Dear Noynoy

[camiar]

you are charging the head of police, and other law enforcers plus lesser charges on mayor lim and the ombudsman but you are sparing puno, versoza and robredo claiming that none of us is perfect. geez hindi naman ata matuwid ang reasoning mo.

 

masyado atang malakas ang hawak sa yo ni puno. why can't you fire him. he should not be indispensable. and robredo for all his awards when he was naga mayor, he's a wimp. he should be on top of the hostage fiasco not puno. why is puno in charge of the pnp and not robredo?

 

dapat ata si binay na lang inappoint mo sa pnp e.

 

Hoy NOy!

 

Bakit ba PNP lang ia-appoint? Dapat ata si Binay na lang ang presidente...

[jopoc]

 

masyado atang malakas ang hawak sa yo ni puno. why can't you fire him. he should not be indispensable. and robredo for all his awards when he was naga mayor, he's a wimp. he should be on top of the hostage fiasco not puno. why is puno in charge of the pnp and not robredo?

 

 

dapat ata si binay na lang inappoint mo sa pnp e.

 

 

it was an internal arrangement between samar and balay group. robredo (from the balay group) gets the dilg spot, but he wont get to control the PNP because Puno of samar group, pnoy's beloved friend, wants the PNP.

 

 

binay cannot get the DILG spot because he is from the samar (the secret noybi) group. and mar will not allow a juicy spot for his rival. mar is still pondering on what position to hold next year after the ban is lifted.

[psychOKinetic]

Aquino’s first 100 days: Half full or half empty?

by Karl Allan Barlaan and Christian Cardiente

 

The name Benigno Aquino III was not even on the list of presidential aspirants until former President Cory Aquino—his mother—“succumbed to cancer in August 2009 [and] the country was overcome by a wave of nostalgia for the ‘yellow revolution,’” wrote Paul Hutchcroft, director for International, Political, and Strategic Studies at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Analysts agree: circumstances have indeed catapulted the young Aquino into this country’s leadership helm as one of its most popular presidents. His mandate of more than 15 million votes is second to Gloria Arroyo’s 16 million in 2004 in terms of the most number of votes garnered by any national candidate; his winning margin of five million over closest rival Joseph Estrada is second to Estrada’s six-million margin over Jose de Venecia in 1998.

 

Unlike Arroyo, Aquino’s victory was not marred with allegations of electoral fraud but like Estrada, he had to contend with persistent questions on his “executive competencies.” So persistent were these that his official campaign Web site posted a lengthy essay entitled “Integrity over Competence.” The piece dichotomized integrity and competence as leadership attributes, with integrity supposedly the more essential of the two.

 

That was four months ago. That was the campaign.

 

Now, nearly a hundred days into his administration, the rude awakening is that an evaluation of Mr. Aquino’s performance will not subscribe to the pseudo-distinction “integrity over competence.”

 

Beyond rhetoric, a plan

 

For professor Jaime Veneracion, chairman of the University of the Philippines history department, Aquino’s very high trust ratings afford the president a wide leeway in terms of governance, though he has hoped Aquino would be “properly guided by his advisers knowing that he has no record of executive ability.”

 

“It takes more than 100 days to see what he can do,” adds Veneracion.

 

Still, Veneracion has been waiting for a comprehensive plan on, among others, food security and the economy, beyond “anti-Arroyo politics.”

 

“It would be wrong for him to say that he would be the opposite of Gloria (Arroyo) just as his mother (Cory) described herself in relation to Marcos.”

 

In the same vein, political and public administration expert and professor Clarita Carlos asked Aquino to present his blueprint for governance during his first State-of-the-Nation Address.

 

None was presented in a SoNA that was criticized by both the opposition and Aquino’s political allies.

 

For House Minority leader Rep. Edcel Lagman, the nation was waiting for a blueprint for development and policy direction. Instead, what was given was “partisan press release, which was no more than a compendium of motherhood statements.”

 

For Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello, “the SoNA was strong in condemning and revealing shocking cases of graft in the previous administration, but lacking on hard-headed solutions.”

 

Two days before Aquino hits his 100-day mark, yet another academic, economics professor and former Budget Secretary Ben Diokno asks: “where’s the roadmap?”

 

Rating: “INC” (incomplete) for not having presented a governance blueprint or an economic roadmap

 

Aquino’s “student government”

 

On September 19 , 81 days into the new leadership, Senator Joker Arroyo, Cory Aquino’s former Executive Secretary, called the Aquino administration as one “run like a student government.”

 

The senator made the statement in criticism of supposed errors in the 2011 budget and the government’s decision to present the Incident Investigation and Review Committee report on the August 23 hostage-taking incident to the Chinese government before it has been seen by the Filipino people.

 

Those following the Palace’s first 100 days, however, believe that the criticism extends to more issues than just the budget and the IIRC report.

