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by Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer

It’s not just that justice delayed is justice denied. It’s also that justice selectively served is justice screwed.

At that, I don’t even know that justice, selective or not, is being served on Panfilo Lacson for the murders of Bubby Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito. Of course there’s direct evidence against him in the form of ex-Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao saying he heard him order Michael Ray Aquino to dispose of Dacer. But all that stands on the head of the pin that is Mancao’s credibility. Did Mancao truly suffer remorse during his exile in the US and felt compelled to tell what he knew a decade later, or is he just down on his luck from the same exile in the US and ready to swear that Lacson had Jose Rizal shot?

That is not something we can know under the present regime. I have no problem with Lacson being prosecuted grandly for the murders of Dacer and Corbito, and if found guilty punished grandly as well. But I have every problem with him being tried under this government. Or, since that is really a circuitous way of putting it, by this government. Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets. The justice department today has the distinction of being the one office writ large in Orwellian script, fomenting the opposite of what it says.

The only way we can really get to the bottom of this is to try Lacson under the next government. The kin of the victims have waited for justice for nine-years they can wait a few more months. That way they can be reasonably sure they’ll get justice. Or more than that, they can be reasonably sure they won’t be used for the ends of injustice.

The justice department scoffs at Lacson’s defense that the murder charges it has filed against him are just harassment, and says there’s nothing political about it. Normally I have nothing against actions that are politically motivated, and scoff as well at those who protest violently against it. What action taken by government officials and/or politicians is not politically motivated? And the pot is not wrong to call the kettle black, even if it is not the best revealer of the fact. But this is one case where the political motivation gets in the way of, well, everything, including the truth.

At the very least, it adds whole new dimensions to political motivation. It is politically motivated not just in the sense that it means to exact revenge on someone who has been relentless in exposing the rot about the First Couple—both of them in equal measure—but in the sense that it means to draw attention away from the real trial, the trial of the decade, the trial of the century, the trial that threatens to expose the true depths of the rot of this government. That is the trial of the Ampatuans.

It is no coincidence that the justice department has decided to file charges against Lacson for possible murder at the very time that Andal Ampatuan will stand trial for probable absolute mayhem. Its immediate value to government is that it competes for attention with that other trial. Particularly if Lacson’s trial is given full coverage—the trial of a senator for murder is natural front-page and prime time material, and government itself still maintains a vast propaganda apparatus—the legal overload trained at the public can, and will, diminish the shock value of the Ampatuan trial. That shock value includes the potential of the Ampatuans to croak if the noose gets tighter.

More than that, the Lacson trial is bound to provoke comparisons about murder and due process. If legal niceties, or indeed technicalities, can apply to Lacson, why can’t the same thing apply to the Ampatuans? I wouldn’t even put it past this regime to find Lacson guilty and the Ampatuans innocent, the first on the strength of Mancao’s word and the second in the absence of terrified witnesses. If it wants to provoke a public outburst, the better to scuttle the elections, that’s the way to go. This is one case where political motivation, or indeed desperation, holds truth hostage under heavier guard than the Abu Sayyaf.

In fact it’s not just that selective justice is justice screwed, it’s that selective justice is injustice pursued. I have no problems with the law making huge lapses now and then, I have a problem with the law making huge lapses all the time. That is not a lapse, that is a policy. I have no problems with Lacson being prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but I have every problem with others who need prosecuting as badly as parched earth needs rain not being remotely so.

I have a problem with Norberto Gonzales and Jovito Palparan not being haled to court for the slaughter of hundreds of activists, their complicity in it attested to by witnesses far more plentiful and credible than Mancao and indeed by an independent UN agency headed by Philip Alston. I have a problem with GMA not being hounded to the ends of the earth for the same thing. Talk of command responsibility, can any command responsibility be more responsibly commanding than the one held by the commander in chief over the conduct of her military? That is not to speak of GMA actively promoting the culture of impunity that made those murders possible. And that is not to speak of her bigger crime of the murder of democracy, or plain decency.

The only way we can get at the bottom of the Dacer-Corbito murders is to try Lacson under a new government. Look at it this way too, which is the other side of midnight, or the thesis that political motivation in this case gets in the way of truth. If Lacson is found guilty by the courts, then by the law that says that in this regime the wicked are rewarded and the good punished, we must presume Lacson innocent. And a martyr to boot. There can be no justice in this world, or government.

Either way.

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117 Comments

  1. Becky Becky

    Why does Justice Secretary Ricardo Blancaflor classify the murder of Dacer as “media killings”. Dacer is not a journalist. He is a PR man. A public relations person is not a journalist.

    Mabuti lang hindi kinakagat ng NUJP.

  2. Agree with de Quiros. He’s not exactly my favourite opinion writer but what he writes is sensible.

    I don’t believe that Lacson will get justice under the dwende’s regime. She’s doing this, meaning everything in her power to make sure that Lacson is bogged down by all these accusations, court cases, defence, etc. She hasn’t forgotten that it was he who exposed her husband’s shenanigans and in the process, humiliated her because Lacson exposed Vicy Toh too.

    The woman has no sense of moral… She is all that is warped and ugly. Dwende na pangit pa inside out. She is dwendeng bruha. Nowhere else in the world has anyone with so little physical attributes been so gifted with such demonic instincts and psyche.

    So pernicious is she that the Philippines should be thankful and should light a candle in gratitude if this ugly liliputian died tomorrow…

    May this bruha rot in hell!

  3. Why does Justice Secretary Ricardo Blancaflor classify the murder of Dacer as “media killings”.

    He wants to get mileage with media… Gloria is letting lose her dickheads…

  4. rose rose

    Lacson will get Gloria’s justice…guilty!
    The Ampatuans will also get Gloria’s justice.. Not Guilty
    That is the way it is and will be folks…it’s Gloria’s
    regime and gloria’s justice will prevail..

  5. If in the next 7 months, Lacson is found guilty by the courts , then the obvious will happen. Lacson will appeal.

    deQuiros is hyperventilating again. GMA’s justice department will start the ball rolling, but the next Malacanang resident’s justice department who will be providing the legal staff and energy for the finishing touches to get to the bottom of the Dacer-Corbito murders.

  6. chi chi

    Is this to compete with the Ampatuan news? Sa dami ng panahon, ngayon pa!

