Taped message delivered by Sen. Panfilo Lacson on ANC Leadership Forum
Thank you for this invitation to the second ANC Leadership Forum. Up until I made a decision last Sunday to retire myself from a race that would matter most in the lives of our beloved countrymen, I had every intention to share with our people my vision of what the Philippines ought to be in a Ping Lacson presidency.
Marahil sa huling pagkakataon, sa isang pagpupulong na tulad nito, nais kong ipabatid sa aking mga minamahal na kababayan na ang kahirapan at kawalan ng mga serbisyong pangkalusugan, edukasyon at seguridad ng mamamayan ay hindi mabibigyang lunas ng pamumudmod ng tulong mula sa mga pulitiko tuwing papalapit ang halalan; tulong na magaan at madaling ipamigay dahil madaling kinikita sa pamamagitan ng pagsasamantala sa kaban ng bayan.
My vision is clear as it is simple – the country’s problem is government, bad government. The solution stares us right in the face of the problem itself. I believe that we need to discipline 1.5 million members of the civilian and military bureaucracy and imbue them with the right motivation and a sense of genuine public service. In short, if we hope to solve the problems of most of the 90 million Filipinos, we must set government right. This is the only way we can move forward as a country, and as a people.
But correcting government will not come easy if it does not start with the leader himself. One cannot discipline if one is unable to discipline oneself. One cannot preach clean government if one is himself on the take, or his relatives and cronies are themselves the thieves. If a president cannot lead by the power of good example, then governance will always be bad.
My vision for the Philippines is one where basic services are guaranteed, where health and education and public safety are prioritized, and no-nonsense government is instituted in all levels of the polity.
Sadly, what we have today is a feudal set-up foolishly labeled as democracy, where transactional politics is entrenched both in the bureaucracy and local government units; and where the poor are deluded into believing that throwing candies or giving instant noodles or occasional help in distress is the be-all and end-all of public service. In the grind for survival, the poor forget all too often that the occasional goodies they get are mere scraps from the tables of the immoderately greedy powerful who plunder public coffers, or abuse power for self-profit.
I have always maintained that if we doggedly and purposively set government right, the rest will follow. When people respect government, they pay the correct taxes and follow even the simplest of traffic rules.
Equal opportunity. Level playing field. To each a fair, fighting chance.
Patas na laban, para sa lahat.
But reaching out to the voters, particularly those in the D and E income levels, which altogether comprise some four-fifths of the population, does not come easy. It is most expensive in a political system which has neither strong institutions nor correct procedures.
Minsan ay sumagi na rin sa aking isipan na tanggapin na ang 200 milyong pisong pork barrel bawat taon para sa isang senador upang magamit at makasabay man lang sa isang magastos na pangangampanya. Nguni’t, at mabuti na lamang, nanaig pa rin sa aking isipan na ipagpatuloy ang isang adhikain at paniniwala na higit sa ano pa mang bagay, mas mahalaga ang integridad sa isang tulad kong inihalal ng bayan upang maglingkod nang tapat at walang halong pag-iimbot.
The great Charles de Gaulle of France, who put order back in a land wracked by anarchy, once remarked that “in order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant”. Like his forebear Nostradamus, he might have foreseen the Philippine political scene of this generation.
But I refuse to lie. And I refuse to purvey make-believe storyboards and saturate the airwaves with fairy tales.
Even if I tried to communicate the truth to our people given the extremely limited resources that I could raise from well-meaning friends who have kept the faith, and believe as I do in my central advocacy of good governance and national discipline, the time has come to face the reality that the intent to lead in this land in order to do good, has become an enterprise only for those who have access to unlimited funds.
I bow to that reality, which is why I have chosen not to participate any more in this laudable forum of those who seek the presidency of the land.
To my loyal supporters and those who appreciated the kind of work ethic and purposive leadership I have demonstrated as a soldier, as the Chief of the Philippine National Police, and share the advocacies I have been fighting for as senator of the Republic — beyond expression of my undying gratitude, I now pledge that I will continue my relentless battle for good governance; lonely and difficult this may be. Rest assured that in time, we will all join together to support a leader who could best deliver our people from the bondage they now suffer. That leader must have both the competence and character that are the preconditions to purposive leadership so imperative in these crossroads of the nation’s life.
And I appeal to the highly learned in our society to share their thoughts and help guide the vulnerable 80% of the Filipino electorate to vote wisely and conscientiously, not for their day to day personal needs, but for a country that we all love and care for.
Magkaisa po tayong tumulong sa isang taong batay sa karanasan at sa ugali, ay alam nating hindi magnanakaw at hindi gagamitin ang kapangyarihang hiram para magpasasa sa sariling interes.
Maraming salamat po. Mabuhay ang sambayanang Pilipino!
Gumagalang,
PING LACSON
I’m gonna bet with you guys that Ping Lacson will run as Vice President instead most probably Mar Roxas’ running mate. Except for the administration, any opposition presidential aspirant would love to have Ping as the running mate.
Lito Banayo, a loyalist supporter of Ping Lacson is very close to Mar Roxas as well. It will not be far fetched if Mar and Ping run together. Sayang lang kasi Mar is a candidate of the civil society, the elitistas in other words. Ping naman is supported by the Chinoys. I wonder how their supporters will work and campaign together. Mr. Banayo should put this into consideration.
I would prefer that Ping choose any from the “true opposition” and not from someone who claims to be in the opposition.
Right now, I’m keeping watch of Lacson’s next move. Pag pumalakpak si Gloria, ibig sabihin niyon niyari na si Lacson, who must have been flooded with feelers like those sent to people the dorobo wants to lure to her side and stop from going against her.
Truth is nawalan ako ng gana kay Lacson when he refused to run with FPJ. Sana siya na ang pumalit doon sa tao na nakatalaga naman pala na mamamatay. Pero umiral ang ere di naman pala kaya.
Whatever, I hope I won’t be hearing he has gone lovey-dovey with the dorobo and her husband, Lacson’s blood kin.
Iyan ang dapat na ginagawa ng mga unggoy sa kamara ng Pilipinas, ang paggawa ng batas para makulong lahat iyong sobra kung tumaya sa election, o maglustay ng pera ng bayan sa kampanya gaya ng ginagawa ni Gloria Dorobo.
Admitado si Lacson na mahal tumakbo para pangulo ng Pilipinas, pero ano ang gagawin niya? Bakit di niya isulong ang batas na magpapakulong sa mga abusado sa eleksyon, pati na iyong mga tumatanggap ng foreign donations para sa pagtakbo nila gaya noong mga ginuguyo ng mga politiko sa Pilipinas na mga hapon na limpak-limpak ang balita kong donation sa kampanya ng mga kurakot sa Pilipinas.
Bistado namin sila sa totoo lang. Pag malapit na ang eleksyon puntahan ang mga unggoy dito sa Japan, etc. sa totoo lang para magpalimos ng mga abuloy sa kampanya nila discussed as charity funds pa kuno gaya noong mga kinokolekta noong pandak na babae.
disguised not discussed…sorry.
B. E.: Sayang lang kasi Mar is a candidate of the civil society, the elitistas in other words. Ping naman is supported by the Chinoys.
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Wow, elitista at intsik! Pero nasaan na ang mga kawawang mga pilipino, iyong mga mahihirap, etc.? Bakit binabalewala ang mga boto nila? Dahil ba puedeng bilhin ang mga boto nila ng kung sinong highest bidder?
Kawawang bansa!
Grizzy, it was Andres who said the above statement…not me. Anyway, a Roxas-Lacson team is good. I don’t think Roxas has any bad record as a cabinet secretary and politician. His problem would be Korina who behaves like Imelda.
