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Were Muslim congressmen compelled by need for self-preservation to support Mindanao Martial Law extension?

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By Raïssa Robles

Congresswoman Shernee Tan, daughter of ex-Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan II. PHOTO – screengrab from Congress livestream

Today, 261 Congressmen voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte’s Martial Law in Mindanao until December.

Eighteen Congressmen were reported to have voted “NO”.

But since there are supposed to be 295 Congressmen on record (since two have died), this means that SIXTEEN CONGRESSMEN SIMPLY DID NOT SHOW UP TO CAST THEIR VOTES OR MAYBE SOME OF THEM ABSTAINED.

However, 261 YES votes is a landslide majority. Among the Congressmen who voted YES were SIX Muslim lawmakers, whose constituents are bearing the full brunt of Martial Law. The six publicly declared their full support for extending Martial Law in Mindanao for 150 days or until year end.

I wondered if these SIX Muslim lawmakers gave their support to Martial Law UNDER DURESS.

The SIX Muslim Congressmen who voted to extend Martial Law today are closely related to SIX GOVERNORS who were recently stripped of police powers by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Last month on June 8, 2017, the acting Interior and Local Government Secretary Catalino Cuy issued Resolution No. 2017-334 removing from SEVEN GOVERNORS and 123 MAYORS in Mindanao the power of control over the police in their areas.

The reason insinuated in the Resolution was that these local government executives were involved in the illegal drug trade or “said to be providing support in one way or another, to the Maute terrorist Group or other criminal elements in their jurisdiction”.

It’s quite rare for a local chief executive to be stripped of his power over the local police. A very serious reason has to be given for it. Being stripped of police powers means a local chief executive can no longer order the police around and has no say on police operations.

The DILG Resolution specifically named the following Governors below as those who have been stripped of their powers:

Governor Esmael Mangudadatu and 28 mayors in Maguindanao
Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr* and 37 mayors in Lanao del Sur
Governor Imelda Quibranza-Dimaporo and 22 mayors in Lanao del Norte
Governor Datu Pax Pakung Mangudadatu and 12 mayors in Sultan Kudarat
Governor Abdusakur Tan II and 13 mayors in Sulu
Governor Hadjiman Salliman and 10 mayors in Basilan
Governor Nurbert Sahali* and 9 mayors in Tawi-Tawi
Mayor Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi of Cotabato City

However, the DILG Resolution did not say what the specific violation of each governor was.

It’s also telling that the governors were stripped of their powers using President Rodrigo Duterte’s Command-in-Chief powers, not his powers as head of the Executive branch of government.

When I was listening to the voting on the Martial Law extension today, I realized that SIX of the Muslim lawmakers backing Martial Law were close relatives of SIX OF THE SEVEN GOVERNORS who had been stripped of their police powers:

Congresswoman Shernee Tan of Kusug-Tausug Party-list Group is the youngest daughter of former Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan II. Shernee Tan favors Martial Law even while her own father was named a Maute coddler or supporter?

It was her assertion that Martial Law should be declared across the entire country that made me look more closely at this issue.

Congressman Ansaruddin Adiong, who voted YES, is the brother of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. The latter was among those recently stripped of police powers along with 37 mayors.

Congressman Zajid Mangudadatu is the brother of Maguindanao governor Esmael Mangudadatu and nephew of Sultan Kudarat Governor Pax Mangudadatu. Both Mangudadatu governors were stripped of police powers, along with their respective mayors.

Congresswoman Ruby Sahali is the sister of Tawi-Tawi Governor Nurbert Sahali. Gov. Nurbert Sahali was among those stripped of police powers, along with nine mayors in Tawi-Tawi.

Congressman Abdullah Dimaporo is the husband of Lanao del Norte Governor Imelda Dimaporo, who was also stripped of police powers. Congressman Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo is the eldest son of Governor Imelda and Congressman Abdullah.

Can the SIX MUSLIM LAWMAKERS all be expected to FREELY CAST a vote regarding Martial Law extension when the political power of their clans is gravely under threat and their relatives have been stripped off police powers?

The next five months will reveal the answers.

I have always believed that the voice of the governed should be heard in the most important matters like the declaration or extension of Martial Law.

If the governors are all guilty of illegal drug trade or of supporting Islamic terrorists, they should all be brought before the court of law. With Martial Law, they could in fact be suspended outright.

But if no charges are filed against them before the Ombudsman within this year, then stripping them of police powers at such a crucial time is part of a bigger plot.