    Dacer was dead for a long time already, kung baga e cold case ito being put into limelight to please Gloria. Wala naman yatang prescriptive period ang murder charge, korek ba ako atty sax?

    Dacer and his driver should and must get justice, definitely. But it’s questionable when done in Gloria’s time, ibigay na lang sa susunod na leadership yan. Basta Gloria meron masamang motibo!

  7. perl perl

    Even if the worse comes to worst for Lacson, my respect and admiration for him will not change. I’m a proud Lacson supporter!

  8. It’s pathetic when one realizes that while we haven’t really moved forward, the world has done it radically, and we don’t even know a thing about it.

    Here’s the latest from the world scene:

    – Henry Kissinger is presumed dead (Dec. 12, 2009), five of his associates were killed;

    – Bush Clan heads are all under house arrest; “CIA chief Panetta has been silenced”;

    – Obama and Biden will be removed before this month ends; Pelosi and Hillary as replacements (not too excited on these replacements, but i’m giving them the benefit of the doubt).

    Kissinger is to me worst than Hitler. Good for him. He, the Bushes, and the Arroyos are all Servants of the Evil Vatican Empire.

    They are all going down. Finally.

    The only problem now is: are we ready for a radical change?

    source: http://benjaminfulford.typepad.com/benjaminfulford/

  9. Lacson is a victim of a Jesuit led conspiracy.

  10. Let see what Noynoy, another Jesuit Puppet, would do during his term.

    It’s funny when you compare the two:

    – Glueria knows she is a Jesuit Puppet, while;
    – Noynoy doesn’t even have the slightest clue he is one.

  11. xman xman

    SumpPit, why are sure that another Jesuit Puppet, Noynoy, will win the 2010 election, if there is one. How can they pull it off?

    Noynoy doesn’t even have the slightest clue he is one( a jesuit puppet)…..Hahahahaha, what do you expect from him?

  12. andres andres

    Erap was likewise a victim of a conspiracy which included the clergy and the jesuits as well. They are responsible for installing the worst president in GMA, and now they want to gamble with someone like Noynoy. I have nothing against him, but I don’t think he is capable at all.

    No offense meant to the yellow army, pero sana naman maawa kayo sa ginagawa nyo sa bayan.

  13. andres andres

    Bad choices for this year’s presidential elections. Yung isa naman frontrunner si Villar, masyadong bolero, sipag at tiyaga kuno, pero sa totoo lang C5 at Taga naman ang ginawa. Yumaman siya dahil ginamit niya ang posisyon niya para tumaas ang halaga ng mga lupain niya.

  14. christian christian

    mabuhay si Conrado de Quiros ! he is a patriotic, brave and genius journalist like Ellen Tordesillas!
    Noynoy will surely win by landslide, that’s what happened to candidates that their rivals claimed as inexperience, like Magsaysay and Cory, both Cory and Magsaysay became good presidents. Even Pres. Obama of USA was tagged as lacking in experience by his rivals, now Obama is president and on his way to becoming one of the best American president.
    Noynoy’s rivals claimed he lacks experience, that is exactly what will make Noynoy win with a big margin. Noynoy’s rivals can not say Noynoy is dishonest, because no one will believe it.while Noynoy can always question the honesty of his rivals like villar and gibo, and people will believe Noynoy.
    that’s the bottomline in this contest, who people trust and who they could not trust
    the number one issue in this campaign is TRUST, which was broken with impunity by gma, villar, gibo, garci, joc joc, mike senior,mikey jr, nani perez, abalos,nicodemis ferrer, devanadera, ombudsman gutierrez, etc….

  15. Side-topic: Hugo Chavez/Venezuela just devalued the bolivar by half and that country has oil while Pilipinas has OFW’s. What about Pilipinas currency? Hugo Chavez says devaluing their currency will be good for the poor, is that also the case for Pilipinas?

  16. christian christian

    copied from sychitpin:
    makalipas ang siyam na taon
    muling nagkaroon ng pag-asa ang pilipino
    binawi ng diyos si Cory noong agosto uno
    at binigay si Noynoy sa tao
    gumalaw na ang langit
    upang ang bansa ay iahon sa kaputikan
    isang bansang may huwad na pangulo
    na sumira ng lubos sa tiwala ng tao
    naghihimagsik na kalooban ng Pilipino
    hindi na papayag patuloy na madaya
    hindi na papayag patuloy na maloko
    lalaban na ng husto !
    upang ibalik ang karangalan ng lahi
    upang ibalik ang katarungan
    upang ibalik ang kabutihan
    upang ibalik ang dangal at katotohanan !
    ang kaaway natin dati ay mga Espanol
    sinundan ng Hapon at Amerikano
    ang kaaway ay mga banyaga o ibang lahi
    di tulad ngayon na ang kaaway ng bayan
    ay kapwa Pilipino na nandaya upang maging pangulo
    higit sa sampung beses ang bigat ng kasalanan !
    ng isang kapwa Pilipino kaysa isang banyagang kaaway
    para itong isang masamang ina
    na sa halip alagaan ang anak
    ay ang ina pa ang ngsasamantala at nananakit sa anak
    malapit na ang halalan
    mulat na ang bayan
    walang ibang maaaring pagkatiwalaan
    si Noynoy at Mar lang ang tapat sa bayan !
    si villar at ang iba pa
    ay pansarili lamang ang pakay
    at patuloy na magnanakaw sa kaban ng bayan
    alam na rin ng mga pilipino
    na si villar ang kandidato ni gma
    kaya tuloy tuloy na panalo ni Noynoy at Mar !
    tuloy tuloy na ang pagbabago ng Pilipino !
    tuloy tuloy na ang tunay na pagbabago !
    tungo sa isang mabuting gobyerno !
    isang manigong bagong taon !

  17. manang biday manang biday

    ipanalangin na lang natin ang kaluluwa ng mga namayapa. ganun pa man… ung dwendeng itim sa malakanyang ang dahilan yata ng lahat ng KAMALASAN sa pilipinas.

  18. andres andres

    Noynoy is the wrong guy at the right time.

    The civil society took advantage of Cory’s death for their political interests and they were successful. The reason I am not in favor of Noynoy is because the ones behind him like the Hyatt 10, the Black and White movement and the Kamag-anak Inc, were the ones responsible for removing the duly elected president and installing the worst president, GMA.

