakupan?
Madali lang naman makahingi nito sa mga sponsors.
May pag-asa ka pang maging bayani at maging ehemplo para mag-aya ng mga mamumuhunan(investor) sa bansa.
Tandaan, bawal na mag-donate ng puting towalya.
Itong politika at boksing, na nagpatayog kay Manny Paquaio – isang magandang halimbawa ng :
“Pilipino, pamamarisan ka ng buong mundo!”
From North to South, Boxing is the kailangan!
If this dynasty issue is not contained, we might see the bloody revolution that we fear, but we know is needed to purge the country of these pests.
A SWOT analysis of Mar Roxas:
STRENGTHS:
-”De Buena Familia”;part of the influential/very wealthy Araneta/Roxas poltical clan.
-Favorite of Philippine Wall Street(”Ayala Ave”)
-Rated K support.
-Senatorial Topnotcher
-”Mr.Palengke “projected image
-authorship of the Cheaper Medicine bill
WEAKNESSES:
-”Spineless”in crisis(quickly disappears and leaves for abroad when he needs to make a stand).
-No political organization(what’s the Drilon wing of the Liberal party right now?)
OPPORTUNITIES:
Among the the current 2010 presidentiables”,Mar Roxas appears to be most decent.He can be trusted.No taint of scandal/corruption at all.
Mar Roxas can become the most trusted political leader as soon as he finds his TRUE NORTH. Mar,Speak from the heart,not from the brain all the time.Feel the pain and real agony of the suffering Filipino masses)
THREATS:The Lacsons and Gordons of this world project an image of “CAN DO/WILL DO’ leaders who the masses might desperately cling to.
We also have the political chameleons waiting in the wings.They can become oppositionists or administration depending where the political winds blow? Where will Mar Roxas be in this wide spectrum of political animals?
roxas may not be the best but certainly better than what pinas have now.
I just hope that we don’t choose our leaders on the basis of the “lesser of two evils”.We deserve the BEST.
Ellen: There are also some within the Liberal Party who are warning Roxas not to allow Gloria to “taint” him noting that those identified with her were rejected by the people in the 2007 election. Prime example: Mike Defensor.
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Time to change this kind of mentality. Filipinos should stop imitating the Americans who now vote for people who can afford to fund their campaign with billions of funds from donations and their own personal accounts.
People who has the dedication, etc. to do what is right and good for country and people should be be encouraged to run regardless of whether or not they have the funds to run their election campaign.
By all means, people should prevent the Kulimbat from deciding for them the fate of their nation with money even stolen from them, taxpayers.
Patalsikin na, NOW na!
The Equalizer:
Your analysis of Mar Roxas is iteresting but inconsistent that in one breath you say he’s “Among the the current 2010 presidentiables”,Mar Roxas appears to be most decent.He can be trusted.No taint of scandal/corruption at all.” But after inhalling another breath you also say ”Spineless”in crisis (quickly disappears and leaves for abroad when he needs to make a stand).
If we study politics in and around Europe the political dynasty is no longer an issue the parlimentarian is the common man and so it should be, not wealth.
The wre are wealthy parlimentarians serving the people in Europe but by looking at their lifestyle you would never know it. Unless a stromg disciplined leader of men that understands the real problems the masses are suffering. We have such leaders such as some of ‘men of honor’ who have more than proved their mettle.
Broadbandido: If this dynasty issue is not contained, we might see the bloody revolution that we fear, but we know is needed to purge the country of these pests.
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Magdilang anghel ka sana. Bakit? Akala ba ng mga pilipino ganoon katino ang lolo ni Roxas? Ang dapat ding kurakutin during his tenure as president. Namatay na nga lang iyong tao kaya walang nabisto. Besides, abala ang mga pilipino noon to make both ends meet. Sabi nga ng mother ko, bayong-bayong pera ang dala nila kapag namimili sila nang maging presidente si Roxas. Hindi masyadong nasubukan kung matino nga o hindi kasi namatay agad—bago nabulgar iyong mga kurakutang ginagawa ng mga nakaupo noon.
Golly, hindi pa nga nag-uumpisa ang bayaran ng mga reparations, ubos na sa laki ng mga kurakutang ginagawa. Pati iyong mga relief goods para sa mga nagugutom na mga mamamayan, kinukurakot noon pa! Nawili nga ang mga ungas sa totoo lang!
Iyong Garcia lang yata ang talagang matino. Pero natalo dahil sa tipid policy niya na kung bakit ayaw ng mga pilipino. Dahil ba sa karamihan ay hambug at ayaw pahalata ng naghihikahos?