Comments

  1. I THINK THEY VOTED FREELY. SIX VOTES WILL NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME..
    How many of those who voted “no” are from Mindanao.? MY GUESS IS ZERO. The law is limited to geography, not religion.

    There is martial law in mindanao.
    There are more muslims in Mindanao than the rest of the country.
    THERE ARE ALSO NON MUSLIMS IN MINDANAO.

  2. of topic again

    The recent blooper of the Communication department where in they used DOLE Philippines Logo instead of Department of Labor.

    Andarna initially accused that it was sabotage .. My raction is “WHAT?!!!” then I read andanar wants to investigate naman this staff why this have happen… again “WHAT? does this means that there are actually incompetent staff in the department?” i don’t think so … but maybe there are some in the upper level …

    I’m not a journalist but they the department even said .. that they make sure that all releases are carefully proof read before its release. And alam ko its a chain of command .. pag may palapak na lumabas … the finial eyes who proof reads the document .. takes full responsibility

    i don’t know … dadaan din ang article kay Andanar diba? …if so .. Andara, sana don’t point fingers downwards .. yon lang ,, too much mistakes can not be called an honest mistake anymore …

  3. AN OLD SAYING MODIFIED FOR THE TIMES:

    Aanhin pa ang dambana kung ubos na ang isda?

    • guys, pekeng promise, pekeng signed, walang pondo ang govt. look at this way, professors and staff of colleges and universities need not pay tax kung walang kita. walang hugot si digong sa kanila! free teaching, free tuition, free learning. in short, no learning: you get what you pay, pay nothing and you get nothing. if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys, he, he, he.

      anyhow, kung talagang walang pondo, e, di mag-pay cut na lang ang mga govt workers from the president down to senators, congressmen, mayors, governors, consehales, kawanis, etc. mag-pay cut sila ng 3% lahat na mga public servants; that way, may pera ang govt, may pondong pang-gastos. promises need not be peke. is digong willing to forego his 2nd office in dabaw, the cost and expenses given back to the nation? having 2nd office kasi did not make him better president, and mindanaw where his 2nd office is in turmoil, lulo yata ng droga, the place naging terrorists haven tuloy.

      • hic, I’m thinking tuloy of supporting cj sereno’s impeachment. methink, lady justice is slow on the uptake. when is she going to wake up? the parahinogs, sila pa yong ni-raid, sila pa yong namatayan, at sila pa ngayon ang kakasuhan, all in a month. santa maria!

        anyhow, judges under sereno’s wonky baton, have signed search warrants, arrest warrants, etc, thus legalizing the kapolisan’s killing spree! santa maria, again! didnt the 3 mayors already killed were all served search warrants o kaya, warrants of arrests? when are judges going to wake up and stop signing warrants? the judges are all complicit sa ejk: directly or indirectly, sangkot sila. the sods! and then, they took the high moral grounds.

        stop signing warrants! stop the killings!

        • arc .. hindi yata pwedeng gumalaw sila sereno kung walang complain diba? And about the so called “warrant” kung ano man “warrant” yan … it has a new meaning na and purpose … maybe to be more simple it looks like its now a “death sentence” or if you like “warrant to kill”

        • sorry po, marami po ang nag-complain, marami ang dumaing, marami na tayong napanuod sa tv halos araw-araw na, ganon din sa mga pahayagan at kahit social media po ay puno na ng complain: so many warrants-initiated ejks!

          the hudikatura is now condoning, aiding and abetting crimes against humanity; also condoning, aiding and abetting ejks.

          hudikatura provides warrants for kapolisan to enter premises and almost always, resulting in deaths. time for sereno to own up: judges can no longer pretend innocence. search warrants are death warrants, evidence said so.

          sereno should now tell judges to stop issuing warrants, else sangkot ang hudikatura sa mass killings and crime against humanity.

      • This is just Duterte’s “palabas” so he can say that he’s for free education for all! If there are no funds, how can this so-called law be enforced? He’s just confusing the people to make himself smell good!

        • na-jetski ang mga estudyante! pero, seriously, ang pondo kuno will be taken from non performing govt units, babawi-an sila ng pondo ngayon. but, which govt unit would admit under performing only to have fund slashed? with sakuna all around, floods, landslides and lindol, and with infrastructures to re-build, which local govt is still awash with pondo? kahit yong squatters resettled sa pandi, bulacan, isang taon na yata na hindi sila nakatanggap ng ayudang pinangako. where is the money?

          lists galore! already, digong has narco list; maybe, he will have ‘under performing govt unit’ list, he, he, he. lists of those with funds na babawiin.

