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MEL STA. MARIA_After VP Robredo's resignation, watch the Supreme Court
To understand Vice President Robredo’s apprehension, it is inevitable that we have to start from the place where the ending may happen. And that place is the Supreme Court.
Under the Constitution, only the Supreme Court, as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, can oust Leni Robredo from the vice presidency on the basis of the votes obtained in the election. Section 4 Article 7 of the 1987 Constitution provides that “the Supreme Court, sitting en banc, shall be the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns, and qualifications of the President or Vice-President, and may promulgate its rules for the purpose.”
And it is quite reasonable to believe that one of the “events of the recent days” referred to by the Vice President may have been the promulgation of the Supreme Court -- through Associate Justices Peralta, Bersamin, Velasco, Brion, De Castro, Bernabe, Del Castillo, Mendoza and Perez – of that horrible decision allowing the dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani -- a decision which gave imprimatur to one of President Duterte’s campaign promises.
Now, the dictator’s son Ferdinand (Bongbong) R. Marcos Jr. is banking on this same Supreme Court -- or at least a majority of its members -- to oust Vice President Leni Robredo and proclaim him as the winner for the position.
This is not to say that he has no right to file an election protest. But the incoherence of his position – the rejection of the result generated by the machine based on the people’s votes as to the vice presidency but acceptance of the same machine’s result insofar as the presidency is concerned, on the same ballot -- betrays its weakness.
And, without the case still being heard on its merits, Bongbong smugly declared, “I will eventually take my seat that is being kept warm for me.”
He should not have said that because it generated so many speculations. For instance, one wonders: does this arrogance come from Bongbong’s sense of entitlement because he is a Marcos, or could this possibly be coming from something deeper, a more sinister, albeit for him reassuring, plan that will soon unravel before us?
It is difficult to ignore President Duterte’s unapologetic support for the Marcoses. During his China state visit, President Duterte proudly introduced Bongbong as “the next vice-president if he wins his protest.” And this was made in the same sub-judice way the President publicly expressed his position favoring the Marcos burial even while the case was pending with the Supreme Court.
How much influence these sub-judice statements had on the majority of the Supreme Court justices in the burial-case was a serious and legitimate concern to many. Will it happen again in this Marcos-election-protest-case in the Supreme Court if indeed such sub judice statements are a factor?
And surely, the justices of the Supreme Court are not unaware of the friendship between President Duterte and Bongbong.
In fact, just after the election, President Duterte admitted that he offered Bongbong a cabinet position. “I promised him” President Duterte said in one encounter with media. Not only that. At that time, he did not want to appoint Leni Robredo to a cabinet position because he did not wish to “hurt the feelings” of Bongbong.
It seems that the President values his ties with the Marcoses over and above the prospects of fostering reconciliation, cooperation and inclusivity during his term.
One other thing. The Supreme Court’s track record in cases involving high-profile political personalities appears to be ominous for Vice President Leni Robredo.
This is the Supreme Court whose majority members are perceived -- rightly or wrongly -- to be always siding with the “elite,” the rich, the privileged, and/or people highly placed in the political ladder. And this perception has basis.
It acquitted former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and former First Lady Imelda Marcos, granted bail to Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, adjudged absolute pardon for former President Joseph Estrada, excused Mayor Junjun Binay from sanction despite abandonment of the “Condonation doctrine,” and decided that Congressman Ronald Singson cannot be ousted as a representative because his drug-related-conviction did not concern a crime involving moral turpitude.
This is also the Supreme Court whose majority ruled against the coconut farmers and in favor of Danding Cojuangco in the coco-levy case because, among others, there was no showing that the latter was one of the “close associates of President Marcos” -- prompting former Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, now the Ombudsman, to say that “the argument that Cojuangco was not the subordinate or close associate of the Marcoses is the biggest joke to hit the country.”
And more recently, it is the Supreme Court which decided that the dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, whose regime looted our national treasury and ushered in a period of summary execution, forced disappearance, torture and gross violation of human rights against the Filipino people, be buried in theLibingan ng mga Bayani.
Vice President Leni Robredo does not belong to the “elite,” the rich, or the powerful. She only has the people who voted for her as the source of her power. Given this Supreme Court perception, is it totally unjustified for people to be apprehensive as regards how the Supreme Court, sitting as an electoral tribunal, will decide the Vice Presidency and Leni’s fate?
I truly hope that the Supreme Court will come out with a decision truly uplifting our national spirit and affirming the sovereignty that resides on the people.
In the meantime, we seem to be paralyzed again by these latest developments, and the need to process everything never appears to be fast enough for our brains to comprehend. We find ourselves asking once more, “what now” and “what next”? Well, we should not hold our breaths till we turn blue. We must think and act fast because eventually, it will affect us and the country. Yes, it is exhausting, and heaven knows it can be very frustrating. But at the end of the day, there are things which we simply cannot allow to happen again. So it is up to us to make sure that they do not.
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Monday, December 5, 2016
BREAKING NEWS: #StandWithStandingRock VICTORY
My personal thanks to every person who was able and did take a stand and travel to Standing Rock in support of the Water Protectors.