Can’t blame him..with no money to spend how can he win?..At kung magkautang loob lang naman siya to be financed by crooks..why run? mananalo ka man kung balikan at singilin ka naman na mag corrupt ka, why run? Tama siya, what good man in his right mind would want to gain the whole world and lose his soul? what honest man, with intelligence and concience would run and then be corrupt? May pera si Roxas..Araneta ata ang Nanay niya, hindi ba? Hayaan na lang natin si putot..total my PhD naman siya sa Techniques of Corruption..sanay naman siya magnakaw at magwaldas ng pera ng bayan..let her go to hell..nag aantay na si Taning sa kanilang maganak…malapit na…bilang na ang mga araw nila…
There goes MY only hope who could have instilled order and discipline, if given d chance,in a chaotic government bureaucracy like ours. As a former government employee, i have seen first hand the problem of corruption which is the single biggest scourge plaguing this benighted land. Ping could have instituted the much needed reforms in the government to make it responsive to the populace. Alas, it was not meant to be. I know he’s not perfect. Who is?
His detractors hate his guts like the dickens! But compared with the other pretenders to the throne, they’re just that. . .pretenders. . .we just lost a good presidential alternative. . .
i admire lacson very much, he’s got balls, guts and political will our country needs badly, but he made a mistake when he ran head on FPG, as i have been telling my friends and neighbors,he could have been president. anyway six years after 2010 he could still run for president. good luck senator lacson, run as vice president.
Admitado niya na hindi niyang kaya gagastusan ang maging isang presidente..hindi niya kaya ang magnakaw, magsinungaling at mag corrupt…that is very honest of him..tunay siyang leader..that is the kind of guy we need..we need to change the dirty political system. Let’s play kick ball at sipain si Gloria..sa hockey she is the puck..sa kapangpangan..fxck ‘er.
Sayang, idol ko siya. Sana sumama siya sa isang malakas na kandidato na kapag nanalo ay gagawin siyang Secretary of National Defense o DILG para tumino ang mga military na for sale at magnanakaw. That way he can still be effective leader.
Lacson’s senate seat is until 2013. Yes, the next President who is from opposition could appoint him as cabinet secretary of any law enforcement agency. But, I still wish he runs as Vice President so that he could go after the Malacanang criminals. Among the presidentiables, Lacson is the only one who has the guts and determination to prosecute the Evil Bitch and her gang.
Rose: At kung magkautang loob lang naman siya to be financed by crooks..why run? mananalo ka man kung balikan at singilin ka naman na mag corrupt ka, why run?
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Sinabi mo pa. Ganyan ang nangyari kay Orly Mercado sa totoo lang.
BE: Lacson is the only one who has the guts and determination to prosecute the Evil Bitch and her gang.
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Pero bitin naman. Hindi naman tinutuloy!
Si Lacson lang yata ang politician na talagang may pag mamalasakit sa mga Pilipino, kaya sayang.
I have a question. Why would Roxas be a good President? Is it just based on good records and stuff? – just asking.
People always think politics is a game, but I always beg to differ for Lacson,he’s true to his word. It is no longer a game when politicians make political decisions which affect the lives of millions of people for which they are responsible; which determines their standard of living; their daily livelihood, their health and wellbeing, their security and in fact the very essence of their being alive.
how could anyone vote for Roxas, and then vote for a fascist for VP. thank god we vote separately
Mahirap talaga makuha ang boto ng D & E class…para makuha mo ito kailangan may show ka sa TV/Radio o kaya mayroon kang sikat na asawa na tagahanga ng mga D & E class.
Pero ang malaki talagang problema ni Lacson ngayon si Col.Mancao talagang makakasira sa kanya yan…pero di rin siguro kasi karamihan pinoy parang wala ng pakialam sa bansa natin.
Eh si Villar ang taas pa din sa survey, si Gloria presidente pa din, si JocJoc wala daw kasalanan sabi ng house, si Garci buhay pa din…
Tama si Ping sa sinabi niyang nasa pinuno nakasalalay ang isang matinong pamahalaan. Mahilig tayong mga pinoy na mag-follow the leader kaya dahil corrupt at magnanakaw si evil bitch, ginagaya hindi lamang ng mga alipores niya kundi pati ang mga nasa ibaba. Ang mga bagong malakihang nakawan ay iyong sa noddles ng DepEd at ang report ng PCIJ tungkol sa sabwatan ng DPWH at mga kongresista. Ang maliitan ay iyong comelec sa cavite na hinihingan ang mga nag rerehistro para botante.
Kaibigang Grizzy,
Sinabi mo:
“Sinabi mo pa. Ganyan ang nangyari kay Orly Mercado sa totoo lang.”
re Rose comment na
“At kung magkautang loob lang naman siya to be financed by crooks..why run? mananalo ka man kung balikan at singilin ka naman na mag corrupt ka, why run?”
Hindi siya binalikan at siningil para maging corrupt. Siya mismo ang corrupt! I saw firsthand how corrupt Mercado was when he was SND. I tell you, front lang niya yang Pepsodent at Kapwa ko, Mahal ko facade niya. Akala ko matino yan dati before he became SND. Mabuti na lang at nakita ko ang tutoo.
You can ask the old-timers at DND to countercheck what I said. Alam ng lahat duon yung tatlong alipores niyang tagahakot niya habang matino siya kunwari.
Kunsabagay, kumpara kay nunal at assperon, small-time pa rin itong si Mercado…
We will all see what I mean pag-upo ni Esperon as SND shortly. Pupula na naman ang hasang ni Doktora!
i’m okay with lacson as VP candidate. in fact, it makes the decision making process much easier. since i’ve been going back and forth between mar roxas and lacson, once ping eliminated himself from the race, automatically kay mar roxas na ako.
Like I said in another thread, this act of Lacson would somehow help the opposition win the next presidential elections. The lesser the candidates from the opposition, the better chance of winning. What Binay said is also true, that the ramming of the con-ass by the rapists (of the constitution), it will unite all the opposition forces. Hope this holds true until voting time. Abangan nalang ang kasunod na kabanata.
Sino sa kanila sa palagay ninyo ay tutoong opposition (kay Gloria) na planong tumakbo bilang presidente sa 2010?
Mar Roxas
Loren Legarda
Chiz Escudero
Erap
Jojo Binay
Manny Villar
Kung tatakbo ng VP si Lacson,malaki ang chance niyang manalo.Si Kiko Pangilinan ang makakalaban niya.Papasok pa yata si Pakyaw na gagawing VP ni De Castro,kaya tatlo na silang contender.
here are some Lacson positions:
mandatory camps for college students as they have in Malaysia
mandatory national ID
mandatory SIM card registration (imagine having to pay a fee to the NTC every year, or when you change phones/SIMs)
I am glad he is not running
Nang patinuin ni Lee Kwan Yu ang Singapore ginamitan niya ito ng kamay na bakal…ang resulta; Paradise Island!!
Kailangan si Ping upang ayusin ang Pilipinas. Kailangan siya ng susunod na pangulo sa gabinete upang lipulin ang kasamaan at disiplinahin ang mga tarantado sa gobiyerno ….AT HABULIN ANG MGA KURAKOT NGAYON HANGGANG MATODAS!
Samahan natin siya kung sino ang kanyang dadalhin….!
I would want Trillanes or Danny Lim for president…..
Singapore: Prison nation
all Singaporean males must serve 2 years national service (worse than prison) thanks to dictator Lee Kwan Yew
no free press
one party rule forever and ever
even your right to own a dog is regulated
Ka Enciong:
Kababata ko si Orly. Siguro nga corrupt siya, pero I know he tried not to be for sometime. LDS din siya noon pero umalis at namundok. Pagbaba, iba na ang takbo ng utak!
Nagbigay ako ng abuloy in fact sa kandidatura niya sa Batasan noon dahil nga akala ko idealistic pa rin siya at gustong patinuin ang bansa niya. Pero sabi nga ng isang kaibigan namin sa Customs, mahirap magpakatino sa gobyerno ng Pilipinas. Kundi ka mahahawa sa kurakot, maaawa ka naman sa sarili mo lalo na kung ang lahat sa paligid mo ang bilis ng pagyaman tapos ikaw lang ang natitirang pobre.