 

On July 1 , barely a day into his term, Mr. Aquino’s first memorandum circular declaring all non-career executive positions vacant had to be redrafted because of legal ambiguities.

 

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda, a lawyer, said they had to “fine tune the memorandum circular since it was supposed to affect only political appointees and not all non-career officials in government.”

 

The circular was signed by Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa, also a lawyer.

 

On July 26 , the day of the first SoNA, Mr. Aquino said that what remained of the P1.54-trillion national budget for 2010 was only P100 billion, or 6.5 percent of the total annual appropriations owing to the overspending of the previous administration.

 

The next day, the Department of Budget and Management made a correction. What remained was P591 billion, not P100 billion as Aquino had said.

 

“It’s pathetic that the next day, we can repudiate the data he presented,” said Zambales Rep. Mitos Magsaysay of the opposition.

 

On August 12 , Reps. Lagman, Rodolfo Albano, Simeon Datumanong, and Orlando Fua filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition, asking the Supreme Court to nullify the creation of the “Truth Commission,” Aquino’s Executive Order No. 1, allegedly, for being unconstitutional.

 

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago had earlier advised Malacañang to withdraw the order “to save itself from embarrassment,” in the face of what she called its “very shallow legal preparation.”

 

Executive Order No. 1 joins two other Aquino executive orders challenged before the High Court: Executive Order No. 2 nullifies alleged midnight appointments made by former President Arroyo and Executive Order No. 3 reverses an Arroyo EO which automatically grants career executive service officer (CESO) rank to lawyers in the Executive branch.

 

Lagman called it a “record-setting feat.”

 

“President Benigno Aquino very early in his incumbency has chalked up a record which is far from enviable... he has now immortalized himself as the only President of the Philippines whose first three executive orders have all faced constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court... if he strikes out on all three, it’s back to the dugout for him.”

 

On September 23 , Ochoa told the House budget committee that he and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Ed de Mesa “were in no way authorized to make recommendations on the IIRC report.”

 

Ochoa’s revelation was made after Aquino had announced that the IIRC report was given to his legal team (Ochoa and de Mesa) to assess the degree of culpability of those named in the report, so that only “appropriate cases (most likely) to prosper” are filed.

 

Ochoa revealed that the legal committee was constituted so that the report “may be simplified” for the President.

 

Asked when the undisclosed portions of the report will be made accessible to Congress and the public, Ochoa replied: “the IIRC report was really intended to be submitted to the President only.”

 

In the same hearing, Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang admitted that he was not promptly able to communicate with the President on the unfolding jueteng controversy because the President “had left his phone in Manila.”

 

Recently, amid threats of excommunication and heated debates on the reproductive health bill, the Palace declared: “the President has yet to read the bill.”

 

Rating: “failed”—dismal even for a “student government.

 

The economic front

 

Despite the absence of an economic roadmap, however, there were positive strides in the country’s economy during the President’s first three months in office.

 

The economy grew by 7.9 percent in the second quarter, mainly due to spending during what has come to be known as the most expensive presidential elections in Philippine history, and partly due to increased exports.

 

The country’s strong economic performance in the first half prompted the Asian Development Bank to revise its 2010 Philippines growth forecast to 6.2 percent, up from the 5.0 percent July projection.

 

A Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas survey in August showed the country’s overall business confidence index at 45 percent in the third quarter, higher than this year’s second quarter index, and more than double of last year’s 18.9 percent covering the same period.

 

The influx of foreign portfolio investments in September amounting to nearly $1 billion pushed the stock index to a record high and partially lifted the peso against the dollar.

 

Economists have pointed to a number of factors to account for the upsurge—higher corporate earnings, better-than-expected growth, higher exports, favorable expectations on the new government, and renewed investor confidence.

 

But amid the upsurge in business optimism and rosy economic outlook remain challenges that are yet to be hurdled.

 

The Philippines recorded a dismal ranking in Transparency International’s corruption-perception index, placing 139th out of 180 countries. The country was listed by the World Bank as among the world’s most restrictive countries in facilitating foreign investments here—alongside Thailand and Ethiopia.

 

Another WB report released in August concluded that the country’s poor do not necessarily benefit from the country’s economic growth. This was confirmed by the recent Social Weather Stations survey on poverty. SWS findings have indicated that despite the robust growth in the country’s economy in the second quarter, about half of its population (up by 38 percent) consider themselves poor during the same period.

 

Still in its infancy, much of the current administration’s economic initiatives have focused on boosting government revenues by running after tax cheats, shaking up collection agencies, and attempts at implementing new tax measures, the effects of which are yet to be measured.

 

As of September 24, the BIR has filed nine tax evasion cases before the Justice Department, involving about P10 billion in forgone taxes and duties.