    And now they have the guts to again re-take Malacanang.

    Gising na mga kababayan!

  19. Between the dwende’s dogs and Lacson, I support Lacson — I will not believe the the dwende in Malacanang and her dogs and certainly not its justice department and will only change my mind when unequivocal and conclusive evidence beyond any reasonable doubt has been presented pointing to guilt.

  20. chi chi

    Side topic…

    Hanep! Si Erapski lab uli si Gloria. Muntik na akong masuka sa picture nilang dalawa sa EK. For the sake of national security, utot mo! Papaalis na si Gloria, sasaluhin mo pa! Bakit hindi mo na lang hintayin ang susunod na elected president?

    Bagay na bagay nga kayo! Ayan, 15%$ ka ngayon but because of this photo, decimal points ka na lang sa susunod!

  21. perl perl

    Chi,
    Agree! For the sake of national security, utot nila! After 10 years sa nakaw na kapangyarihan at sa dami nyang asong heneral at mga lintang adviser, ngayon pa nila kukunin ang opinion ni Erap. Lumalabas na talga tutoong kulay. Nagkakaisa na ang mga sindikato na pabagsakin si Noynoy at ipakulong si Lacson! Gloria-Villar-Erap Vs Noynoy! WTF!

    Kung ayaw nyo sa yellow fever society, ano naman masasabi nyo sa unity of evil society?

  22. Chi,

    Si Erapski lab uli si Gloria. Muntik na akong masuka sa picture nilang dalawa sa EK. For the sake of national security, utot mo!

    Kuwento naman… where did you read that?

  23. rose rose

    Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng Jesuit Puppet? ang mga Jesuits ba ang nagdidikta sa mga ito..meaning Noynoy, Cory et. al? Sa tingin ko mas malapit ba si putot sa mga Jesuits…kasi mayroon siyang relation by affinity sa isa sa head ng Jesuit..a brilliant constittionalist no doubt..in the person of Fr. Joaquim Bernas..former head of Ateneo College of Law, and is he the Superior General as well? Si Tabby na asawa ni putot at ang mga anak nila including Lulli Bernas (who I was told by her former classmates is not at all like the rest of the sibblings) studied at Ateneo de Manila..sino then ang mas malapit sa mga Jesuits?

  24. olan olan

    Perl,

    I have the same opinion as you..that’s why Lacson is in trouble. These people are really something. Noynoy needs all the help he can get against the unity of the evil society.

    Looks like the fight is afterall between Noynoy’s People Power vs. Gloria-Villar-Erap Evil Soceity!

  25. Ooops sorry, the question was meant for Perl… [wrongly addressed it to Chi]

  26. perl perl

    AdeBrux,
    eto ung link: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/181334/9-years-after-ouster-erap-back-in-malacantildeang

    Itong pagkikita ulit ni Erap at Gloria, wala talgang magandang place kundi ang EK. Hindi sila pwdeng magpunta sa boracay, ang sagwa nman kung magkikita sila dalawa don na naka bikini at trunks! Hindi din sila pwde magpunta sa hotel, maraming madlang people na makakakita, baka isipin pang meron silang love affair. At hindi din pwde sa labas ng bansa dahil wala atang travel Visa si Erap. 🙂

    Ano pa nga ba ang paguusapan e di ang eleksyon! At kugn pano ididiin si Lacson sa Dacer-Corbito Case!

  27. Dang! Nope… was right…should be addressed to Chi [heheh! Olan’s post misdirected me…ooops! Heh!]

  28. Thanks for the link…

    Teka muna. Hang on, I didn’t read anything that said that Erap was loveydovey kay Gloria naman ah.

    He was attending a National Security thinggy in which former presidents attend SOP.

    To be honest, I don’t see anything remiss about his attendance, that is if his going to Malacanang was to attend the National Security Council meeting and not to praise Gloria.

  29. chi chi

    Anna, you’re right addressing it to me. Orig from me the balita, just forgot to link it dahil sa bwisit sa dalawang naglolokohan.

  30. chi chi

    hahaha!!! We’re playing piko, hehehe!

  31. Of course, knowing Gloria, she would make the most of it and use Erap’s attendance “to try to neutralise” Erap.

    It is simply one opportunity she won’t pass up.

    The woman is street smart. She is the reactive type.

  32. chi chi

    Anna, malisyoso ako e mana kay tongue, hehehe.

  33. perl perl

    Chi, lahat tayo malisyoso, hehe.

    Anna, is attending to that meeting really an SOP for the former president? bakit si tabako hindi umaattend?
    Maniniwala akong walang hidden agenda pagpunta ni Erap sa EK if nabantayan ng media lahat ng oras kung nasaan si Erap sa loob ng EK. Wala bang close door meeting? syempre meron, national security council meeting nga eh.

    At maniniwala din akong walang hidden agenda kung nakaattend si tabako.

  34. bakit si tabako hindi umaattend? siguro may sakit! 🙂

    The truth is National Security Council members include former presidents and although term used is “invited to attend”, they are Constitutionally allowed to sit in meetings of the NSC.

  35. O kaya si Tabako, nahihiya? Dahil I think he asked Gloria to resign recently, di ba? heheh!

  36. perl perl

    olan,
    Agree with you. Noynoy really needs all the help. Hindi talaga kaya ng isang independent candidate ang laban. Kaya importante kay Noynoy ang LP. Kaya hindi din kinaya ni Ping ang Chiz sumabay sa presidential race lalo pa kung mga demonyo, desperado’t desperada mga kalaban. The evils will do everything! Nakita naman natin bilyon-bilyon na pinaguusapan gastos sa political ads pa lang. may 4 months pa before election! Can you imagine kung gano ka desperate mga demonyo? Susunod nyan, katakot takot na siraan na!

  37. olan olan

    redirect to misdirect? Hmmm!

  38. andres andres

    Perl,

    Talagang medyo baliko ang pag-iisip mo ata. Gloria-Villar-Erap alliance? That is so unbelievable! Let me remind you that your civil society is the evil society which is responsible in putting Gloria in Malacanang.

    Now you have the gall to again endorse a candidate for President?

    Holier than thou ang yellow fever!

