In yet another spectacular showcase of the flat learning curve of all who stand for that quintessentially Filipino oxymoron “civil society”, Manila Times “columnist” and Director of the Youth and Social Entrepreneurship Program of the Ateneo School of Government Harvey Keh was grilled to a crisp by various parties in the Senate Court in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday. Earlier, Keh along with former Akbayan party list representative Risa Hontiveros and another person filed a “complaint” against Corona alleging that the chief magistrate possessed unexplained dollar-denominated bank accounts. The complaint, as it turned out, was based on unreliable sources with Keh, the smallest nobody among the three, ironically making the biggest song-and-dance about information about these accounts obtained from anonymous sources.
Suffice to say, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to whose office Keh had directly handed over these unverified documents was not amused. “I felt insulted and offended and I’m ordering you to show cause why you should not be cited for contempt,” Enrile told Harvey Keh. Keh was also caught lying about not informing the media in advance of his publicity stunt at Enrile’s office. Under questioning by Senator Judge Jinggoy Estrada, Keh admitted that he had been in touch with reporter “friends” from the broadsheet Inquirer.net and the tabloid Abante shortly after he had received the documents.
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Apparently not having learned much from the experience, Keh tweeted the following shortly after the ordeal:
I can now proudly say that I survived the berating and admonishment of Sen. Miriam!
This was followed by tweets of support coming from the “civil society” dream team: “Salamat, @harveykeh, my fellow letter-writer & witness! Like u said, Walang iwanan”, tweeted by Risa Hontiveros; and, “Kaya natin’s Marisa lerias as she leads grace before meals as we regroup w harvey keh: thank u Lord for a wonderful day for kaya natin.” tweeted by Isabela Governor Grace Padaca who also later tweeted: “Tuloy lng grace kwawa bayan ntin pag sumuko ang mga ktulad natin,ksama nyo ako mali c harvey na 1000 lng kayò milyonmilyon tayo” (apparently a copy of a text message Padaca received; translated “Keep on going Grace. Pity our country if people like us give up. I am with you. Harvey is wrong that we just number 1,000. There are millions of us”).
I wonder if she meant there are millions of us liars…
Speaking of Padaca, Rappler.com had earlier — tweeted by its “CEO” Maria Ressa an hour or two after yesterday’s trial session wrapped up — fielded what at the time was a breaking “report” on the sentiments of a tearful Padaca who along with former Pampanga governor Ed Panlilio had accompanied Keh to court.
In an interview after Keh’s testimony, Padaca could not help but break down in tears. She said she was angry with how senator-judges berated Keh for accepting and submitting to the Senate Corona’s alleged bank records even if he could not attest to their veracity.
Asked why she was crying, Padaca said, “Galit. Parang galit na galit sila sa anonymous. We have a country where ang justice, hindi ka makakalaban nang harapan. Ikaw na nga ang merong gustong ipaglaban, ikaw pa ang masama so what kind of a country do we have?” (Anger. It seems they are so angry with anonymous [sources]. We have a country where you can’t fight for justice face to face. You want to fight for truth but you get into trouble so what kind of a country do we have?)
And that is why we have those self-described “heroes” of the hapless Filipino — their Mainstream Media — to whom they can run to. Unfortunately it seems Keh, running around with his pants on fire, suddenly found in him some sense to be a bit embarrassed about getting in touch with his “friends” in this noble industry too soon. You can tell though what sort of priorities a “social news network” like Rappler applies in its reporting practice in the way this teleserye fodder of a report was rushed to press.
You gotta wonder how what on the surface seems to be a glossy, organised, star-studded, and well-funded “civil society” clique can so consistently get it so wrong more often than not. Perhaps it is because the usual suspects in this “community”; people like Harvey Keh, Risa Hontiveros, Maria Ressa, Leah Navarro, Jim Paredes, Raissa Robles, their army of anonymous brown envelope couriers and small ladies, and their vast fan base of starstruck ignoramuses rally around what small minds tend to fixate on: PEOPLE — specifically personalities.