Special thanks go out to the many U.S. Veterans who stood up and showed up to be a shield for these brave people. (according to information on the video feed featured below was 4,000 Veterans!)
So happy to have a great FEEL GOOD story to share with you all!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but it feels to me like that moment when Galdalf the Grey planted his Staff firmly in front of the Balrog and shouted, “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”
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Sunday, December 4, 2016
Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs (December 5, 2016)
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Friday, December 2, 2016
102ND PERSUASIVE APPEAL_2DEC16_TO THE SCP JUSTICES : NHCP's Diokno resigns over Marcos burial
 NHCP's Diokno resigns over Marcos burial
In her resignation letter, Diokno condemned Marcos' burial and vowed to continue opposing it.
"The burial of Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani is wrong; it denies our history, erases the memory of lives lost and destroyed, mocks the collective action we took to oust the dictator, and denigrates the value of our struggle for freedom," she said.
Diokno also slammed President Rodrigo Duterte, who ordered Marcos' burial, and the Supreme Court, which voted 9-5 in favor of the interment after petitions were filed to challenge Duterte's order.
"At this moment in our history, every voice counts, and I wish to place mine on the side of history: not the history that the Duterte government ignores, but the history that beckons our people to demand justice that even the highest court of the land will not bestow," Diokno said.
"Notwithstanding the narrow view adopted by 9 members of the Supreme Court, President Duterte could have taken the higher ground. But he chose not to. Worse, he justifies his 'legalistic' action by claiming, falsely, that 'there's no study, no movie about it [Marcos's record as a leader], just the challenges and allegations of the other side.'"
Duterte has repeatedly said that Marcos deserves to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani because he was a former president and soldier. (READ: Duterte on Marcos burial: Let history judge, I followed law)
The NHCP under Diokno's leadership, however, previously expressed its opposition to the burial.
The commission released a study disputing the late strongman's supposed record a a soldier during the World War II, which it said is "fraught with myths, factual inconsistencies, and lies."
The NHCP pointed out that Marcos "lied about receiving the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Order of the Purple Heart", a claim he supposedly made as early as 1945.
In a recent Rappler interview, Diokno stressed the impact of burying the former dictator at the cemetery that is supposed to be the final resting place for heroes.
"How do you explain to young people, to students [that] well, you know, there were so many questions – in fact, he lied about the medals – but, anyway, he belongs to the cemetery of heroes. There seems to be an incongruence there," Diokno said in an interview last August.
"That's why history is important. You can move on after you have come to terms with the past. But if you bury the past – in this case, it would be, you literally bury it – I don't see how you can come to terms with it," she also said. "But in this case, there seems to be even a refusal to come to terms with the facts of the past."
For Diokno, though, there is a ray of hope – the thousands of students who have taken to the streets and social media to express outrage over Marcos' burial. (READ: Students told after Marcos burial: 'Bigger lessons outside classroom')
"For a moment I thought I could remain at the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and protect our history from those in and out of government who attempt to deface it," she said in her resignation letter.
"But the multitude of especially young Filipinos who have come out in defense of history and are prepared to co-author it for their generation and the future point to one clear realization: they, we all, will guard our history." (READ: #ThankYouStScho: 'Please do not underestimate the youth')
Diokno said she would join the anti-Marcos protest at the People Power Monument set for Wednesday, November 30. (READ: Schedule: November 30 rallies vs Marcos)
"Tomorrow I will join the popular assertion of our history and look forward to more in as many public venues as possible," she said. "Never again will we allow any remnant of the authoritarian past to take hold of our country."
The NHCP head is the daughter of Filipino nationalist and late senator Jose "Ka Pepe" Diokno, who staunchly opposed the Marcos dictatorship. "Ka Pepe" was detained together with the late senator Benigno Aquino Jr in Fort Bonifacio for their hardline stance against the Marcos regime.
Aside from Diokno, NHCP Commissioner Francis Gealogo also announced on Tuesday that he had resigned over Marcos' burial. Gealogo posted a photo of his resignation letter, dated November 19 and addressed to the President, on Facebook.
"I believe that the Commission's stand opposing the burial of Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is based on solid historical research and is made as part of the mandate of the Commission to clarify issues pertinent to historical questions that confront our society," Gealogo said in his letter.
"I stand by the historical truth of the fact that the martyrs and victims of martial law should be the ones that we ought to recognize as the true heroes of our nation, and not the dictator who caused untold miseries and sufferings to our people." – with reports from Patty Pasion / Rappler.com
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Thursday, December 1, 2016
Another NHCP exec resigns over Marcos burial
MANILA - Another high-ranking official of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) resigned from his post in protest of the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani or Heroes' Cemetery.
Commissioner Francis A. Gealogo, Ph.D posted a photo of his resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte Tuesday, after NHCP chair Maria Serena Diokno announced her resignation.
The letter, dated November 19, was submitted to the president a day after Marcos was buried at the heroes' cemetery.
In his letter, Gealogo reaffirmed the Commission's opposition of the burial, adding that it was based on "solid historical research."