  39. andres andres

    Perl,

    Hindi lahat ng nasa yellow at Civil society ay mabait, marami ding walang hiya sa kampo nila este nyo pala!

  40. chi chi

    Teka, bakit ngayon lang inimbitahan ni Gloria si Erap para sa national security meeting? Why did she not include/invite him in the previous years and occasions when the security meets were held?

    Again, what’s the catch in addition to the fact that Gloria is nagpapaganda ng image dahil mabait na raw siya kuno, sabi sa press. Oy, kakandidato si Gloria na representathief ng Republic of Lubao.

    Erap, talo ka naman dyan! Palagi kang naiisahan ni Goyang!

  41. perl perl

    AdeBrux – January 12, 2010 11:50 pm
    O kaya si Tabako, nahihiya? Dahil I think he asked Gloria to resign recently, di ba? heheh!
    ========================================================
    Mahihiya talga saya at maa-out of place dahil hindi naman talaga for National Security ang paguusapan. Kung security issue rin lang ang paguusapan, hindi ba dapat si Ramos ang dapat umattend at hindi si Erap?

  42. redirect to misdirect? Hmmm

    Hahah, sorry, Olan… didn’t at all mean you misdirected me… 🙂

  43. Perl,

    Kung security issue rin lang ang paguusapan, hindi ba dapat si Ramos ang dapat umattend at hindi si Erap?

    Ramos competence or not in the matter is neither here nor there…NSC members include former presidents, competenet or not. Cory became competent because she became president… Even if for the sake of argument, she didn’t have the national security competence, she would have attended NSC meetings as a former president because our Constitution allows her to sit in NSC meetings. Don’t know if she attended NSC meetings regularly though.

    In other words, Erap should be entitled to the same privilege.

    (Now, as to why he accepted to attend this time is another matter…)

  44. “Invited to attend” may be the wording but it is SOP to “invite” former presidents to attend… The wording is merely a form of courtesy.

  45. Mike Mike

    Erap didn’t attend the previous NSC meetings before because he is under house arrest in Tanay, remember? 🙂

    Many ask why Erap accepted the invite? Well, even if he has the best of intention in accepting the invite, it doesn’t look good on him since almost everyone in this country doesn’t like Gloria and everything she does or say are met with skepticism. I agree with Chi; “Erap, talo ka naman dyan! Palagi kang naiisahan ni Goyang!” Di pa rin nagbabago si Erap. Uto-uto pa rin. 😛

  46. Mike Mike

    Ramos cannot be depended on national security issues. It is during his tenure that kidnapping (for ransom) is at all time high, until Erap was appointed crime czar and Lacson at the helm of PAOCTF. Na insecure si tabako kay Erap noon dahil daming bumilib sa kanilang dalawa ni Lacson.
    As to the insurgency issue during Ramos’ time, he played lovey-dovey with the rebels and puro peace-talk lang ng peace-talk. Si Erap ginyera ang mga Muslim rebels at lahat ng kampo nila nabawi.

  47. perl perl

    Andres, sabi mo sa previous thread wag mapipikon. Mukhang nauna ka pa ah. Sabi mo din hindi ka boboto kasi si Chiz gusto mo pero based sa mga comments mo, almost all favor kay Erap. sinuportahan ko lang si Noynoy yellow fever and civil society na tingin mo skin. Noynoy may not be an ideal candidate, but among the list of presidentiables and considering evil-gloria, for me Noynoy is the best!

  48. perl perl

    As to the insurgency issue during Ramos’ time, he played lovey-dovey with the rebels and puro peace-talk lang ng peace-talk. Si Erap ginyera ang mga Muslim rebels at lahat ng kampo nila nabawi.
    Kaya nga kailagan si Ramos sa national securyt meeting dahil hindi naman giyera agad solusyon.

    I agree with Chi; “Erap, talo ka naman dyan! Palagi kang naiisahan ni Goyang!” Di pa rin nagbabago si Erap. Uto-uto pa rin.
    Kung national security lang ang agenda, uto-uto at talo talga si Erap. Pero kung kasama ang election at si Lacosn sa agenda, siguradong may benifit kay Erap.

    Tingin nyo ba pupunta si Erap sa meeting ng walang consultation sa mga alagad nya?

  49. Tingin nyo ba pupunta si Erap sa meeting ng walang consultation sa mga alagad nya?

    Highly unlikely if you ask me but maybe, jez maybe, he was curious about Malacanang decor and wants to see what he might change in the interior design if he gets re-elected.

    🙂

  50. Mike Mike

    “Kaya nga kailagan si Ramos sa national securyt meeting dahil hindi naman giyera agad solusyon.” – perl

    Sorry po, but I’ve to disagree. Giyerahin ang mga rebelde lang ang solusyon diyan. Ilang taon na at ilang kasunduan na ang nagdaan at naganap sa pagitan ng gobyerno at ng mga rebelde, may nagyari bang kaayusan? Wala po. Maraming generals ang gustong palaging may bakbakan sa Mindanao at sa mga lugar ng mga NPA dahil maraming raket diyan. Lahat ng armas, bala, etc.. ay napupunta sa mga kamay ng mga rebelde at sino sa palagay mo ang kumikita ng limpak limpak na salapi? Di po ba yung mga heneral? Itanong niyo kay Gen. Garcia, yung dating comptroller ng AFP na nakakulong ngayon. Diba yan din ang nirereklamo nila Trillanes nuon kaya sila nag OAkwood noon? Baka nga may kickback din si tabako kaya ayaw niyang matapos ang gyera sa MIndanao.
    Opinyon ko lang po. 🙂

  51. chi chi

    Aha, napuntos mo, perl. Balik tayo kay Lacson. Di ba itinuro/idinamay ng mag-amang Estrada si Lacson sa Dacer-Orbito murder case?

    Naghintay ako talaga ng magko-konek dahil kako baka masyadong lumilipad ang aking imahinasyon, hehehe.

    Malamang ay i-clear uli ni Goyang si Erap. O bawiin ng Dacer children, (of course sa utos nino pa?) ang kanilang pagdadawit kay Erapski. Many times the Dacer children pointed at Erap too, di ba?

