There is a list of the alleged crimes of former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo (GMA) making its rounds on social networking sites like some kind of chain letter. The list comes with a photo of GMA in a wheelchair wearing her neck brace and facemask looking gaunt and distressed. The photo is obviously not a very flattering portrait of her. It is a far cry from her regal stance during her time in office as the head of state.
A visibly gaunt former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Since the list has become viral, it is safe to assume that some people take pride in passing on a photo of the sick and vulnerable just for fun. They seem to think that sharing the picture is amusing and more importantly, a sign of victory against corruption and a symbol of GMA’s downfall. With the way some people are celebrating her arrest, you would think that the courts have already found GMA guilty. But in fact, the legal proceedings haven’t even begun. The haste with which the arrest warrant was issued already tells us that the case is not a very solid one and not only that, proceedings will be done with the usual circus-like and operatic acts that always appeal to the gullible.
This tells us what kind of mentality some Filipinos have – malicious and vindictive. This despite most having a religious upbringing. Ironically, some people who pass on the said photo are the same people who you will see posting religious or feel good quotes on the said social networking sites. The veneer of “compassion” has been unmasked to reveal the hate in the heart of the “God-fearing” lot as a show of misguided patriotism.
This also tells us that there are a lot of Filipinos who do not have empathy. Empathy is defined as the capacity to recognize and, to some extent, share feelings (such as sadness or happiness) that are being experienced by another being. They say that people may need to have a certain amount of empathy before they are able to feel compassion. It makes sense because a truly smart person would think twice about doing something to someone lest the same thing be done to him or her.
When images of a bloodied Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan dictator before he was shot to death made its rounds in the news, the whole world witnessed what a mob could do once they turn against their dear leader. One would think though that the Libyan temperament is different from the Filipino temperament on account of the “peaceful” Edsa revolution in 1986. In other words, one cannot imagine Filipinos treating their public officials in the barbaric way Gadaffi was treated by the Libyans.
However, with the recent chaotic scenes at the airport involving the anti-Arroyo group and GMA, it is obvious that some Filipinos are also capable of turning into a lynch mob once incited. And inciting more Filipinos into an angry pack is definitely the purpose of the list of GMA’s supposedly “crimes” being passed around. Whoever came up with that list is a genius in mind manipulation. Whoever came up with that list knows that most Filipinos do not really bother to confirm if any of the “crimes” listed in the unofficial list have any basis or truth.
Like I said in the past, the enormous number of men and women charging ahead with President Noynoy Aquino without really understanding why they are doing so is enough indication of what the most likely outcome of this latest circus act will be. Unfortunately, the power of emotionally charged and enraged people moving in large numbers is greater than those who can think rationally and objectively. We all know that when emotion is involved, things always turn ugly.
Going back to the unofficial list of GMA’s supposed “crimes”, any rational being would see through the deception and propaganda involved in this attempt to further damage the reputation of the former President. The list is a long one and is designed for maximum shock value. It should be noted that the only reason the list is long is because many of the items are repetitive. One’s initial reaction upon seeing the list, which goes up to 39 items would be to feel indignant. But some of the items just sound so ridiculous. One which says “200 plus other illegal midnight appointments” during her time in Malacanang does not really have any details or specifics of who they are and what post they got. Another item that is quite suspect says, “Denial of pork barrel funds to Malacanang’s political enemies”. To which one would be inclined to say, the onus is on the accuser to prove the accusation and once again, the list does not provide specifics.
What is most shocking in all this is how the average Filipino can fall for this kind of mind trick. You would think that when one considers the fact that the current administration has had a tough time filing charges against GMA and had only managed to file one – which is the electoral sabotage during the Senatorial election in 2007 – out of the long list after almost two years in office, Filipinos would apply a bit more healthy skepticism when regarding this list. But no, sirree. Most Filipinos still believe that GMA had all the time in the world to craft those under-the-table deals while still managing to get a lot of things done — the deployment of the troops during the Iraq war, avoiding the financial crisis that hit Europe and the US really hard, attending to international conventions, upgrading the country’s infrastructure, and many other things.
In fact, much of the gains in the Philippine economy felt during the first year of the administration of Noynoy Aquino (not to mention the growth and resilience it was noted for before it) can only be attributed to GMA’s management. This did not stop Aquino for taking credit for all that in a speech in Singapore before the Filipino community in March of 2011.
Something is really amiss with most Filipinos. It’s as if their mentality is still stuck in the 18th Century — a time when witch hunting was in vogue. Even former Aquino ally and economist, Solita Collas-Monsod finds the series of events in the last few days “disturbing”:
What I find disturbing, however, is the rush by the Comelec to file charges, particularly since it is supposed to be an independent constitutional body, not a Malacañang lackey. Consider the following timeline:
On Aug. 15, 2011, in a five-page joint order signed by De Lima and Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes, the DOJ and the Comelec created the joint preliminary investigation committee and the joint fact-finding team regarding the allegations of electoral sabotage against Arroyo and others. I don’t know what that order contained, but on the face of it, creating the two bodies at the same time must carry with it the assumption that the fact-finding team was going to find facts that would lead to a preliminary investigation.
On Oct. 21, 2011, according to De Lima, the fact-finding team was to have submitted their report, forwarding it to the joint preliminary investigation committee. I was unable to secure a copy of the fact-finding team’s report, but from the news reports, it seemed to me that everything was hearsay, until Oct. 11, when former Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr.’s chief aide, Norie Unas, revealed that he had overheard Arroyo ordering Ampatuan to deliver a 12-0 vote for the administration candidates in 2007. That was the only eyewitness account (and Ampatuan has just called Unas a liar and denied that the conversation took place).
On Nov. 14, or five days ago, the joint preliminary investigation committee completed its investigation.
On Nov. 16, per the Comelec chair, he received a copy of the report of the Comelec lawyers involved in the investigation, and its recommendations. Note: Only two days elapsed between the time of completion of the investigation and the recommendations.
On Nov. 17, the Comelec en banc voted to file charges against Arroyo, with two commissioners refusing to sign because they had not read the report.
Does that sound rushed or not?
Given that only one case has been charged out of the 39 “crimes” in the unofficial GMA list of crimes and that it is even turning out to be a bit “pilit”, one cannot help but see all these activities perpetuated by the incumbent President, Noynoy Aquino and condoned by the majority of the Filipino people as nothing more than sad jokes.
thanks Ilda for writing this article. you just saved somebody from going to the ER for articulating what’s on their mind…
You are welcome. It was my pleasure.
Bleeding hearts… The administration was critized for preventing GMA from traveling and demanded that a case should be filed first before she could be barred from travelling abroad. Now that one was filed the administration still get critized for hurrying it up..
Loser’s mentality…
Hi JCC
I can see you are still up to your usual style of spewing ad hominem. I would have thought that evidence of your idol’s incompetence and dictatorial tendencies would soften you up. But I guess you are still in denial of the obvious. And I guess we’ll just have to wait for 4 more years before we can start seeing some sense out of rabid Aquino fans like you. I can only hope.
Of course as a lawyer you should understand why PNoy was criticised for preventing GMA from travelling prior to the filing of the charges. And of course PNoy should be criticised for being slow to act in filing the charges for her alleged crimes. He had almost 2 years of just talking and talking about all the “evils” done by the previous administration and yet all he could come up with is electoral sabotage. tsk tsk. Doesn’t that bother you?
It’s simple, really. But not for the small-minded
jose c. camano is another troll should be put to jail.
I mean, even the arrest warrant is unconstitutional. Just accept the fact that the Noynoy administration is very desperate on preventing on seeking medical treatment from abroad.
If you’re a lawyer then I’m ashamed of you.
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@Vincenzo
is that a reminder for yourself?
have you ever used your brain, vincenzo? you could try selling it slightly used, but people will probably pay you to put it in a blender. it’s a yellow protein shake just for you.
@Parallax
There would be nothing to put in a blender since he has no brains to begin with.
all i can say is ” BRAVO “!!! EXPLICITLY EXPLAINED!!! thanks Ilda!
@Carol
Thank you for staying rational despite all the noise regarding this issue.
I hope you can help spread it around.
Salamat sa pagsulat nito! Sana ay matauhan na ang mga tao sa panlilinlang ng mga liberal!
Thanks for reading it.
You always say one engages in adhominem because he has an opinion contrary to yours and then describe your point of view accurately.