"I believe that the Commission's stand opposing the burial of Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is based on solid historical research and is made as part of the mandate of the Commission to clarify issues pertinent to historical questions that confront our society," he wrote.
"I stand by the historical truth of the fact that the martyrs and victims of martial law should be the ones that we ought to recognize as the true heroes of our nation, and not the dictator who caused untold miseries and suffering to our people," Gealogo added.
Gealogo said he waited for Diokno to tender her resignation before making his own announcement.
Aside from sitting as a member of the board of NHCP, Gealogo is also an associate professor of history at the Ateneo de Manila University.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
'Never forget': CBCP gives blessing to Marcos burial rallies
MANILA - The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has thrown its support behind a planned mass action on Wednesday to condemn the hero's burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
In a statement issued Tuesday, CBCP president Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the public should honor the memory of thousands of Filipinos who suffered under Marcos' authoritarian regime.
"Maraming nawala, namatay, nasugatan at napinsala dahil sa martial law. Ang karangalan ng kanilang pagpapakasakit ay dapat na alalahanin," Villagas said.
"Kung sa inyong paninindigan, ang makisali sa mga rally ay kinakailangan at sa tingin ninyo ay bahagi ng ating tungkuling Kristiyano, kayo ay malugod kong hinihimok na dumalo dala ang aking basbas," he added.
(Many disappeared, died and were tortured because of martial law. The honor of their suffering should be remembered. If you believe that joining the rallies is necessary and if you think this is part of our duties as Christians, I wholeheartedly encourage you to participate with my blessing.)
But the priest also insisted that any protest should be guided not by revenge, but by love for country, which he said is "a form of worshiping God."
"Ang pagmamahal sa bayan ay isang mukha ng pananampalataya sa Diyos. Sa anumang rally o symposium o protestang gagawin, palaging tandaan na ang paninindigan ay dapat na mula sa pagmamalasakit at hindi higanti," he said.
"Ang ating pag-usapan ay mga isyu at prinsipyo at iwasan ang pagmumura at paghamak sa kapwa taong iba ang pananaw sa atin. Ang hinahanap ay katotohanan—katotohanang may pagmamahal. Huwag tayong magsiraan."
The November 30 rally is the second such mass demonstration protesting the November 18 burial of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a heroes' cemetery.
Last Friday, thousands of Filipinos showed their disdain for the veneration afforded to a strongman accused of widespread plunder and brutality.
Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years, imposing martial law in 1972 and governing by decree in what was one of the darkest chapters of the country's history.
President Rodrigo Duterte had called for the burial, 27 years after Marcos's death, arguing that as a former military man and head of state, he met the criteria for a place in the heroes' cemetery.
Tens of thousands of suspected communist rebels and political foes were killed before Marcos's 1986 ouster in a "people's power" revolt. He died in exile in Hawaii three years later.
In 1986, a commission was created to recover the Marcos family's wealth, which was estimated at $10 billion worth of property, cash, stocks, jewellery and pieces of art. It has, so far, recovered about half.
NO TO REVISIONISM
Meanwhile, Villegas also encouraged elders not to revise history as they educate the youth on the horrors of Martial Law.
"Nananawagan ako sa mga magulang na ikuwento sa mga kabataan ang buong kasaysayan ng diktadurya at huwag pabanguhin ang pangit o pagandahin ang kamalian. Ang paglimot sa mga namatay sa martial law ay paglibak sa kanilang kabayanihan," he said.
(I appeal to parents to tell the youth the whole history of the dictatorship, and not cover up the repulsive nor glorify the wrong. Forgetting the casualties of martial law is tantamount to mocking their heroism.)
Villegas also directed all churches in Pangasinan to ring their bells for five minutes at 6 p.m. of November 30 to December 2.
He ended his statement with an appeal for Filipinos to defend their freedom and never forget their history.
"Ang alaala ay biyaya ng Diyos. Ang alaala ay guro sa kasalukuyan. Ang alaala ay haligi ng kinabukasan. Huwag lumimot. Manindigan. Makisangkot. Huwag pabayaang mawalang muli ang kalayaan!"
(History is a blessing from God. History is a teacher to the present. History is a pillar of the future. Never forget. Stand firm. ParticipatE. Do not let freedom disappear again.) With Reuters
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Saturday, November 26, 2016
Bandila: Mga bangka ng Tsina, nakitang kumukuha ng endangered species sa Scarborough Shoal
Published on Nov 25, 2016
Isang araw matapos i-deklarang marine protected area ang loob ng Scarborough Shoal, natiyempuhan ng mga mangingisdang Pinoy ang mga bangkang Tsino na kumukuha ng mga endangered na taklobo o giant clam sa shoal. Tingin tuloy ng isang eksperto, tila sumusunod lang ang pamahalaan ng Pilipinas sa gustong mangyari ng Tsina.
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Friday, November 25, 2016
LIVE: Anti-Marcos rally in Luneta, 25 November 2016
WHERE IS FREDDIE AGUILAR NOW??????? NASAAN ANG MGA LUMABAN KAY MARCOS NOON ?????BAKIT HINDI NA SILA MAKITA NGAYON? BAKA PATAY NA RIN SILA ? PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION 1986 |
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