  4. ma iba ako .. si Du30 signed na daw that state university will offer free tuition to the students .. diba maraming palapak yan .. but also recently diba mga student nag protest na wala palang podo . .. paano yan ? mga prof and mga staff free na din ba?

  5. Compelled to vote? Their natural instinct is to survive…politically and financially. So? Fake votes ‘yun!

    Life nowadays under this Admin is mostly fake living. Peke ML in Mindanao.

    ‘Pinoys loves peke.

    Imee Marcos’ apology re her alleged payment of P100M by LP to lawmakers…peke rin.

    BB’s election protest for losing the vice presidency also peke rin.

    QC’s vice-mayor reason not to suspend the classes peke naman.

    Pdutz’ SONA peke talaga! The EJKillings on alleged criminals is peke.

    Congress’ independence from PDutz is fake.

    According to BB election protest all the elections votes needs to be counted kasi peke an 16M botos and that is interpreted to include PDutz election?

    The threat to abolish CA [court of appeals] in that Ilocos 6 issue is peke also.

    China to share with Philippines on the latter’s natural resources at WPS of course is
    peken.

    ‘Pinas’ getting away from USA is surely peke.

    News by Tourism Dept that more tourists have come in is another peke.

    Peace with the NPAs is piece of peke peace. JOMA and PDutz’ war of words is
    peke.

    Ano pa ba ang ibang peke?

    he he he

    • imbecile is tops! anderson is true hero. farinas is pekeng hero, enraged about imbecilic speaker. juana change is pekeng army wearing army fatigue, loved her hair do though, suits her. army made pekeng threat to juana, pero, nag-retract, may pekeng anger ang army.

      erap in a boat fishing for pekeng basura sa manila bay. in nearby boat, may nagtapon ng basura only for erap to fish out same basura, in full glare of the media po, pang-photo shoot sana niya yon. and instead of making him look a warrior for the environment, made him look petty tuloy, scripted.

      • You forgot the pekeng journalist miss-com graduate of Wanbull University , si Mokca .

        Kidding aside, I am here to tell you a food for thought, to be or not to be (ignored or taken seriously). I am not being pessimistic or fear monger queen,,, but pls. heed.
        Progress is positive but not at the expense of leaving behind or hindering the progress and positive developments of children otherwise in a dire warning of the spirits watching us… we will be losing them :( and consequences for the nation abusing kids will be by the wrath of Earth and Water.

        Here’s the message for all those who hear and all who see:
        “Short sighted people invest money for the future, build for the future, do everything for the future at the expense of the most important investment, children. Children ARE the future. Childhood is sacred, and this seems to be lost on people we’ll deem “ticks”. Ticks suck the life out of Spirit’s most cherished asset, childhood, to feed the material world. Therefore Spirit will take what the ticks hold most valuable unless changes are made.”
        -child abuses are child marriages practice by ditfferent culture and religion, child labor, child prostitution, sexualizing children( this is a biggie in the PH where parents are the ones macro /micro managing children for public entertainment and sexualizing and financial gain)

        Hi Raissa, thank you. I hope you don’t mind me posting this. But what is the advantage of having good political ideas,visions,discourses, grandstanding if human beings lose their ( ours ) children? THANKS.

        • yay, children are having children they can ill afford to take care. abused children growing up to be adults also abusing children, and the cycle goes on. there are exceptions though and given the circumstance, children who are resilient do survive and managed to turn their lives around. there are evidences proving that is so: god is good and miracles can happen, and that is not peke. the universe can take care of itself, battle scars and all. good karma, bad karma, trust in the almighty. cheers, netty.

        • I used just a simple idea – ‘peke or fake’ ’cause it has come into our living presently and futurely – netty. You are right on there about real children.

          Another peke is that the suspect who shot himself inside Camp Crame after grabbing the gun of a cop, per examination for powder burns, is negative. The 2 cops who arrested the suspect, same negative.

          Peke maybe ang suicide ng suspect? So, there must have been another third party cop involved who shot the suspect? Galing!

          Ombudsman Morales looks upset that cops do not answer her Office’s Sub Poena notices sent to cops for investigation. No cops answers or submits counter-affidavit. Looks like cops are treating those notices as peke for all intents and purposes. Why is that?