 

According to lawyer Jethro Sabariaga, chief-of-staff of BIR Commissioner Kim Henares: “the biggest is a case for P7 billion for tax fraud. Macario Gaw, taxi owner.”

 

Sabariaga, who started in the bureau 13 years ago as a security guard, rose from the ranks to be at the forefront of the bureau’s two-pronged thrust of raising revenue through more efficient tax collection while curbing corruption. A few days before Mr. Aquino’s administration turns 100 days, he swears “this is the cleanest the BIR has been.”

 

“ I had been assistant chief for litigation, so I know that first hand,” he adds. “We’re filing at least two (tax fraud and evasion) cases a month (now) and we’re confident of convictions,” he said.

 

Rating: “passed” for not bungling management of the economy;

 

“4.0” (conditional), pending the results of cases filed against tax evaders

 

Defining moments

 

Aquino has received failing marks from progressive groups for not being able to prevent and solve alleged extra-judicial killings during his first 100 days in office.

 

He too, has been widely criticized for blunders in management, supposedly fit only for a “student government.”

 

None of these however compare to the amount of denigration his administration has received on two issues, which now arguably define his first three months as Chief Executive: the hostage- taking crisis of August 23 and the still-unfolding jueteng controversy. The first revived questions on his competence; the second raised doubts on his integrity. Both issues revealed cracks of partisan infighting from within the Palace walls.

 

On August 23, former police officer Capt. Rolando Mendoza took a busload of tourist hostage for nearly 11 hours. Eight tourists from Hong Kong died in the botched rescue operation.

 

During the period, the President did not see it fit to intervene on a police matter. Conflicting advisories were issued by Palace Communications officials Sonny Coloma and Ricky Carandang. Reports would later say that this was because one belonged to the “Samar” faction of Aquino supporters; the other, to “Balay.”

 

What followed was a slew of calls for the resignation of Coloma, Carandang and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, for “palpable incompetence and culpable indifference”—as oppositionist Rep. Edcel Lagman calls it.

 

The President later admitted that Robredo was appointed only in an acting capacity and that direct management of police matters had been assigned to DILG Undersecretary Rico Puno—this, despite the legal mandate of the DILG Secretary (not an undersecretary) to exercise administrative supervision over the PNP.

 

Yet again, reports later revealed that it was because one belonged to “Balay” and the other to “Samar.”

 

Robredo eventually sat as a member of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee panel headed by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. Undisclosed portions of the report which was leaked to the media said that Puno was named as one of those liable for the operation. The panel allegedly recommended for the filing of administrative charges, and a review of probable criminal liabilities against the undersecretary.

 

The review, according to Palace insiders, has been taking long because a “remedy” is being sought to absolve Puno—the President’s shooting buddy—of any administrative or criminal liability.

 

But even before Puno could take the escape route, retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, on September 21, named him as a protector of the illegal numbers game, jueteng.

 

Cruz, who had claimed that jueteng continues to flourish under the three-month old Aquino regime and that he is no longer as hopeful of the President’s “tuwid na daan.”

 

Newly-appointed Philippine National Police Chief Director General Raul Bacalzo confirmed that jueteng continues to gain ground in 2010 as a P37-billion industry.

 

Cruz gave Aquino a “C” for his first 100 days.

 

Rating: “failed”— for not having capitalized on these “defining opportunities”

 

“INC” (incomplete)—depending on how he acts on the IIRC report and how he reacts to the controversies surrounding his administration

 

Half-full or half-empty?

 

One hundred days do not suffice for a comprehensive assessment of any administration, but it does provide a sneak peek of what lies ahead.

 

Serious issues require serious solutions, and more importantly, a serious President to implement them.

 

With an overwhelming mandate, Aquino should not have problems parlaying political capital into tangible results for the benefit of his bosses—the Filipino people.

 

But first, he should abandon the notion that leadership is a choice between integrity and competence. He should be both—competent and sincere—without any demarcation. So should those that surround him.

 

His speech on his 100th day in office should now detail the long-delayed economic and governance roadmap.

 

So do we now look at Mr. Aquino’s first 100 days as half-full or half-empty?

 

Neither and both. They were half-full of promises and half-empty of an actual plan.

 

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideOpinion.htm?f=2010/october/7/feature1.isx&d=2010/october/7

[Vanwinkle]

Langya Pnoy bakit naman inabswelto mo si Puno at Robredo ukol sa Hostage Fiasco? Kitang kita ang kanilang kapalpakan.

[kilometrico]

Dear Noy,

 

I'm very disappointed by not kicking Puno and Robredo out of the office, they are liable for the out come of the Hostage taking in Luneta. Puno should be kick out because of gross incompetence in handling the hostage situation and Robredo for doing nothing.

 

I reserve my further judgement until I completely read the report posted on your website.