What you are is the sum total of your history, your heritage and culture, your education, the crap that your press sensationalizes, the bad icons that your movies glorify, the artificial values your advertising extols, the bad examples your leaders and role models project. What you feed your country’s mind is what it becomes. You have become the ugly monster that you’ve created. You are now crying all the tears your sickeningly sentimental movies wailed out for years and years!
[…]
You are a nation of star-struck ignoramuses. You are easily awed by your movie stars who are usually nothing but uneducated, aquiline-nosed and light-skinned ******** picked up from some gutter somewhere. I have seen what these artistas illusionadas can get away with. They just flash their capped-tooth smiles and policemen let them get away with traffic violations; they bat their false eyelashes and customs officers impose no duty on their suspicious balikbayan boxes.
Consider that there is no one personality or set of characters nor physical edifice around which the tinier minority of thinking Filipinos rally around. That is because truly great minds rally around IDEAS.
[Photo courtesy PinoyExchange.com.]
benign0 is the Webmaster of GetRealPhilippines.com.
Amazing! You know I stick this stuff on my FB and my friends in America think I am joking and ask me if this is really going on! We used to think our country was full of whackos but now they say that it is this country cause we couldn’t even dream stuff like this can go on!
That’s why it’s more fun in here, Mr. Stefen.
It’s mind-boggling how Mr. Keh can even say he stood his ground against Senators Santiago and Estrada. He bowed his head and said he was sorry when Estrada caught him being ‘sinungaling.’ Yet his supporters called him a hero and bemoaned how difficult it is to do the right thing in this country. Mr. Keh lied under oath in front of the nation, he is NOT an example of good governance.
even this ‘pilantod’padaca shed crocodile tears in defense of bading harvey.
he just wanted publicity, and he got it. in fact, all the “champions” of (alleged) good governance got the publicity they wanted. to them, the end justifies the means. they have no shame.
It’s called blatant lying. What else did you expect him say that he got his ass kicked? It goes to show you how corruptive the King in Yellow can be and its very scary…..
Yes he is a hero. Mabigat ang mga kalaban sa katarantaduhan. Dapat mautak din ang approach.
Salamat at nailabas iyan. The defense in presenting them created their grave. Matalino man daw ang matsin napaglalangan din.
Agree on this. When someone tries to correct them, they play victim drama queens in order to convince the people on their side. I don’t like that because many Filipinos can be easily manipulated because of watching too much dramas. They never realized that they can be caught by a web of deceit.
There’s a Yellow Hole that sucks intelligence within a 15 meter radius.
I’ve commented this one here in this blog about Keh
“This Harvey Keh according to him:
“For the record, I have NEVER and will NEVER sign up to join this Facebook Group: “We Support Chief Justice Corona and the Rule of Lawâ€.
Ang kapal naman talaga ng mukha ng mga supporters ni Corona to even add my name in their Facebook group! I do not support, have never supported and will never support Chief Justice Renato Corona. I hope they can stop resorting to dirty tactics such as these as well as propagating lies to the general public. Mahiya naman kayo!â€
Can you explain how they have hacked to your FB account? Are these Corona supporters really that good? If you’re just making a claim without supporting it, in my book, you’re an idiot.
If they’re really that good, in my book, they’re stupid. They should have aimed higher.
And this Harvey Key feels he’s that significant.
Pwe!”
Misinformation/Disinformation expert heh…
hehe…baka naman nag-sign up talaga siya para mag-troll dun.
Just FYI, he wasn’t asserting that anyone hacked his account. On Facebook, you can create a group, add any of your friends to it, and they will automatically be part of that group without having to personally accept the invitation. I think that’s what Mr. Keh was referring to in this case.
He was asserting this –
“Ang kapal naman talaga ng mukha ng mga supporters ni Corona to even add my name in their Facebook group! I do not support, have never supported and will never support Chief Justice Renato Corona. I hope they can stop resorting to dirty tactics such as these as well as propagating lies to the general public. Mahiya naman kayo!â€
Are you comfortable with his assertion?
