Gloria’s act is the latest in a string of betrayals
– Analysis by Raïssa Robles
A bewildered nation watched as Congresswoman Gloria Arroyo stripped Pantaleon “Panty” Alvarez of the speakership post.
“Panty”, apparently, did not see it coming until it was too late.
What took place reminds me of a prank that school boys play on each other—when one suddenly darts behind a classmate and pulls down his pants for everyone to see.
That was what Gloria did to Panty last Monday – with the help of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and Ilocos Sur Governor Imee Marcos.
PHOTO screengrabbed from Irene of Mindanao @mindanaoan Tweet.
Gloria was no “innocent bystander”, as her co-conspirator Congressman Danilo Suarez claims. In full view of the entire nation and Filipinos around the world, the diminutive Gloria pulled down Alvarez’s political pants, leaving his dignity lying on the session floor.
The stunt flabbergasted the nation. But reaction was mixed. Many said the arrogant, boorish Panty deserved it. Others groaned that Gloria was not an improvement over Panty.
Senator Grace Poe suddenly found her voice and warned that Arroyo could well do the same stunt to Duterte.
A long history of betrayals
Arroyo does have a long history of pulling down the pants of her political allies.
I recall SIX.
1. In the 1990s, the late Edgardo Angara, who was then Senate President, nurtured Gloria’s political career when she was a newbie senator. He showered her with pork barrel funds for patronage projects.
Because of this, Gloria Arroyo was able to plaster her smiling face all over Mindanao and in areas where she was little known.
There is a specific word that politicians use to describe this kind of relationship – “Minanok ni Angara si Arroyo.”
Angara, who had his eye on the presidency, was grooming Arroyo to be his vice-presidential running mate. But Arroyo wanted to be president, too, after topping the senatorial race.
She not only abandoned Angara, she decided to run against him. She then tapped Senator Vicente Sotto III to be her vice-presidential running mate. But when Sotto became embroiled in an illegal drug scandal – suspected drug lord Alfredo Tiongco was discovered to have funded Sotto’s book against illegal drugs – Arroyo dropped Sotto like a hot potato.
Later, though, the two reconciled and Arroyo appointed Sotto in 2008 as acting chair of the Dangerous Drugs Board. Sort of to help Sotto rehabilitate himself politically.
2. By a twist of fate, Joseph Estrada decided to run for president in 1998. Knowing she could not beat Estrada’s popularity, Arroyo decided to run instead for vice-president. She won.
Shortly after winning, she started meeting secretly with generals, even while accepting the Department of Social Welfare cabinet portfolio from Estrada. We know this because the generals and colonels themselves revealed it later.
The secret meetings started taking place way before the scandals involving President Estrada surfaced. The rest is history.
Her resignation from the Estrada cabinet was merely a matter of political timing.
3. When Estrada was chased out of the Palace, Arroyo became president. On December 30, 2002, coinciding with Rizal Day, Arroyo made the solemn promise to the entire Filipino nation not to run for president in 2004. She said she was making this sacrifice so “the divided nation could heal.”
Ten months later on October 4, 2003, she took back her promise and announced she was running. She packaged the broken vow as a big sacrifice for a quiet life on her part.
4. A month before that on July 27, 2003, junior military officers had occupied the posh Oakwood Premier hotel and demanded reforms. Gloria nearly resigned that day. However, former President Fidel Ramos came to her rescue and backed her politically. Ramos imposed conditions, though.
But according to Ramos’ sidekick general Jose Almonte in his memoir, although Gloria agreed to the conditions she never bothered fulfilling them. So much for that.
5. In 2010, Gloria fielded Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro for the presidency. At the last moment, according to sources in the Teodoro camp, Gloria abandoned Teodoro and shifted financial support to rival candidate Manuel Villar, who was more likely to win.
If it’s true, as some sources say, that after the elections Teodoro went on a drinking binge, then it’s little wonder.
6. And now we come to Panty. In March 2017, Panty stripped Gloria of the deputy speakership post for failing to back his death penalty bill.
Gloria stepped down without a peep. Seven months later in October 2017, a seemingly pliable Gloria abandoned her former ruling party Lakas-NUCD and joined PDP-Laban Party.
She took her oath of office before no less than Panty, secretary-general of PDP-Laban.
In October 2017, Arroyo joined PDP-Laban and was sworn in by party secretary general Pantaleon Alvarez. PHOTO from Cong. Rodolfo Farinas.
Little did Panty know that Gloria inside the party was more dangerous than outside. She was secretly making deals for the day she would replace Panty.
Today, we see Gloria, Sara and Imee making beso-beso and chika-chika.
What we have at the moment is a troika. History shows that troikas seldom last.
So good luck, Gloria, Mayor Sara and Gov Imee.
May the best woman win.
P.S. My hubby Alan was about to tweet the headline that I used for this blog post . I told him “sayang” (that would be a waste.) I want to use it for my post.
P.P.S. Sorry, I nearly forgot. I wrote about Gloria Arroyo which appeared in South China Morning Post today. It is entitled:
Is Gloria Arroyo setting herself up to be Duterte’s successor?
leona says
Please allow me to share this
topic: the BILL OF RIGHTS
ARTICLE III, in the ALIEN proposed
Charter:
. . . the a surveillance warrant
SEC. 5. It does not say surveillance warrant for
a crime or offense committed or to be committed, or
a continuing crime or offense is being committed, etc.
Paragraph (b)
Isn’t the provision already an unreasonable surveillance?
I believe it is an unreasonable surveillance
because it does not state FOR WHAT is
the PURPOSE of a surveillance?
This is in addition to a SEARCH WARRANT too.
Does SEC. 5 clash with SEC. 16 regarding
the investigation of a person for the commission
of an OFFENSE, etc.? Another thing, will
SEC. 5 be used after an alleged offense has
been committed or before the offense is
committed?
Ex-CJ Davide objects to this SEC. 5 provision.
He has a FEAR of this Section. It can be
of course abused even by the courts and
law enforcement agencies to SECTION
5 against SEC. 16 on the right to remain silent.
With a questionable absurdity of a
surveillance warrant with a search
warrant the right to silence is inutile.
SEC. 5 is an instance of an inutile
provision.