.. You miss the argument but would focus on the conclusion. Typical one track-mind. hehehe..
http://jcc34.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/gma-and-her-obscence-constitutional-discourse/
@JCC
Calling someone a “loser” is not ad hominem to you? You could not even respond to my statement. Here it is again:
“Of course as a lawyer you should understand why PNoy was criticised for preventing GMA from travelling prior to the filing of the charges. And of course PNoy should be criticised for being slow to act in filing the charges for her alleged crimes. He had almost 2 years of just talking and talking about all the “evils” done by the previous administration and yet all he could come up with is electoral sabotage. tsk tsk. Doesn’t that bother you?”
Precisely ilda,
You were upset because it took PNOy-Delima to file against one election sabotage against GMA and your were still complaining when one was finally filed. You were not aware of the judicial process. If one is moneyed and powerful, she can stymie the process. You see a dysfunctional executive but not a dysfunctional court system. It is not the executive alone that should be blamed why the wheels of justice grind so slowly. Even at the prosecutorial level, the moneyed respondent always find ways to throw a monkey-wrench on the investigation and they call it due process. Have you ever wondered whhy despite the lapse of more than a decade, Lacson could not still be tried for the Kuratong-Baleleng rubout and lately of the Dacer-Curbito double murder?
http://jcc34.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/legal-fornication-aka-rp-judicial-system/
Bingo —- due process takes eternity if the powerful people are involved…
@JCC
I’m more upset with the way PNoy’s supporters are turning a blind eye to the obvious incompetence and vindictiveness of this current administration.
I always try to see people at face value. I don’t look at things the way you do. You complicate things by assuming that someone is paying someone just because you don’t get your way. Your opponent is never going to win because you are always going to conclude that they paid someone to get what they want. That’s just paranoia playing with your head.
As a lawyer you should know better than to disrespect the rule of law. You never know when you are going to need the protection of the constitution so you’d better protect it while you can.
Since you mentioned Lacson, how come PNoy did not even do anything with that? Does it have something to do with the fact that Lacson is siding with PNoy nowadays? How convenient.
Yes ilda, I concluded you are a loser only after making an argument that you blamed PNOY-Delima for not filing a case first before holding GMA up at NAIA, now that they hurry up the warrant so she could not run away, you still blame the administration for hurrying it up so they could hold her up…
That is not adhominem…
You can’t seem to have a discussion with people who disagree with you without calling them names. It is obvious that I am just wasting my time with you.
You know who loses in this circus show produced by this current administration? The Filipino people. This kind of thing already happened during Erap’s time. Nakulong na din sya sa corruption. Diba he was even elected legitimately? It didn’t matter, right?
When are you guys going to get that corruption is not the cause of poverty. It is the symptom of poverty. So you need to work on uplifting the economy to minimise corruption. Jailing GMA is not the ultimate solution. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Even in the quintessentially Pinoy business of writing ad hominems, you manage to come across as the quaint relic of the blogging past that you are, attorney. Here is how you do ad hominems (perhaps you have something to learn from the Master):
I define a loser as someone who spent so many years studying law yet consistently fails to cobble together a coherent article that manages to make a convincing argument on the basis of both (1) the letter of the law and (2) the overall ethical sense on top of said letter.
Having said that, I’d say that you do have a limited breadth of insight considering the duality of the behaviour we’ve seen in the Aquino Administration as far as charging Arroyo for her alleged “crimes” can be seen in any elementary school kiddo.
School kids (well, for that matter, even university students) can drag their feet and proscrastinate for weeks in tbe lead up to a major exam and then spend an entire sleepless night burning midnight oil when it suddenly dawns on them on the eleventh hour that the exam is the following day.
That’s not such a mystery, isn’t it attorney? If a child can behave in such a way, then for sure so can a guy like Noynoy Aquino who’s got quite a track record of behaving like one.
And as far as I recall, no judgment as to whether Arroyo is innocent or guilty has been published on this blog. But do take the time to re-visit your lawyerly ethic of trawling the small print and show us some specific examples of any amateur verdict we dispense on the matter and I shall humble myself before you and start spelling attorney with a captial “A” when addressing you henceforth.
A case was filed against GMA. You do not accept that as a rule of law because she was railroaded to it; where the issue of election cheating happened in 2004 and 2007 and and she had been properly informed about this election cheating. It was filed only in 2011 when she was no longer in power. For you that is a classic case of railroading instead of a long arm of the law finally catching up on the powerful criminals who had already been dislodged from power.
As regards Lacson, the Suprme Court and the Court of Appeals have already cleared him for the murder of members of the Kuratong Baleleng and Curbito-Dacer slay. If PNOY would insist in reopening the case, you will cry vindictiveness again.
That he is now an ally of PNOY, is an affirmation of how dysfunctional our system is, but that is not an argument that GMA was lily-white innocent who was simply a victim of vindictiveness.
I share the same sentiment. In fact I just tweeted “It is enough for me to see Arroyo charged for now. Let Courts do their job. Isn’t that schadenfreude? Making fun of people’s misfortunes” and someone said that “schadenfreude can’t be helped sometimes, especially if it concerns one who caused a lot of misfortunes for other people.”
They can’t even see the irony in what they are saying. GMA hasn’t been found guilty yet so how can they say she caused a lot of misfortune? I bet they would even blame GMA for their credit card bills.
How can they say she caused a lot of misfortune? Because She hasn’t been found guilty yet and she’s awash with cash. I guess the only way for GMA to survive this and for the country to regain its sanity is to go through these trials (assuming there will be more than one). Win in the courts.
Frankly, the cheaper solution is to just kill the Arroyos. However, that is simply too barbaric, even for most Filipinos.
once i wrote to inquirer about their slogan and asked a question. if indeed they are fair and balanced, how come an allegation is printed in the front page but a rebuttal is printed in the letters to the editor…such is the case of justice in the philippines..you are guilty until proven otherwise and that is because of the media who are more prone to sensationalism than to being simply the messenger
what can one expect from a society that’s been fed with moronic telenovelas? we are a people whose national pastime is chismis. propriety, tact, grace, decency and dignity are words that are BEYOND us. we give in to drama, controversy, and yes, indulge in public scandal very often. we are worms. worthless worms.
Some people will believe gossip more than the truth just because the former sounds more exciting for them.
@ILda .. what do you mean gossip huh?? do you think all the accusation and scandal that the media brought to the public is not true to you?? are u crazy ? you symphatize with Gloria more than her constituent who are taxpayers to whom she commit the crimes. she need to pay the price,, people needs justice not dogmatic sentiment.. cmmon Ilda you are one those Makapili in the 40′s a traitor ..and you are…
@janmastomi
If there is enough evidence, how come it took them ages to file one single case? Would you like to be jailed based on a rumour that you pocketed some money? I don’t think so. The reason why the Philippines will never progress is because people like you cannot trust the system. And the reason why you cannot trust the system is because you let the people running it do their dirty work for as long as they have. You should have done something about the allegations long ago. What took you so long to complain?
Protip: Noynoy’s grandpa was a Makapili. So your argument is invalid.
janmastomi: People blamed PGMA because the media highlighted her faults and made her supposedly anti-masa. Yet the media who has ties with the Aquinos won’t look critically into their mistakes, if not making light of the current president’s ineptitude. See the bias?
Ilda as a Makapili? Nope, she’s not. You’re just talking about Ninoy’s dad and nothing else.
You definitely said it right. Sadly, some Anti-Pinoy/GRP writers are like that also, they believe gossip more than the truth because they hate anything Filipino(Pinoy) so much. But I find most of your article “illuminating”
I hope you can be specific. What gossip did some GRP writers believe in?
Thanks for saying that most of my articles are “illuminating”.
hahahaa… ilda, another ad hominem…
Huwag ka mawawalan ng pagasa… Iyan ang isang dakilang katangian nating mga filipino… Sa mga panahon na ito lalu dapat tayong magkaisa… Huwag malugmok sa putikan ng padsisise at kahihiyan.. Bangon ang kailangan… Have faith on your fellow countrymen
@Lawrence
Yes, kailangan bumangon sa kalokohan na nangyayari sa bansa dahil sa pamumuno ni PNoy!
@Ilda, kalokohan ba?? magkano ba ang ibinayad sayo ni Gloria at todo depensa mo sa kanya??.. you guy’s filipino make urself fools, enough is enough.. stop this blind sentiment to corrupt gloria arroyo.. We need justice..she betray the people of the philippines of their trust.. he should be firing squad just like the ex president of romania ceucescu.
@janmastomi
People like you always assume that those who are critical of PNoy or those who try to be more objective is a paid hack. That argument is so lame. Did you even understand anything in the article?
