In recent days, President Benigno Aquino has indulged himself in a continuous lambasting of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. In his speech at the National Criminal Justice Summit, he practically insulted the Supreme Court Chief Justice for the whole country to see. Now this is what I call power-tripping. He endlessly stated that Corona is a midnight appointee and that he believes it is unconstitutional despite the fact that his appointment was approved by the Supreme Court. I am glad that Corona maintained his composure because he truly was the better man during that scenario. This is exactly where President Aquino and other Filipinos start generating their conspiracy theories. They think that the only reason why the Supreme Court approved his appointment is because most of them were appointed by the same person — none other than former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA). Hence, on that basis, all the charges filed against her would necessarily be dropped if we are to believe these theorists — like a magician doing magic tricks.
I have never been a fan of conspiracy theories and making assumptions based on nothing.
There are more important things a country needs to deal with beyond impeaching government officials. I have said this before and I will say it again, even if GMA is proven guilty of all the crimes she has been charged with, it is not going to make the Philippines a better country. You might say I’m a fool for saying this but seriously, I wouldn’t be afraid to tell you that you are stupid if you don’t realize what I’m going to say next:
What have Filipinos done to Former Presidents Ferdinand Marcos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada? They divested them of their power because people believed them to be corrupt, and that their corruption is the cause of poverty. People rejoiced back in 1986 after “winning” back their democracy having previously suffered under a long dictatorship. But “freedom” is a privilege that shouldn’t have even been given to a people who are not capable of thinking. We all know what happened during the Cory Aquino administration. There was no electricity and there were numerous coup d’etats that took place during her term. I’m not even going to expound on what took place back then. Many remember it clearly. What I’m trying to say is that even after getting rid of former Philippines presidents who people thought were a hindrance to progress and whatnot, the Philippines remained the dump that it is.
Do Filipinos focus on the relevant? Apparently not because otherwise, they would be preoccupying themselves more with pursuits that have greater potential for making things better for their country. What needs to be prioritized in the Philippines right now is creation of more jobs. I made the mistake last night of engaging in a senseless debate with someone who said that the economy shouldn’t be a top priority. This is a person who had graduated from a university in the Philippines. Now we all know why the Philippines remains a Third World country. Many Filipinos simply do not think.
President Aquino surely does waste a lot of his energy by involving himself in situations unbecoming of a President instead of doing something more concrete from which the Philippines could benefit. I guess his pea-sized brain — or his lack of one — really can’t handle something as serious as the economy. It requires know-how which he obviously lacks. If one would look at the situation while removing all malice and conspiracy theories, one will readily see that President Aquino doesn’t really prioritize what NEEDS to be prioritized and that the Filipino people are doing the same thing.
If people are eager to believe Corona is guilty, then they should also believe Aquino is guilty too. He is guilty of being an idiot.
The part that I hate is this 2 officials who are the heads of the branches of the govt are exchanging words instead of bringing everything to the court, they would make speeches attacking each other shown on TV, like common celebrities. I just feel mad that these are the kind of people running the country.
While Corona was addressing the concerns of his constituents and colleagues in order to boost everyone’s morale (media coverage here being merely secondary and consequential), AbNoy actually meant his speeches to be made to the public to gain popularity. AbNoy’s speeches are propaganda speeches.
the impeachment is underway so you would think p-noy would shut up now, but no – in fact he attacks are continuing and now focussing on coronas wife. why
they cant wait 6 months for impeachment, and dont seem to have the numbers in senate so expect continuing pressure to resign/leave of absence etc.
the hacienda luisita verdict is not yet final hence the two prong delay tactic by HLI and the railroad/pressure by govt including using public opinion who dont have a clue about the game being played
the cojuangcos must be sh#%&ng bricks.
Pabayaan nyo nlng si Tito Noy at pekeng Corona na magsalita. Hbang dumarami ang naniniwala kay Tito Noy kpag nagsasalita sya, kabaliktaran naman kay pekeng Corona, dumarami lang ang ngagalit sknya dhil nlalaman ng tao na guilty sya bilang tuta ni Gloria.
let me ask you something vincenzo…
Does your butt ever get jealous of all the crap that you type here?
@Nutzi Vincenzo
spoken like a true nutzi!
BadNoy rule of thumb: “Lie is Truth and Truth is Lie. Your tito noy is better than tito Adolf! The L sign no longer stands for Laban. The L sign now stands for Linlangin!
@Fuhrer
BadNoy’s second rule of thumb:
up is down and short is long.
Yeah.
You’re just like your Tito Noy a.k.a. Der Fuhrer: both are fanatical big conspiracy theorist.
Dumadami?? Says who? The surveys?? Sad to say those aren’t true.. besides.. tapos na ba ang kaso for you to bluntly say that Corona is GMA’s pet?
dapat ipalabas ni tito noy yung hello garci at parusahan yung lahat na nag supporta na hindi palabasin yung hello garci recording.
teka muna! wag nalang po, isa c tito noy sa nag vote na hindi ipalabas yung hello garci recording. wag nalang natin pansinin yung hello garci. mag kaibigan pa kasi cla ni arroyo nung panahon na yun. pero nakita ni arroyo ang galit ni tito noy dahil kinuha ni arroyo ang hacienda luisita ni tito noy. ipalabas mo ang galit mo tito noy! go tito noy!