Buti na lang nga wala ako doon. Baka naging kapareho din nila ako except when I remember perhaps the teachings of my Dad na ang katwiran di mo naman madadala sa kabilang buhay ang kayamanan mo lalo na galing pa sa nakaw! 😛
Mike: Sino sa kanila sa palagay ninyo ay tutoong opposition (kay Gloria) na planong tumakbo bilang presidente sa 2010?
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Sagot: Wala! Lahat vested interest lang!!!
Boyner: Mahilig tayong mga pinoy na mag-follow the leader kaya dahil corrupt at magnanakaw si evil bitch
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This, Boy, I don’t believe. Lahat nga gustong maging leader at ayaw maging follower. Gaya-gaya siguro pero hindi iyan “following” but emulating evil!!! 😛
Dream on. walang gobyernong malinis. lahat korap. Kahit amerika mukhang maayos pero mga mamamatay tao yan. kung manggiyera ganun na lang. Stop thi s politics. its useless. NMas mabuti pa iligtas nyo na lang mula sa impyerno mga sarili nyo dahil malapit na paghuhukom lahat yan masusunog lang sa impyerno.
Mga naglalasing lasingan sa “high” feeling na nakukuha sa service for opthers where in fact hindi naman yan sure na makapagpapabanal sa kanila.
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Singapore: Prison nation
all Singaporean males must serve 2 years national service (worse than prison) thanks to dictator Lee Kwan Yew
no free press
one party rule forever and ever
even your right to own a dog is regulated
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probably good for us…
Lacson: Magkaisa po tayong tumulong sa isang taong batay sa karanasan at sa ugali, ay alam nating hindi magnanakaw at hindi gagamitin ang kapangyarihang hiram para magpasasa sa sariling interes.
Para na rin niyang sinabi na huwag na tayong bumuto. Meron ba namang tao na gaya ng sinasabi niya? We are all corrupt, or corruptible. As they say of Mercado! It took CJ Puno to say that ours is an autocratic country, not democratic. We are governed by the golden rule: gold rules. Yet we act as though we heard nothing.
Ang dapat na ginawa ni Lacson bilang mambabatas ay nilimitahan ang kapangyarihan ng Pangulo. Hindi ‘yang kaya niyang bilhin ng salapi ng bayan ang mga mambabatas. It is well within the power of Congress to limit the President’s power over the purse. Sinubok niya bang magpanukala ng batas ukol dito?
taxj, the limitations on the powers of the President is detailed in the constitution. Lacson cannot change it unless they change the constitution. Pro-Chacha ka ba?
Puro lang kayo iyak pag walang lumalaban sa gobyernong kurap. Ni hindi ninyo masuportahan si Lacson na nag-iisang lumalaban ng harapan pero parang napakagagaling ninyong husgahan yung tao. Gawin pang tsismis na kamag-anak ni Pidal e kabitenyo yung mama.
Kung naduwag si Lacson sa pag-imbento nila Corpuz, Rosebud at Mawanay ng kaso sa kanya, malalaman ba ninyo kung sino si Jose Pidal?
Kung di binanatan ni Lacson si Villar baka nagchachacha na ang Senado ngayon.
Hirap sa atin, iilan na ang lumalaban, itsinitsismis pa ng walang basehan. Utak-talangka to the max.
Galit na galit sa dugong-aso pero Prime Minister naman nila hindi lang dugong-aso kundi Aso talaga!
Ako lalahatin ko na. Walang ibang may paninindigang kayang magpakulong kay Gloria at pamilya niya. Si Lacson lang. Pwede rin siguro si Binay.
Yung mga deputang komunista sa Batasan, kaya ba nilang ipakulong si Pandak? Bago ako maniwalang hindi sila kurap, gayahin muna nila si Lacson – tanggihan nila ang pork barrel!
Sino ba ang natatakot sa kamay na bakal? Siguro yung mga tiwali at kriminal at may balak gumawa ng hindi tama. Hirap sa mga Pinoy gustong manggulang sa kapwa, pag nahuhuli, sisigaw ng “Human Rights Violation”!
alam nating si Lacson lang ang may bayag na senador na lumalaban sa administrasyon, ang problema nga lang mismong sa oposisyon ay marami ang umaayaw sa kanya. Hindi ba nung 2004 initsapwera siya nina Angara et al?
Ngayong umatras siya sa laban, unang una ng matutuwa ang Malacañang kasi may nabasa akong report noon na sa Pa-survey ng Malacañang No.1 si Erap at No.2 si Lacson. Kaya masaya na sila dahil may pag-asa na ang manok nila alinman kay Villar o De Castro.
Knowellgood,
kaya merong mga oposisyong ayaw sa kanya dahil hindi sila magkakapera kay Lacson. Yung mga nagtulak kay FPJ, nasaan na? Sila Angara, Sotto, Honasan? Pagkatapos nilang niyari ang pondo ni FPJ, kumandidato pa sa Team Unity ang mga footah nung sumunod na eleksiyon. Pagmasdan ninyo si Angara, LDP iyan pero ang itutulak niya sa 2010, NPC. Ang kapal ng mukha, pinadadalhan ng sulat lahat ng alumni ng UP para magsolicit sa kampanya niya, tapos tumakbo sa partido ni Gloria.
Sa tingin ko tama ang desisyon ni Lacson na hindi magtiwala dun sa mga iyon. Hindi nila kayang bilugin ang ulo ni Lacson, si FPJ, sisiw lang.
I know deep in my heart that my dream president Bgen Danny Lim is not running for the highest post. So, I already positioned myself to go Ping as he is the next best person to lead Pinas in my judgment. (Why next to Lim? Because I saw the compassion, courage and valor of Bgen Lim na tamang-tama sa panlasa ko).
Ping’s withdrawal does not make easier for me to choose for another one because there is no another one closer to his achievements and dedication to expose kababuyan and corruption of the highest order by the Gloria-Mike Arroyo tandem.
Ngayon, higit akong nalulungkot dahil si Binay naman ay kulelat at siguradong magwi-withdraw din. Hay, pareho namang iisa lang kundi man malambot ang balls nung natitirang dalawang pangalan sa aking listahan. Pag-aaralan ko muna silang mabuti.
“Ako lalahatin ko na. Walang ibang may paninindigang kayang magpakulong kay Gloria at pamilya niya. Si Lacson lang. Pwede rin siguro si Binay.” – Tongue
Iyan ang una kong pamantayan!
Dapat ay pagbayaran ang lahat ng kababuyan nilang mag-asawa na sanhi ng pagkawala ng moral ng pinoy, pagkawala ng pera ng bansa, pagtatawa ng mundo sa atin, at pagdurusa ng Pinas sa kalahatan. Kailagang magkaroon nang hustisya bago magkaron ng impact ang pagbabago!
Bakit siya kinakabahan dito sa Mancao na ito kung talagang wala siyang kasalanan? Inamin nga ba ni Mancao na isa o siya ang lider na tumira kay Dacer at sa utos ni Lacson? Kung totoo e di sabihin din niya kung sinong nag-utos sa kanya. Alanganin namang uutusan niya si Mancao na iligpit na yong tao na wala namang nagawa sa kanyang masama. Sabihin niya kung sinong nag-utos sa kanya para matuldukan na ang kasong ito.
Ang hirap kasi sa atin, tinutuligsa nila ang ginagawa ng pekeng administrasyon na ito tungkol sa mga politikal killings —- kung sila din naman noon ay ganun din. At kung totoo nga na si Erap ang nag-utos sa nangyari at siya ang mananalo sa pagka-Pangulo sa 2010 … e di ganito pa rin ang buhay natin.
Ang pananahimik ni Lacson ay hindi makakatulong sa atin .. kung wala siyang kasalanan … lumaban siya … at kung totoo si Mancao …. kumanta na siya.
Mancao is not the reason why Lacson is withdrawing. The reason is funds. He cannot raise enough money to fund a presidential campaign complete with a full slate senatorial ticket.