Ok. I agree she should receive the full force of the law after she is found guilty. But from what I gather you guys can’t even wait for the courts to decide her fate. Do you have enough evidence that she is guilty? Why don’t you volunteer to be a witness if you do? It looks like you are so sure about it.
And by the way, there is no death penalty in the Philippines. Unless you want PNoy to change the rules again just for GMA.
@jan, kung may isinampa akong kaso sa korteng nag isyu ng arrest warrant ni GMA, magrereklamo ako. Aba, nauna pang inasikaso yung kay arroyo kaysa dun sa akin. Lol.
another yellow lemming doesn’t get it.
please read this whole page again, janmastomi, so you won’t look STUPID next time you step in and mouth off. it’s for your own good.
janmastomi: Kahit ang electoral sabotage na kaso laban kay Gloria ay mababalewala din since it has no concrete evidence (as of now) and all hearsay.
And you’re just fooling yourself dahil nagpauto ka sa media
One can always change channels. Even free tv has other shows. If there’s nothing else on, read a book. Form an opinion based on what you know and not what the tv, radio, internet or newspaper opinion writers tell you.
I think it’s safer for this country to close some chapters than to leave their endings hanging. I’m just glad that there’s finally something in the court. It’s better than the paulit ulit allegations. Now, let’s see how this case plays out. I hope people will accept the verdict that comes out of it.
Where telenovelas end, reality TV begins.
If you’re not with us, you are an enemy. – yellow admin
Thanks for the unsolicited advice but you are not part of my team. – Pnoy
that is what happening in our government…our country…
I cannot count the times I was accused of being pro-GMA just because I thought otherwise of the TRO
What kind of logic is that?
A flawed one.
it’s reminiscent of nazi germany. whatever it takes, they’ll have their way. AND feel justified.
It is very obvious dat u r being paid by Arroyo P500 per article. August p ngUmpisa ang inbestigasy0n at tama lng ang panah0n na isinampa nla ito dhl gs2 n nia mktakas kya mlakas ang kas0. Tama si de Lima, Justice has been served dhl makukul0ng n ang mgnanakaw
Prove it in court.
Kinuha na yata yung laptop ni Vicensyo at nakaselpon na lang siya. Gumamit ka ng Tagalog predictive, lol.
That’s good. Para mabawasan na ang moronic comments from him.
@Vincenzo:
Show me the evidence. The onus is on you to prove it.
Tama ang sinabi ko. Vindictive and malicious.
Lahat na lang ba ng critic ni PNoy ay bayaran ni Arroyo?!? This proves how malicious some of his minions are.
The trouble with with some people is that when they disagree with you, they ask you immediately if you were paid or pro-gma or something. Sad how the years of yellow media brain washing has brought upon our fellow countrymen who are a little bit low IQ. My heart goes out for the people who go on with their lives thinking they know everything by just sucking in the yellow trash from the yellow media and spitting out yellow trash themselves.
i agree 100% I was saddened to hear the news of her arrest sobra ang ginawang pagmamadali sa pagsampa ng electoral sabotage kaya pala dinefy nila ang TRO para magawa nila ang kanilang agenda our God is a just God kaya Siya lamang ang huhusga sa lahat ng ito, I am not a GMA fan pero sa ginawa sa kanya nalulungkot ako dahil walang patutuguhan ang mga filipino at ang bansang Pilipinas
That’s a type of thinking that’s spreading. Being on the other side of the fence means we can’t think for ourselves, we’re wrong. It’s like they are saying, because we are on the other side, we’re stupid and it meant that since we can’t think for ourselves, we must have been paid to do so.
I feel bad for them because they think that way. They are not thinking for themselves and only say yes to everything.
I’ll go a bit out of line here to say that the accuser might actually be the one being paid to monitor communities like this. touche?
@meeney
That is the only defense they can think of when you criticise PNoy and his gaffes. It’s either you are pro-Arroyo or a paid hack. They can’t even address any of the points intelligently.
@Lorna Bituin
I too am not a GMA supporter. I am just disgusted at how most Filipinos can just support PNoy’s blatant disregard for the law just to exact his vengeance on his political enemy.
@Ilda
Sorry, it does not take a genius to concoct a “chain letter” to further fan the flames of HATE among our people. The people are now VERY RIPE for this kind of mind control, and the government knows it. People will jump off a cliff if ordered by this government to do so.
Therefore, we grieve over the death of the rule of law, which, in the first place, was rendered inutile by its own complacency. THE RULE OF PROPAGANDA REIGNS = FASCISM. GMA, for all her cunning, miscalculated; underestimated the power of the mob.
Guilty or not, GMA should have sought political asylum when she had the chance. She, and all other enemies of the Aquino-Cojuangco combine, can never hope to get justice in any court in this country, where their cases, weak though they may be, will just be used for entertainment and ultimately be judged by the volume of clapping from the audience as we see daily on the game shows in our showbiz society.
@Lorna:
GOD? God is BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANGCO AQUINO III
@skarab
That’s the thing. I bet you that some schmoe using the “kanto” internet cafe just came up with a random list of GMA’s alleged crimes but now rabid Aquino supporters are hanging on to it like it’s an official legal document from the courts. Sadly, that’s how gullible some people are.
Yes, because everyone who publicly condemn the actions or effects of the actions of “Tito Noy” are being paid by the Arroyos.
How I love PNoy’s Sith
Again vincensus ignoramus where is your proof na pro-arroyo kami? Tinanong ko na sa iyo ang tanong na ito pero hindi mo sinagot. Tamad ka ba? Sisi ka nang sisi dyan vincensus ignoramus pero sigurado yung naranasan ni arroyo ay dadaan din sa iyo balang araw. At para kanino ang hustisya? Para sa ikabubuti ng bansang ito o para lang sa inyong mga bobo’t isa pang corrupt? And enough praising your tito noy and the aquino mafia already because they are not your God!
Hindi kaya’t sobrang liit naman ng limandaang piso para sa kapalit ng dangal ng isang manunulat?
Tila kailangan mo pag-aralan ang proseso ng batas, kaibigan. May paglilitis pa pong nagaganap na kung saan ang nasasakdal ay kailangang mapatunayan na nagkasala nang lubos bago siya makulong.
Eto lang ang tanong: kung sakali mang makalusot si GMA sa kasong ito, handa ka bang tanggapin ang hatol ng hukuman? At hindi pagnanakaw ang kasong hinaharap nya — electoral sabotage po.
What was suspicious for me was the speedy judgment of the court judge. According to my classmate in college and who works as a clerk of court said that the judge has 10 days to pass judgment from the day the case has been filed to the court.
Also, since there are many cases filed in courts, it is usually those which were filed earlier that are given priority to be heard. Thus, the fact that the warrant of arrest was released on the same day the case has been filed evokes suspicion on the part of the govt or comelec.
Those with pending cases who have been waiting for their turn should file a complaint and ask why GMA’s case jumped the queue.
And may I add that there is a satirical news site spreading on the web about mikey arroyo’s attendance to the premier night of breaking dawn.
A friend on facebook (she graduated 5-6 years earlier than I did from the same major) posted its link on her wall without (me thinks) taking time to read the satire and comments. She and her friends lambasted the arroyo family. The news was of course, untrue. I wanted to join their conversations but I hesitated because she is a now the chairman of the college of law at our alma mater.
Pang Guiness Book of World Records yata ang arrest warrant na yun.
Corak! Ladies & Gentlemen Im happy with these times now I see my taxes are working for me. At last. I get to see people, who do bad & ruined our country; at reasonable doubt be behind bars… Hindi sayang ung pinagpaguran ko pra sa gobyerno! hehehe
@Lawrence Omandam
Erap Estrada was already convicted and imprisoned for plunder. That did not change anything. It did not stop corruption. And that is proof that the prosecution of GMA will stop corruption. Corruption is everywhere. Other countries experience corruption too, the degree just varies and enforcement of the law helps some countries catch corrupt officials sooner compared to us.
The best way to fight corruption is enforcement of the law and economic progress. Unfortunately, President Noynoy is the number one violator of the rule of law and does not want to prioritise fixing the economy.
So you’d rather have the government use your taxes for their vindictive witch hunt rather than provide jobs for the unemployed and the marginalized?
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I’ve heard this joke that everything that has gone wrong with someone’s life is because of GMA. This is because of the way how GMA was portrayed by the media. No wonder people would just send out that list not thinking of what it entails because for them, it’s the description of how bad GMA is. For them allegations = truth. The saying “if there’s smoke, there’s fire” applies. But they won’t wait until those allegations are proven. Nor I think they would care because for them, it’s the truth. If the court says otherwise, then the court must be mistaken or bribed. I too think the same way about the legal system and the government. Always angry with the politicians. Who can blame them, or me? The track record of our government isn’t really that appealing to the masses.
