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Impeachment filed!

The second impeachment complaint against Gloria Arroyo was filed at 8:15 a.m today after an overnight vigil by concerned citizens at the Batasan building where the House of Representatives is.

The impeachment complaint by mostly religious and civic leaders as well as from the academe led by Nini Quezon-Avanceña, daughter of President Manuel L. Quezon,was endorsed by Rep. Francis Escudero and Rep. Ronaldo Zamora.

No Oliver Lozano or anybody resembling a front for Arroyo has filed a pseudo impeachment complaint as of this writing. The Constitution provides that only one impeachment complaint against an impeachable official can be filed within one year.

The three main charges in the impeachment complaint are:

* GMA exercised dictatorial powers to silence, if not stifle, political dissent arising from her illegitimate presidency. Charges of obstruction of justice, E.O 464, CPR and 1017, Daily Tribune, the Batasan 5 and electoral fraud.

* GMA committed crimes against humanity. She abetted, if not encouraged, the systematic and widespread killings of political dissidents and journalists to silence criticisms lodged against her and to continue her illegitimate hold on power.

* GMA criminally concealed her conjugal assets, engaged in graft and corruption, and entered into illegal government contracts. The Jose Pidal accounts, fertilizer scam, PIATCI bribery, Northrail, jueteng, as well as illegal witholding of the Internal Revenue Allotment(IRA).

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  1. I just wish and pray that the Aboitizes will not be there when this impeachment comes a reality to disrupt the proceediings with their incivility the way they did during the Estrada impeachment pretending for truth and justice and not for their own personal gains.

    Bantay-sarado na ang lahat dito kung puede lang, please, para naman tumino na ang Pilipinas na hindi mo maipagmalaki ngayon dahil kay Bansot at sa kaniyang mga kabalbalan at ng mga minion niya!

  2. sana tuloy tuloy na ito.
    sa mga nabasa ko kahapon binabalewala daw ni Lozano tong vigil dahil pwede naman daw sya mag-email,bat daw sya pupunta para mag file at nag file na naman daw sya.

    nang aasar talaga,buti naman it was only Hot air fom Lozano!

  3. Karl:

    I feel really sorry for Oliver. He is in fact a good friend of my eldest sister, and from what I have heard from my other sisters, as a person, he is (or should I say was?) not as what the media now talk about him. That was why when I read about the comments of friends of mine in the Impeachment Movement about Oliver, I could not help feeling disappointed. Actually, I was shocked and dumbfounded.

    The truth was I even sent him an email a lot of times urging him to get involved in this democratic process to pull these crooks from their high horses, and passed to him copies of the Impeachment that Escudero, et al were planning to submit to Congress then thinking that he was against the Bansot, and all that she represented.

    My sister who joined the Del Rosario trip to Manila even tried to encourage me to fly to Manila when she was there and join Imee and Oliver in planning out the Impeachment strategy. However, I was too busy with my work that I was not able to go as I wanted to. Besides, I thought it was not necessary because I had my own group helping and supporting the more valid movements in Japan for the Impeachment.

    I could not reconcile myself really with the reality that Oliver was after all no longer the kind of person I respected and could trust. Come to think of it, my sister was even talking of Oliver’s group coordinating with Imee at that time, and that they were in fact having a meeting at Imee’s office then. That was why when she turned out to be a no-show at the Impeachment last year, I felt like throwing rotten eggs and tomatoes at her face!

    How Oliver must have been corrupted even by the need to survive especially with all those threats even from supposedly men of law, and suffered the kind of fate as that of Alan Paguia, who has been disbarred by crooks who call themselves judges of the Supreme Court! Over here, lawyers cannot be disbarred on the instruction of a crook like Bansot and/or Davide without due process.

    It’s sad really that you have to make decisions there even to be corrupt to be able to achieve your goals and what you think will benefit everybody, to survive and live to do them, and try to achieve them even with the help ironically of the very same people you condemn and pledge never to patronize directly or indirectly.

    God, kawawa na talaga ang Pilipinas! Kung matino ka naman sa bansang iyan, mamamatay ka naman dahil papatayin ka ng mga salbaheng nagmamagaling na sila lang ang dapat na mamuno! Sorry for the badmouthing, pero talagang TANGNA nitong si Bansot at mga galamay niya! 🙁 TANGNA TALAGA!

  4. Thanks for the information about atty Lozano,Yuko.

    Yun nga lang what he did last year and last May was really disappointing.

    All the benefits of the word doubt, is no longer a luxury for the likes of him.