He is not doing well in surveys. kapag ganyan, it’s difficult to get contributors to help fund your campaign.
Siyempre the businessmen will give money to candidates who have the best chance of winning.
Yong pagpapatalsik kay Erap dahil siya ay corrupt … tapos ang pumalit ay mas corrupt. Ang bintang na pagliligpit kay Dacer nong administrasyon ni Erap .. tapos ang pumalit mas marami pang pinaligpit …. ano naman kaya ang mangyayari sa susunod? Dapat ngayon pa lang ay ayusin na bago masira ang ating Bansa.
Huwag kayong mag alala mga katoto. A good man like Lacson will continue to be a hot commodity in Philippine politics. Pag nanalo ang kandidato ng oposisyon sigurado si Lacson sa puwesto. Be it at the DND, Security or whatever position that fits his background, Ping will remain a man of courage and integrity.
ako hinayang na hinayang sa pagatras ni sen. ping. sa totoo lang kailangan natin ng isang matapang na lider kaso mukhang hindi uubra sa sistemang bulok. yun namang nagdududa sa kanya dahil sa nangyari sa 2004, hindi niyo ba naisip sino ang sumira at sumabotahe sa mga usapan, hindi ba si angara at sotto na kapuwa nasa tabi ng bansot na magnanakaw na pekeng pangulo.
mga maraming angal naman na walang ginawa si senador ping, baka nakakalimot kayo na 24 ang senador at nagiisa lang siya. sa laban nga niya mula sa jose pidal hanggang sa zte at pati itong double insertion ni villar, nasaan kayo.
puro kayo ngakngak. sabagay, you deserve the leader you want. kaya nga nandiyan pa si bansot kasi dadaldal lang kayo pero hindi kayo kikilos.
kilos at hindi daldal.
kay sen. ping, sayang, kayo ang kailangan pero baka ubra pa rin kahit na vp basta pakulung niyo lang ang mga magnanakaw.
dun naman sa mga naghihinala na si sen. ping ay pakawala ng malakanyang o di kaya’y makikipagareglo sa malakanyang. baka nakakalimot kayo na siya ang niyayari mula umpisa pero hindi tumitigil sa kababanat.
buksan niyo ang mga mata niyo at tingnan kung sino ang tunay na oposisyon. aba, lahat sila nakipaglaro kay bansot maliban kay sen. lacson. gising at alisin niyo ang mga muta niyo sa mata.
Walang alam si Mancao. Wala siya sa eksena; si Dumlao ang nandoon. Second-hand info ang kay Mancao. At si Dumlao, ang pakay, information, hindi pagliligpit.
Ang patungo ng sinasabi ni Mancao ay ang intention. Hindi ito sapat para maghatol sa isang kasong kriminal.
A crime requires both intent (mens rea daw sa Latin) and an act. Without one, there is no crime.
I have all the intent to shoot a famous pig. Pero hindi pa ako nakakabili ng baril; ni hindi ako marunong bumaril. The only time I shot a firearm was in ROTC in college – eight rounds of a Garand rifle in UP. Matanda pa ang armas sa Tatay ko. I dare Raul Gon to prosecute me on this announced intent.
Even if the intent of Lacson, or a certain Bigote is proven, there is no proof of the act. There is, in fact, no proof of a death. The DNA of the bones retrieved is not human DNA.
Yan talaga ang game plan, to delay the proceedings, dahil mayroon nang motion to dismiss by way of demurrer to evidence si Atty. Avisado. Gusto nilang mag-akyat ng panibago kunong ebidensya, para tumagal ang proceedings, para hindi mag-rule ang judge.
Kung sabihin ng judge na walang krimen dahil walang prueba na may pinatay, hindi na puwedeng ma-prosecute si Bigote. Hindi naman nila kayang magpakulong, ibig lang nila ng ingay, at dahil non-bailable ang murder, kulong na naman ang Bigote, at tiyak na aareglo; dahil matanda na, at gusto namang ma-enjoy ang mga apo.
Yan lang talaga ang gameplan, magkaroon ng bargaining chip, aside from the bonus na baka ma-derail ang kandidatura.
Tanong: Sino ang tunay na Oposisyon?
Sagot: Tingnan ang mga partido politikal kung ano and tract record magmula sa panahon ni Macoy.
Ang partido Nacionalista ba ni Escudero ay di nakisawsaw kay Macoy, Ramos, Arroyo?
Ang partido Liberal ba ni Roxas ay di nakisawsaw kay Ramos, Cory, Makati Business Club, Ayala, Lopez, Inquirer?
Ang partido PDP-LABAN ba ni Binay ay consistent sa pag-oppose kahit sino pa man ang nasa Poder na gumagawa ng katiwalian?
Thanks, Atty. That explains very well the situation.
…track record…
Tama, sax, nung ma-examine yung DNA ng mga butong kay Dacer at Corbito daw, DNA yata ng baka sabi ni Dr. Raquel Fortun. Ang matindi, ilang araw ng sinusuyod ng SOCO yung area ng Revo pero nundg third day kung kelan nagpunta yung anak ni Bubby, biglang “nakita” yung sapatos ni Dacer.
Isa lang ang ibig sabihin niyan, planted ang ebidensiya at ang tunay na gumawa ang naglagay ng sapatos doon. Sino ang nagbabantay ng crime scene? PNP. Sino ang maingay at gigil na gigil kay Lacson at Erap? Si Berroya. Excon General ng PNP.
I don’t go for a political party (lalo ngayon), but on the strength of character of the candidate and his plans for the country as presented to the people and me.
Unlike in the US, a political party is useless in Pinas today. Isang katutak at walang roots to stand on.
Hanggang ngayon, it’s on record that the bodies of Dacer and Corbito have not been found, the absence of the bodies does not contitute crime.
“…nundg third day kung kelan nagpunta yung anak ni Bubby, biglang “nakita” yung sapatos ni Dacer.”
Walang pagkakaiba yan sa Pentagon noong 9/11, pagkaraan ng ilang araw, nakarecover ng Terrorist Passport, samantala ang wreckage ng malaking eroplano na bumangga ay di makikita dahil nag-vaporized daw sa pagsabog.
Spot on, chi. A political party here is a mere logo that a candidate prints on the sample ballot. That’s why the elections is reduced to a mere politics of personalities not of issues.
I was a card-bearing NP until after Villar “bought” the party and nows calls it his own.
“constitute” hindi “contitute”, ay bulol.
Kung kayang lokohin ng mga military si US Amb., sa pagbulsa ng Reward for Information leading to the recovery of Abu kidnap victims, intended for civilian informants, ay kaya ring lokohin tayong lahat pati si Pandak na uto-uto.
Hindi malayong mangyari na ang lahat na criminal activities sa buong bansa ay gawa-gawa rin ng military heirarchy.
If you want security and peace of mind, Singapore is the place to live in. If you want chaos and anarchy, well, where else but to live in the Philippines. It’s a matter of choice, really. Lacson during the last presidential campaign, envisions himself to be ala Lee Kuan Yew which is not bad, it is actually good for the country. Lacson knows that what our country lacks is discipline, even if we have the most perfect constitution in the world, without discipline, the constitution is but a useless pamphlet. If that is the case, a roll of toilet paper has much more use than a constitution that is not embraced and respected by the people.
“Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan” remember that slogan of Marcos during the hetdays of Martial Law? It almost worked for us, but unfortunately, Marcos and his minions doesn’t follow what they preached.
“heydays”
Yung more than three million votes na nakuha ni Senator Lacson when he ran for president in 2004 were conscience votes, i.e., hindi natumbasan ng kahit magkano. Give or take a few thousands, sa kanya pa rin malamang ang mga botong ito kung sakaling itutuloy niya ang pagkandidato sa pagka-pangulo sa 2010. Now that he had quit, can he deliver these votes to whoever he will support?
Count mine out! Am going for either BF or Gordon.