Kunsumisyon! Please mahabag kayo sa mga naiwan sa Pilipinas! No to the trapos: children, grandchildren, etc. of any of the trapos at mga senoritos/senoritas!!!
Ooops, this should read: “Ang DAMI ding kurakutan during his tenure as president sabi ng mother ko.”
Time to change this kind of mentality. Filipinos should stop imitating the Americans who now vote for people who can afford to fund their campaign with billions of funds from donations and their own personal accounts.
Sinabi mo pa Yuko!
Ang mga Pinoy dito naghihintay lang ng ideya mula sa Mainland US.(Parang ala-Manila politics)
Nandyan sina Bobby Jindal, Hilary Clinton, Barak Obama, Al Gore, Rudy Gulliani, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer at marami pang iba.
Lumalabas na tama nga si Rizal na ang Pinas ay isang malaking probinsya lamang.
Pero ang nakakapagtaka ay sa tuwing panahon ng kampanya sa eleksyon. Palaging binabandera ng mga kandidato ang interes ng bansa. Pero ang totoo ay interes ng mga negosyante, Amerika at mga dayuhan ang ipinaglalaban nila at hindi talaga para sa taumbayan.
Ang saklap diba?
At ang masama pa nito kapag nakakuha ka ng ideya sa Malaysian, Indonesian at Vietnamese politics, palalabasin na isa kang traydor!
At ayan ang pinaka trahedya sa lahing Pilipino!
Ang malaman ang katotohanan!
– na tayo pala ay lahing kayumanggi. Pumuti lamang dahil sa mamahaling sabon at lotion, pagpapaligo ng gatas, bumibisita sa derm clinic, tambay ng airconditioned room at kung anu anu pa.
Dito nga sa call center na pinapasukan ko, sabi ko sa mga kaopisina ko… “kahit na sarat ang ilong ko, gusto ko parin na mag-tagalog”.
We only need to study the Singaporeans on our doorstep who didn’t get to where they are today with a leader flip-flopping from one corruption crises to another bigger one. The Singaporeans got themselves a strong disiplined leader with a proper transparent achieveable plan and followed it even though it meant that they make changes to their cultural thinking by wewlcoming immigrants to reside and own homes there whilst assisting to build the new modern Singapore. What is required is a leader with vision and a transparent plan to enable the ordinary citizen to undersatand.
Application ng Parkour sa Political Scandal — ito ang legacy na naiwan ni Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sa Pinas at sigurado ako na gagayahin ito ng mga taga ibang bansa.
Mula ito sa pelikulang Breaking and Entering.
The Liberal Party, divided as it is, can only be compared to a used sanitary napkin:
no longer useful,
it’s bloody and it stinks,
and it has wings.
We only need to study the Singaporeans on our doorstep who didn’t get to where they are today with a leader flip-flopping from one corruption crises to another bigger one. The Singaporeans got themselves a strong disiplined leader with a proper transparent achieveable plan and followed it even though it meant that they make changes to their cultural thinking by wewlcoming immigrants to reside and own homes there whilst assisting to build the new modern Singapore. What is required is a leader with vision and a transparent plan to enable the ordinary citizen to undersatand.
You hit it right on the head, sana si Lacson na lang.
Si madame ellen po ba maka- roxas sa 2010?
Kasi po naniniwala po ako na si lacson ang may kakayahan na magdisiplina sa mga pilipino. Kahit sabihin na natin sya ang mastermind sa kuratong salavage mas madadagdagan pa ang paniniwala ko na may paninindingan syang burahin ang mga salot sa bayan natin na pinangungunahan ni gloria pidal.
Some realities in Philippine politics which maybe Roxas’ drawback:
1. He’s single. Voters will question him, bakit hindi siya nag-aasawa? It’s the perception that a leader must have a spouse to show off and at kahit may anak sa labas as in the case of Erap. Kailangang marinig natin and description ng isang kandidato sa tawag na: Yan ang Lalaki! sa Bicol: Oragon!
2. Not controversial. Roxas refused to indulge heated debate in the Senate. Worst, it’s perceived he’s shying away from many issues. He rather write a column but not a hard hitting one. As in showbiz, bad or good publicity is publicity. Dyan kulang si Roxas. Kahit sa palengke, hindi masyadong pinaguusapan si Roxas. At kung mayroon man, siya pa ang sinisisi dahil wala raw siyang nagawa sa pagtaas ng mga bilihin sa palengke na ginamit nyang kampanya noon.