I am no pro-GMA because I too heard and read news about her. All the scandals and such. And hearing stories about how public money is being misused or us being manipulated does make my blood boil. But I know the limit of my doubts and know when to listen and trust that the truth is being said.
Well, everything is her fault you know.
Spratlys, ARMM, MILF, ASG, Overpopulation, poverty, Global warming, the war between Palestine and Israel, UTI, cancer, AIDS, irregular bowel movements; all of those have billboards somewhere that say “Project of GMA”
ROTFLMAO
Preh0 pla tau n ngagalit s mga mgnanakaw. At wg ka mgugulat kung n0t guilty ang sag0t ng k0rte s hearing ni Gloria panigurado bnayaran nila ang judge. Tgnan m0h s SC, bias kay Gloria.
I bet if the courts find GMA not guilty, PNoy’s minions will assume that the judge was under her payroll. You guys have an answer for everything. You don’t trust anyone but those who agree with you.
actually, hindi na ako magugulat… na ganyan ang sasabihin mo.
so… ganito pala yan… “ayaw sumunod ng simbahan sa RH bill… binayaran sila.”
‘yan c vincenzo…. pagpasensyahan nyo na he has a family to feed.
Hail Der Fuhrer of the nutzie reich socialist state! The brilliant leader of the master yellow race pinned the yellow star of David on the arroyos! His obsessive hatred of the wearers of the yellow star gave rise to his plan of pure genius! Declare them guilty before trial! Destroy them with lies and more lies until this is falsely believed to be the truth! His Reich Ministry of Propaganda is truly a powerful communications group!
The word of the Fuhrer is the law! There is no puny principles of justice, fairness, presumption of innocence and due process! They are guilty without trial because it is his supreme will! Truly Der Fuhrer is the greatest nutzie dictator to be feared and respected! He is above the law and ridicule for he is blessed with a supreme intellect! Sieg Heil!
GMA haters aggressively campaign to create enough numbers to make any verdict in favor of GMA extremely unpopular. They hope this would influence or pressure the courts to submit to their expectations—so aggressive was this drive that anyone perceived to be less enthused about it would be ostracized or shamed for daring to even think otherwise (“you are either for us or against us”)—no room for fence-sitters or disinterested observers.
Through trial by publicity, GMA is being made already guilty in the minds of the public. The Erap group had also been busy helping drive this hate campaign while Erap himself tries to avoid being seen as being part of any this (“not-so underground” effort.) He even went abroad to distance himself from it—He is trying to avoid being linked to any of this as everyone knows he has a huge ax to grind and this may lower the credibility of their cause.
This is the handiwork of the combined efforts of the Aquino-Cojuangco, Erap, and other ambition-driven groups. The media had been pulling every resource and trick in the book to demonize GMA through biased reporting techniques. They know how to use repeating slogans or drives to appeal to the easy-to-exploit unthinking pinoy audience (with their obvious victim-mentality.) Creating a bandwagon of mistrust against GMA is their prime directive. God knows this is hate-campaign at its ugliest.
By spreading disinformation and repeatedly reinforcing this sensibility of hate and mistrust against GMA with the use of such list (as mentioned in the article above) including the strategic infiltration of internet blogs as can be seen even here (example Vincenzo), this hate drive has surely distorted the public’s perception of reality. People’s rational sense (assuming they used to have one to begin with) has now been so badly disfigured that they’ve lost any real sense of fairness, justice, or truth—hate reigns supreme—This current admin had redefined all these values—they persistently twisted their meanings to suit their selfish ends.
Moral of the story: Beware the wrath of the oligarchs scorned.
Gs2 kc namen n malaman ang k22hanan kung nsn n ang mga ninakaw ni Gloria, kaya lhat mgkakasama para s katarungan.
Niloloko nyo mga pilipino. Mga gawain ninyo ang nagpapagutom sa taumbayan. Si AbNoy = tuta ni Erap.
matindi talaga ang rabies ni simeon the turd that these yellow zombies blindly follow the stupid good for nothing president thirst for revenge.his personal quest for revenge causes the division of the masses.i do hope that this hastily filing of electoral sabotage will backfire in the face of abnoy and the rest of the tangang mga supporter especially vincenzo.
Paghihiganti lang naman yan kay Gloria and ninanasa nyan. Ala naman paki-alam sila AbNoy sa hustisya at katarungan—puro nga sila shortcut.
They can sense they can’t really convince smart people, so they’re just doing their best to please their blind followers. Baka kasi yun followers pa nila ang mawala.
It’s JUST-TIIS not justice.
Actually, Gloria will be acquitted on those charges since most of them have no proof and all hearsay.
Hwag magpauto sa POLITIKO.
@Felipe
Yes, you are spot on. The Aquinos have demonstrated what they can do to their political enemies. Sadly, most Filipinos cannot see that they are being used in this feudal war.
Der Fuhrer’s followers are truly master schemers. They crush their enemies with the totalitarian fist in not allowing them to leave the borders of the reich. Gestapo Chief Delima made brilliant legal theories in countering the puny democratic Supreme Court. But she was defeated because the enemy of the reich invoked its power of check and balances.
Not to be outdone. The Fuhrer approved the master schemers greatest plan to defeat the enemy of the reich by railroading the filing of a case against the yellow star of David Arroyos. A superman judge read the voluminous documents and instantly produced a warrant of arrest for the wife. Prior to this, the Fuhrer’s prosecutorial team instantly dismissed motions. They read with superhuman speed the documents and approved this for filing. Truly, the master yellow race is the greatest! Der Fuhrer is the greatest nutzie leader!
Thanks for writing this article, Ilda. I’d say it’s one voice of reason against a cacophony of misguided emotions. I am not pro-GMA. I am for the rule of law. What is really saddening here is the complete disregard of the law.
Hi Carlos
Thanks for reading it. Yes, I am also for the following the rule of law. The constitution is the one thing that should stand out amidst the sea of stupidity. If people can’t respect that, then you have mob rule.
I too like to follow the rule of law. But like many people who feels that the government is flawed with corruption and power play, we have a taste of distrust in us whenever the law is used to judge someone. I’m still for what the law says but I can’t hide the fact that there is an ounce of contention in me whenever a case (especially a high profile one) has been judged because I feel that somehow, strings have been pulled. Just as I doubt the allegations to people unless proven guilty. And I think this doubt is what the PNoy administration uses to pull people to their side.
Now that I think of it, skeptical about the allegations then skeptical with the judgement. That doesn’t sound right, right?
But then again, I have to follow what has been decided by the law. I just wish that next time, I will have 100% confidence that what they decided on is the truth.
And that is why I read the posts here. I’m trying to understand what is happening in our country.
@ j
Just continue to follow the rule of law despite what is happening. What some people cannot comprehend is that the one thing that should stand out amidst the sea of stupidity is the constitution. If people can’t respect that, then you’ll have mob rule and chaos.
Who cares. This country has been run into the ground so much that it’s a lost cause. Hypocritical beliefs in religion taken advantage of by corrupt individuals working to maintain their self benefitting status quo is the foundation of all poverty in this country.
Manila is the most densely populated ci
City on the world. It’s too late for city planning, traffic schemes, and creating of jobs and homes for the impoverished. The only real undeniable truth is that there are TOO MANY PEOPLE. unfortunately its already been made clear to all of us that family planning is not on the agenda of the majority, and most filipino men are unable to keep theirs in their pants. What could have been a solution that would have yielded results in 2-3 generations has become a clear cut indicator that basically WE ARE ALL SCREWED.
Yes. There are some politicians taking advantage of “God-fearing” Filipinos who can be gullible enough to believe that someone is truly “evil”.
Noynoy Aquino is a YellowTard idiot, who has an Obssesive Compulive Personality Disorder. He perceive Political enemies, everywhere, and vent on destroying them. While our cost of living is going up and up…our economy is going down and down…
Can you see the Stupidity of this YellowTard President. He even usurped the Power of the Judiciary. Now, he is talking about Revolutionary Government. Is Noynoy Aquino sane?
N0 hes n0t. Gngmit nya lng ang knyang kpngyarihan s tmang paraAn
Bago nga ba mga Apple laptops na ipapamigay sa inyo ng Communications group nila Ricky Carandang?
Naabot mo na ba quota?
I just want to point out… the question was
“Is Noynoy Aquino sane?” and your reply is “N0 hes n0t.”