This is nothing more than sarcasm.
Oh yeah, it proves that Noynoy is the most evil of all.
Hoy BOBONG VicenBOZO hindi pagpapakulong kay Gloria at pagpapatangal kay Corona ang trabaho ni Tito Abnoy mo. MADAMING GUTOM, WALANG TRABAHO AT WALANG TAHANAN. Ang unang tungkulin ni Abnoy bilang presidente ay bigyan ng paraan para lumamon, magkatrabaho at magkalupa o tahanan ang mga Piripinong pinanumpaan nya na BOSS sya. Tangnang kabobohan mo… nakaka aliw… magsama kayo ng Tito Abnoy mo… dun sa Mandaluyong mental hospital.
with god – king pinoy – in malacanan and pulse asia and abs-cbn to reflect the will of the people then SC/Senate/Congress not needed. is that a dictatorship or people power or just the philippines having another identity crisis
With the exception of Peenot’s neps Visenso, I PRAY TO GOD THAT THE PEOPLE WHO POSTED HERE CAN BE CLONED ASAP!
If I have 10,000 of you people here in PH–then we will prevail. O sige kahit 1000 na lang na tulad nina Benigno and Iya…Ok, I can sleep well at night kowing fully well there are smart and sensible Filipinos who will not swallow the lies of the yellowtards!
To all filipinos who thinks GMA as a hero pls read the constitution if all of you know about the situation.
“SEC 15. Two months immediately before the next presidential elections and up to the end of his term, a President or Acting President shall not make appointments, except temporary appointments to executive positions when continued vacancies therein will prejudice public service or endanger public safety.”
According to the law it is clearly illegal to a former president to appoint a chief justice before the election. This states that CJ corona is illegal appointee of GMA because he is appointed 2 days before the may 2010 election. That’s why Pnoy wants to impeach corona because he is illegal appointee.
“It was the Philippines’ Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) that “unanimously†agreed to start nominations prior to the 2010 elections for the replacement of the country’s outgoing Chief Justice Reynato Puno. And they did so citing Section 4(1), Article 8 of the constitution – which mandates that a Supreme Court vacancy should be filled within 90 days once the position remains vacant.
In a news item published in February of 2010, it was shown that even constitutional experts had no problem with GMA appointing the new judge:
A group of constitutionalists has no qualms about President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointing the next chief justice despite a constitutional provision supposedly prohibiting it two months before an election.
Members of the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) even want the Supreme Court to compel the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), the body that screens nominees to vacant judicial posts, to submit its shortlist to President Arroyo.
In a 20-page petition, Philconsa, through its president Manuel Lazaro, said the election ban in the Constitution covers only appointments in the executive department and not in the judiciary.
The group pointed out that the only restriction cited by the Constitution is that the president must appoint from the list submitted by the JBC.
The bottom line is, the issue about appointing a new SC judge has been resolved in early 2010 even before GMA chose Renato Corona. It turns out that GMA was even compelled to pick a new judge by the JBC out of an urgent need to do so because “historical events dictated the post should be vacant no more than a dayâ€. Here’s what the SC had to say about the controversy at that time:
Whether one agrees with the Supreme Court’s final decision or not, one thing is for sure, Chief Justice Corona has been taking all these attacks on his personal integrity like a real gentleman. The record shows that during the height of the debate surrounding GMA’s move to appoint a new SC judge in early 2010, Chief Justice Corona who was at that time, still a Associate Justice together with fellow nominee, Antonio Carpio opted not to join the voting on the issue citing that “it will have effects on themâ€. And prior to the SC’s decision to okay GMA’s picking of the new judge, Corona even reportedly said that “he would accept the nomination for the post but on condition that the next president (PNoy) should make the appointment.†It is too bad that PNoy and his apologists like Randy David ignore Corona’s record of objectivity in the past. It must be in their nature to be too quick to judge a judge appointed by GMA.”
Philconsa: Arroyo can appoint next chief justice
Um, pardon chad, but I think you failed to recognize the exact words in the excerpt you included in your post.
“SEC 15. Two months immediately before the next presidential elections and up to the end of his term, a President or Acting President shall not make appointments, except temporary appointments to EXECUTIVE positions when continued vacancies therein will prejudice public service or endanger public safety.â€
Second, you fail to recognize that it was not her but the JBC.
Also, I think your logic is flawed. If Mr. Corona is in fact an illegal appointee and should not be recognized as CJ, why then are we having an impeachment court for a CJ? The discussion of the legality of the appointment of the CJ during the last moments of Arroyo’s term was in fact deliberated and discussed on by the relevant parties and they ruled it just.
GMA is no saint/hero, but I think presumption of any/everyone’s innocence is in order and it is the job of the prosecution to prove someone’s guilt in court/in the proper authorities.
Cheers!
“That’s why Pnoy wants to impeach corona because he is illegal appointee.”
O RLY?