          ‘Cause PDutz says substantially – Do not investigate the cops. Looks like he believes the rule of law is peke and only his powers and authority otherwise is. Right on this belief?

          Peke or pekeng is all around us these days. How will this be tackled on? JOMA and PDutz having war of words. Coming soon will be war of words with Ombudsman vs PDutz? Read one of the latest news papers.

          The ill-effects of pekeng is getting to spread larger than anticipated.

          arc did mention imbecility tops ’em all.

          In the US now Pres. Trump is finding out he has found out somepeke Cabinet members. Keeps firing ’em as bad shots in
          the gun range.

          Is there a comparison? Or similarity here?

          The point in all this is pekeng might really rule all over
          us these coming days, weeks and years to come.

          Raissa’s article here shows the tip of the answer how the governed
          will deal with this peke or pekeng voting result in Congress that the Muslim lawmakers were ‘compelled’ or ‘not compelled’ to vote extending ML in Mindanao?

          In the US Senate, PTrump thought Sen. MCain will vote ‘yes’ on the bill to replace Obama Health Care law. The former’s belief was peke.

          In our own Congress, both Chambers super majority voted to extend ML in Mindanao. Peke?

          Will the scare here be peke or not?

          Does anybody have a thought or belief that ML throughout the
          country here will be declared in the near future? On what
          grounds? There will be many.

          In that the bill on Bansa Moro and federalism system will
          have an easy passing under a nation-wide ML regime?

          Scary. Anything about being scared is due to pekeng.

          About time to stop writing pekes but make this interesting
          if anybody wants to.

        • instead of curtailing and imposing law and order, digong’s martial law created a beast of a monster and unleashes more and more fire fights! while mostly cowing civilians and disempowering law abiding citizens, his martial law only emboldens npa, abu sayyaf, the mautes, the terrorists, and made them all the more determined to fight. and digong should know because he knew these sort of people, friends once and shared ideologies with them.

          and and now, as though martial law is not enough, digong is going to bomb lumad schools kuno. he, he, he, gotta spread the good cheers! enola gay, bet those bombs carry digong’s handwritten signature: from the president with love – burn, baby, burn!

        • and thus encouraged, the polis is now the new terrorists! killing mayors na sila starting with espinosa then parahinog. marvin marcos kasi got away with murder and the floodgate opens.

        • I am here again to emphasize the message. That is not a copy paste but a real caution from the “one” who sees things. Again, it is not a joke or a common message but people esp those in power, authority and leaders who neglect the welfare and rights of the children; who hurt and forget the needs of children are to be dealt with ; they lose loved ones or the country that doesn’t heed changes suffer by water ; meaning flood ; maybe tsunami? PEACE TO YOU.

        • ave maria purissima! that orange shirt em speaker alvarez is seen wearing in the link, is that prison issue attire? suits him well, he, he, he.

  6. Duterte’s Accomplishment Noted

    There is one Duterte’s accomplishment that I think is worth noting, it is the P25 billion back taxes that penalized the cheating Mighty Corporation! It might be selective since this move is to appease Lucio Tan and make a quick buck from selling Mighty Corporation to a favored buyer, but still P25 billion is a lot of money collected from an erring corporation and unprecedented compared to previous administrations record on collecting taxes from big corporations.

    Another worth of mention is Duterte’s calling out the SC on the TRO of implants Implanon and Implanon XT, which is seen as delaying tactics employed by the defeated anti-RH law. Note that Sereno’s and other SC Justices’ religious belief got in the way to put a monkey wrench on the TRO of the implants and consequently derailed the implementation of RH.

    Sereno is passing the buck to FDA for the pending approval, but if we look at reality, the implants Implanon and Implanon XT were already approved by US FDA in 2014, thus Philippine’s FDA does not have a reason to further study the said implants since they were scrutinized and approved by a more thorough, well-resourced and well-equipped US FDA.

    Of course it is also worth mentioning that the rest of Duterte’s SONA was mostly bullshit.