SEC. 5 runs counter to SEC. 1 that
the Bill of Rights shall be enforceable according
to international standards and to SEC.
18 – due process of law and SEC. 20
not to be compelled as a witness against
oneself.
Blast again into space this creature SECTION 5 –
surveillance and search warrants as a whole. It defeats
the purpose for providing a BILL OF RIGHTS.
he he he
arc says
begging your pardon po, when I was at school, me teacher said not to be duped by bill of rights, dahil it’s not law daw. so, kaming mga pupils naging mindful tuloy. bill of rights sounds good, pero not absolute daw yan. it’s one’s rights vs the rights of another and some have more rights than others. we dont really have the same rights overall. the wealthy can afford to be rightful and more so, whereas the poor, the downtrodden and those that live on the fringes can only dream of the of the bill of rights, and knew it’s barely for them.
tanong ng kaklase ko, where is the justice in that?
teacher sabi, if you can afford justice, you’ll get it and you’ll be heard, but bear in mind that justice may swing against you. ironically po, teacher added that if we adhere to the bill of rights and know that others similarly have bill of rights too, we wont go wrong. in short, dont do to others what you dont want done to you. still, many tried though and go beyond the bill of rights.
leona says
If ever the SENATE considers
Cha-Cha charter change, if ever,
a ground to object is the proposed
ARTICLE IX on Judiciary.
One is Sec. 29 – where all lower
courts will be abolished as inconsistent
with federal Constitution per the Transitory
Provisions clauses.
No federal collegiate or lower courts can
be created without
recommendation of ‘Supreme Court’…
what supreme court is that as there are
4 supreme courts created?
Does appointing power by the
Executive Dept – the President,
have power to appoint all judges,
whether collegiate or lower courts,
etc.? From the provisions of Article
IX – No, only as appointed by the
UNKNOWN supreme court.
Correct? I do not know as a
voter, citizen or lay person.
Read ARTICLE IX on the
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT –
it is confusion!
leona says
To me the proposed
federal charter should
never and never at
all even be CONCEIVED
and be BORN as
a living charter.
When it doesn’t fit
it must be a convict and
to defeat.
he he
arc says
agree ako to the max pa, federal charter is ill conceived and ought to be aborted. sa panahong ito na halos lahat na bibilhin pataas ang prisyon, federal charter is just added burden. four supreme courts, por bida! justices will just have to accept peanuts as payments, then they’ll work like monkeys, he, he, he. and to boost monkey income, accepting bribe could well be the norm. pataasan ng bribe ang resulta. and these monkeys in robes will impose bail bonds quadruple the amount! he, he, he.
sinabi ko na nga ba na si puno would make very poor economic manager. and his answer to tough economic questions as regards federalism? dont worry about it. yeah, puno is not worried, he’ll get his consultancy fee after all, worth millions yan!
Kalahari says
FEDERALISM IS DEAD BECAUSE OF MOCHA USON LEWD VIDEO
Some senators slammed PCOO assistant secretary Esther Margaux “Mocha” Uson for the “lewd” federalism video that went viral on social media
The video shows Uson’s co-host, blogger Drew Olivar, performing what they call as the “Pepe-dederalism” dance supposedly to create awareness about federalism. He cheered while dancing “Ipepe, ipepe. Idede, idede. Ipede, pede, pede, pederalismo”
The video, posted on the Mocha Uson blog, has garnered thousands of views, with some netizens criticizing it for being lewd.
“Pepe” is a colloquial word that refers to the female reproductive organ, while “dede” is a Filipino term for breast
Sen. Risa Hontiveros said: “with her as promoter, the Duterte government’s sham federalism has now zero credibility
Sen. Bam Aquino IV said “Hindi lahat ng bagay nadadaan sa kabastusan. Lalo na kapag kinabukasan ng bayan ang pinag-uusapan. Sana nabigyan ng respeto ang ating Konstitution at mga Pilipinong nagsakripisyo para rito”
For Sen. Ping Lacson, who earlier expressed opposition to federalism, said “without Uson, federalism is already dead and awaiting cremation at the Senate. With Uson, the ashes should be thrown far, far away from the Philippines 7,107 beautiful islands” (more)
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/themes/sunstar/
Look for the video at youtube
Marmee Cruz says
What did they expect Mocha Uson to come up with? She’s vulgar, ergo, a vulgar video message.
But what’s more irritating is her’s and that other person’s continued defense of the video, instead of just apologizing for their poor taste.
arc says
uhm, mocha, in my humblest opinion po, is the female version of the highest official of the land! how both loved kabastusan in all its gory! nothing is sacred sa dalawang ito, a match truly made in hell, he, he, he.
i-pepe, i-pepe, i-dede, i-dede, i-pepe, i-pepe, pepederalismo! as if to mean – ihian ang pederalismo, ipasuso ang pederalismo! best and brightest yan ni digong, salary niyan 100K+ kada buwan paid for by taxpayers.
of course, may depensa kaagad yan sa kabastusan, others din panay depensa sa kabastusan, sahod kasi nila ang nakataya. gotta defend upang patuloy ang future sahod, forever and ever. I’m remembering tuloy sabi nuon ng presidente that for all her help in campaigning for him, mocha is deserving of a job! that of being malaswa queen of the nation, he, he, he.
si mocha at ang kanyang mga tauhan, they dont know they got poor to very poor taste and therefore, cannot apologize for it. methink.
federalism is indeed ratten, rotten, rat infested!
arc says
do what is right! utos yan ng presidente sa mga appointees niya. and mocha did what is right, by her, and by the president.
leona says
To continue. . . Second reading
on Cha-Cha Charter –
Pres. Duterte will definitely have
judicial POWERS under
SECTION 7. All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules, regulations,
letters of instructions, and other executive and judicial issuances not inconsistent with the
Constitution shall remain valid until amended or repealed. Article XXII.
per SECS. 2 & 4 ARTICLE XXII of the DRAFT.
Why? He has under this DRAFT as Chairman of
the Transition Commission ALL the powers to DO
to complete the task of the said Commission. So
Pres. Duterte can and will do anything to his likes
and dislikes even JUDICIAL ISSUANCES like what?