@ J
he is just a stupid yellowtard idiot who is blindly loyal to the WORST INCOMPETENT NINCOMPOOP M*R*N D*CKWAD DOUCHEBAG C*NT IDIOT PRESIDENT EVER
Lay off the cursing, dude. You might find yourself in the spam queue as well. Just a friendly warning.
“Masaya ako dahil natupad na rin ang pangarap nang aking mga magulang na maipakita sa ating bayan na wala kaming tinanim na galit kanino man.” – words of Vincenzo’s Tito Noy when GMA visited the wake of Cory. (sorry, can’t find the link, except this: http://bluepanjeet.net/2009/08/07/5477/excellency-gloria-macapagal-arroyo-dead-62-journalists-killed-president/)
nice find!
This is the voice of reason! Karamihan talaga sa ating mga Pilipino ay mga emotional na tao at madalas hindi ginagamit ang utak sa pag-aanalisa ng mga pangyayari. Kaya naman itong gobierno ni Pnoy, puro panggagatong ang ginagawa sa karamihan para tuluyang i-demonize si GMA. Kawawang Pilipinas . . . papunta na naman sa kankungan.
Isa kpa,hnd dneDem0nize si Gloria, pnapanag0t lang sya sa kanyang kasalanan.
@Vincenzo:
If it wasn’t for your jejemon speak and your usual moronic logic, you probably would have more credibility. You continue to prove what I have said: malicious and vindictive.
Stupid jejemon f***tard….
Sorry, OT pero gusto ko lang din sabihin.
We know you’re a hardcore yellow follower. But is it really hard to type correctly? You must be using a laptop by now, yes? sa laptop or computer, you have a FULL KEYBOARD. Even if you’re using a phone, mahirap ba magtype ng maayos?
@J
It is clear that he has yet to grow a F******** BRAIN that’s why he is typing in that F******* jejemon lingo.
GO F*** YOURSELF YELLOW R$TARD!!!
What I find funny is that both camps both Arroyo and Aquino have funny stuff happening. The speed at which the TRO was issued, and the speed at which the Warrant was issued. It’s not about justice or rule of Law, it’s always been about politics. The SC TRO was political and not really a matter of law. The way it was ignored was also political and not a matter of law, the issuance of the Warrant was also politically motivated. Both camps can throw mud at each other and both sides will be equally dirty.
Wat AquinO is d0ing is seri0us, si Gloria lng ang ptawa, tumatakas kht n guilty s ksalanan nya
guilty na kaagad pero di pa napapatunayan sa korte
IDIOT
GO **** YOURSELF D*CKWAD
Meh. Still the joke is on your Noynoy. I mean, ano ang alam niya sa BATAS?
true that.
Talagang tae ka because you’re spouting nonsense.
Dapat lang. And then you’re accusing us na bayaran kami w/o realizing the fact that Tita Cory and your Tito AbNoy are busy paying their media friends to make things look good in their terms.
You’re going psycho right now, huh? Too bad for you.
Nasisiraan na siguro ng bait iyan. Kawawa naman na nilalang once talian na sya ng straight jacket at dalhin sa mental hospital.
I mean on vincensus ignoramus.
@domo
A better name for him would be
vincentusmoronicusaquinosbootlickerus
cocksuckerusyellowtardickfaceius
I appreciate your rebuttal against vincensus ignoramus but please let’s make a fair fight to him and avoid flame baiting too much.
ormer president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has millions of unliquidated travel expenses and even spent thrice the approved budget allocation in her last year in office, a Senator said.
Commission on Audit reports that the then Office of the President, whose 2009 allocation for travel expenses was at P244.6 million, has an “actual disbursement” for traveling of 940.6 million. P848.1 million was spent for foreign trips while at least P92.5 million was used for local travels.
Not only that, Commission on Audit said that P594 million has remained unliquidated as of year end, including the unliquidated travel expenses… Grrr!!!
and the list goes on.. Not to mention other transactions that only the former president and a handful of her beneficiaries from such.
Can you still remember that 1 million peso dinner that the former president and her entourage had in Le Cirque?
Definitely, not appropriate for the leader of a country like the Philippines to show. Enjoying in extravagance while the country she left is riddled with poverty and hunger.
Desperate times call for desperate measures…
Yun ang nangyari sa ginawa ng gobyerno na ito. Tignan nalang natin kung ung kaso ay maipapanalo ng yellowtard government.
Sympre ksma namin ang batas at ang Diyos
kasama ninyo hindi ang DIYOS kundi si SATANAS.
D nga? Kay Jesus ngccmba taz si Satanas ang Dyos. GraBe tanga
@Vincenzo B. Arellano
Hahaha,you are a F**** stupid idiot
“Sympre ksma namin ang batas at ang Diyos”
Paano mo nasabing kasama ninyo ang batas eh hindi nga ninyo SINUSUNOD??
bulag ka talaga, magkano ba binayad ni ABnoy para dilaan mo ang bota niya???
GO **** YOURSELF R&TARD
Binabale wala nga ang batas e.
Not pro-CGMA but anti-STUPIDITY. And that includes you. Nangbabato ka ng tae sa amin because you’re throwing us nonsense for months.
Any move to punish such crimes, specially committed by people in power, should be considered as a BIG step forward. If only to deter more people from doing the same and thinking they can still continue doing so without any consequence to them!!!
@beth
Good luck with your reasoning. Let me just remind you that Erap was already prosecuted and jailed for plunder. That did not stop corruption though. Like what I keep saying, enforcement of the law and economic progress will help minimise corruption.
The first thing our Country lacks is the ability to lay down accountability over Government officials – hence the corruptions. So bring it on a new vindictive society if you may want to call it such, we completely need such a society.
@beth
Thanks for confirming what I have thought all along. Philippine society is moving backwards, indeed. Instead of acting with civility, people like you would rather let the mob rule.
This is a sad day for the Philippines when gossip and baseless accusations is enough to crucify an individual.
christians being fed to the lions for the pleasure of watching romans, anyone?
popular entertainment at its finest, beth. i’m sure you feel great seeing all this come down the WAY it’s coming down.
@Parallax
Just a bit disappointed that even some so-called educated Filipinos I know share and make fun of the photo and the unofficial list of GMA’s supposed “crimes” on Facebook. It does not help that most of them are religious. My annoyance just doubled.
mine too, ilda. maybe even more than yours. god i’m surrounded by gullible people all over this country, one american included [ahem] [ubo] [ubo] [joeamerica] [ubo] [ubo] [ahem].
oh, btw, religion is the skirt under which filipinos hide from reality and responsibility. this way it does not go against their true tendency to enjoy bloodlust.
Could it be that they are just channelling all that pent up anger all these years of hiding behind that veneer of humility and compassion?
that’s very possible, but they’re too emo and dumb to figure that among those who should feel their wrath is president peenoycchio as well.
we don’t need a vindictive society.
we need a JUST society.
GMA = SHOOT FIRST THEN ASK QUESTIONS
KKK, Lacson, etc. = Ayos na nagchicharon na kami….
Our dear politicians have been battling for the limelight over every controversial nonsense they can sink their teeth into. It might as well be for something that will put some fear over the greedy b”"$$”. I commend PNoy for asking to account GMA over this…as she must be. During her times of amassing wealth…the prices of goods rose at least 2x…poverty and malnutrition was such as it has never been. – I sometimes think that people who throw stone at Pnoy for trying to clean our government are “$£”$”. Anyway, I am just thankful that Pnoy is concentrating his time over this…instead of following into GMA’s footsteps in making it her goal to line her pocket as much as possible during her reign. I guess it’s pay back time fore her.
@beth
Erap was already prosecuted and jailed for plunder. That did not stop corruption though. Like what I keep saying, enforcement of the law and economic progress will help minimise corruption.
There is no such thing as zero corruption. There is corruption everywhere. The degree just varies. Enforcement of the law helps other countries put corrupt officials faster. Sadly, PNoy demonstrated that he is above the law.
there are societies perceived by their citizens to be more corrupt than ours, but their media has the integrity not to flaunt it and make it appear as one of the telenovelas. sometimes i suspect, these media companies hunger for another story concept which their small minds cannot afford to innovate anymore. so, in cohorts with this administration, they are once again reviving the teledrama 10 years ago about a president’s day in court. but this one is about an ex-president (poor choice of bida); highly uninteresting for she doesn’t have direct command on the present national economy – unless if the way the flow of the telenovela is patterned after “maala-ala mo kaya”. oh gaaad! now i imagine that charo person will be hosting the show…
I can’t help but think that part of the reason why some Filipinos find it easier to make fun of GMA is because of her size. Most Filipinos don’t see a problem with making fun of other people’s physical appearance like calling someone “pandak” or “duleng” or “negro” without even bothering to consider if they are being offensive. And another thing is that she is a woman and some in our society still think that women are fair game.