    Parekoy</b
    07-27-2017

    • sounds desperate kasi for money si digong, kaya tinanggap ang 25 billion when total back taxes is actually a lot more. the check is on the mail, how soon? maybe this year, maybe next year, maybe never . . .

      methink, po, as regards implants, pinas fda ought to say something and release a statement re-affirming the finding of its american counterparts: that if the finding is good enough for americans, then it’s good enough for pinoys, or something similar. he, he, he, as regards the reproductive, the supreme court po cannot tell the difference between the womb and the ovaries! let alone identify the landmarks.

      agree po ako that the rest of digong’s sona is bullshit, maraming fillers, he was waffling! na naman. so much padding added daing pa ang ladies bra!

      anyhow, I think, also, digong needs to start wearing girdle like inday sara, to flatten his stomach. nauuna kasi ang tiyan. a man girdle will pull in his stomach and improve his posture. and what’s with the close up pics? yong movie director in charge of the shoots parang mag-shoot ng action film na may maraming close ups, good po yan if there are adversaries. since it was only digong having a yakka monologue, the close ups only serve to emphasize the wrinkles on his face, showing how large his facial pores are time and again. whoever did his makeup ought to fill in his large pores with clay pack and put foundation over.

      • those implants in question po only has one month to go. after that, expire na po ang mga yong at useless to all and sundry. in retrospect, digong ought to have insisted to have the tro lifted, instead of waiting until expiry date is looming. long time alam ni digong na may tro, and only brought the issue a lot later on 2nd sona. at si dr ubial po, ang hina naman ng health sec na ito.

        travels, apparently, broadens the mind; in digong’s case, traveling around the world more than his fair share has made him sluggard. saka na lang siya nag-react when expiry is yapping. hay, naku digong is caught with his pants down, he, he, he.

      • my mega funny bone is at it again! digong once said, he needs 39billions for the military. well, with 25billions in the offing, he’s still a bit short of the targeted 39billions. gotta find the rest elsewhere.

        he’s not getting anything more cents from moi, I’m already supporting my community, volunteering and lending helping hand and looking after the needy. I can only give digong prayers and lots of it, praying for the almighty to grant digong wisdom. money is not everything, and there are things money cannot buy.

    • yep, sobrang laki ang budget ni digong and what has he got to show for it? his trolls going amok, the smoking ruins of marawi city, endless war on drugs going on forever, mautes being blamed and with the advent of martial law, the mautes have suddenly become isis na. all to justify martial law.

      already meron daw dalawang orion spy planes from australia being used in marawi city and still the military is none the wiser, none the braver. if I were digong, I’ll withhold their pay rises and bonuses until their job is done.

  8. Now that SC, Congress, the military and police have spoken, what then is next? Perhaps, the latest pronouncement of the President that he will deal with the NPA after the Marawi crisis is over, is something worth pondering.
    It is common knowledge that NPAs come from every corner hence, the entire country will be the next. Let us remember and remain steadfast that the President has the remaining months of the year to activate it. It will be an insult to the capability of the combined forces of the police and the military if the crisis is not done and over with in a month, at the most.
    O lente, lente currite noctis equi! I wish the day will never come being a survivor of such.
    Same old pattern, yet highly evolved different players are now plaguing and silently manipulating the entire system of our government

    • I was told po, that digong is multi tasker and able to handle many things at once, why then would he wait for marawi crisis to be over before dealing with npa? strike while the iron is hot, deal with npa now and not later. by then, npa will be harder to deal with, has regrouped and re-formed with newer and better recruits both here and from overseas, all cutthroats.

      a stitch in time saves nine. now is best time, kaso digong is ill prepared to deal right now, still waiting for right moment, still constantly going to china for treatment of illness.

      the more digong wait for right time, the more time drags on, the more the people of marawi suffers, and the more npa gets stronger.

      time stands for no man; apparently, digong is time waster.

      • digong, the great pretender and great procrastinator ought to keep in mind that npa is not waiting for the end of marawi crisis. npa is dealing with him now, killing and spreading terror all around mindanaw and gaining grounds. if digong is not circumspect, he and the military will be overtaken.

        also, sa sona, nanghingi si digong ng return of balangiga bells, pero, hindi nanghingi sa china the return in full of our fishing grounds. if digong really wants the bells maybe upang tunawin ang mga iyon at gawing hikaw ni inday sara, he ought to have gone to estados unidos when invited, and holler at the senate: give the bells back, you idiots! instead of making puny noise about the bells at sona. duwag kasi yan.

        • THE PREVIOUS ADMIN CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT LAGLAG BALA… WHERE IS THAT HIGH STANDARD COMING FROM.
          FOLLOW THE WRITTEN LAWS EVEN IF YOU DONT LIKE IT.

  9. why don’t you cover the frontlines in Marawi and see for yourselves who call yourselves are “journalists” , you ain’t giving the government any help by just blabbering your mouth on everything the government does that don’t fit your taste

    • On the contrary, the government needs help to see that Martial Law is NOT the answer to Islamic extremism.