>>>>>Galit na galit sa dugong-aso pero Prime Minister naman nila hindi lang dugong-aso kundi Aso talaga!<<<<TonGuE-tWisTeD
On the lighter side, I wouldn’t compare gloria to a dog or gloria is dugong-aso. Na-i-insulto ang mga aso. At least dogs lick our hands, wag their tails, protect us from all intruders in whatever form, and all for a handful of food to eat and a little bit of water to drink we give them. It takes so little kindness on our part in exchange for a dog’s whole-hearted loyalty.
Si NUNAL-SA-PUNSO (gloria), ninakawan, ginamit, binaboy, pinahirapan, pinag-laruan, ginago, ininsulto na tayo’t lahat, tinatarantado pa rin tayo. No, I, for one, wouldn’t compare my dog to gloria. Buwaya at ahas siya but definitely not a dog.
Kahit naman siguro gago di maniniwalang pinatay ni Lacson si Dacer para lang ibintang sa kaniya. Ano siya naghukay ng sarili niyang libingan? Puede ba, kung mag-iimbento din lang iyong mga tuta ni Gloria, ipakita naman nilang di sila mga gago na nanggagago pa. Mga unggoy talaga!
Tapos ito namang Mancao, magsasalita na daw e halata namang iyong affidavit na pinapirmahan sa kaniya, gawa noong mga ghost writers ni Gloria. Please, tama na ang panggagago ng mga pilipino. Baka tuluyan na nga silang magago!
Batu-bato sa langit ang tamaan huwag magagalit!!!
Mike: Lacson knows that what our country lacks is discipline, even if we have the most perfect constitution in the world, without discipline, the constitution is but a useless pamphlet.
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Hindi lang walang disiplina, binaboy na pati kanilang magagandang kultura. Nawala ang mga delikadesa. Umiiral ang kaswapangan. Basta pera kahit ipagbili ang mga kaluluwa!!!
Mahilig magpalibre kaya ang taktik noong pandak, magbigay ng isang supot na bigas o noodle para hindi sila humirit!
Kawawang bansa.
Puwedeng ang utak sa pagpatay kay Dacer ay si Ramos mismo. Ayaw talaga ni Ramos kay Erap kahit noon pa. Puwedeng inutusan nito si Berdugong Berroya para burahin si Dacer at ibintang kila Erap at Lacson. Kasama lahat sa plano para alisin si Erap sa puwesto. Hindi kumagat ang mga tao sa palabas kaya umeksena naman si Chavit … ayon ang kawawang Erap ay namangka sa mabahong ilog ng Pasig.
Kaya sana lumaban si Lacson sa kasong ito … at kung sino man ang mapatunayang salarin ma-Erap man o Ramos … dapat lang bitayin.
Tongue,
Si Aso walang dugong aso dahil hindi naman siya taga Pampanga! I did not vote for him as I do not vote for the LDP party. Still, kung sa concern sa bansa, walang binatbat si Gloria o kahit na si Lacson.
Dapat talaga hindi idinodolo ang mga kandidato sa Pilipinas. Dapat matoto na ang mga boboto na bumoto ayon sa plataporma ng kandidato, at tignang mabuti ang kanilang mga performances kung meron nga.
Kaya nga mas mabuting tignan nila ang ginagawa noong mga namumuno ng mga grassroot movements para makilatis ang mga tunay na may malasakit sa bansa sans publicity gaya noong mga ipinaghahambug ng mga tumatakbong mga politiko na sangkatutak daw kuno ang mga batas na isinulong sa Senado at Kongreso, pero wala namang naging magandang epekto para mapabuti ang bansa. Puro panggagago lang! Pwe!
teddy agbayani: dun naman sa mga naghihinala na si sen. ping ay pakawala ng malakanyang o di kaya’y makikipagareglo sa malakanyang. baka nakakalimot kayo na siya ang niyayari mula umpisa pero hindi tumitigil sa kababanat.
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Ganyan din ang pagyari kay Mancao noon una. Siniraan sila at pinagbintangan pang pumatay kay Dacer, pero tignan mo sumuko din lalo pa kung may malaking pabuya. Kaya kami ng mga staff ko, binabantayan namin ang susunod na kabanata ng pagbaba ni Lacson.
Kung totoo iyong sinasabi niyang kasi wala siyang pondo para tumakbo kaya hindi siya tatakbo, OK lang. Kundi, di alam na namin na publicity stunt lang ang ginawa niya! 😛 Ganoon lang naman kasimple.
At saka hindi naman kataka-takang himukin siya ng mga tuta ni pandak kundi man si pandak ang hihimok sa kaniya. Kung si Lozada nga na inakusahan ng mga unggoy for telling the truth, minura pa ng PIN, pinapadalhan ng mga feelers at hinihimuk pang babayaran, si Lacson pa kaya na ka-apelyido ng nuno ni Pidal sa ina. Sa Pilipinas pa na umiiral iyong “Blood is thicker than water,” hindi ito imposible!
Hopefully, hindi si Lacson kakampi kay punggok kundi man niya tinataktikahan lang ang mga Pidal para tigilan ang paninira sa kaniya ala-dugong aso!!! 😛
Ang kawawa iyong mga boboto. Wala na naman itulak kabigin kasi mukhang choice between two evils na naman!
Grizzy, tama ka…kung Sen. Lacson e nagpakatotoo lamang last 2004 eleksyon dapat siya ang bosing ngayon at yong trust natin sa kanya noon e 100% pogi points.
Kaya lang winalang-bahala nýa ang pakiusap sa kanya na magbise na lamang, masyado niyang sinukat ang kalooban ng Pinoy…kita mo lahat tayo e pawang biktima ngayon ng hello garci regime.
Simple logic di ba, kasalanan niya kung bakit natalo si FPJ…masyado siyang naging makasarili, NOW NA e natauhan at heto di na daw tatakbo…salamat naman at Once lang at wag nang maging Twice itong bangungot niya sa pagkatalo.
Maganda yong tapatan at wag nang samahan nang kesyo ganito o ganyan…mababasa naman natin ang pulso ng mga botante.
Lacson did not take heed of INC’s Manalo to give way to FPJ. Thus, his relationship with Manalo is not as close as in the past. Unknown to many, perhaps one reason of his backing out from the race is INC’s non-commitment to support him. Before FPJ decided to run in 2004, INC and Tsinoy Community promised to support him. But events and history changed all that.
TonGuE-tWisTeD: …the limitations on the powers of the President is detailed in the constitution. Lacson cannot change it unless they change the constitution. Pro-Chacha ka ba?
Hindi ba kaya ng kongreso na limitahan ang budget ng Presidency para mabawas-bawasan ang kanyang maluluhong junkets? Hindi ba kaya ng kongreso na gawing automatic ang release ng pork barrel para hindi ito magamit ng Pangulo sa pamimili ng mga mambabatas? Hindi ba kaya ng kongreso na ibigay sa local governments ang pondo para sa agriculture at social services para tiyak na mas marami ang makinabang at hindi ang tropa lang ni Jocjoc Bolante?
Unless we address these concerns Gloria will always be with us, personified by whoever succeeds her. I am not pro-chacha, though I know that it is wanting in so many ways, because there’s no such thing as a perfect Charter. I am for making the most of what we have. There is so much we can do with it. Congress can start by limiting the funds that the Presidency can toy around with.
Mere changes in leadership will never bring us any relief. It never did. Only people empowerment through stronger local governments will. We don’t need a cha-cha for this. Only plain and simple legislation! The challenge is how to make our legislators do it.
Just to correct your unfair impression, Arch. Oscar Cruz, no less, praised my article “The Naked Impress” published by the PDI. He coursed his email through CBCP. I also have such articles bashing Gloria, which drew positive response from the likes of Randy David and Artemio Panganiban.
SNV, who are you referring to in this statement: “Kung sabihin ng judge na walang krimen dahil walang prueba na may pinatay, hindi na puwedeng ma-prosecute si Bigote.”