  52. Mike Mike

    Yung mga armas na nakuha sa mga Ampatuan, karamihan ay may tatak ng DND. Galing ang mga yan sa gobyerno, sino sa palagay niya ang nagsupply sa kanila? Nagtatanong lang po. 🙂

  53. Hmmm… Chi, that’s something to think about ah!

  54. Btw, just saw the banner picture of Malaya, Erap bowing to a very cheery Gloria.

    Wow! Must say a picture paints a thousand words and by gum, Erap bowing to Gloria is pangit!

  55. Mike Mike

    Erap should’ve declined the invite. Di lang uto-uto, gunggong pa. 😛

  56. andres andres

    Perl,

    Di ako pikon, at talagang galit ako sa mga trying hard maging elitista. Hindi dapat malimutan ang ginawa ng civil society na pagluklok kay Gloria sa poder. Sana ay wala tayong pinoproblemang demonyita ngayon. Kung di dahil sa kayabangan ng mga ito, sana di nagkagulo ang bayan.

    Kaya nga sabi ko ay boycott na lang ako sa eleksyon.

  57. andres andres

    Perl,

    Di din ako maka-Erap gaya ng sinasabi mo, ako ay maka tunay na oposisyon kay Gloria. Kaya nga gusto ko si Chiz. Galit ako kay Gloria kaya ako ay maka-oposisyon.

    Si Noynoy, ang civil society, si Villar, at iba pa ay mga may kinalaman sa pagkalagay kay Gloria sa poder at di ninyo ito mapagkakaila. Sila ay hindi mga tunay na oposisyon.

  58. perl perl

    AdeBrux – January 13, 2010 1:20 am
    Btw, just saw the banner picture of Malaya, Erap bowing to a very cheery Gloria.
    Wow! Must say a picture paints a thousand words and by gum, Erap bowing to Gloria is pangit!

    may binubulong kasi si Gloria, dahil nga pandak, kailangan yumuko ni Erap! Nakapuntos na nman si Gloria! hahaha

  59. perl perl

    Mike, ang ibig kong sabihin, they should tackle all the options including peace-talk. Dahil hindi lang naman giyera ang possible solution. I didn’t mean to say na giyera o peace-talk ang solution.

  60. perl perl

    Andres,
    Nagkaron ng EDSA2 hindi para paupuin si Gloria kundi para paalisin si Erap. Huwag mong sisihin yung mga supporters ng EDSA2 kung bakit naluklok si Gloria. Sisihin mo si Erap. Walang EDSA 2 kung naging mabuting presidente si Erap dati. Lacson warned Erap on jueteng payola. Hindi sya nakinig!

    Sino ba true opposition sayo?
    Si Erap, ayun nkipagbeso beso na kay gloring sa EK at mukhang may sabwatang binubuo. Si Villar, secret standard bearer ng Palaka.

    Si Lacson at Noynoy ang true opposition. Si Lacson, kita naman natin na makukulong pa ata at si Cory, ikinamatay na Gloria Resign!

  61. Valdemar Valdemar

    More so that we need direly a change in the constitution. or perhaps some revisions. for instance, in the case of Lacson, it must prescribe within a set period, say 60 days so that the full force of the law is concentrated on it. Thats where the grind of justice will be rapid if everything is functioning right and according to Hoyle. Maybe a phrase of the godfather input will have to be included.

  62. andres andres

    perl,

    Maikli din talag ang memorya ng Pinoy ano? Nakalimutan niyo na ba ang Mendiola Massacre, ang pagmamalabis ng Kamag-anak Inc. sa pangunguna ni Peping Cojuangco, ang mga brownouts na nagdulot ng pagbagsak ng ekonomiya?

    Kapag ka-baro ang gumawa ng kapalpakan, ok lang?

    Tanggap ninyo ang mga Aquino at Cojuangco sapagka’t sila ay elitiista. Nakaharap na ba ninyo sila?

    Kaya nga ang pambansang bayani natin ay si Jose Rizal, dahil siya ay elitista rin diba?

    Tsk, tsk, kawawa naman si Andres Bonifacio at ang masa, talagang hanggang ngayon ay may mga taong tulad mo, parang panahon pa rin ng kastila ngayon.

  63. andres andres

    Talagang sa tono mo pa lang ay para kang si Leah Navarro at Bill Luz kung umasta. Haha! Hoy! Pare-pareho lang ang amoy ng dumi natin!

  64. Mike Mike

    “Mike, ang ibig kong sabihin, they should tackle all the options including peace-talk. Dahil hindi lang naman giyera ang possible solution. I didn’t mean to say na giyera o peace-talk ang solution.” – perl

    Sorry to say this, but these so-called rebels cannot be trusted one bit. They will demand a lot of things during peace talks and after signing an agreement with the gov’t. They will be the first to violate what they signed. They are a bunch of mercenaries, extortionist, etc… all rolled into one.

  65. florry florry

    De Quiros is too much yellow and he hated both Estrada and Lacson. I just wonder why all of a sudden he is on the side of Lacson. Could it be because Lacson is positioning to align with Noynoy and he knows that it will be a big help for Noynoy?

    The elite’s evil society and the church also hates Lacson and it seems awkward and unthinkable for them to stand side by side and sleep in the same bed with him, yet they are willing to make “artista” as in mga plastic and hypocrites and do beso-beso for the sake of Noynoy. And so Noynoy became the rallying point of mga artista ni Kris at mga “artista” ng evil society.

    There’s only one word to describe these kinds of supporters – fraudsters.

  66. Kaya tama siguro ang napili kong kandidato, si Mr. NoneOfTheAbove. Tignan ninyo tayong mga iskolar ng eskwelahang munti ni Ellen, nagtatalo kahit pare-parehong isinusumpa ang diyosa ng mga tiyanak.

    Kaya nung nabalitaan kong nagmeeting si Putot at si Bigote tinawagan ko si Vidal Doble para itanong kung merong namonitor sa dalawa. Sabi niya merong siyang tape ng usapan nung dalawa sa cellphone.

    Eto ang transcript:

    ISAFP operative: “Friday, 1100 Hrs, 8 January 2010, Malacañang – Konbersisyon bitwen GME and Irap”

    GMA: “Hello, Erap?”

    Erap: “Hello, Sweetheart, bakit ka tumawag dito? Buti naliligo pa si Loi, baka mabuking na naman ako.”

    GMA: “Ha? A, e, shorry. Shi Gloria Arroyo ito, hindi ako babae mo.”