– decisions, orders, rules, regulations, etc. issued
by the Judiciary under the 1987 Constitution, under
the 1973 Constitution and the 1935 Constitution
when HE finds it or any of it, INCONSISTENT with
this draft Cha-Cha constitution, as Chairman of
the Transition Commission – for 4 years until Year
2022. As Raissa Robles said here at one time:
Anything goes!
Who can or will question what HE says as HIS
interpretation on ANYTHING?
There is a problem that may crop up: What if
HE does not reach Year 2020? Or Year 2021?
Or before May of Year 2022? What happens then?
There is no one named in the Transitory Provision
as Chairman of the Transition Commission
except the ‘President’ – meaning the INCUMBENT-
Pres. Duterte.
Will the VP – Leni Robredo take over as ‘acting
President’ before May Year 2022 to complete the
task of the said Commission? But SHE is not the
the ‘President’ referred to as worded in the draft and SHE is
only maybe ‘acting President’? A very legal
question indeed for what ‘supreme court’ should
resolve this if it happens: what SUPREME COURT
as there are 4 supreme courts by that time?
A possibility considering that life is not always
living but dying every moment to its end.
For the moment to the above scenario, it is
summa total a mess until then what
is the solution –
. . . Con-Com members? Ex-CJ Puno? Who
anybody?
leona says
To continue. . . Third reading
In relevance to the preceding issue
that may possibly crop up –
– what SUPREME COURT out
of the 4 supreme courts created
and existing by BEFORE May Year
2022 –
where will the filing to resolve the
mess-matter be filed?
One: at the Federal SUPREME COURT
under: ‘ All cases and administrative matters before the Court shall be decided en banc with the concurrence of at least fve (5) of its members.’ SEC,. 7 Article IX Judicial Department.
“all CASES and ADMINISTRATIVE matters” – Section 7.
Or will the filing be before the – The Federal Constitutional Court which
has powers on: ‘ Any dispute or matter involving questions of constitutionality’?
SEC. 11 Article IX of the draft.
Or will the filing be before – The Federal Administrative Court which
has power on : ‘ In all cases and matters brought before it, the Federal Administrative Court
x x x ‘ render an advisory opinion, if sought by any political party? x x x’
SECS. 13 & 14 Article IX draft.
Or will the filing be before the – Federal Electoral Court
SECS. 16 & 17 of Article IX of the draft, on power – ‘ In all cases and matters
brought before it, the Federal Electoral Court, in accordance with
the rules it will promulgate, x x x decisions’
because if VP Robredo is ‘acting President’ an issue whether
SHE is with authority to be Chairman of the Transition
Commission or not considering that SHE is not the
elected PRESIDENT referred to in the draft?
Which supreme court then?
Will it be possible there will be in-fighting
without violence among the chief justices &
members of the FOUR supreme courts
as to what correct supreme court the
issue is to be resolved?
So, possibly all supreme courts will
SIT en banc altogether to hear the
case?
Solgen Calida appearing before
4 supreme courts, announces:
‘Quo Warranto [by what authority]
are all of you chiefs and justices
sitting En Banc?’
‘Tell us!’ replied unanimously
all members of the 4 supreme courts.
Solgen says: ‘Ex-CJ Puno is here
appearing as amicus foray
your Honors! He might be able to.’
a Carnival scene. . . he he
netty says
Leona,
You are the best neutral VIP CPMER person to expand and explain FEDERALISM CONCEPT and the Draft to the people than Mocha Uson. That whopper 90 million budget to educate not deceived the people who don’t know what the govt is feeding them would go a long, long way from A TO Z IN THE WHOLE ARCHIPELAGO. Shall we include to your audience the constituents in Scarborough Shoal, the islanders and marines in the West PH SEAS and the 16 million du30 followers + or – the margin of error from the sample size?
Thanks Leona. I guess the red ink is for a LEO(N)- AN ANGRY LION OR LIONESS :)
leona says
netty Yep, maybe include the constituents but
possibly it will be to them a ZERO Dut30
to comprehend the draft.
he he
arc says
Who can or will question what HE (digong) says as HIS interpretation on ANYTHING? tanong po ni leona, I say, digong has already sagot question this nuon pa po. sabi niya, do what is right! himself kasi dont know what is right, he, he, he, kaya pinaubaya na lang sa iba to do what is right. arroyo did what she thinks is right and went behind panty’s back, brought forth the case of the militant four she did, evidenced by the timing of the smoking gun proceeding vs the four. similarly topacio did what he thinks is right and give bounty of 1million for the militant four to be flashed out of hiding and be brought to what he thinks is justice.
there is something wrong with digong’s do what is right, so many rights, kanya-kanyang rights. and of course the militant four have right not to put themselves in harms way at nagtago tuloy, may right sila to self preservation.
ang policy ni digong is having no policy, dapat ikatakot ang push niya for federalism. god know how many of his crook friendees will end up doing what is right by them, not what is right for us all. what is right to them, may not be right for us, may not be right for the nation, may not be right for our economy. digong’s admin think it right to cut the budget of vice president leni robredo, while increasing the budget of pcoo trolls. leni has helped the poor, the down trodden and the homeless, it’s money well spent. pcoo in the meantime, is hiring trolls, he, he, he, to attack the good names of anyone opposing.
who can question digong uli? why bother po, waste of time siya. him spending so much money in useless pursuits (federalism, hiring 22 consultants! among others) when money could have been well spent in rehabbing marawi city, helping those in states of calamities upang makabangon sila, and not just handing out relief packs that last only a day or two. people has been known to sell relief packs dahil money is preferable. relief packs cannot be used for pamasahe to look for work! cannot be used to pay bills too, or buy medicines.
para po sa akin, I’ll do what is right, he, he, he, and not play along with digong.
leona says
arc . . . You are right!
Digong wants to change the WHOLE engine…eh Constitution!
Very confusing proposals by Con-Com.
To be RUSH pa! Very heavy-handed ang
project na ito.
Easier to really make proposed amendments!
One-at-a-time. Try it with Con-Ass.
But total-whole change at one time with RUSH
The DRAFT is long-winded or wordy as the style
of Ex-CJ Renato Puno work in the high court.