  5. goldenlion goldenlion

    I wish and I pray na talagang isa lang impeachment case (only the oppositions’ version) is filed. Did Randy and co. really checked? Baka mamaya mismo si JDV may nafile na pala. Alam nyo naman ang mga kampon ng kadiliman..napaka-deceiving. Pag naaalala ko si Imee last year, nasusuka ako. Tingin ko a mukha niya manipis, makapal pala?? Oliver Lozano will be tried also when gloria, the black magic woman, goes to court. Pasasaan ba’t hindi nila pagbabayaran ang kanilang kataksilan sa bayan.

    Ngayon nila ibasura ang impeachment, o di kaya ay babuyin nila ang proseso para maging daan ng isa pa pero pinakahuling people power sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Sapagkat kapag sumiklab na ang galit ng taongbayan, lahat ng mga nangdaya at nambaboy sa atin batas ay pupugutan ng ulo. Idadanak nila ang kanilang dugo sa lupang hinirang. Malapit ng sumilay ang bagong umaga!!!

  6. jinxies6719 jinxies6719

    26 June 2006

    Well, all i can say is goodluck to the 2nd impeachment, What i meant about goodluck is for other TONGressmen not to railroad the 2nd impeachment, what imeant was that soem TONGressmen will not invoke the technicality issue in the 2nd impeachment.

    Funny thing, mike defensor said yesterday, that he hope that the Filipno people will unite whenever her president is out of the country. Yes I agree with mike, the people should unite whenever her president is out the country, Filipinos should unite in searching for the truth, Filipinos should unite and show the leprechaun that she can not push the people against the wall, Filipinos should unite in telling some TONGressmen to search for the truth, Filipinos should unite in telling the leprechaun, her clowns and goons that the Filipinos can not be tolerate her anymore.

    Why can’t the allies of the leprechaun let the proceedings the senate – they keep on telling the people that the leprechaun never cheated, never abused the contitution, never been involved the malversation of the marcos wealth, etc, etc…… – its the only way the leprechaun can prove her innocence, let justice prevail.

    The only other remedy for the political crisis that we are now encountering is, I say again, for all elective and appointive officials to resign and pave the way for snap election. I’m still hoping for a snap election, that is the only peaceful way of getting out of this crisis.

    jinx

  7. jinxies6719 jinxies6719

    26 june 2006

    CORRECTION “Why can’t the allies of the leprechaun let the proceedings reach the senate”

    jinx

  8. Leah Navarro, who is one of the complainants said, said they were there in office of House Sec-gen at 8:15 a.m.. So I changed the time in the article posted.

  9. manuelbuencamino manuelbuencamino

    Ellen,

    Pahabol sa acute infectious diarrhea. The PSG has discovered that GMA was poisoned by a breakaway faction of the Black and White Movement called the Brown and Whites.

  10. Wala nang urungan ito. Patalsikin iyong mga ungas sa Tongress na hahalang sa Impeachment na ito. God willing, this process will usher in a healthier way to remove a crook than some manipulative and manipulated EDSA! Susunod na dapat tanggalin ay iyong tukong Pangalatok (dalawa sila sa totoo lang pero iyong isa ay pa-extra-extra na lang at hindi malaman kung saan siya papanig!) na akala mo siya ang isa pang may-ari ng Pilipinas at hari ng Makati!!!

    PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!

  11. Karl:

    When Imee did not show up supporting the Opposition on the Impeachment last year, I actually felt betrayed. And though I am in fact trying not to be judgmental when it comes to other people in accordance with the Gospel of Christ, I thought I would never trust this daughter of Apo Marcos. In the first place, this is not something personal but a matter of conviction and principle.

    This brings me to the impracticality and absurdity of the Philippine procedure of not allowing the more practical way of getting rid of these corrupt officials by less complicated judicial process. Unfortunately, the Philippines presently does not seem to have a police and court that are pro-people, only pro-establishment, for which reason there is no prosecutor’s office that can instruct the police force to make an independent investigation on officials who are committing crimes against the State and the Filipino people.

    What is absurd is when the object of possible investigation acts and thinks of herself as the State that any attempt to subject her into legitimate judicial process is even considered an act of treason! Worst is when the people directly or indirectly consent to all these follies!

  12. How can they say that the Opposition’s Impeachment attempt last year failed to oust the Bansot when it was not even allowed to go first base.

    There was no Impeachment at all because Joe de Venecia and his cahoots heeded the order of the Malacanang Squatters to trash the one being submitted by the more legitimate group of Escudero, et al, and did not accept their documents, etc.!

    They should not say it “failed to oust” the Bansot because there was actually no impeachment properly conducted. Nag-i-ingles pa kasi mukhang hindi naman nila naiintindihan pati na sarili nilang ingles! Por dies por singko.

    Dapat talaga they should require a translation of those documents in the vernacular para walang lituhan at kabulastugan na maaaring gawing katwiran ni JdV at mga kasama niyang mga talagang destabilizers para sirain ang competence at validity ng mga ipinaglalaban nina Escudero para sa mga taumbayan!!!