“During her times of amassing wealth…the prices of goods rose at least 2x…poverty and malnutrition was such as it has never been.”
And pray, tell, what exactly PNoy is doing with regards to these issues? I sure as hell believe that putting GMA behind bars will not alleviate poverty and malnutrition.
I disagree!! I think the crimes are quite obvious, no one was just brave enough to challenge her during her reign. So she deserves it! You can say its vindictive but for me it’s just being smart!! Let’s not be stupid… Justice doesn’t work in our country so be it! Let her pay now, judge her, mistreat her, I don’t care as in the end Filipinos would probably just forget all her crimes.
What I hate is the circus… The media… And especially Erap!! He is a convicted felon for God’s sake, how could he speak proudly like that???!!!
@April Enriquez
I thought Filipinos were free to “challenge” our public servants since 1986? Wasn’t PNoy already a Senator during GMA’s term? What was he doing then? Why didn’t he speak up about all the allegations being thrown at her then. Was he scared too? As I recall, he voted not to play the Garci tape, which was the evidence that GMA cheated during the inquiry into the 2004 cheating allegations. So it is clear to me that PNoy was also covering up for GMA then when the Aquinos were still in good terms with the Arroyos.
I think it is going to be harder to prosecute someone when the evidence is harder to gather and the witnesses have already gone in hiding.
Beth has a point, justice does not work in our country…. in the end Filipinos will just forget her crimes….
PNoy covered up for GMA because he too was a beneficiary of election cheating.
And it is turning into a circus thanks to PNoy and his staff who are obviously too slow and incompetent to file the necessary charges against GMA earlier. He had almost two years to gather evidence and now they are scrambling around looking for something that would hold her back.
This shows that Philippines can only unite when it comes to trivial matters. This country is like a wrestling stable(team, whether tag team or trio or whatever) who are supposed to act like faces(good guys), but are booed upon by the audience, as if they are the bad guys. And GRP is the audience, and the country is the wrestling stable.
They enjoy it. They probably need some excitement. Which is probably the reason why some people are addicted to people power revolutions.
LOL!! Philippines = Natural Sadist. LOL!!
you st***d a$$***,why do you kept blaming gloria for all the maladies happening in our country.don’t you know that all the past administration contributed to the problems we are facing today? aquino will not be able to fix the existing situation because he is not capable of anything but instead he will just aggravate everything.the only good thing with your mentally retarded president is his complete and blatantly disregarding the laws of the land to satisfy his thirst for vengeance.
Exactly. GMA is just the tip of the iceberg. Unfortunately PNoy and a lot of Filipinos can’t seem to understand that simple fact.
Ilda and Co. Though I admire your attempts to enlighten people as to what is really going on, it is quite obvious that your attempts are futile.
The majority of people who support the Aquino administration are like walking zombies. They are being pissed on and they say it is rain. Their lives are getting worse and they will keep on following Pnoy blindly.
What can they do, they feel like they are members of the Aquino family and if the feelings starts to diminish all they need to do is to say 5 times TITO Noy and they feel better again.
They are like drug addicts who will sell their mother for a fix. They walk around with the mouths open craving for the pearls of wisdom of their great TITO.
Nothing is going to change the way they think, most of them wouldn’t even comprehend your level or writing.
Having said that, all is not doomed, eventually after a few years when Pnoy’s antics and pearls of wisdom are not strong enough a drug for them, they will find something more powerful and will then turn against their god.
The only way to change this is to start a serious campaign using social networks and any other available media using simple messages that even zombies would understand.
@Mark
Like I always say, all things worth pursuing takes time. We don’t do this expecting things will change overnight. We are lucky that we have the internet to use to our advantage.
I realise this but I can’t dumb down my style of writing any further.
Thanks!
I think so certain rationalizing so awfully of what we as a society should consider this many decades of really downtrodden times had been our incapacity as people learning from lessons. So that most that I reckon had been mostly I guess our preoccupation, had been in most part, copy and pasting, and then worst of all, we take it as our own. If I may Ilda, I suspect this to be the Oligarchy trademark stamp-mark their claim on us, make us as divided as ever like yeah, something Machiavellian.
On the whole, I fret at our uncaring attitude of how we perceive life to be, and to further say more, I think that we just do not possess the ability save lives at all, we can waste them but not really save unless it is directly our person in peril. I have grave doubts of ever the lot of massacre victims’ family getting the right justice for loved ones lost in the 23rd November 2009 killings in Maguindanao.
I will not be surprised at all if one day we wind of people caving in to pressure of bribe money buy off victims’ family, not at all indeed.
Okay lang kung gusto ipakulong ni NoyNoy si Gloria kung may nagagawa siya sa bansa. Eh sa paulit-ulit niyang pagbanat eh tinatamaan ang ekonomiya. Our economy went down 10% because of his nonsense. Tsaka na tong isyu na to. Maaacquit yan speedy trial eh.
Nagmana ata yan sa presidente eh kaya ganyan. Parehong baliw
The creative application of technology would inform and slowly educate more people and grp is a good foundation from which to grow with a one-stop portal for politics in the philippines
An umbrella of independent blogs which have in common integrity and a desire to achieve progress and prosperity albeit with different viewpoints and approaches. Examples – theprofessionalheckler, getrealphilippines, anti-pinoy, bulatlat etc.
Accompanied by an app for iphone and android and facebook links and with real surveys it would also be a springboard for new blogs – universities etc
And a repository/database with search engine on incumbents or aspiring politicians. Facts on who they are, what they have achieved, do they even turn up, outside business interests etc.
Designed and marketed to appeal to the growing % of the electorate who use technology for news etc.
It could start the first co-ordinated web publishing initiative.
It would be hated by the status quo but would inform and educate and for the first time start to empower.
Technology is the achilles heel. Politicians dont understand it and cannot control it – although i think they will try.
The key objective is about accountability for gov/politicians to become more capable, committed.
Key people in the media are the change makers if they so choose. The power is unity, and of course integrity.
It could offset financial power by technological advantage and move closer to fair election in all aspects, particularly knowledge.
Pnoy’s administration is beginning to become a communist one. This is worst than martial law. How in the world they dared to defy the SC ruling on the TRO. Tsk. Tsk. Now, can we expect investors to come in, after all what happened? Philippines is a blessed country, but she is always not blessed with blissful leaders.
@fairplay
They keep insisting that the will of the people is more important than the constitution. It just goes to show that they do not know the principle behind the rule of law. They have no idea what they are doing, which is why it is easier to lead them to the wrong path.
What I find funny is that both camps both Arroyo and Aquino have funny stuff happening. The speed at which the TRO was issued, and the speed at which the Warrant was issued. It’s not about justice or rule of Law, it’s always been about politics. The SC TRO was political and not really a matter of law. The way it was ignored was also political and not a matter of law, the issuance of the Warrant was also politically motivated. Both camps can throw mud at each other and both sides will be equally dirty.
Mam sorry, but i was not able to get reaction to this post. Mukhang balance kasi ito, and you did not react to it.
Hi Ernie
Sorry I missed your comment because of the number of comments I received. I am sure you are not the only comment I missed so sorry to those also.
Of course you have a point that it seems like both sides are acting “funny”. But we all have to try and take things at face value and see who is working within the bounds of the law. For me, the problem is simple. The right to travel is a human right. It is protected by the constitution. Prior to the filing of the charges, GMA had that right. It was obvious that PNoy just worked around the law to get what he wanted, which was to prevent her from travelling.
why doesn’t anyone get it that the party that fights dirty is the same one playing saint?
lihislatibo, ehikotibo, hustiskatibo ay may pantaypantay na kapangyarihan na nakasaad sa saligang batas ng pilipinas…. hindi lahat ng huling desisyong legal ay base lang sa mga pagkakaintinde o pagkakaunawa ng mga mehistigrado ng kataastaasang hukuman (lalo sa panahon ngayon na karamihan sa kanila ay tumatanaw ng “utang ng loob” sa kung sino man ang nagluklok sa kanila).