    Erap: “A, ganun? Sorry rin. Bakit ka napatawag?”

    GMA: “Kashe, kailangan ko ang tulong mo. Kung puwede shana, imbitahin kita sha palasyo, may importante tayong pag-uushapan ng close-door.”

    Erap: “Aha, alam ko yan! Close-door…Gusto mo akong halikan…Para mamatay ako. Sabi ng mga tao meron ka raw kiss of death! No way.”

    GMA: “Hindi kita hahalikan, gago, mamatay man kayo, I mean, ako, I swear kahit sa puntod ni Rizal. Meeting exclusive mga NSC VIPs lang at bilang ex-President, iimbitahan ka. Maiinggit ang mga kalaban mo sa eleksyon, o di ba?”

    Erap: “Hennessy? VIPs? Baka VSOP. Di ako umiinom ng cognac tulad mo. Johnny Blue ako.”

    GMA: “Wala ka pa ring kupas, hahaha. Engot ka pa rin. NSC as in National Security Council.”

    Erap: “Ahh. NSC pala.” (Momentary pause…Nag-concentrate, parang yung nakatitig siya sa bote ng orange juice na may nakasulat na ‘Concentrate’) “Hindi pwede. Diba in-appoint mo si Gonzales sa DND, sino’ng papalit, e di si Chavit na Deputy. Ayoko nga.”

    GMA: “Shi Milo Ibrado ang acting, hindi shi Chavit. Pero ang pag-uushapan natin, shi Chavit. Pag congreshman na kashe ako, ako na ang magpapatakbo ng jueteng sha Central Luzhon. Kaya importante ang nalalaman mo.”

    Erap: “A, ganun? Bashta, este basta, si Chavit magaling yang magpalusot. Kahit wala namang nilalagyan, inililista para mamenos sa kwenta. Ipadoble mo ang koleksiyan kasi kinukupit niya yon. Doble ang dagdag”

    GMA: “So, will I still earn more than One B?”

    Erap: “Oo…oo. Ano pan’g pag-uusapan natin sa Palasyo?”

    GMA: “Yung tungkol kay Dacer, kakausapin natin si Sabrina. Para iatras na yung sa ‘yo.” (Habang nakangising-demonya at nagsasalita sa isip: ‘pag kumagat ka, yari ka na naman, na-kiss of death kita, hahaha’) “At siyempre, yung dagdag, yung dagdag.”

    Erap: “Ah, okey…okey. Pupunta ako para…” (line cut)

  67. MPRivera MPRivera

    Tiis na lang muna.

    Nakakasawa na pagmumura at kung ano anong pagbatikos sa mga anomalya ni gloria. Nakakataas ng high blood na may kasamang alta presyon.

    Darating sin naman ang araw nila. ‘Yun na lang ang hintayin natin.

    Tangnanila!

  68. henry90 henry90

    Puede nyo namang iboto si Bro Eddie o si JC Delos Reyes. .hehe .ay hindi, wala yung manok namin kaya walang kwenta silang lahat. . .nagkaroon pa tayo ng election. . . la rin lang palang magaling na kandidato sa panlasa nyo. . .tanungin nyo kaya yung paboritong kandidato nyo kung bakit sya di natuloy at kung bakit di sya napupusuan ng taong-bayan? Si Gloria na lang uli para siya pa rin ang nag-iisang paboritong upakan natin dito! hehehehe

  69. Kulang sa pansin itong si henry90 ano?

  70. perl perl

    Haha Toungue, galing mo palang gumawa ng script. kumpleto sa rekado at malaman!

  71. Hehehe! Good one Tongue!

  72. henry90 henry90

    TT:

    Bakit ka nagrereact? Guilty ka ba? Di naman kita binabanggit a. . .banat ka lang dyan kay Aquino o sa mga ayaw mo. . .la namang pumipigil sa yo e. . .di naman kita pinapangalanan. . . .akala ko ba beterano ka na rito. . .

  73. perl perl

    andres, magpakatotoo ka. buti pa si Balweg, pinabilib ako, proud Erap supporter.

    tama parehas nga amoy ng dumi natin pero magkaiba amoy ng hininga natin.

  74. Lokohin mo yung mga walang pinagaralang kamukha ng niloloko ninyong si Noynoy. Ako pa.

  75. Bago tayo maligaw ng landas ng mga KSP, ano ang pakiramdam ng isang lehitimong pangulong pinatalsik ng isang sindikato tapos pupunta ka pa doon sa teritoryo nila? At IKAW LANG ang naiibang tao doon?

    Tama ba’ng nagpunta si Erap sa Malakanyang?

  76. Masuwerte sila wala akong kinakampanya, lahat ng kinampanya kong presidente, natalo. Hahaha.

  77. henry90 henry90

    Ang mga taong walang pinapanigan ay di mo na pwedeng lokohin pa. Matagal na silang loko-loko. .

  78. andres andres

    perl,

    talaga? iba ang amoy ng hininga natin? kahit di ka magsipilyo mabango ba ang hininga mo?

    yan ang mga linya ng matapobreng at mayabang na gustong maging elitista.

  79. andres andres

    perl,

    Kaya tayo nakarma dahil sa kagagawan ninyong pambastos sa karapatan ng taumbayan mamili ng pangulo.

    Ang civil society ang may kagagawan kung bakit naitalaga ang isang halimaw na gaya ni Gloria nguni’t hanggang ngayon ay mayabang pa rin tulad mo.

    Kung si Pangulong Cory nga ay umamin na ng pagkakamali, siya ang icon ng civil society, bakit ang mga tulad mo ay mayabang pa rin?

  80. chi chi

    Another good article by Lito Banayo.
    ____

    “Poverty is endemic. Manuel Villar makes much out of young urchins who swim in a sea of garbage, and sleep in the streets, and beguile us that he has the solutions, he has the vision. Noynoy Aquino tells us these problems of poverty and the woeful lack of basic services that worsen its state can be solved by honest leadership.

    Who do we believe? Someone who purveys a “vision”, or someone who tells us we must begin with the basic element that we have not had for the last miserable decade, which is honesty?” – http://www.malaya.com.ph/01142010/edbanayo.html

  81. perl perl

    andres,
    bastos ba ang manindigan para patalsikin ang corrupt na presidente ng pinakakamahal mong bansa? Kung ganon, bastos ka din! at lahat ng blogger dito sa ellenville dahil lahat tayo dito gustong patalsikin ang pinakahamasahol na magnanakaw na presidente ng pilipinas?