    Kami dito sa Japan, handa na naming isulong ang pakikibaka para sa Impeachment na ito alang-alang sa kulang-kulang na 100,000 pilipino na nandito sa bansang ito.

    Nanawagan kami sa mga pilipino na bantayang-sarado ang Impeachment procedure na ito kahit saan man sila naroroonan! Kapag ito ay nagtagumpay, magiging leksyon ito sa mga kurakot na katulad nina De Venecia, Nograles, at iba pa.

    PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!

  13. Let’s wait and see how these “Tongressmen” vote this time. We must pressure our tongressmen to allow the impeachment or we will crush their political ambitions. Padama natin sa mga ito na gusto nating malaman ang katotohanan. Didn’t GMA ask that she be given her day in court? Pakita niyo samin ngayon na wala kayong pinag-tatakpan. How can these tongressmen call themselves representatives of the people when 80% of Filipinos want GMA out? If only we can sue them for “misrepresentation”.

  14. We are advising Filipinos in Japan to write to their Congressmen in the Philippines soonest possible regardless of whether or not they are pork recipients from Malacanang! Kahit alam naming garapal e baka naman mayanig kapag binaha sila ng sulat protesta mula sa kanilang mga constituents.

    It’s part of the democratic process, you know.

  15. bulakbulero bulakbulero

    The House Secretariat has confirmed that the Impeachment Complaint filed today and endorsed by Rep. Escudero and Zamora is the first one filed. This issue is at least cleared.

    The House of representatives is full of crooks and thieves. Take the case of Pichay. He is saying that his constituents want to shift to Parliamentary form of government, when inn fact, it is only his personal opinion. The nerve of this guy.

    Let’s be vigilant in the coming days and weeks and see how the 2nd impeachment pan out. I hope our OFW’s in Italy will do what Ms. Pangilinan and the PGH group did and heckle Ate Glue.

    I hate it when I found out that one of her itenerary is laying a wreath at Jose Rizal’s shrine in Spain. Di na ba siya nakunsyensya na Rizal Day din ng sabihin niang di na siya tatakbo (sinungaling)! Ano na naman kayang kasinungalingan ang sasabihin niya sa harap ni Rizal?

  16. Bulakbulero,

    Sigurado pag balik niyan,ay ito ang sasabihin niya, “Nagpakita sa’kin si Rizal at sabing ako ang pinili niyang maging pangulo ng Pilipinas habangbuhay.”

  17. Nanang ko po! Baka nagbebelat pa ang ungas na pandak na tiwalang-tiwala na bahala si Nograles et al na matalo ang Impeachment nina Escudero! Parang nakakaloko ano?

    Ito naman si Pichay, mabuti pa nga ang Pechay masarap! parliamentary system kuno hindi naman nila naiintindihan ang big sabihin niyon! Saan ka nakakita na sila-sila na lang ang magmamaneho ng pamahalaan. Dito nga sa Japan, ang Diet namin ay bicameral, may upper and lower houses! Gunggong talaga. Gaya ng gaya hindi naman nila magaya. Hindi na lang nila subukan kung OK nga sa kanila ang 1987 Constitution nila. Ibinasura pa ni Bansot na gustong maging Reina Engkangtada!

    Sa susunod ano naman kayang kabulastugan ang sasabihin ng ungas sa SONA niya. Hindi na nahiya na puro kasinungalingan ang pinagsasabi kahit na noong unang SONA niya na ginawa pang mangmang ang mga kababayan niya na iyong paper boat ay hindi lumubog at lumutang mula Payatas hanggang Malacanang. Buti pa sana kung sinabing nakalagay sa bote katulad noon sa pelikulang “Letter in the Bottle.” Gosh, ang lapad ng guni-guni! Mental nga!

  18. Naalala ko na noong ginawa iyong paper boat SONA ay katatapos pa lang ipalabas iyong “Letter in the Bottle.” Siguro iyon ang pinagbasehan ng speech ni Bansot. This year, kundi Enchanted Kingdom baka ang tema ay katulad ng Da Vinci Code, na siya ang nawawalang prinsesang apo ni Lakan Dula kahit na ang totoo ay baka si Romeo Capulong pa ang tunay na kaapu-apuhan ni Lakan Dula na hindi naman kapampangan kundi Tagalog.

    Teka, baka ang gayahin ay iyong Anastacia. Ano bang mga catch phrases doon? Ma-check nga! Dahil itong si Bansot, ang hilig mag-quote sa mga pelikula kasi ang talagang pangarap yata ay maging artista!