The right to travel is a human right. Prior to the filing of charges against GMA recently, she was free to travel based on the constitution and as mandated by the SC.
as usual, ilda, thank you for this article that i hope will help strike a balance on the issues at hand.
as i said before, my prayer is that the yellow veil that blinds our countrymen will finally be lifted and the sanctimonious ones be unmasked for who they truly are.
at least now the charges are filed in the proper courts, and not just the court of public opinion (lacierda saying that they are right because all the surveys says so was so pathetic, and arrogant). it is up to the courts to prove that they are still a co-equal branch, and contrary to what many say is the weakest one at that.
after the euphoria of bloodlust has passed, real work must begin. real work with tangible results that are not just soundbites from yellow propaganda.
“lacierda saying that they are right because all the surveys says so”
WTF, he actually said that?!
yes. i believe it was with jessica soho, and len horn was being interviewed also. ms. horn had to tell him that just because something is popular doesn’t make it right (lacierda said people sided with them re the tro). lacierda also mentioned in passing that he also taught law…i thought, gah! no wonder our legal system is so eroded. ano ba school sya nagtuturo nang maiwasan?
And to think lawyers are supposed to be verse in fallacious arguments. Perhaps the Arroyo camp could add this instance as evidence in their planned disbarment case against him?
@ici
Well hopefully more people can share it on their Facebook wall. The problem with some Filipinos is that they are still scared to voice out their dissenting opinion especially to their own friends. Unfortunately, a lot of our friends don’t care about offending us when they share and make fun of the photos of a sickly GMA. In short, they are louder and give this impression that they are right.
Thanks for reading.
Thanks for your insightful write-up.
The attack on GMA in the social media is the work of the “MisCOMMGROUP”. They have the means and funded by the tax payer’s money.
It is very precise: same ugly comments, super bastos and disgusting.
If the people from GMA camp can have a site where all positive comments and support can be posted and block the trolls that will be a welcome refuge for me who think GMA is one of the best President the Philippines ever had.
@Ana
It does seem like it is one of those propagandas unleashed by the yellow camp. It is reminiscent of what they did during the election campaign when they sent out a fake endorsement of Winnie Monsod, which she denied writing.
Yes, the comments below the photo reeks of bad taste. It says a lot about the people who wrote it.
Thanks for reading it.
Wow. Arroyo must be a junior doctors dream. So many things to study in one patient.
The list so far
Hypoparathyroidism
Anorexia
Blood pressure/hypertension
Kidney infection
Depression
Diarrheoa
Dwarfism
Narcissism
Kleptomania
Meglomania
Its a good job she didnt embark on her world travels being so sick!
And deteriorating every day according to the fat guy!
The medical list will get longer, and this is still what they see as their ‘get out of the country’ card
Aquino made 102 campaign promises, none of which have been achieved and most have not even been started with many being quietly dropoed/shelved.
Can someone give me an update on just some of the significant ones. No slogans, no polispeak,just facts.
1 FoI bill – shelved
2. Hacienda luisita/farmers – delayed indefinitely
3. PPP – nothing but talk
4. Pork barrel – increased!
5. Corruption – prosecutions – zero/1
6. Tax evasion – prosecutions – ? 1
7. Tourism – no campaign/strategy after nearly 2 years
8. FDI – 82% decrease. Nobody wants to invest
9. Open and transparent gov. – website and comms group a complete joke
10. Poverty – getting worse
The list goes on. Thats the starter for 10. Anyone care to disagree
the silence speaks volumes
ever wonder why malacañang (along with its bum-kissers and lackeys) wouldn’t dare attribute, quote, or even directly (and very importantly, PROPERLY) respond to voices of dissent that challenge their pronouncements like grp does?
it’s because they’re COMPLETELY SCARED of showing other filipinos that there are intelligent filipinos out there who hold FREE, STRAIGHT-THINKING VIEW contrary to the popular non-thinking yellow view. they do not dare show people that get real philippines exists. they can’t afford to have more people challenge their questionable actions and their suspect behaviour. they’d rather drown us dissenters out or silence us if they could – all because we don’t fall for the lies and propaganda.
we’re noynoy’s boss whom he will not listen to. i, for one, would like to fire his @$$.
@parralax
agree
it also shows how the 4th pillar of democracy – media/press do not do their job and just repost press releases or get well paid backhanders for favourable articles/photoshoots – preferably in boracay. but never ask questiins.
the young girls/sheep of the malacanan press corps should be ashamed.
the media here are a joke. they don’t ask intelligent questions. they only serve as echoes for publicity wh0®es, giving voice to law offenders and political charlatans alike, and constantly repeating the lies so that their mother network gets more ratings. these and the bias and no real memory for history – these are elements of the most irresponsible “journalism” we’ve seen to date. filipinos must be proud.
With all due respect, the Philippines was a vindictive society long before Mr. Aquino came on the scene. Just add up the historical slaughters during elections — hundreds murdered, half of them candidates – self-styled justice in major cities like Cebu and Davao, willy nilly murder of journalists, and inter-clan warfare far and wide. You can go back to Aguinaldo and the battle of generals that were a subset of the independence movement, one murdering another, and undermining the fight against American occupation. Mr. Aquino is just reflecting the roots of his nation, the way it is. There is nothing new here.
so then it’s perfectly okay to you, huh joe? nothing new here. just like it’s always been. brilliant take, genius.
Maybe the title then should have been “The Noynoy Aquino government is turning the Philippines into AN EVEN MORE vindictive society.”
Another possible title:
“The Noynoy Aquino government continues the tradition of vindictiveness in Philippine society.”
Der Fuhrer is not sick in body. It is just his mindset to have obsessive hatred of the enemies he created. The brilliant genius of the Fuhrer is apparent from his electronic strategy games! He can really lead any unit of the armed forces in battle! But alas, der Fuhrer is really addicted to these games that it even affects his very busy work schedule! He is truly the greatest nutzie leader of the master yellow race!
It is said in hated democratic opinion circles that der Fuhrer takes seroquel and abilify. This is because of a jekyll and hyde split-mind. Der Fuhrer also takes wine, liquor and beer every once in a while! This is good for his mental health! Sieg Heil!
just asking, how did the judge rule probable cause and issue a warrant looking at the bundles of document that the comelec brought to his court?and again just wondering, isn’t there a rule or provision in the law that you cannot serve an arrest warrant on a friday (after office hours at that) to give the accused a chance to answer the charges against him/her immediately and not languish in jail over the weekend? just asking…if this government is really going after the big fishes, why focus on GMA? whatever happened to the cases against the marcoses? cases against danding cojuangco? or the maguindanao massacre? two years nothing is happening. how many are in jail without charges being filed against them or how many cases are backlogged with this judge? again just asking…thank you for the enlightenment, i thought i was all alone.
@jesus
It was all too quick. Obviously they also made a few exceptions to the rule as far as reading the documents not thoroughly enough and whatever else they needed to do just to file before the weekend. Which is why it is obvious to some of us that this case might just end up in the bin.
Your questions are all valid and right up there with “what is the meaning of life?” But we’ll probably never get a straight answer.
thanks..that made me laugh..your analogy to my questions to the meaning of life hit the bullseye…but i will continue asking questions until someone, somewhere answers them…as my sister said, i am not defending anybody…i am defending the constitution for without it what guarantees do we have to preserve our freedom..
preserve our freedom?
that’s exactly the point: freedom is what you don’t have when you’re not a yellow lemming. they can single you out, and do whatever they want with you. they can even defy the supreme court to pin you down.(and pinoys are too STUPID to realize they’re being played like violins.)
none of the commander-in-chief’s higher subordinates have any morals or conscience to do the right thing anyway; they’ll just follow their vengeful leader into hell, if only to keep their current jobs. look at de lima. look at lacierda. look at valte. these people KNOW they’re going to hell. they know everything they’re doing isn’t proper, even if to go after a bad guy. there’s rule of law, and then there’s rule of yellow mob. anyone who thinks the law is prevailing right now is a complete moron.
have you visited inquirer.net today?
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/97891/executive-legislative-branches-urged-to-oppose-sc
a senator calling to defy SC…where are we going with this..
@Jesus
I just read it. Hay naku! And of course because Kiko is the husband of an “artista”, he gets a lot of credibility from the masa.
I think the best solution to this crisis is for SC judge, Corona to resign so the SC can gain the people’s confidence back. The problem is, PNoy can just put someone who wears a lot of yellow. Dictatorship na nga
@jesus:
So as long as there’s legal basis, why not?
But the basis for the article seems nothing more than emotion. I hope there’s more than that.
if it is based on emotion then the more i am worried..
indeed.
indeed…then we are screwed big time…
There’s your potential constitutional crisis.
I don’t think there’s a ruling on serving a warrant on a Friday (after office hours or not).
And “languish in jail” is exactly the point for serving it on a Friday. You can use this tactic in the future.