Compared to Roxas, I will go for ramusen1213 preference for Lacson at the moment. Pero marami pang mangyayari before 2010. We don’t know yet kung magkakaroon pa ng eleksiyon hanggang nandyan si goria.
How callous can she be!!!
Gloria Arroyo said: “As I was recalling the 75th birthday of Ninoy in my own introspection today, I remembered that I recently pardoned one of those convicted of killing Ninoy.”
Arroyo said the pardon granted to former sergeant Pablo Martinez was based on the same policy that guided her in freeing convicted plunderer former president Joseph Estrada. “Both the soldier and the former president were convicted according to the rule of law and pardoned according to the rule of law. The rule of law has prevailed and proved that no person is above the law.”
With goria acknowledging the pardon she granted to Pablo Martinez, Sergio Apostol maybe wetting on his pants again by saying earlier before the press that his prisidint didn’t know that she pardoned one of Ninoy’s convicted killers.
If Apostol has shame, dapat iskierda na! Ipinahiya ka ng prisidinti mo, dedma ka pa? Or talagang makapal.
Ras…I agree with you 100%, Pag alis ni Gluria sa 2010 (kung aalis !) kailangan natin isang matapang na liderato para habulin ang mga nagsamantala sa kaban ng bansa,,Iyan para sa akin ay nakita ko kay Sen.Ping Lacson .,Hindi nating kailangan ma diplomasiyang tao , Kailangan natin Matapang at kayang panindigan lahat nang sasabihin…
Mar Roxas = Masyado pang hilaw/ maraming nakapaligid sa
kanya na puro may sariling ambisyon.
Villar = Masyadong maraming kaibigang mayayaman, baka
makalimutan ang mahihirap.
Loren = Puro daldal, mukhang wala rin gagawin
Ang kailangan nating Presidente ay yung Presidenteng magtatanong sa kanyang nagkamaling Tauhan nang harap harapan sa mga mali niyang nagawa.
Sa Administration ni Glueria ngayon…Sibak ka ka-agad ! pag di ka nagnakaw !
Ipagtatanggol ka pa niya (….basta’t huwag mo lang kakalimutan ang sa kanya ! )
Rasmusen, please don’t use all capital letters. It’s distracting. Take note that I edited your comments to sentence case.
Arroyo compared to the “long night of the dictator” in Mar Roxas speach reflects four headlines in the Daily Tribune today that shows at long last she is about to lose her grip on power :-
(1) AFP systematically executing leftists — UN
(2) Danger zone
(3) CA junks general’s promotion over fake poll
(4) Controversies won’t disappear.
It seems she’s running out of excuses and the international community obviouslt don’t trust her and her government or her military.
Is this why mr arseperon is jittery these past days, her exit would be a real tear jerker for him if his past actions are anything to go on.
“One cannot have such intimate recollections of the past and be indifferent to what is going on in our present. One cannot be a part of our beloved Liberal Party and ignore the assaults to our democracy and freedoms as signified by the subversion of our institutions, the number of unresolved killings of journalists and activists, the widespread graft and corruption, and the callous sense of impunity held by those supposed to be accountable to the people.”MAR ROXAS
Well,hayaan na lang natin sila kung ganyan ang gusto nila.Hindi naman ako o kayo ang pweding maging presidenti.Gugustuhin man nating kumandidato wala pa tayong pondong pambili ng boto.Hindi pa natin kayang mag-arkila ng helicopter or kahit tricycle man lamang sa pangungumpanya.Kung manalo man si Roxas ay si Villar o si Gordon ang magiging opposisyon at vice versa si Roxas din ang opposisyon kapag hindi siya makaposisyon.Hintay na lang tayo pagdating ng election.
The Equalizer:
Ang isa sa ipinagtataka ko kung bakit parokyal pa rin ang kaisipan ng mga nagtutulak o strategist nyang Liberal Party?
Kahapon sa inquiret web site, lumabas ang balita na :
Lakas wooing De Castro for 2010–party execs
Lakas wooing De Castro for 2010–party execs
MANILA, Philippines — The ruling Lakas- Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) is wooing Vice President Noli de Castro as a potential standard bearer in the 2010 presidential elections, two party officials disclosed on Tuesday.
In separate phone interviews, Lakas executive director Ray Roquero and legal counsel Raul Lambino confirmed to INQUIRER.net ongoing talks between Lakas leaders and the camp of De Castro.
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Ang isa sa mga pagkakamali ng Lakas-NUCD ay ang hindi nila pag-amin ng pagkakamali.
At ang pagpapalutang ng isang tulad ni Kabayan Noli De Castro sa 2010 ay isang pagpapatunay na wala itong pagrespeto sa kagustuhan ng popular will na ipinakita noong 1998, 2001, 2004 at 2007 national election.