    Sorry, hindi ko nanay o amo si Cory. Kung magsorry sya, don;t expect na lahat ng taong nakisama sa EDSA 2 ay magsosorry din. May kanya-kanya tayong prinsipyo at pananaw sa bagay2x. At yang mga bagay na yan ang dapat maintindihan ng makitid mong pagiisip.

    Magpakatotoo at magpakalalaki ka. Bakit hindi mo aminin na si Erap ang amo mo? nagpapanggap ka na si Chiz ang sinusuportahan mo pero base sa mga comment mo, halos makipagpatayan ka ipagtanggol mo lang si plunderer-erap!

    Uulitin ko, si Erap ang dapat sisihin sa EDSA2. Walang EDSA2 kung naging mabuting presidente sya. Kaya wala na dapat another chance para sa kanya!

    lets focus on the issue, hindi ka ba nahihiya sa mga nakakabasa syo? nangangamoy ka eh…

  82. perl perl

    Tongue,
    parehas pala tayo. Lahat ng binoto ko pagka presidente hindi nanalo.

  83. perl perl

    Hindi talaga dapat manalo tong si Villar. Nagpapanggap na may malasakit sa mahirap. Pero yung ginagawa nya ngayon sa pangangampanya, para syang higanteng sinasagasaan ang mga maliliit o mahihirap na kandidato! Kaya yung mga ideal candidate natin nakapos sa pera, nag-atrasan!

    At syempre, ano pa? pagnahalal sya, babawiin nya lahat ng ginastos nya!

    At dapat magkaron ng reporma sa comelec! Hindi na dapat maulit ang ganitong sistemang parang sirang plakang paulit-ulit ang pol ads jingle! Sa madaling salita, “Patas na laban” dapat!

  84. perl perl

    Who do we believe? Someone who purveys a “vision”, or someone who tells us we must begin with the basic element that we have not had for the last miserable decade, which is honesty?” – Lito Banayo
    Dapat talaga nating buhayin ang pilosopiyang “Honesty is the best Policy”!

  85. florry florry

    Banayo has nowhere to go. Lacson is out, Chiz is also out, he is also out from the camp of Erap and he hates Villar.

    His only choice is Noynoy.

  86. florry florry

    There’s only one honest politician living or dead in this world – US President Abraham “Honest Abe” Lincoln.

    Noynoy is honest, C’mon give me a break.

    A sample – Where did he put all his pork barrel during his terms as congressman and senator? Ibinulsa ba niyang lahat?

  87. If Villar wins, (3 billion ba naman), it’ll just prove that Filipinos can be bought (directly and indirectly) indirectly because they spent a ton to smear Noynoy and if that would result to a number of voters opting to boycott elections, thats less opposing votes for him…he spends to attract votes for himself, distract and disillusion some into not voting…
    …like he said, platforms can be done by 1 or 2 writers (for a fee)…pera pera lang…
    …or we can postpone elections for another 8 years? Gloria may not be too bad after all? Bottomline, its a choice between Noynoy the abnoy and Gloria…maybe she’s cuter right?

  88. A sample – Where did he put all his pork barrel during his terms as congressman and senator? Ibinulsa ba niyang lahat?
    —————————–
    Lets have a senate-investigation-in-aid-of-legislation for this…while we’re all at it, how about asking all those who received pork barrels account for the money?

  89. andres andres

    perl,

    ayos ka din talaga magsalita sobra ang yabang mo no? ikaw ang nangangamoy ang hininga amoy imburnal sapagka’t ang budhi mo ay itim at bulok!

  90. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    After all these years, has there been no further analysis on the bulalo masquerading as Dacer’s bones? Any good forensic anthropologist would be able to determine from which part of a human or animal a sliver of bone comes from.

    Dacer was not killed in that area. Somebody else did him in.

  91. Tedanz Tedanz

    “Kung ganon, bastos ka din! at lahat ng blogger dito sa ellenville dahil lahat tayo dito gustong patalsikin ang pinakahamasahol na magnanakaw na presidente ng pilipinas?” — perl
    Aba ikaw lang siguro ang bastos dito … nilahat mo na …. ano ba yan????? Puso mo … easy lang …. talo inis.

  92. Tedanz Tedanz

    Sa akin oks lang na makasuhan yang Lacson na yan. Yan ang napapala ng isang hudas. Sa dami ng ibinunyag na anomalya hindi naman niya napatunayan ang katotohanan. Sa sinasabi niya na meron pa siyang ibubunyag na iba … yon pala wala … nananakot lang. Ginawa lang ang Senado para manira ng tao.
    Patunayan niya na wala siyang kasalanan kung may alam siya e di sabihin niya sa husgado hindi yong puro dada. Ang pagbubunyag ay naging batas na ni Gng. Lacson.

  93. Tedanz Tedanz

    Ngayon siya ang nabubunyag …. taranta siya. lol

  94. MPRivera MPRivera

    Breyk muna!

    Please la’ang. Huwag kayo mag-away. Kapapasok la’ang ng bagong nyu yir, ah?

    Baka ako’y atakihin sa inyong dal’wa niyan, ey.

    Mamaya ay tataas na naman ang aking high blood sa inyow.

  95. perl perl

    andres – January 14, 2010 7:10 pm
    perl,
    ayos ka din talaga magsalita sobra ang yabang mo no? ikaw ang nangangamoy ang hininga amoy imburnal sapagka’t ang budhi mo ay itim at bulok!
    ==========================================================
    cmon, andres. let’s talk about the issue. ang tagal kong nawala, eto lang sasagot mo skin. I was expecting more sensible comment from you. Wala ka pa lang kwentang kadebate eh.. dyan kayo magaling, kapag trap na, gagawing personal ang banat! sabi mo, wag mapipikon at hindi ka pikon. tignan mo nga banat mo… i don’t believe na ganyan ang personality ng mga chiz supporter.