The fact that Corona is being impeached clearly shows that he is the duly recognized Chief Justice. You can’t impeach someone from a position he/she does not rightly occupy.
You seriously need to get your facts right.
Ack, Sphynx beat me to it. Hahaha.
@chad: TROLL.
‘Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court lives on.’ -William Howard Taft.
What you actually wanted is that to wait for Noynoy to appoint his on CJ ‘na kanyang kapit sa leeg.’
In other words, holy conflict of interest, Batman! But no, a CJ should be appointed ASAP.
I’d like to share a news item to Pres Noynoy Aquino
And welcome to the land of Idiocracy!
Where idiots votes idiots alike
This is all a power play of a vindicated President out on a vendetta against his political enemies. He is making a mockery of democracy
Every one knows that impeachments are political circuses, and it depends now on public perception. Sad though because most of the public are also idiots. This impeachment trial of Justice Corona is a personal vendetta on the part of the President since he wants full control of the Supreme court. If he really wanted an honest crusade to cleanse the judiciary of misfits then it should be free from bias or prejudice which in his case is highly personal.
Power is not perpetual though,It expires after six years unless of course he has plans on dictatorship which looks like where he is headed. He already has the military on a tight leash by appointing the new AFP Chief of Staff which turns out to be a really ally of his.
Who needs to watch dramas when Politics in the Philippines is even more thrilling and explosive than prime time soap operas and of course the citizens being mindless the spectators.
what do expect to an abnormal president…
what a bunch of idiots…
you’re always concerned of jobs “FOR YOURSELVES”,
concerned of food “FOR YOURSELVES”, concerned of shelters “FOR YOURSELVES” …
those who think PNoy as an idiot and insensitive president were only just concerned on “themselves” not really for the welfare of their countrymen !
What you think of what Pnoy is, is really what you are !!!
What is wrong with being concerned for myself? It is my obligation to take care of myself or else I die. Are not my concerns about food and shelter for myself representative of the concerns of my fellow countrymen?
Your tears are delicious.
TROLL.
I never voted for that guy since day 1. Many have criticized Noynoy due to his INCOMPETENCE and his inability to lead. Yes, he’s an idiot who is all blunders and blame games. We never do that. If he’s reaaally concerned for his own countrymen, then he should never run in the first place.
So who’s the idiot now? Of course, EMOtards like yourself.
tsssss… harsh reality, eto na ata mismo ung pinagde-debatan natin….
hindi importante sino tama, hindi importante kung sino dapat sisihin, importante solusyon
kailangan pa ba may isang taong dapat sisihin at kilalanin na kalaban para lang magkaisa ung mga tao?
“Politics is WAR without Bloodshed while WAR is politics with Bloodshed”
CGMA and Pnoy are really allies. It’s all a propaganda to divert the public’s attention to avoid seeing the corruption happening today. Politicians are the best actors. They are just pretending to be fighting like what you see in teleserye and movie. Behind the scenes they are friends. Arroyo is not stupid to stay here in our country if they are not allies. GMA still run and won as congresswoman. No case was even filed against CGMA. Pnoy is almost sitting as president for almost a year. A month before SONA the old issue of corruption suddenly came out because Pnoy haven’t done anything aside from WANGWANG! Pnoy keep speaking of Arroyos corruption. The missing evidences and witnesses before just suddenly went out including the missing COMELEC commissioner. To get more public reaction CGMA does the best act of her life, pretending to be sick and needed to go abroad. De lima acting like a hero stopping CGMA from going out of the country but NO LEGAL COMPLAINT was filled against GMA. that is why SC gave GMA a go signal because,there was no legal basis not to allow GMA going out. See the propaganda? They told every Filipino about the corruption but they didn’t even file a,case whoch should be the first thing to do. The media reported that CGMA is planing to escape but the media arrived first on NAIA. The bogus investigation took almost 2yrs. If GMA really wants go leave the country she can take a plane in Clark instead of NAIA. She can even buy herself a private jet with that amount of money. The best proof Arroyo and Aquino was really allies is the money. They did not freeze or even attempted to get it back.
Kickback lang yung nakurakot ni Arroyo, MAS LUMALA CORRUPTION NGAYON KASI WALANG NAMAN NAIPAPAGAWA SI PNOY! Si ARroyo marami talaga napagawa.
It’s no longer a conspiracy theory because there is already physical evidence to prove it. CONSPIRACY FACT. Our country which is in poverty purchased almost 50 Billion Pesos worth of war machines. Pnoy might used Pacquaio match to leave the country and hide in a nuclear proof bunker. Before starting this Geopolitical war.
The people they are calling conspiracy theorist are the survivors and victim’s families seeking for justice and truth on the FAKE terrorist attack in 9/11 2001. They don’t want you to know how the media lied to the whole world. NO TERRORIST AND AL-QAEDA involve.decide for yourself even a kid and idiot can see the lies because of the overwhelming evidence. Search youtube for “Want your mind blown?” US attack Iraq and Afghanistan killing a lot of people because of this LIES….
‘even a kid and idiot can see the lies because of the overwhelming evidence’
Huh?