If the DRAFT is a musical composition
100 Chinese Philharmonic Orchestras are needed
to play it to the end including the acts by the powers
of Digong (or Gloria).
he he
arc says
puno must now be super happy with mocha’s inclusion sa federalism. made shortest version of federalism she did: na-i-pepe, na- i-dede ang federalism ni puno, he, he, he. I can imagine puno dancing to mocha’s tune and maybe gyrating his tired old hips! i-pepe, i-dede . . . pakembot-kembot si puno! all 22 consultative members pamkembot-kembot.
methink po, puno et al tried to impress us with their extensive knowledge of the dictionary! he, he, he. had puno et al hired raissa’s editor, the one who edited raissa’s never again book, pages upon pages of repetitive texts might have disappeared.
well, mocha pepe and dede puno’s federalism. betting po ako, she did not understand federalism, he, he. he. and rightly so!
leona says
The Con-Ass (LHouse) is doing
what is wrong.
Ayaw pa pigil na ang Konstitusyon
ay baguhin by Convention of delegates.
Pa e-pal sila!
Na pasa sa Con-Com ni Ex-CJ Puno
& Co. Ano ang lumabas?
Indissoluble daw – unable to be destroyed.
. . . lasting. He he he
Si Ms. Mocha is now destroying
it before it is born. Abortion dapat
na yan.
Supporter of PDUTZ on this
proposed charter are blindly
a freakish paper to be approved.
Adm is budgeting huge amounts
of PERA for this freakonster.
It is an ALIEN to burst out from
the navels of the Filipino people
not from the wombs. For analogy
watch the movie – ALIEN
The proposed federal constitution
is ‘a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature
that stalks and attacks.’
Like the movie it is met with critical acclaim
by DDS et. al.
Con-Com’s proposed charter is like
coming from a derelict alien ship,
containing hundreds of large egg-like objects
from a chamber.
Liken it when one touches it, it opens and
a creature springs out and attaches itself to
his head, going through the facemask of one’s
helmet.
Liken it as a creature its blood is an
extremely corrosive acid.
Con-Ass will taunt us about our chances against
this “perfect organism.”
A horrible extremely corrosive acid creature that
the Filipinos should with finality blast the creature
into space.
Please Filipino VOTERS – BLAST THIS
PROPOSED FEDERAL CHARTER INTO
SPACE!
Blast blast blast !
arc says
large eggs, and like easter eggs, chocolatey on the outside and empty on the inside! empty space very expensive. the bigger the eggs, the bigger the empty space inside and the higher the price.
ako, I’m not buying this empty promises of puno et al. not okay sa akin ang con com, maybe condom, I’ll accept, he, he, he. con com? no wonder po, naguluhan si mocha at ang sidekick niyang si drew, hala paypay ng paypay and lakii ng pamaypay, and both can only think of their crotches! and as though pepe is not enough may dedeng padagdag! kulang na lang ng anus!
sidekick drew failed at cheer leading. kainin na lang sana niya yong pamaypay, baka mabusog pa siya, he, he, he.
arc says
“There is a problem that may crop up: What if HE does not reach Year 2020? Or Year 2021? Or before May of Year 2022? What happens then?” begging your pardon po, leona, nakainon kasi ako, won a case of suntory, I did!
okey dokey, in case digong is incapacitated, has died and is deader than a dildo, uhm, dodo, he, he, he, the people albatrossing around digong the likes of bong go, national security chief esperon and defense chief lorenzana, et al, will keep digong’s demise a secret. they’ll immediately close rank and have meeting behind closed door. and with no outward communication leaking out, they’ll consolidate quickly and grab power, appointing themselves to plum jobs so beneficial to them, and maybe even appointing themselves as caretakers of the nation: triumvirate-ing.
once satisfied sila na all things are covered and they have what they want, saka na lang nila i-release ang news na digong has gone for good and not coming back, ever. gone to join his chinese ancestors he did, gone to whoopy-whoopy, he, he, he. and all we’ll see is a digong lying in bed and made to look like a newly dead kahit two weeks dead na siya,hic.
arc says
uhm, tanong ng drink buddy ko, what if digong has made provision-to-do-after-his-demise? seriously, duda ako if digong is capable of making such provisions, sanay kasi yan to have all things done for him, signing and putting his name on anything and everything push to him.
and it would be super easy to rip such provision once digong is no longer around: burn it, shred it, etc. there, what provision?
Marmee Cruz says
Hoping that what you say (predict?) will come true about Digong not lasting (lusting after?) his full or another term. That will be great for the country!
leona says
Entrench na si GMA
‘I am back!’
‘I have returned!’
Digong may last to
his full term or maybe not
Digong may get an
indefinite term after May
2022
Gloria will be there
maybe or not
These DUO will try
to outlast one another
GMA will use Digong
as along as usable
Time will come for
Gloria to pull down
his panty soon or
sooner
A brace and wheel
chair awaits
Meantime a great
chaos for the country
Hopeepee! . . . sings Mocha.
he he
leona says
. . . maybe even appointing themselves as caretakers!
of the body of digong? ha ha
. . . not of the nation!
O.k., funeral marcha sila marshalled by
the caretakers!
Walang sekreto sa Filipinas! Passing
away malalaman. Even the ghosts
in the Barangays are seen in Filipinas!
Ghost of a chance as caretakers
kalabasan na lang.
Criers will be paid by China @ P150.00
per per head per huh huh waaa waaa.
he he
canadadry says
Miss ko na ang Pinas
Miss ko na ang pinas bago ang kaguluhang ngayon.. Dati puno ng sigla puno ng pagasa panaginip na magaganda planong masasaya…
Nauwi sa pagsamba sa Tuta ng tsina at kabaro nitong Mga mukhang pera.. Pinaglaruan pinangakuan bayang parang walang pupuntahan… Korte Supremang saklob ng takot Balik pwesto dating kurakot Kinulong ang matatapang walang laban pinapaslang pangakong ganda ng buhay ngayoy bayang humahandusay..
Sa mga reklamo sa mga gahaman wala ba talagang matinong pupuntahan Ma pulis ma sundalo puro ba taliwas..
Kungsabagay kung ganon winawasak saligang batas ipapalit ang martilyo ng demonyo: pederalismo sa pilipino..
miss ko na ang dating pinas may pag asa..maaliwalas malaya.. babalik pa kaya?..
leona says
I assume that the link I blogged here
re: Charter change – into federal government
– is a correct copy of what the Con-Com
drafted and submitted to Pres. Duterte lately.