  96. perl perl

    Tedanz – January 14, 2010 10:11 pm
    “Kung ganon, bastos ka din! at lahat ng blogger dito sa ellenville dahil lahat tayo dito gustong patalsikin ang pinakahamasahol na magnanakaw na presidente ng pilipinas?” — perl
    Aba ikaw lang siguro ang bastos dito … nilahat mo na …. ano ba yan????? Puso mo … easy lang …. talo inis.
    ======================================================
    Isa pa to, guilty ka? you didn’t get my point… tagalog na nga eh… ako pa ngayon ang pikon, hahaha…

  97. perl perl

    Isaxnviolins – January 14, 2010 8:09 pm
    After all these years, has there been no further analysis on the bulalo masquerading as Dacer’s bones?

    U nga, sax. Wala pa eh. Justiis na lang talaga muna… ilang buwan na din naman election na.. at nawa’y magkaron na ng totoong hustisya.

  98. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Sa akin oks lang na makasuhan yang Lacson na yan. …..

    Tedanz:

    Hindi yung tao ang puntirya ko, kungdi yung proceso. Kung walang katawan, walang patay. Kung walang patay, walang krimen. Hindi dapat given yung pagkamatay ni Dacer, dapat patunayan yon.

    Dapat ding patunayan kung saan pinatay, kung patay man. Kung hindi namatay sa Cavite, hindi gawa ng mga tao ni Lacson.

    Ang patunay lang ni Mancao, kung papaniwalaan man, ay may motibo si Lacson na patayin si Dacer. Pero walang ebidensya na naipatupad nga ang nasabing motibo. Walang ebidensya tungkol sa acto mismo.

    One must prove the act. Motive is irrelevant if the act is not proven.

    Here is one for Devanadera, the perennial Supreme Court Justice aspirant. I declare, gusto kong patayin ang isang corrupt na baboy. Let me see you prosecute me for that motive, you incompetent bi7ch.

    What is the definition of a felony again, Madam DOJ? “An act or omission punishable by law.” It did not say a motive punishable by law.

    Why don’t you go back to law school?

  99. Mike Mike

    “Dacer was not killed in that area. Somebody else did him in.” – saxnviolins

    Somebody who chew cigars???? 😛

  100. Tedanz Tedanz

    Sax,
    Hindi ko sinagot kung ano man ang sinabi mo. Bumalik lang ako sa topic dahil maiinit na ang ulo ng mga Igan natin. Talagang tinumbok ko si Lacson dahil siya naman ang topic at dahil na din sa ginawa niya kay Erap.

  101. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Okay Tedanz. Ipagpaumanhin mo.

    Ginamit ko lang ang post mo bilang pasakalye sa aking punto, na mali ang proceso.

  102. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology and human osteology (the study of the human skeleton) in a legal setting, most often in criminal cases where the victim’s remains are in the advanced stages of decomposition. A forensic anthropologist can also assist in the identification of deceased individuals whose remains are decomposed, burned, mutilated or otherwise unrecognizable. The adjective “forensic” refers to the application of this subfield of science to a court of law.

    After the attacks on September 11, 2001, Forensic Anthropologists were deployed to a base in Delaware to begin the tedious process of identifying bone fragments and teeth. They may be called upon to identify bones and bone fragments sitting in boxes in universities and museums. Sometimes these bones have been in storage for hundreds of years.

  103. chi chi

    Magagaling kaya ang forensic anthropologists na humahawak ng kasong Dacer murder? Baka naman kung ano lang ang gustong palabasin ng “humahawak” ng kaso ang inilalabas, ang totoo ay nakabaul na.

    Maniniwala lang ako sa imbestigasyon kung ID-ed ng walang doubt ang pustiso o ngipin na napulot sa area ng krimen kuno. At this point kasi puro hearsays lang ang dating sa akin ng kasong ito na itinutulak madesisyunan ng tunay na makikinabang.

  104. florry florry

    Noynoy is honest…..re: pork barrel

    Just questioning the perceived honesty of Noynoy where nobody knows if it really exists, not any congressman or senator.

  105. Walang problemang kasuhan si Lacson kung dapat kasuhan. Kung siya nga ang nagpapatay kay Dacer o kahit sinong tao, dapat niyang pagdusahan – yan ang hustisya.

    Hindi dahil marami siyang ibinubulgar. O dahil hindi niya pinagtakpan si Erap.

  106. Why is it that the ones opposing this administration always end up fighting each other? I thought we were on the same side (once upon a time)?
    …is the administration a better unifying force that the opposition? well, money is a good motivator for one but so is a shared vision…

  107. Why is it that the ones opposing this administration always end up fighting each other? I thought we were on the same side (once upon a time)?

    Makes one think if topography has got something to do with Pinas perpetual disunity.

    Perhaps, Pinas should have “autonomous republics” within a republic? Federated from somewhere?

    🙂

  108. Mike Mike

    Even outside the country, Pinoys in general are a disunited lot. Too many factions even in a small community. 🙁

  109. Mike Mike

    Notice that most if not all politicians’ rivals are their former friends, confidants. Case in point, Binay’s Vice-mayor, his ally for so many years is now running against his son for Mayor of Makati. 🙂

  110. How right you are, Mike… they are so fragmented. (And they fight, literally doing close combat 🙂

  111. florry florry

    Power – That’s the only reason why the oppositions are fighting each other.

  112. Mike Mike

    Anna, someone one’s told me that if all the Pinoy’s in Guam would only unite, they could have elected a Pinoy Governor, the highest elected official in that island. But unfortunately, the Pinoys there are too fragmented… they broke up into several factions.

  113. Case in point, Binay’s Vice-mayor, his ally for so many years is now running against his son for Mayor of Makati.” – Mike

    Dito rin sa Pasay, problema ko dahil maglalaban yata si Meyor Peewee at yung pamangkin niya. Lahat ng poster na magkasama sila (sa EDSA, Taft Harrison at Roxas Blvd.) binaklas na. Pareho kong kumpare. Lagot na pag pinaakyat ako sa stage at ikampanya ko ang isa baka barilin ako ng kabila.

    Ganyan ang nangyari sa pinsan ni Peewee na tatay nitong pamangkin niya. Bata ni Cuneta, nangampaniya kay Claudio, tinepok.

  114. Mike, akala ko Pinoy yang si Gov. Felix Camacho. Pati si Lt. Gov. Michael Cruz. Kahit saan mo tignan, Pinoy ang tabas.

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