Berroya?
I meant Erap. If, in the trial of the PAOCTF men there is a finding that there is no probable cause because there is no evidence that Dacer or anybody was killed, then the expression of intent by Bigote (Erap) becomes useless. No death, no murder; no matter how severely “irritated” Bigote was. Stupid talaga yang big production about Mancao, because he can only prove intent. The issue of a death being caused is still lacking in physical evidence. Mag-imbento ka pa Raul Gon. Kulang ang production.
In fact, there can be, and there should be a separate trial for Erap and Lacson, and not lumped together with the pending case. The reason for that, is that there might be conflicting defenses between and among the alleged co-conspirators, and they should be tried separately. For it is possible that one alleged co-conspirator may turn on his other mates. So that there will be no collusion, or intimidation, a separate trial must be had, so that an accused can call the other co-conspirator as a hostile witness.
Note that although there were only two accused in the Michael Ray Aquino spying affair, he and Aragoncillo were tried separately.
So Atty. Avisado should move the judge to rule on his motion to dismiss by way of demurrer to evidence, and assert that if ever, Lacson and Bigote (Erap) could and should be tried separately. The decision on his motion should not await the reinvestigation, since it is of little value, and does not negate the assertion that there is no crime since there is no proof of death. In fact, I will even admit, hypothetically, the intent of Lacson and Erap, for purposes of the motion in the pending case.
As for Berroya, if it can be proven that he fabricated evidence to link Erap and Lacson, then he may be tried for that separate crime.
Erap wanted to scrap the pork barrel. Maaaring isa yan sa motivation kaya siya pinagplanuhan; hindi marunong makisama sa mga kawatan.
Senador Lacson, kahit saan kayo pumunta, sa inyo po ang suporta ng aking pamilya.
Why is FVR’s name not often being mentioned by media when it comes to anomalies and crimes? Who knows, it could be FVR who masterminded the assassination of Ninoy as well as Dacer.
Remember Dacer was about to meet FVR before the former was killed. Why single out Lacson and even Erap?
Balweg: Simple logic di ba, kasalanan niya kung bakit natalo si FPJ
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Alam ng lahat na di natalo si FPJ. Dinaya is more like it. Kasama si Kiko Pangilinan sa pandaraya sa kaniya. Remember iyong “Noted”?
Kaya nga napagod siguro iyong tao ng pagpoprotesta ng ginawa sa kaniya at naapektahan ang kalusugan niya. Pero tama ka, kung pumayag si Lacson noon na VP na lang siya, di sana siya na ang naging presidente nang mamamatay si FPJ. Hindi tsismis iyan.
Tungkol naman doon sa mga pork barrel ng mga partylist, at least, walang nakikinabang ng personal sa nakukuha nila. Kahit na kunin nila, ginagamit naman sa dapat paggamitan.
Proof, walang yumaman sa kanila. Kaya nga iyong masipag at tapat na tagasilbi ng bayan na si Ka Bel, di makapagpagawa ng mansion na gaya ng mga mansion ng mga kurakot. Kahit nga savings sa bangko sa Tate wala!
O anong nangyari? Butas ang bubong ng bahay niya. Tinangka niyang gawin pero nadulas siya at nalaglag. Patay! Para sa akin iyan ang mas kahanga-hanga!!! Iyan ang tunay!!!
Any opposition candidate in 2004 would have been cheated and lost, not just FPJ. The Evil Bitch made sure of that. But of course had Lacson slide down to Vice, the outcome might be different. For one thing, if FPJ and Lacson listened to INC’s Manalo, INC’s votes would have gone to any one of them and not the Evil Bitch. One million INC votes, assuming 80% followed the church administration instruction which was 800,000 votes would have made the difference in a tight race.
Tongue: Hirap sa mga Pinoy gustong manggulang sa kapwa, pag nahuhuli, sisigaw ng “Human Rights Violation”!
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Sinabi mo pa. Ang daming freeloader na pilipinong ganyan kahit dito sa Japan o kahit na sa Tate, sa Europe at Middle East. Lalabag ng batas, tapos “Human Rights Violation” daw!
Sa ibang bansa pa nagwawala at nagpapahiya ng lahi nila. Di na lang doon sa bansa nila magkalat tutal nababoy naman na ng husto noong may nagtatanggol pang magnanakaw sa puwesto. Pambihira talaga!!!
Naging kultura na ang pangloloko at kung makakalusot!!! Nakakalungkot!!!
Sumpit: Walang pagkakaiba yan sa Pentagon noong 9/11, pagkaraan ng ilang araw, nakarecover ng Terrorist Passport, samantala ang wreckage ng malaking eroplano na bumangga ay di makikita dahil nag-vaporized daw sa pagsabog.
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Panoorin mo iyong bagong documentary na “9/11 mysteries.” Grabe ang expose doon. Kaya tuloy ngayon ginagabaan ang America.
Downloadable ang torrent ng pelikulang ito sa Internet. It is a must see.
I voted for Senator Lacson when he ran for president in 2004. Sabi ng mga kaibigan ko malabo daw manalo si Ping, ang sagot ko, i dont care, ang importante sakin, ibinoto ko ang taong pinapaniwalaan ko. If ever he changes his mind and run again, iboboto ko ulit sya.
He may still change his mind. Before the 2004 election, I recall Lacson told the media that he would never enter politics because it’s dirty. Well….
Pardon me…not before 2004 election. It was long before that…before he became Senator. He said that when he was still the PNP Chief, I think.
Hindi kaya nagbitiw si Lacson dahil pinaghahandaan na niya ang pagtatago pag siya ay pinahuhuli na ni Gunggungzalez? Hindi ko sinasabi na may kasalanan siya pero alam ko na wala siyang kalaban laban sa mga demonyong gustong i-corner siya. Haka haka ko lang.
Come to think of it. May publicity tungkol sa partylist member ng El Shaddai na pinakamayaman daw sa mga nasa Congress kaya di na daw magnanakaw. Oh yeah?
No bilib ako. Mas gusto ko iyong type ni Ka Bel na talagang di nagpayaman. Tumakbo, nanalo at isinusulong talaga ang kabutihan ng lahat lalo na iyong mga kapwa niya mahihirap. Pero wisdom talaga ng Panginoon. Kinuha na lang siguro siya para di na babuyin noong mga baboy sa Malacanang. O di sino ngayon ang lugi?
Iyong mga mayayaman daw pa nga ang gusto pang lalong yumaman kaya kung kumabig, grabe! Pag kasama ni Dorobo sa globetrotting niya, pihado ginamit sa mga proposed project kuno para makakuha ng ODA sa ibang bansa. Wais? Nope, manloloko is more like it.
Ever wonder why the C-5 Road Senate investigation did not push through last time alleging that Jamby Madrigal has H1N1 or Swine Flu which she later denied? Because it was not only Villar who was involved but also Bro. Mike Velarde’s business.
No Senator dares call the famous Preacher to testify.
Yang tumatawag ng tanga, gago at kawawa ang mga Pilipino ay mas masahol pa sa aso!
Hindi na marunong makutya sa sarili sa isiping ang dugong nananalaytay sa kanyang mga ugat ay dugong Pilipino; ang mga kamag-anak ay nasa Pilipinas at buong kapalaluan pang ibinabando na apo siya ni Heneral Antonio Luna; kamag-anak ni Enrile; pinsan ni Ramos at kadugo ni Makoy.
Lintek! Ipinag-aalukan ang tulong kahit hindi hinihingi subalit ang kapalit ay mula ulo hanggang talampakang panlalait?
Hindi namin kailangan ‘yan sapagkat nagkakaroon man kami ng salungatan sa opinyon ay iisa ang tinatanaw at inaasam na mangyari – ANG PUTULIN ANG PAGWAWALANGHIYA NG ALIBUGHANG BABAENG MERONG SANGA SANGANG DILA AT MAITIM NA NASA NA SIYANG SANHI NG PAGHIHIKAHOS NG MGA KABABAYAN NAMING UMASA SA MGA PANGAKONG MALABONG MATUPAD!
hope you don’t mind this long excerpt from lito banayo’s article, but it seems to contradict other accounts that some commenters have posted above.