The truth, yes I read the draft, gloss over each
provision and came up not only uneasiness but
became wary. Wariness causes uneasiness.
Uneasiness causes wariness [like the present
Senate(?)]
My First Reading.
ONE: I go to the Transitory Provisionsportion
at ART. XXII that keeps cropping up the twin-
uneasiness & wariness would-be situation. It
gives POWERS to the Chairman of the
Federal Transition Commission who is the incumbent
President, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, with this
POWERS – (b) For the proper execution of the transition plan, it shall promulgate the necessary rules, regulations, orders, decrees, proclamations, and other issuances, do all acts to implement the
same, and resolve all issues and disputes that may arise therefrom; SEC. 2
TWO: Powers to promulgate: rules, regulations, orders, decrees, proclamations &
other issuances,
THREE: Included to the above is the POWER to: resolve all issues and disputes that
may arise therefrom like SEC. 4 of ARTICLE XX – ‘any region fails to
comply with its obligation’, etc.,
FOUR: And finally, the POWER to: do all acts to implement – the Constitution
under a federal form of government.
FIVE: The above powers will be completed by June 30, 2022.
SIX: If the charter is approved by the people, Pres. Duterte & VP
Robredo – shall end on June 30, 2022 and shall not be extended.
SEVEN: Pres. Duterte’s term end by June 30, 2022 but he continues
to act as Chairman of the Transition Commission before
arrival of June 30, 2022 until this Commission has completed
its task by that latter date.
EIGHT: Until such latter date – June 30, 2022, Pres. Duterte wields
and do all POWERS – to promulgate the necessary rules,
regulations, orders, decrees, proclamations, and other issuances,
do all acts to implement the same, and resolve all issues and
disputes that may arise therefrom.
NINE: So, let us take ourselves into Year 2019 unto Year
June 30, 2022, Pres. Duterte has more powers
than having declared Martial Law under any constitutions.
TEN: Or Pres. Duterte has such POWERS even to
proclaim a revolutionary government until
a federal government is completed. Four (4)
Years at that or could be longer when situation
changes to complete the task as provided.
What will stop Pres. Duterte from proceeding
into going to the void beyond?
ELEVEN: Raissa Robles says that it is
It is wide open to mischievous interpretation.
No it will not be like that. Only Pres.
Duterte can say what he wants to
say and there will be no other
interpretation or interpretations, mischievous
or not, that will possibly be heard.
TWELVE: Those are the POWERS in SEC. 2 of Article
XXII Transitory Provisions and SEC. 4 Article XX.
leona says
I like to borrow this and quote it here. . .
a letter (Manila) dated December
27, 1972 by Secretary of Justice
Vicente Abad Santos to Sen. Ambrosio
Padilla. . .
QUOTE: ‘the President may exercise
other powers,legislative or judicial to
the extent necessary to save the
nation; [otherwise the express conferment
of the power to proclaim martial law to
meet an emergency would be meaningless.]
Under the Transitory Provisions on Charter
change to federal government creating
more powers, Pres. Duterte can do more
than just exercises legislative and judicial
powers. Such powers are shackles to ‘unlimited
measures that an executive could take for
the State.’
Sen. Padilla replied to Sec. Abad Santos, giving
his legal observations, saying among other
things,:
‘Democracy is on trial in the Philippines, and
surely it will emerge victorious as a permanent
way of life in this country if each of the great
branches of government, within its own allocated
sphere, complies with its own constitutional duty,
uncompromising and regardless of difficulties.’
He said finally and quoting a case: Emergency in
itself cannot and should not create power.
[Rodriguez, Sr., etc. al. vs. Gella, etc.]
The Lawyers Journal Vol XXXVIII Jan-Dec. 1973.
arc says
ingon ni digong, reserve the hottest fire in hell for him! sorry, no can do. how about he’s given hell and its hottest fire now? now is better than later, he, he, he. dont vote his federalism, trash his federalism! bin his federalism!
people sticking to democracy and not embracing digong’s federalism, para sa akin po, yan baga ang hottest fire in hell imaginable: digong shamed, totally. tatay gi-atay, he, he, he.
already, many of us are feeling hottest fire in hell, so many dead, so much erosion of human rights, so much disbelief in the carriage of justice, so much uncertainties with china creeping ever closer. basic needs in life soon to be out of reach for most.
build, build, build, and better to give digong hottest fire in hell now, bin his federalism! thrash his federalism! no to federalism!
Kalahari says
TALE OF 2 KINDS OF JUSTICE FOR NAPOLES, CARANDANG
An official of the opposition Liberal Party said he woke up with a “tale of two kinds of justice” on Thursday — one is the US indicting Janet Lim Napoles, the other is Malacanang dismissing Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang from his post.
“This is a tale of two kinds of justice. On one hand, a foreign country went after the accused swiftly,” Erin Tanada,Vice President for External Affairs of the LP said in a statement.
“On the other. it is the suspects going after the investigator,” he added
Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the pork barrel scam, and five of her family members were indicted for conspiring to transfer some $20 million of public funds from the country to the US
Carandang, meanwhile, was sacked by Malacanang for graft and corruption and betrayal of public trust. The order came after he disclosed to the media the alleged unexplained wealth of PRRD.
Tanada said the two events reflect a “worrying culture of selective and fake justice that must not be allowed to thrive
He said Filipinos continue to witness swift persecutions of foes under the Duterte administration, while cronies are given leeway.
He cited the multi-billion drug smuggling scandal in the Bureau of Customs and other cases that indicate “priorities in this administration.”