Can he prove his claim?
Can somebody hacked his FB account or has he intentionally done it?
What would Corona’s defenders gain if they’ve included his name among those who are with them?
In the end, Keh was exposed as a dull sham. He was exposed for his malicious deeds. (And he has the effrontery to claim that he survived Defensor’s cross examination. Ang kapal ng mukha mo Keh! May kahihiyan ka ba!)
And BTW, I made an interrogative posit that somebody could have hacked his FB account, and it was my way of putting the situation in a non-confrontational form since I can’t prove it.
Sa kapal ba naman ng mukha ni Keh, it should be put in a way that he could have intentionally done it!
Well said as always…this reminds me of my reaction to the observation of Dean La Vina…
What is happening reminds me of Hunger Games or Gladiators…where the mob is never satisfied until they see blood…I am actually dumbfounded at the power I see being wielded by the state against one man. Does the state want to see blood too?
Like I said from the beginning…if there is evidence then bring it out and let us make him pay. But not like this…never at the expense of honor…and never at the expense of a man’s right to due process. I do not disagree with the Pnoy Admin wanting to clean house. Yes the house is rotting…it is infested. But let us clean house using clean water because dirty muddied water will only make the house dirtier and worst stinkier.
I was never a fan of CJ Corona…let’s make that clear. But I sympathize with him and I am enraged at this example where a man’s reputation is destroyed in front of his family literally by public opinion…guise in the name of Vox Populi Vox Dei…because he happens to sit on the wrong team?
Is this what we have been reduced to? Yes Dean La Vina…you are right it is indeed a game changer…and whether he knows it or not…CJ Corona lost in this fight…even if he wins…he has already lost…bigtime.
Unfortunately many have not realized that in this so called game…we the Filipino people have lost big time as well. And guess who will be left with the dirtier stinkier house?
To point out: even if you win with breaking the rules, you can say that you still lose because you can say to yourself “I can’t win like this.”
Most people will do everything at the expense of one’s honor and dignity just to get what they want.
you hit it right on the head. i really could not believe that one man can mobilize the government resources to pulverize the dignity of his enemy. and the worst thing is there are people from the so called “civil society” who thinks they are always right when the truth is they are just puppets of the one in power and are polishing his ego to get juicy posts. they are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites.
ang penaguusapan dito ay ang position ni CJ at ang
kaniyang pagkatao kung pwede pa siyang manatili sa
position niya bilang Chief Justice nang ating Supeme
Court. Dapat siya ang umupo sa witness stand para
edepensa ang sarili niya. Para tapos na at narinig
na sana natin ang panig niya. LAMANG PENAHABA NIYA
AYAN TULOY AS WHAT CHAT ALEJANDRO SAID IT WILL
BE VERY MUDDY. MALUSAK. ANG TANONG SA NALAMAN BA
NATIN TUNGKOL SA PAMILYA NIYA AT SA KANYA. KARAPAT DAPAT PA BA SIYANG MAGING CHIEF JUSTICE?
Epagtitiwala mo ba sa kniya ang iyong right to life, libery and property in case of any controversEy. Alalahanin natin NEXT TO GOD ang SUPREME COURT ANG MAY FINAL SAY DIYAN.
Translation- I know nothing about CJ and the facts of the case except things i watched on TV.
especially abias-cbn
Harvey Keh said:
“I can now proudly say that I survived the berating and admonishment of Sen. Miriam!”
Dude. Di lang siya sinabon. Ginawa lang naman siyang labada ni MDS at nilagay sa washing machine.