***… But Erap and the FPJ loyalists cannot seem to forgive [Lacson] for not giving way to the movie king when he wanted to become president in 2004. Yet all that Lacson needed from the high priests of the “opposition” in 2004 was to be treated with respect. They disdained his legitimate ambitions and treated him like dirt. Media floated a dream ticket of FPJ-Ping, but that was only in media. The LDP of Edong Angara pushed Lacson out and insisted on an FPJ-Loren tandem, and even Erap kept quiet, interested only in the “winnability” of his FPJ, never mind principles, never mind competence, never mind character.
In the five one-on-one meetings that FPJ and Ping had, and I was privy to all, FPJ never once offered the vice-presidency to Ping. At the second meeting, he said that it would be demeaning to both of them to talk about the vice-presidency because each had already launched their respective presidential campaigns. “Siguro mas mabuting magpatuloy na muna tayo, kanya-kanya, pero magpatuloy tayo sa pag-uusap”, FPJ suggested. The meeting before that, held on November 18, 2003 at the Poe residence and arranged by mutual friends, led to an agreement to have a convention, or at least some process of democratic choice, to determine who between them should be the standard-bearer of the opposition. That never materialized, because Poe was prevailed upon by his handlers to make a unilateral announcement of his quest at a Manila Hotel press conference a week later.
In their fourth meeting, arranged by businessmen-friends, the chief finance officer of FPJ made the mistake of first conveying to Ping the morning before the meeting that they were willing to commit the following: full reimbursement of expenses already spent by the Ping campaign group, plus a cabinet post of his choice and a few more for Ping’s recommendees, plus the assurance that he would be endorsed by President FPJ for the presidency in 2010. Ping resented the transactional approach. No talk about self-sacrifice, no talk about shared visions, just real politik. As I described Lacson in a previous article, he is an “atypical” politician. FPJ’s chief finance officer, businessman that he is, was in the mood to talk turkey and trimmings, not knowing the character of Lacson. In a text response, Lacson replied that he was not about to lose his self-respect and was not for sale. The decent FPJ, in the meeting which nevertheless pushed through, absent the rejected businessman, disclaimed knowledge of any transactional approach.
Only on April 28, twelve days before Election Day, did any headway in the unification talks materialize, and only because Jojo Binay, who as a crusading lawyer in the anti-Marcos efforts knew better parlance and better manners than pure transaction, and Ronny Zamora, who knew Ping Lacson better than the trapos who surrounded Poe, led the way to a solution. But that solution, agreed upon by both Poe and Ping, were sabotaged by the trapos allied with Poe. The whole story is enough to fill a book. Unfortunately, FPJ died of a broken heart, and only he, Zamora, Binay, Butz Aquino, myself and JV Ejercito in whose house that final meeting took place, know the real truth. I will not today mention the name of a trapo who also had personal knowledge of that meeting, as he is now in the employ of Gloria. …***
Angara was largely to blame for that Lacson-FPJ conflict. Angara’s enemy was Ronnie Zamora who was on Lacson’s side. We should not be blaming FPJ and Lacson, but their handlers. Look at Zamora now…he’s on the side of Villar and not with Lacson anymore. Back to Angara, he caused the FPJ treasure bankrupt during the last days before election. He took the money donated by the Tsinoy supporters. Angara brought out boxes of money from his office building. It’s now an open knowledge that Angara is Loren Legarda’s biggest financial supporter today plus the fact that the two have been dancing sweet music for a while now. When Legarda was about to mortgage her ancestral house due to financial problems, it was Angara who came to her rescue. In 2010, a vote for Legarda is a vote for Angara.
During the ANC Forum, LEGARDA was like floating in high clouds with her abstract generalizations as to her platforms. Malabo pa sa alkitran. Hambogera masyado.
And she is for globalization, too.
Mas matino ang mga sagot ni Binay dahil may element of sincerity and conviction at may verifiable na konkretong batayan.
And with his antics, it was more like an Erap Show.
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Just my observations, and should not be construed as an endorsement. Afterall, i’m still not interested in voting. The last time i exercised that right was in 1998.
The Lacson Character is not that easy to decipher for the majority who are in search of a resolutely uncompromising leader. They failed to see what’s been staring them all the time.
Ironically, they love the consequence of all his actions.
Worst, they, too, are eager to settle for a Trojan Candidate.
Maraming tanong si taxj. I’ll try to answer all.
“Hindi ba kaya ng kongreso na limitahan ang budget ng Presidency para mabawas-bawasan ang kanyang maluluhong junkets?”
Hindi. In 2005 and 2006, The Senate slashed many of the discretionary funds of the OP. Gloria effectively vetoed the budget, either by instructing the Lower House not to pass it and by direct veto.
“Hindi ba kaya ng kongreso na gawing automatic ang release ng pork barrel para hindi ito magamit ng Pangulo sa pamimili ng mga mambabatas?”
Hindi na kailangan. Nasa implementing law ng local gov’t code na automatic ang IRA kaya dapat automatic talaga yung sa Local kaso kung hindi nire-release ng DBM dahil walang pondo, ano’ng gagawin ng Local, ii-impeach si Gloria? Kasalanan ba ng Senador na hindi maimpeach si Gloria sa House? Pero yung pork barrel, iba yun, dev’t projects yun na inallocate ng bawat Dept. para sa bawat lugar, kung merong iaallocate. Hindi pera yun gaya ng akala ng marami. Pork barrel ang tawag sa multi million projects kung saan kukupit ang mga Congressman, Governor, Mayor ng “tongpats” sa contractor. Hindi nire-release yung tongpats ng Malacañang direkta sa congressmen, dumadaan yun sa contractor. Iba yung P500,000 sa brown bag nung impeachment na binuko ni Panlilio, suhol yon.
Kaya ba ni Lacson, kahit na buong Senado, harangin lahat ng kontrata sa Pilipinas?
“Hindi ba kaya ng kongreso na ibigay sa local governments ang pondo para sa agriculture at social services para tiyak na mas marami ang makinabang at hindi ang tropa lang ni Jocjoc Bolante?”
Yun na nga ang proseso ng Budget Legislation. Ina-identify yung project, magkano, saan. Pag inaprubahan iyan ire-release dapat yan sa loob ng isang taon. Ang problema nga, hindi pwedeng kunin ng Senado ang pera ng gobyerno at sila mismo ang mamudmod nito sa benepisyariyo dahil hindi nila trabaho yun. Kailangang baguhin ang konstitusyon kung ganun ang gusto mo. Kung maraming naguguluhan diyan sa budget, ito na lang ang isipin ninyo.
Kung hindi nila aaprubahan ang budget na maraming padding, mas malaking problema pag hindi ipinasa dahil ang buong budget at magiging re-enacted base sa previous year. Ibig sabihin, yung buong ISANG TRILYONG PISO, discretion ni Gloria ang lahat ng gastusin. E di mas lalong nakurakot lahat.
“Congress can start by limiting the funds that the Presidency can toy around with.”
Unfortunately, your hitching your high hope on an institution that is already heavily damaged. The budget starts with the House, as proposed by the Executive. Do you expect those ConAssholes to question Gloria’s budget? They usually pass the whole budget as proposed by Malacañang, complete with “tongpats” and all. They slash a few items for show. They pass this to the Senate where many items will be questioned.
Unfortunately again, those tasked to work on the budget in the Senate do their own insertion, okey na yung tongpats sa House kaya pumayag si Villar na ipasa ng buo yung P1.4 TRILLION budget basta ilihis yung C5 at dumaan sa properties niya. Sino nakadiskubre? Si Lacson diba? Ngayong nabuking, kasama na si Villar sa takipan ng mga kawatan DPWH na binulgar na rin ng ADB/WB. At para sabihing hindi tinitira ni Lacson si Villar dahil kakandidato siya, ipinasa niya sa committee of the whole, pero ayaw pa ring humarap ni Villar.