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1017012/lp-exec-laments-tale-of-2-kinds-of-justice-for-napoles-carandang
arc says
at saka, kapolisan will soon be driving porches, ferraris, and other expensive sports cars, smuggled goods napunta sa kanila. how soon will kapolisan be selling them sports car, or renting them? or letting them languish in car parks hangang sa manakaw?
so expensive to keep such sports cars, malakas kumain ng petrolyo, mahal ang spare parts at i-o-order pa overseas, mahal din ang maintenance, expert mekaniko is needed, also electrician for what’s under the bonnet, so many electronic gadgets to be maintained and looked after, etc. he, he, he, kapolisan got white elephant from digong.
saka uli, what is the use of having sports car with fast acceleration and drive faster than the speed of bullet when the streets of manila is congested with traffic and speed is limited? the roads are lubak-lubak , worse in the outskirts where kapolisan has to venture often in chasing crooks na kabaro rin nila, he, he, he.
budget ng kapolisan will soon be eaten up in the maintenance of these smuggled cars!
arc says
tale of two kinds of justice one for napoles, one for carandang and if digong has his ways, four high courts to top them all! ay naku, four militants, lisa masa among them, dragged back to court, four high courts . . . sayang, four high courts not yet in effect, tag-i-i-isa-isa sana sina lisa masa ng high court, he, he, he. arroyo must be ecstatic, parang si vic sotto rin, ngayong senate pres na si sotto, saka na lang nag-alburoto ng todo, inquirer not allowed to mention anything about pepsi paloma rape case. ngayong speaker na rin si arroyo, saka na lang napatalon ang court case ng militant four, given top priority kaagad. dangerous people these are, self interest nila given their top priority.
not for the best interest of the nation itong mga ginagawa nila, thier court expenses charge to taxpayers. and what do taxpayers get in return? train law! pamahal ang mga bibilhin, mahal ang pamasahe, cost of living tataas ng pataas.
arc says
uhm, methink po, deputy ombudsman carandang should not belly up easily and quickly, fight man! fight, fight, fight! justice is worth fighting for, depression can wait. carandang has the rest of his life to despair and cry and moan, but today, is time for kung fu fighting!
sereno fought and lost, and she became a martyr. de lima fought and lost, and she became a martyr. their loss will be on digong’s head come election, on pdp-laban party’s head come election.
leona says
Mr. Carandangs’ fate is a foregone
situation. Not even the very new
Ombds. Martires will lift a hand-nail
to protect him.
Ex-Ombds Morales’ quote SC
decision will probably be in
limbo as far as the present
majority of the SC is concerned.
Suntok sa hangin na lang si
Mr. Carandang. Just like Pdutz’
not fighting China,
do not fight it anymore. . .
just go to somewhere else
where life is happier.
Adapt Pdutz’ quote on dead cops: It’s quits!
he he
leona says
Sharing the Link
pdf draft of federal charter
file:///C:/Users/WINDOWS7/Documents/PDF%20383491982-Draft-Constitution-Consultative-Committee.pdf
I hope everyone here get it.
leona says
or this
https://www.scribd.com/document/383491982/Draft-Constitution-Consultative-Committee#download
leona says
Sens. Ping & Kiko still not taking the
bait – Spkr GMA’s proposal for a joint
voting by Senate & Con-Ass on charter
change. Cannot trust such thing daw.
On charter change as proposed by Con-Com
headed by Ex-CJ Puno, there will be
FOUR (4) high Courts but not as
highest as the present SC.
As I blogged here, ang Pinoys mahilig mag
dag-dag when finding a solution to a problem
is the task. They DAG-DAG rather to the
problem – now it is 4 Supreme Courts, etc.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/08/01/1838740/ex-sc-justice-draft-charter-creating-mini-supreme-courts-wont-solve-case-backlogs
It bewilders me! What a move! Brainless
talaga.
he he
arc says
4 high courts to quadruple the judiciary budget and expenses! quadrupling din the benefits allotted sa kanila! where in the name of the stinky durian will pinas find that much money? the justices would have to be housed anew nd given newer catchments and jurisdictions, people can then shop around and pick and choose, bargaining fees. magiging instant noodle na ang justice, cooked in two minutes!
dapat meron ding four presidents, he, he, he and four malakangyangs to house each president, then four vice presidents, etc, and four times the number of staff. and lastly, four jbc, four judicial bar councils, to pick and recommend mahistrado candidates.
four high courts, what a mess ang thinking nitong mga com-commers.
arc says
also, we should not forget that there is motions for reconsideration, always is and always will be. and justice can and will be put on hold because of motions for recon.
stays of execution, we have the right.
arc says
itong si puno, mungkahi ng mungkahi and know next to nothing of present day inflation. puno should also give projected costing and prices of his stupid 4 high courts venture. pahirap ng pahirap na ang taumbayan, mahal ang bigas, pamasahe at mga bibilhin, and all puno can think of is adding more expenses, racking up more burden, big spending ex cj puno is a burden the taumbayan cannot afford.
leona says
Ex-CJ Puno went to adapt ITALY
courts: supreme court of cassation
and a constitutional court. That’s
two high court.
He used to quote decisions of US
SC in some of his work.
Now, he ADDS two more high
courts in the ALIEN proposed
charter.
Mahilig talaga ang pinoys
MAD DAGDAG!
. . . the bad part of having
FOUR high supreme courts
is each of each’s powers are
convulted liken to have been
haphazardly done.
Tama – very expensive not only
in terms of budget but in also
FOUR DIFFERENT DOUBTFUL
comprehensions.
Maloloko ang mga Filipinos dyan.
Di bale yun atin mga Abogados alam
nila maka-iwas maloko.
he he
leona says
SC en banc endorses ASJ Lucas Bersamin
as CJ.
What do we need JBC for in this? No need.
How about this applicante – Davao del Norte trial court judge Virginia Tejano-Ang?
Who is she? No need.
Ang mga ‘pinoys mahilig sumobra talaga!
. . . there’s already a procedure, etc., da-dagdag pa.
may sakit na epal sila.
he he
leona says
https://ph.yahoo.com/news/sc-magistrates-recommend-bersamin-next-021841242.html
arc says
partisan na ang supreme court ngayon, si bersamin ang minungkahi. parang chinese na ang mga mahistrado, pagapang-gapang at ginapang ang mandate ng jbc, walang respect sa territoryo ng jbc, dismantling the border ng jbc at nanghimasok.
dapat e-extend na lang ni digong and pagiging acting cj ni carpio until carpio retires in october 2019, then appoint a replacement. at the moment, believe akong si carpio ang best man for the job.
leona says
PDutz cannot legally
extend ACJ Carpio kasi the
post has to be filled up within
90 days.
But if ACJ Carpio is appointed
as Chief, more dissenting
OPN will occur in the SC. So,
he will probably retire as Assoc. J.
J. Bersamin is due to retire also.
So, maybe he might not get the post.