“Got mit us” (God with us)…shouted the German Nazis, as they killed millions of Jews and political opponents. I believe that the worse that God can look upon people, like these YellowTards is: using God’s name and God’s goodness, to rationalize the evil and the wickedness of the Aquino/Cojuangco Regime, they support. These people, think like YellowTards already. So, there’s no sense arguing with them…Is lying and presenting false evidences, not wicked? People are not that ignoramus to believe in your : Mr. Anonymous and Miss Small Lady…It is a badly written Fairy Tale…it stinks, like all the pa-utot of Noynoy Aquino…
yOU ARE CORRECT BUT HE SURVIVED. hE DID THE RIGHT
THING. sILENT KA LANG DAHIL NAGAWA MO NA ANG DAPAT
AT KAELANGAN MONG GAWIN KAHIT ANO PA ANG SABIHIN NILA. remember what Dr. Rizal said “TELL THE TRUTH EVEN HOW BITTER IT IS.”
Truth can be twisted…as the Nazis, believed the lies of their leaders…YellowTard lies are truth to YellowTard mindsets…Remember, how the Japanese died for their Emperor, during World War II. Emperor Hirohito was believed, as their living God..
This is what the entire PNoy brigade has had to resort to to try and oust Corona: illegally acquired bank documents; illegally divulged dollar accounts; unconstitutional filing of articles of impeachment lacking even the decency of perusing much less verification; neglect of legislative work; neglect of executive work; distortion of facts; libel; persecution; defamation; and blatant lying involving anonymous sources delivering documents in ridiculous fashion. All these shameful acts in the name of reform as they call themselves “champions.” Can’t they see the perversion in their egomaniacal personalities? What twisted minds these people have. They are so enamored with themselves and giddy in their self praises that lying to themselves has become natural to them. What grotesque personalities these people have. This Keh guy whoever he is had the gall to say in twitter he’s proud to have survived Miriam’s tirade against him when everyone saw his tail tuck in and his voice in the most cowardly intonation apologize to everyone who would spare him whatever he was obviously fearing. From having just performed a conniving wicked and cruel act to a pathetically frightened amoeba when reprimanded by senator judges.Haha! What a freakin queen he turned into and he thinks he survived. His credibility just died and his true color was the only thing that survived.
Should have at least rehearsed if he intended to lie under oath on national TV. An ordinary cheating husband who is probably just a construction worker with no years in college can even come up with a better story when he lies to his wife about why he is late, why he didn’t come home or where his money has gone. Pathetic! Liars go to hell but the dumb liars are probably enslaved by the brilliant liars in hell. Being in hell is already bad, don’t make it worse by being bullied there.
It is now an instrument of public policy to prostitute civil society groups and allow them to reveal anonymous sources of dubious, fabricated or falsified evidence. The continuation of Nazi style hate-think/demonization through black propaganda and trial by publicity by way of “hiring” media resources is now SOP. Add the machinery of state used against the perceived enemies of the chosen one and presto! Are we heading towards a police state?
Harvey Pweh of Kayat Natin deserves the rough treatment. He is trying to dupe us by trying to make us believe in anonymous sources and his naivete in supporting this administration is irritating.
I heartily laugh in his pathetic attempts at self-assurance by telling the world he’s OK, that he survived MDS. Cry more, Harvey Pweh. I bet you were shaking and holding back tears as you tweeted that.
How many sets of lower garments did Keh have to change?
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Harvey Keh is probably jizzin’ in his pants until now.
Maybe he has plenty of brown pants.
Harvey Keh is a classic example of an emo whose brain has been so damaged by feel-good yellowtard slogans like “kaya natin!” and “angat buhay!” that he lost all common sense.
What does he think his statement of support for Leni Robredo will achieve? A Robredo employee of a Robredo foundation releases a statement defending Robredo?
Keh might as well bend over and suck his own d*ck, this is so masturbatory.
The signs are everywhere. The Ghost of Impeachments Past has come to collect. Keh won’t be able to escape the karma of what he did years ago illegally obtaining Chief Justice Corona’s bank records and trying to pass them on to the Senate.
And guess who was the “little lady” partner-in-crime of Keh in filching Corona’s bank records?
None other than Bolet Banal, the current congressman-lover of Leni Robredo.
Karma is one mean b*tch.
They’re all going to go down with Our Lady of Nganga. Corona’s ouster will look like child’s play compared to what’s coming for them.