Ngayong hindi na tatakbo si Ping, haharap na ba siya sa committee ni Lacson? Hindi pa rin. Damaged institutions. Yan ang legacy ni Gloria Arroyo. Hindi kayang itumba ni Don Quijote mag-isa ang buong windmill.
Kaya yung panukala mo na limitahan ni Lacson yung kapangyarihan ni Gloria, hindi mangyayari dahil hindi naman si Lacson ang buong Senado. Ang turo sa amin sa Management, “separate the doables from the undoables”. Iyan ay undoable.
Mas matindi yung panukalang batas niya na lahat ng elected and appointed sa government service dapat pumirma ng waiver sa anti-money laundering law para open book ang mga bank accounts nilang lahat. May kumagat ba? Pati yung mga Leftist na Congressmen hindi nakaimik. Sa Senado mismo hindi ma-calendar yung bill na yun. Kahit media kung saan maraming nakikinabang sa mga politiko, tahimik lang. Maraming masasagasaan. Kaya konti ang kaibigan ni Lacson sa Senado dahil galit sa kurap. Tapos sisisihin ninyo si Lacson na walang ginagawa para malimitahan yung ginagastos ni Gloria samantalang ang gusto niya lahat ng empleyado ng gobyerno.
Alam ko kung nasaan ang puso mo, iisa ang kulay natin, kulang ka lang sa impormasyon at nadadala ng agos ng propaganda laban kay Lacson.
Isang tanong lang ang iiwan ko kaibigang taxj, sa lahat ng politikong nakaupo, magbigay ka ng isang pangalan na nakayanang pigilan ang paghingi ng suhol sa taumbayan gaya ng ginawa ni Lacsong pagpatigil sa kotong ng mga pulis sa mga driver sa buong bansa. Meron ba?
Ang Mar-Lacson team-up ang dapat nating abangan! Boto ako sa kanila! Tama ka,Ping! Work your way up!
One is an economist and good at business and the other is good at law enforcement/peace and order.
Yun na nga TT, marami ang nadadala ng agos ng propaganda laban kay Ping. Yung ba namang sa simula pa lang eh nasa order of battle na siya ng Malacanang eh…Rosebud, Mawanay, Pelaez, sino pa ba?
“pero ayaw pa ring humarap ni Villar. ”
Duwag at doble kara si Villar pati ang asawa niyang si Cynthia!
“Meron ba?”
W – A – L – A!!
Si Lacson lang!
Alam mo Tongue, there are very few RP military officers na nakaimpress sa husband ko and one of them or the first one was Ping Lacson (tapos hindi pala military but pulis, heheh!).
The PMAers who chose PNP as their assigned unit are still military. That’s what I disagree. PNP should be left to civilian authorities. PMAers should be in any of the four branches of AFP not PNP.
TonGuE-tWisTeD,I have always voted for Lacson. I campaigned for Trillanes. I wrote: Senator Trillanes’ request for special privileges is ill-advised. Nobody deserves any. He should have insisted that through the ballot the people have absolved him of the charges filed against him before he ran for the Senate. He was elected as Senator. Therefore he should be allowed to serve as such. Vox…
Iba ang dating ng salitang kaya. Kaya kong buhatin ang isang kabang palay. Pero, hindi ko ito magawa. Baka magalit ang may-ari! Iyong mga binanggit ko kaya ng lehislatura dahil empowered sila rito ng Saligang Batas. Hindi lang magawa dahil sa mga binanggit mong mga kadahilanan. I’m sorry if I created the wrong impression na hindi ko ito alam. I’m sorry if I created the wrong impression that I wanted Lacson to do a Don Quijote.
I was just trying to point out where the problem is. Thank you for helping me. I could have not done it without you. You have shown the magnitude of the task that awaits the presidency. Evidently, not one of the aspirants can hurdle it. Nor can even Lacson. A mere change in leadership will not bring us any relief. A few good men cannot repair our damaged institutions.
Now, more than ever we need all hands on deck. Each of us may choose his area of interest or expertise. I choose the local government code. It can institionalize our bayanihan spirit, with the right amendments. Please join me.
bitchevil,
That allocation of PMA graduates to serve under the PNP is within the law. No one can question that. Not even me. Not even you.
taxj: are you or where you a sailor (merchant marine or navy)?
I’m a retired Local Government Oprations Officer (DILG).
“Kaya ba ni Lacson, kahit na buong Senado, harangin lahat ng kontrata sa Pilipinas?”
Tongue is right. Lacson alone cannot battle corruption. He can lead it and fight as leader of the pack but he needs allies and fellow fighters in the Senate and in the Lower House. Then we may begin to see corruption eroded.
Sadly, 100% elimination of corruption is almost impossible but if we can only begin to erode this societal and political plague to reach 50% of the no-corruption scale, that will be victory for the Philippines on all levels.
For one thing, the Philippines will benefit in terms of international investments (not only Russian mafia investments) and most of all, RP will be able to seriously begin addressing the issue of mass poverty.
Thanks Taxj!
Liwayway-Gawgaw – June 8, 2009 1:30 pm
bitchevil,
That allocation of PMA graduates to serve under the PNP is within the law. No one can question that. Not even me. Not even you.
…What’s your point? In the past, PMAers were assigned in military units and not police units the latter being of civilian in nature.
Salamat taxj, at iniaalay mo ang iyong sarili sa pagseserbisyo sa tao. Dapat kang gayahin ng marami dito. Yung tutulong para maayos ang bansa natin. Collective effort ng lahat para maayos ang bulok na sistema natin.
Kung merong nagawa si Gloria sa siyam na taon niyang panggagago sa Pinas, iyan ay ang galitin ang mga matitino, at pagsamasamahin ang dunong at lakas ng lahat upang ang isang katulad niya ay di na muling makatungtong sa Malakanyang. Hindi pa tapos ang laban, pero, sana. Sana.
Sa mga negosyante, mahalaga sa lahat na masolusyunan ay ang corruption sa gobyerno.
Magsisimula ka pa lang ng business permit, pilit kang padadaanin sa mga fixer sa DTI pati mayor’s permit dadaan ka pa sa mga “bata” ng City Hall.
Lahat ng empleyado mong kukuha ng barangay/police/NBI clearance may pangkape at pang-xerox na hinihingi.
Iinspekyunin ng Fire Marshall at City Engineer yung opisina/planta mo, kotong na naman.
Sa pagdating pa lang ng materyales sa pier, kinokotongan ka na ng customs.
Pag nakabenta ka na kailangan mo nang magbayad ng VAT at income tax, magpapadulas ka pa rin sa BIR.
Lahat ng gastos na iyan, ipinapatong sa presyo ng produkto. Kaya hindi tayo nagiging competitive sa int’l market. At hirap ang tao sa mahal ng bilihin.
Kung hindi tayo competitive sino’ng mag-iinvest dito?
Kung walang mag-iinvest paanong magkaka-trabaho?
Kung walang trabaho, saan kakapit ang tao? Kung hindi lalayas, magiging pasanin na lang ng society, kundi naman magiging kriminal.
Kung walang kita ang tao at wala pang negosyo, sino ang bubuwisan?
Kung walang buwis, paano ang edukasyon, social services, infrastructure? Uutangin?
Tali-tali lahat iyan at ang ugat lagi ay kurapsyon.
Kaya ang unang sukatan ko sa kandidato, yung palaban sa kurapsyon. Ngayong wala na si Lacson, sino na?
Re: “I’m gonna bet with you guys that Ping Lacson will run as Vice President instead”
I won’t bet against you because I might lose!
“I saw firsthand how corrupt Mercado was when he was SND.” — Enciong
Same here, Enciong! The guy is a swine, a thief and a fraud!
If Mercado is a swine, he must be banned from entering all countries since he has a Swine Flu.