He/She must be one who can serve
beyond Year 2022 as CJ if PDutz
is very careful filling the post.
A-waiten na lang natin muna.
he he
kalakala says
oot
US jury indicts napoles and 5 of her family members. papaano ito? pupunta ba sila sa america with their lawyer sol gen calida? di ba planong gagawin syang witness sa pdaf? ano na ngayon ang dating nag witness against her at ngayon ay bumaligtad in favor of napoles? sana may mga politiko na din na masama na ma indict sa america
leona says
Senate conducts random drug-testing among staff – headline
Mandatory drug testing today for Senate Staff.
For senators – voluntary. SP Sotto volunteers and pulled
down his panty.
he he
How about the other senators? Nope! I keep my panty UP!
Panty Months coming! Protect your panty privacy ALWAYS UP!
he he
leona says
https://www.untvweb.com/news/senate-conducts-random-drug-testing-among-staff/
arc says
and daya ni vic sotto! alam niyang may drug testing and was 1st to be tested. marahil, hindi po ito random para sa kanya dahil alam niya beforehand and was able to prepare himself, make himself drug free before being tested! maybe days and weeks to prepare, prior to testing, ang daya!
senators should have themselves tested immediate by an independent testing lab, and if the result matches the result of the one initiated by sotto, then we can more or less say na tunay ang result, not tainted, not manufactured, and not peke.
there are false positive readings because of contamination sa lab. they use and re-use equipment and sometimes, equipment are not cleaned properly, mislabeled and mishandled pa
Mel says
re-tweet
Right to Life is a Human Right
Robredo twits Duterte: Human life is human rights, http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1015643/robredo-twits-duterte-human-life-is-human-rights
leona says
Yep. . . Pres. Du30 says he is for human life, meaning humans
without rights!
Yep. . . Robredo twits but it’s PDutz twists!
. . . and the DDS supporters believes in the twists!
Yep. . . may katokist nga!
he he
arc says
digong is for mushrooms! propagated and then harvested. humans in the meantime, will fight to have its basic needs met, food, clothing and shelter among others.
digong is crazy, a buang in situ, making crazy statements. he was trying to recycle human life statement but fall short of logic. lex talionis! lisik linamay! he, he, he. his panty is shot.
martial_law_baby says
Ang isa pang malaking tanong, sino ang boylet ngayon ni GMA? Tapos na sya kay Mike D., Nani P. at Willie V. Nagkabalikan na naman ba sila ni Fat Gentleman?
arc says
parang si duterte rin si arroyo, maraming side lines, dati gusto ni digong ng pay rise dahil supporting two wives kuno siya. instead digong got saddle with bong go, the chinese whisperer. nag-epal ng husto pero ayaw kunong tumakbo sa halalang 2019 si bong go. hindi kuno alam ng chinese whispere na ‘to who put up those epal tarpaulins, hindi raw niya utos. kung ganon lang pala, maybe citizens will just go ahead and baklas bong go’s tarpaulins and not get accosted by kapolisan. maybe even defaced the epal’s tarpaulins, draw horns and daggers, and anything else, he, he, he.
fake naman pala yong tarpaulins dahil hindi kuno tatakbo sa election itong si bong go. so, okay siya if citizens take matters into their own hands and make those tarpaulins into things like panties? he, he, he, no hard feelings po, just being creative are citizens. decided to do something about fakes.
uhm, where am I? ah, yes, mga boylets ni arroyo. dapat magkarera sila, wheelchair race complete with neckbrace, winner gets loudspeaker so no shouting next time po, okay sila kahit pinatay yong microphone. ready, set, glo! glo! glo!
Kalahari says
The ultimate & moneyed opportunist, cheater and ultra ambitious pandak na cute, has many baggage to let go – Mr. Jose Pidal, ZTE-NBN, Hello Garci, smuggling, etc.
My usual unreliable 007 reported that PRRD secretly supported the new speaker because Panty was becoming more authoritative than DU30 and has created lots of enemies like the Floreindos who contributed P90B to Digong’s campaign kitty, in addition to Queen Sara
007 also reported that in Davao City, big posters along the highways sprouted “Go Bong Go”
Like the marcoses, the speaker is eager to return to Malacanang and power – “once tasted always wanted”
leona says
Tano ning mo si Ate Dionisia dyan sino ang boylet ni GMA!
Alam nya ang sagot.
he he.
leona says
What happens next will be big questions. Raissa Robles writes it here in this latest blog.
Gloria Arroyo is Speaker of the House in Congress now. A change indeed.
The 1987 Constitution will not be amended but will be revised almost totally.
First Hurdle will be at the Lower House. Will the Con-Ass pass it as Con-Com proposed or will there be some or many changes to be made under Speaker GMA? For her good political benefit?
Second Hurdle will be at the SENATE. Will It pass what the Con-Ass has approved on this Cha-Cha federal type of government?
Third Hurdle. How fast would all these fasts go that Speaker GMA’s term as member of the Lower House is up by May 2019? Will there be suspicious rigging to be expected in Congress?
Fourth Hurdle. Will there be an expected or unexpected 2nd rigging during the Plebiscite for voters to vote Yes (or No)?
Fifth Hurdle. Can the people trust Speaker GMA’s leadership at the Lower House? What was her past as President: against FPJ? against no running for P again? Or all of the 6 itemized past by Raissa Robles here?
Sixth Hurdle. Should this Cha-Cha federal type of government be suited for the country now or later under a much better atmosphere without GMA at the Lower House and beyond?
Seventh Hurdle. This federalism is because of: 1st – for MINDANAO people according to P. Duterte. 2nd- there is too much concentration of power in the Central Gov’t. 3rd- to help the Filipino people in their ever-going poverty problems, etc.
Eight Hurdle. How will Speaker GMA get back the trust of the people of Mindanao when FPJ lost that 2004 presidential elections? Can she get it back to pass this federalism with them with that 2004 past?
Ninth Hurdle. Can she work it out politically in peace or in political wars [ the Eight Hurdle ] with Imee Marcos whose brother Bong-Bong wants to be president? How about with Mayor Sara Duterte of Davao City in Mindanao? Will Mayor Sara Dutete be contented as head of Hudpong Ng Pagbabago in the Region or will she eye for something much higher in the national level?