As for the cases you mentioned, Maguindanao Massacre is ongoing (slowly), Danding Cojuangco got his hands on the coco levy funds, Marcos crimes went through the process. These cases aren’t with Judge Mupas.
thanks for the info..maybe just misheard about the serving of arrest warrants before the weekend..but it does sound fair, right? but in this case we really are not talking about fairness. when they say “no one is above the law”, doesn’t it apply both ways? so, who is above the law here? i can tolerate MORONS since they really have no idea what they are doing, but i hate STUPID people more because they know what they are doing is wrong but they do it anyway…
i am not sure if this story is true but it does sound good to hear…does anyone remember ruther batuigas when he was interviewed by 60 minutes and was asked what he would do if he became president of the philippines? his answer, he would line up 10% of the filipinos against the wall and shoot them for crimes against the philippines and the filpino people, included are corrupt politicians, abusive police and military personnel, corrupt judges, lawyers, abusive bus, jeepney and taxi drivers, etc…maybe it is too drastic an approach to clean up the philippines but just wondering what if…and lastly this is all mar roxas’ fault…
Nah, it’s the fault of the population. The kind of politics we have is a reflection of who we are.
As for the warrant, it just shows that justice is selective on when it can speed up or not. That is when it becomes unfair. That’s the Philippine justice system for you.
Did Ruther mention if that 10% was made up primarily of lawyers? Regardless of the composition and of his mental state at the time of that interview, he was right.
Any change that does not rock the foundations of this country is worthless, imho. Breaking up that much mentioned oligarchy takes more than just blogs, comments and tweets. By ranting all you want, you get to vent out your frustrations then wala na. The status quo is preserved.
what then can we do? how many filipinos have access to the internet and read what the other side (i guess that’s us) has to say? the biased mass media has more reach and our ignorant and zombiefied countrymen are fed by half-truths and mind altering information…quo vadis pinoy?
Um, the “biased” mass media also has access to the cluttered and magulong internet.
I mean, if you are really in a rush to change the “masses,” you also have got to have some people on the ground. Much as I hate to say this word, there has to be some form of “indoctrination.” I think some people are doing it via radio, which is also prone to media clutter.
Imho, you should not wait for them to come to you. Just because you think your thoughts are superior than others, it doesn’t mean you will start a revolution in thinking right away. You don’t expect people to beat down your door to get that great product of yours. That’s the better mousetrap idea at work. You still have a lot of sales and marketing to do.
Just saying. I’m no expert. =)
i grew up during martial law and saw how the country went down the drain during the latter years…i became an OFW for 23 years but decided to go back to the philippines because this is my home and not any foreign land… after 1986 i had so much hope that this nation will rise up and be great again but sadly i was wrong and now at my age i have to think of leaving again because i am afraid where this country is heading…sometimes i wish i was born somewhere else..sometimes
You should be born on the Ramos era instead.
The EDSA YellowTard Mobs, started this all…Mobs have no minds of their own. They are controlled by emotions and political poropagandas (legitimate or illegitimate issues)…
Noynoy Aquino is doing this, to cover his incompetence…also he is suffering from Mental Illness…Paranoia and Delusion of Grandeur…
O_O -> I thought for a sec that the image depicted was a sick destitute girl. That’s just downright disgusting how people treated other people like that. We even spared Marcos from being confronted this way (I don’t defend any wrong things they do, but to me, he’s a lot worse than Arroyo if this action even justifies). I sense cowardice and desperation in the present government for feeding such sensationalism to our screens, and is unfortunately overshadowing other problems like economy, healthcare, overpopulation and such.
@Christy
And your sense might be right. Cowardice and desperation could be the reason they need the people’s help in doing their job. They keep justifying this is what the people want. It’s so convenient, isn’t it?
When there’s nothing else to report, you have to highlight something else. I think it makes for a pretty sound plan for survival.
Ilda, this is so refreshing to me, enlightening even..
you’ve brought up good points..
Thanks gercela
It’s good to know you agree with it. Thanks.
if being trying not to be fooled again in Marcos style, by being very swift this time, then call it minadali. if trying to get fair share of justice is called vindictive,then so be it. if not moved by arroyo drama, we will be accused of callous, then let me say, i’m guilty.
It was rushed, there is no doubt about it. Therefore, it is a joke. Let me know if you feel the improvement on our economy soon, ok? Because this witch-hunt is not going to feed the hungry but improving the economy will, which PNoy is not prioritising.
Thanks for admitting you are vindictive.
i hope mabasa ito lahat ng Pilipino at maintindihan ang nilalaman.
Thanks to the Author!
Thanks for reading. I hope you can help spread it.
Cheers!
First lets talk about that picture..Choice ng mga ARROYO yan bakit lumabas ung picture na yan…gusto nila ng sympathy vote from the people.D naman sila dapat dadaan dun…may passes sila to use the VIP LOUNGE ng NAIA…but they opted not to use it…2nd about dun sa matagal na pagsampa ng case….di mo ba naalala na nagbuo ung govt ni PNOY ng truth commission..kaso nag file ung mga kaalyado ng mga ARROYO na hindi constitutional. Since majority sa SC kaalyado or midnight appointees ni ARROYO..naging null and void ung truth commission. Kung hindi ka takot bakit kailangan mong kontrahin un…3rd during GMA term naglabas sya ng order giving power to DOJ na pwede maglabas ng watchlist order…ngaun pinawawalang bisa nila sa SC…Anu un kapag sa kanila hindi pwede…to think sa administration nya yan….4th sasabihin minadali ung kaso….nagmamadali na din sya na umalis ng bansa kung saan wala pa Extradition treaty ung gusto puntahan….and sabi ng PHIL. MED. ASSOC. hindi govr sector yan kaya gawin d2 sa phils ung bone biopsy ni ARROYO and nagbigay nga sila ng list ng doctors….5th..d mo ba napansin kapag ARROYO ang humingi ng favor sa SC ang bili bilis umaksyo ng SC..TRY MO mag file sa SC baka abutin ka ng TAON bago makuha ung decision….D ka ba natutuwa na at least umuusad na ung Justice System ng PHILs. Mabibiyan naman sya ng pagkakataon sa korte… kung wala syang kasalanan so be it
@PinoyAKO
You sounds so paranoid. You seem to think that everything that is happening to Arroyo is either staged by Arroyo or what she deserves. Which one is it?!? Would you actually put yourself in harms way and risk a knife or a gun weilding mob just so the media can get a photo of you being mobbed in order to get symphathy? That’s just crazy talk, dude!
If Arroyo really wanted to flee, why didn’t she do it months before? PNoy’s plans to prosecute her has been publicised since before he was elected. You may want to consider asking the question, how come she didn’t run when she was still healthy?
Hinde ako natutuwa dahil hinde justice ang umiiral kung hinde vindictiveness.
Let’s see how Aquino’s performance on his anti-corruption campaign against Arroyo fare against Arroyo’s anti-corruption campaign against Estrada.
Estrada was arrested three months after he was ousted on charges of plunder. Arroyo was arrested 15 months after she stepped down on charges of electoral sabotage. On could say that Estrada was already under trial in an impeachment court so the gathering of evidence was already being done. Well, from the first expose by Singson, it took about three months for the allegations to prosper into an impeachment proceedings. We could also say that it took only two years from him taking power, doing whatever monkey business and getting kicked out and arrested, while Arroyo had all nine years in power plus an extra before getting arrested. So yeah, with the timelines, Aquino et. al aren’t really impressive.
Now, what would it take for this anti-corruption drive from being so-so into being the model for succeeding efforts to come? Well first, they could, uh, “railroad” the trial and come with a guilty guilty verdict in less than six years it took for Estrada’s case, preferably within the allotted time for Aquino’s term, barring any extension, knock on wood. Actually, this would be up to the courts: the buck stops with the Judiciary even when taking into consideration external “persuasion.” Second, this time, there shouldn’t be any pardon. And third, while they’re at it, perhaps they could slap plunder charges too and recover some ill-gotten wealth (I wonder if there’s a replacement for the PCGG of the elder Aquino, since I hear they are closing shop after a decades-long so-so performance).
By the way, the seemingly astute observation that for the second straight time, incumbent presidents are sending their immediate predecessors to jail isn’t exactly a smart identification of an “onli in da pilipins” phenomenon. I remember the same thing happening in South Korea back in the 1990s. Therefore, we’re late to the party for over a decade. Actually, I’d think this would be a somber, if not embarrassing, occasion for the Koreans instead of the circus freak show this is being treated here.