Bakit na-elect sa pagka Senadora Loi Ejercito noong 2001?Joker Arroyo at Ping Lacson?
Noong 2004, ano ang dahilan bakit naging Senador si Bong Revilla at Jinggoy Estrada?
Kahit nandaya, si GMA pa rin daw ang panalo noong 2004?
Paki tanong yan kay Ely Pamatong at Eddie Gil?
At sigurado ako na hindi kayo sasagutin ni Bro.Villanueva, dahil mga sumalangit nawa na sina FPJ at Raul Roco.
Ngayong araw, sa column ni Nong Ernie Maceda, binanggit duon ang bailiwick vote.
Palaging nililigawan ang VISAYAS-MINDANAO vote tuwing eleksyon.
Noong Mayo 2007, sino ba ang nag-desisyon sa labanan ng pang-dose sa Senador?
Hindi ba’t sa Mindanao pa rin ang gapangan?
Sa pagpili ng national leadership, isang bulok na kamatis na ang kaisipan kung isasama pa natin ang mga tulad nina Angel Locsin(Darna/Alwina image) sa kampanya.
Oo nga’t naging matagumpay sina Jamby at Juday pero si Ryan Agoncillo ang pumipitas ng mga naibunga nito.
Sa kasalukuyang senaryo, maasahan pa ba si Aviona?(o Bianca KING aka Natalia Montenegro sa Marimar)
Habang galit ang taumbayan kay SERGIO dahil sa pananraydor nito kay Bella Aldama, kailangan na gumawa ng isang eksena ang mga alipores ni GMA para tuluyan makalimutan at mapagtakpan ang mga umaalingasaw na bantot nito.
Magbalik tayo duon sa Lakas woos De Castro.
Noong 1992-1998, ang DILG ang isa sa mga may matatag at kaaya-ayang pamunuan ng gobyerno dahil nga sa paghahanda nito ng Philippine Centennial.
Reaksyon ko duon sa column na “2010 race on”, sayang si Rafael Alunan.
Hindi ito binigyan ng political career sa susunod na 10 years.
Kung Visayas ang pag-uusapan, taga Negros ito. At isapa, nasa kanya ang hinahanap hanap ng mga taong laging naka-glued sa telebisyon tuwing gabi. Matangkad, tisoy, at papa ang dating. Ninong kung baga.
Eh kaso mas pinili ni Mr.Alunan ang magsilbi sa private sector.
Kung gusgustuhin ng Lakas na manalo, marami ang mga talented sa LGU’s at hindi pang national ang labanan.
Kaya nakakapagtaka kung bakit na pinipilit ng Lakas si JDV, eh samantalang noong 1998 inayawan na yan ng taumbayan.
Sabi ni BOB sa itaas…
kailangan natin isang matapang na liderato para habulin ang mga nagsamantala sa kaban ng bansa,
Pasok kaya dito si Rodrigo Duterte? Sigurado ako na magre-react si Anna.
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Sinabi pa ni Raul Lambino, na ang susunod na presidente ay manggagaling sa LAKAS Party.
“We are still the biggest political party. We are confident that when the reckoning period comes, Lakas would still be victorious in the forthcoming elections”
Tama si Lambino! Totoong mangyayari na taga Lakas ang magiging pangulo ng bansa, kapag nabago na ang pangalan ng Pilipinas – RP. Republic of Pangasinan.
Ang sambayanang Pilipino ang pinakamalakas na grupong political at hindi ang anumang political party!
Mahirap intindihin kung ano ang mga political party sa atin,may Lakas,Nucd,kampi,Masang Pilipino,laban.Ano ba iyan? Kaya tuloy confuse ang tao.Hindi ko maintindihan,tapos mayroon pang party list.Kaya tuloy watak-watak ang mga pilipino dahil walang pagkakaisa.Noon madali lang makilala ang mga kandidato dahil Nacionalista at Liberal lang.Pag Nacionalista ang nakapuwesto,Liberal ang opposition ganoon lang ka simple.Tulad ng Merica Democrat at Republican lang kaya madali silang makilala.Bakit hindi na lang tayo bumalik sa two party political system.Kung hindi ka Liberal ay Nacionalista ka,di tapos madaling bumoto.Kaya tuloy magulo ang election sa atin,ang liit ng bansa kung minsan ay pito ang kandidato ng presidenti.Kung dalawa lang ang maglalaban sa pagka presidenti ay maiiwasan ang dayaan,mababawasan ang corruption sa gobyerno dahil pag halimbawa Liberal ang nanalong presidenti ay babantayan naman ng Nacionalista ang kilos niya,magkakaroon din tayo ng balansi sa Tongress at Senate dahil dalawang party lang ang magbabangayan.Liberal at Nacionalista,gagawa silang mabuti dahil pagdating ng susunod na halalan alam ng taong bayan ang mga karakas ng mga pulitiko natin.Magkakaroon ng true opposition.