Time is running short to Year May 2019. How fast will the past be forgotten? Filipinos in majority numbers forgets the past so fast. They are more for their future to face come what ever may.
To borrow from Raissa Robles – Today, we see Gloria, Sara and Imee making beso-beso and chika-chika.
Tomorrow and thereafter Bato-bato! and sipa-sipa!
he he he
Tenth Hurdle.
leona says
Tenth Hurdle, sorry but since THEREAFTER
nag babatohan na sa loob ng PDP-Laban! Members are
kicking each other – sipa-sipa na!
PDP-Laban if it does not die as a ruling party, it will be
a dying party and the living active party to replace it
will be Hug Pong ng Pagbabago – hug for a Change
PARTY.
Two factions inside PDP-Laban party now: new fak kicking
out old fak with fak members fakting inside the party.
May the faktest win.
With a new fakty Speaker, all fak-members’ panties are
being pulled down faktest!
This the 7th pulling down the panties of her
political allies. Worst is fak-members of the 2 faktions
are helping pulling each other’s panties!
They will all go to Hug for Change PARTY of Sarah
Duterte. Her warning will be:
Don’t be an ass-pulling- panty here!
For hug a change or for hug a shame.
tsk tsk
arc says
he, he, he, if arroyo wants to quieten the discontent of co-huggers vs de-huggers, all she has to do is spend more billions! money makes congress go round and round, buy them all off! pdp laban-laban, pdp panty changers, they’ll do anything for money, 10th hurdle solved. and they live happily ever after, got the panty they all want: one size fits all!
arc says
ahem, sara needs heavy duty girdle, gotta bring in the tummy and keep it under control, he, he, he. she is getting to be like daddy kasi at malaki ang tiyan kahit hindi na buntis! eat less ‘day and get some waist. dont be like imelda marcos who has become a blob, hic.
as daddy said, maldita, inc.
arc says
hugpong ng mga recyclers!
leona says
GMA has eleven (11) months to May 2019 to speaka continue. . .
11 MONTHS! Many-a-things-can be miracled in time.
GMA prefers to have elections 2019. What kind of elections?
One probable miracle</b< before May 2019 will be: a hold-over
provision to be inserted/provided in the proposed federal charter by Con-Com
to ALLOW fak LH members & Senators to continue until new fak members are elected.
Why not? This idea is, even strangely, relevant to federal charter change which
needs enough time for consideration.
Money will probably be splashed on this. Just jueteng kayo!.
GMA, Sara and Imee will be jueteng for this to take place. Nothing
is impossible in politics.
GMA can make the impossible possible.
Where will PDutz be in this? He might keeeep quiet for many causes
as reasons to have this miracle happen.
Every one WINS.
tsk tsk
duquemarino says
Si Panty na mahilig sa bebot tinumba ng maliit na bebot;
Ngayon beso-beso tatlong bebot,
Sa huli sino kaya ang kekembot?
arc says
if panty liner is smart, he’ll become a bebot himself, he, he, he. be one of the gang, have sex changed. if you cannot beat them, join them. if the best man for the job is a woman, surely panty liner can ‘womanize’ himself, he, he, he. god knows, he has many kabits and should have known how women do thier thing and the games they play. ang ‘bebot’ niyang si gwen garcia, she na pasayaw-sayaw sa pit senyor, e, na-pit bull sa bull pen.
Marmee Cruz says
Rumors abounding that that so-called computer glitch that happened at LandBank last week was due to GMA withdrawing P 2 BILLION! It was a GMA glitch, not a computer one! Hahaha!
arc says
thought ko po, easily solved yong glitch, gone but not really gone, the money back uli: na-recycled lang yong 2billion. what was taken was returned, and deposited under different names. all’s well that ends well and landbank is happy again. saves the trouble of having gift bags po, less visible and done internally yang internet banking.
dati, gift bags ang pinamimigay ni gma upang hindi ma-impeach siya, gift bags na may lamang 5million each kuno. the economist is big spender and evolving pa. up, up and away! he, he, he.
Kalahari says
P2 billion for speaker post? Mura naman – dapat P20B. hyperinflation ngayon hehehe
kalakala says
History repeats itself: Senate had mace-chase almost 30 years ago
excerpt from rappler dated 25 july 2018
So for a time – just like in the House – there were two Senate presidents. The Senate also held a special session days later on December 16 to settle the issue. Salonga and Gonzales already had a so-called “gentleman’s agreement”, with the former relinquishing the post to the latter.
This happened not without drama, as then minority senator Juan Ponce Enrile, a Salonga supporter, questioned the afternoon session – prompting former senator John Osmeña, a Gonzales ally, to hurl expletives at Salonga for not following the “agreement”.
Clearly, Congress is no stranger to power games. – Rappler.com
arc says
may hugot talaga and congress, learned from experience sila. what works before, did work again.
sa politics yata, no such thing as gentleman’s agreement, he, he, he. dapat the agreement was done in writing, o kaya, have anything resembling a contract, kahit taped conversation lang naman meron, gaya ng hello garci tapes. nasa tape record ang dayaan sa election 2004.
ay talaga, there is no low that gma will not stoop, he, he, he. pandak kasi at may far reaches pababa, able to go lower still at nakakamot ang hindi kayang kamotin ng iba. ultra seismic yan at may kaya pa. can go behind someone’s back, unseen.
tipped panty liner’s chair, she did!
arc says
saka, I’m hoping panty liner has learned a very good leason, given priceless personal experience siya. next time, po he will be less barumbado kaagad-agad sa mga kasamahan sa trabaho: less bagsik. dapat din po more accommodating siya sa taumbayan, more sympathetic sa kanila, and less power hungry like sobrang sippy-sippy to digong who stood by and enjoying the scene of ate glue slashing and cutting and backhoe-ing her path all the way to the podium.
so, eating a humble kamoteng-kahoy pie na yata ngayon si panty liner. delicious! he got the recipe of his own making.
I dont know, maybe, instead of offering consolation and shoulder to cry on, methink po, marami are saying, buti nga sa kanya! itong human rights depriver of budget is na-badyetan ng husto. itong wannabe budget depriver of supreme court if sereno is not quo waranto-ed is himself na quo warranto-ed! sweet!