      • tama po, help comes in all shapes and sizes, and raissa is helping the govt see the evils of its way. it’s like medicine po, taste bad but good for this sick govt rapacious of marawi city.

        best talaga if raissa continues on with writing, best rin po if we continue on reading and being informed, not mocha loca fake news informed, but universally informed.

      • WHY THOSE NOT LIVING IN MINDANAO ARE AGAINST THE MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO???? YOU THINK YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE?????

        • Last time I looked, Mindanao is still part of the Philippines. And what happens in Mindanao affects even Manila.

        • tama si raissa, one nation, one flag and as long as mindanaw flies the flag of the archipelago of the philippines, what happen in mindanaw concern us all!

          and there is a thing called empathy: we cannot just stand by while mindanaw is being pulverized, the citizens of marawi oppressed and made homeless. and if citizens are made voiceless by fear, then we’ll speak for them. iisa lang ang puso natin, their sufferings is our sufferings.

    • ppftt should do as preached and be in marawi city, might just be so lucky and gets friendly fired.

  10. Diyan lumalabas ang mga writing prowess ng mga dilawan. Implied that there was duress because the mindanao congressmen were related to local government officials who where stripped of their powers due to connections to the drug trade. If the congressmen voted against the martial law, will they reason that it was due to their close relation being strip of their powers? This is the power of the pen being used to manipulate readers opinion. Raissa Robles of Rappler? Its trashy.

    • This is the power of the troll at work.

      By name-calling.

      Second of all, I’m not with Rappler. How many times must I say that?

      Pro-Dutertes like you just don’t get it.

      YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSULT THOSE WHO ARE CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT.

      But I guess you have the right to insult your own intelligence.

      • uhm, raissa, I’ll apologize for ticong nava, behind the times yata yan. still thinks you’re with rappler. ganyan ang tauhan ni digong: always looking to the past and needs to update and be in today’s time. still think sila that martial law is great cure all, the one silver bullet.

        martial law is great cancer, it spreads and cause death to specie.

      • pag kayo nag komentaryo “freedom of speech” pero pag di sang ayon sa inyong ideolohiya … trolls … hahahha why can’t you not just work with the government and find a common ground instead of berating it over and over

      • Raissa is correct. There is no need for name calling.
        There are a lot of non muslims in mindanao. The topic does not make sense at all since martial law only applies to a limited geographical area and not to a particular religion…

    • as opposed to writing prowess of the dilawan, ang speaking prowess naman ni digong is panay pagmumura, hiding behind martial law and fixated with utter rape, rape, rape. he doesn’t like rape kuno of minors, pero ngayong daughter kitty is a young woman and has finished high school, maybe, digong can experience rape in the family once more, the way daughter sara was raped. maybe, kitty will also mag-pakalbo the way inday sara was kalbo, he, he, he. best defence yata against rape yang magpakalbo.

      • speaking of dilaw and dilawan, I just realized the long dead emperors of china prefer to wear robes in bright yellow. in france they have the sun kings; in china naman, they have yellow emperors.

        yellow submarine, the yellow submarine, the beatles must have been so inspired. yellow is a good color.

      • ITS ONLY BEEN A YEAR SINCE YELLOW EDSA PROMISE EXPIRED. THATS 30 years of failure to deliver… the country is much worst than in marcos. I think we are getting left behind by our tiger economy neighbors

  11. …politicians make pragmatic choices at the expense of ethical ones. The reason, perhaps is SURVIVAL…a quote from the article, “Cruel Choices”, by Christopher Ryan Maboloc(PDI)

    • too much pragmatic choices tend to make politicians corrupt grafters example po si imee marcos and her bro bong marcos, patrons of ilocos 6 and doing what it is a marcos does best: perverting the course of justice. also, making pragmatic choices like gloria arroyo tends to make one cheat at election and hid behind pretend illness complete with neckbrace and wheelchair.

      anyhow, those mindanawan politicians that once sided with gloria arroyo to cheat da king out of mindanao election in the previous, previous election are probly the same politicians facing own karma now. long in the making, but better late than never, he, he, he. now, they knew how it is to be side lined, thanks unwittingly to digong. anyhow, again, they have the sounds of bombs dropping in marawi city to console them, the smoke of the burning city and the wails of dying bakwits music to their ears. I think, they should learn to play lyre like emperor nero.

    • alvarez is not sad enough that he commits harakiri, sad on the outside, laughing on the inside.