anyone believing mar roxas can be the best bet for 2010 presidential election must have forgotten that this guy is also swallowing his own shit for his own political survival.
nakakatakot ang ganyang mga uri ng pulitikong palipat lipat ng dinadapuang mayorya at hindi maipaliwanag ang tunay na plataporma’t dinadaan na lamang sa porma.
gayundin si kabayag na walang alam gawin kundi sundan ang mga yapak ng kanyang bulok na presidente sa pagsakay sa mga isyung inaakala nilang magpapabango sa kanilang kulapol sa taeng reputasyon.
I still believe that the best bet for 2010, if he can be persuaded and supported by all, is Manny Pangilinan. He has proven himself capable as a manager of one of the biggest corporations in the Philippines.
Any takers?
pareng cocoy,
aprub! tama ka na ang kailangan upang magkaroon ng balanseng pamamalakad sa pamahalaan ay ang “pagbuhay uli” sa two party system, nacionalista party at liberal party. pangatlo ang independent party. ito rin ang magiging daan upang hindi na makapanloko nang todotodo ang mga ambisyosong pulpolitikong walang iniisip kundi gawing gatasan ang kaban ng bayan.
back to transparency in governance. everything’s repeorted to the people not like in this stinking administration where everything is being kept secret from the people.
mabahong bulok kasi mula sa pinakamataas hanggang sa pinakamababang kasapi ng namamayaning mala-taeng koalisyon!
kunsabagay, lumang diyaryo at tubig lamang ang katapat. pati na dahon ng payangpayang!
kamusta na kaya si atorni joeseg?
What is also lacking is the transparency of political contributions. There should be a limit as to how much an individual and corporations can give to political parties. Please note that I am saying political parties, not directly to the party individual candidate. In this way, there will be no influence peddling on the party, as well as the individual candidate.
Let’s say, Php100,000 for individual, Php1M for corporations. All these should be open for scrutiny by the public.
This is one way of knowing who is spending more than what he will get in terms of salary and perks, thereby exposing candidates planning to enrich themselves in office.
Mababa lang ang kaligayahan ng mga pinoys. Pera pera lang. How can Roxas expects to win anything when the opposition bailiwicks will not get any pork barrels at all. We will never see principles anymore. We can not live without bread alone.
“Mababa lang ang kaligayahan ng mga pinoys. Pera pera lang.”
valdemar,
mas tamang binigyang diin mo na “mahigpit ang pangangailangan ng mga pobreng pinoy na walang tuwirang hanapbuhay” kaysa sabihin mong pera lang ang kaligayahan.
paano naman ang mga katulad naming isang kahig isang tukang nagsisikap mabuhay nang hindi umaasa sa mga pulitikong mapagsamantala at bulaan?
Palagay ko rin mas mabuti sa Pinas and two party system lang. Kung sino ang opposition party ay magkakaroon ng shadow cabinet na katapat ng nasa administrasyon. Ang shadow secretary/cabinet ang bahalang magbantay sa mga programa o proyekto ng mga corresponding departments. Dapat din ay may ‘freedom of information’ itong shadow cabinet, para walang maiililihim ang nasa administrasyon. Ang secretary at shadow sec ay mananagot sa party, at anumang kawalanghiyaan na gawin nila ay ang party ang magpapatalsik sa kanila.
Former President Fidel V. Ramos expects President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to cling to power and survive until her second and final term expires in 2010 because the country has “no better options.”
“My support for her is only so incidental and secondary to my protection and enhancement of the national interest,” Ramos told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, parent company of INQUIRER.net, in an interview here Wednesday.
Asked why, he quipped: “So tell me, what are the options? Wala, lalong gugulo (None, everything will be messed up).”
Yeah ,right…
10 Questions I would Really Like To Ask Mar Roxas
Define honesty
Is there anything you disagree with Gloria Arroyo on?
Is the Liberal party an opposition party?
Who do you want to be your running mate?
What makes you different from President Arroyo?
Is the presidency worth it?
Do you plan to ever get married?
What do you plan to do if elected in 2010?
Do you read blogs?
Most importantly, do you want the endorsement of Gloria Arroyo???