    Ihanda na ninyo ang inyong mga tainga sa mga bibigkasin ni Bansot na mga pantasia niya pagdating niya mula sa Europe para bumili ng mga Chanel at Gucci, etc. doon!

  19. Yuko,

    I used to comment on PCIJ, but with the influx of Luli’s Intenet Brigade, I seldom visit the site. Nakaka walang-gana mabasa yung mga post nila dun. If find some of the commenters here “nakaka-inis”, mas grabe dun.

  20. What I meant was, If you find some of the commenters here nakaka-inis, mas grabe dun.

  21. No, Schumey, I relate to all those who feel that the Bansot has abused the Philippines and the Filipino race with her lies and deceit. Ang naiinis ako ay iyong mga nonsense na sinasabi ng mga Internet Brigade ni Bansot na ang tactic ay guluhin ang debate dahil kung matino ang usapan kahit na iba sa kuro-kuro mo ay may makukuha ka rin. Ang kaso itong mga alalay ni Pandak ay mahilig ng pananakot, pintas at paninira ng kapwa tapos akala mo kung sinong mga santo at santa na gusto pang gawin ang mga kamag-anak nilang maging santo na sasambahan ng mga pilipino!

    Alam mo sa simbahan namin wala kaming santo. We call ourselves in fact Latter-Day Saints, pero to claim na banal kami, no way! We give that glory to God, and follow to the best of our abilities to the letter His Commandments and do His Will. Alam mo, tabi-tabi sa mga katoliko, itong pagsamba ng mga anito para sa akin ay malaking kasalanan sa Diyos na mahigpit na ipinagbawal iyan sa 10 Utos niya! Ang laki ng mga tupak sa ulo, pati iyong kastilang santa kamag-anak daw nila! Patawarin sila ng Diyos sa mga ginagawa nilang kabulastugan!

  22. Suyang-suya ako doon sa kamag-anak yata ni Mike Pidal na akala mo kung sinong magsalita na i-tolerate ko raw si Bansot para ako magkaroon ng peace of mind. Bakit sino ba ang walang peace of mind? Wala naman akong kasalanan para mawalan ako ng peace of mind. Para bang sinabing, si Bansot ang daan para ako maging peaceful? Ano siya, hibang? Kaya nga ako sumali dito dahil malayang-malaya ako. Peace of mind daw ang tumahimik ka na lang sa pagnanakaw ni Bansot! Ano siya hibang?

    Itong mga ungas na iyan kung mang-insulto pa akala mo sila lang ang nakakarating sa Amerika, etc. Dito ang paglalakbay sa ibang bansa, hindi na ipinagmamalaki kasi puede namang parang pumunta ka lang sa Quiapo kung pupunta ka sa Seoul o Beijing gawa nang maraming discount fares. BTW, I sell discount fares as part of my business activities, but I went to Europe, for example, as a student on scholarship. Sa Amerika naman, nandoon ang family ko at saka may bahay ako doon kaya ako pumupunta ako doon.

    I am saying this hindi para magyabang kundi para sabihin lang sa mga insultador na kung meron sila meron din ako. The difference sa kanila, I got my millions the honest way. Sila yumaman sa kurakot!

  23. bulakbulero bulakbulero

    Grabe na talaga ang mga kurakot na tongressmen. Paanpo kaya nila naaatom na pakainin ang pamilya ila ng galing sa nakaw. Siguro ay magiging mga magnanakaw at kurakot din ang mga anak nila pag nagkataon. Hindi naman siguro mamumunga ng santol ang punong mangga.

    Nakita nyo ba si brainless Nograles sa TV kahapon? Parang nanginginig ang baba sa galit sa pagtatanggol sa kanilang bansot na amo. Siya na nga mismo ang umamin na pag natanggal si bansot ay tanggal din sila.

    Kita nyo na, iba talaga ang press release ng Malacanang. Sinasabi nilang ok kay Papa ang charter change. Maniwala ba tayo?

  24. Susmarya, bakit makikialam ang Papa sa politika ng Pilipinas? At saka mag-iingat iyan ng pananalita niya dahil alam naman niya ang mga isinusumbong ng mga paring hindi naman mga pilipino pero nagmamanman kay Bansot! Wala ngang may gustong isulat siya sa mga dyaryo ng pagbisita niya e lalo pa ngayong busy silang nanonood ng World Cup!

    Sobra kasi ang confidence sa sarili na akala niya hanga ang mga tao sa ibang bansa sa kaniya na akala niya ipagpapalit siya ng mga Europeans sa World Cup at sila ang hahangaan nila. Ano siya baliw? Iyon ngang kakilala ko sa UK hindi siya kilala e!

    Tinanong ko kung pupunta si Bansot doon, ang sagot sa akin e, “Who? Gloria Arroyo, who? Never heard? Did she graduate from here?” Shocking!

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