[photographer]

Dear Noy, pinahiya mo si Sec. de Lima, sana pinabayaan mo na lang mga recommendations nila. Nawalan tuloy ako ng tiwala sa iyo, para ka tuloy ni GMA, depensa ng depensa sa mga kabarkada niya. tsk tsk tsk. Sana mabasa mo yung nasa website Malacanan posted ko.

[Mike Chester]

Dear noy,

 

Do you really think letting Trillanes walks free after what he has done can do good in the country? FTW!!

 

You couldn't even wait for the court to decide on his case. eh paano kung may gumawa ulit ng mga mutinee na yan?

 

Aquino grants amnesty to Trillanes, mutineers

 

MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) - President Benigno Aquino III has signed a proclamation granting amnesty to Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and other soldiers involved in the Oakwood Mutiny in July 2003, the Marine standoff last February 2006 and the Manila Peninsula siege in November 2007.

 

Aquino said what he signed was a proclamation and is subject to concurrence by Congress.

 

The President made the announcement in an ambush interview after visiting the launch of the Electronic Business Name Registration System (eBNRS) at the DTI-NCR Area 3 office at Highway 54 along EDSA.

 

Aquino said the Department of Defense will process the application for the amnesty once it is concurred in by Congress.

 

The proclamation is expected to be sent to Congress today, Aquino said.

 

Trillanes is in military detention for his involvement in 2 of the events, including the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny and the Manila Peninsula Siege.

 

Other top military officials involved in the mutinous plots are former Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and Marines Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda.

 

Lim, who ran for senator last May under President Aquino's political party, is involved in both the 2006 standoff and the Manila Peninsula Siege while Miranda is in detention for his alleged role in the Marine standoff.

 

In September, a group composed of prominent people came out with a full-page advertisement urging President Aquino to grant amnesty to the so-called Magdalo soldiers.

 

The group asked President Aquino to "grant amnesty to the active and former officers and enlisted personnel" of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) "who stood against the previous administration."

 

Among the signatories were former president Joseph Estrada, former Vice-President Teofisto Guingona Jr., former Senate Presidents Jovito Salonga and Ernesto Maceda, former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, former House Speaker Jose de Venecia and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim.

 

"These soldiers have already suffered the consequences of their actions. They have paid their dues. We believe that it is the time for them to rebuild their lives, and in the process, contribute to rebuilding this nation," the ad stated.

 

Two months before the open letter came out, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima submitted to President Aquino its evaluation on the case of Trillanes.

 

This was after President Aquino ordered De Lima to review the coup d'etat charge against Trillanes since the elements of a coup were not present during the short-lived Oakwood mutiny.

 

"[Trillanes] was imprisoned because of Oakwood. My opinion is, and that is just my individual opinion, the fiscal should not have let that case prosper. There are several other cases but the coup d'etat case has specific requirements, which were not present. I think there was injustice there," the President said.

 

The statement sparked a brief debate at the Senate. Several senators criticized Aquino for allegedly meddling in a judicial matter.

 

Sen. Gregorio Honasan has proposed to file a bill in the Senate that will grant amnesty to junior officers who participated in the failed 2003 Oakwood Mutiny.

 

With reports from Ruby Tayag, radio dzMM and Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News.

[howarddeduct]

Your royal baldness Abnoy,

 

Thank you for granting amnesty to Idol Trillanes! May libreng pagupit na ko sa barbero ko!

 

Time to incarcerate GMA and the rest of the edsa 2 treasonous mob!

[skitz]

Mike Chester,

 

Konting tanong lang. Di ba mutiny rin yung ginawa nina Gloria at Angie Reyes? If not, paki sabi nga dito kung ano yun.

[simon b]

mr. president,

 

nagyabang si puno na hindi mo siya basta-basta mapapakawalan dahil malalim ang pinagsamahan ninyo noon pa.

nasa kanya ang trade mark ng isang government official na mapagsamantala at pag nabuking sa kapalpakan ay gagawin kang pananggalang.

at gusto pang ibaon si robredo para tanggalin mo!

 

and he was proven right dahil di mo siya tinanggal.

ok lang kung personal bodyguard mo siya, tagasalo ng bala.

kaso swelduhan siya sa dilg.

 

maliliit na bagay na pag naipon ay nakakasama.

parang maliliit na candy wrapper sa imburnal. pag dumami magbabara.

[Sl@MDuNk_Mitsui14]

Dear ABNoy,

 

Yung pagbibigay mo ng amnestiya sa grupo ni Trillanes ay isang malaking patunay na hindi ang kapakanan ng bansa ang talagang nasa isip mo kundi ang kapakanan ng mga KAIBIGAN AT MGA KAKAMPI MO SA PULITIKA ang mas iniisip mo.. AKALA KO BA DAANG MATUWID?

 

Ang amnestiya mo sa mga rebeldeng sundalo ay isang maling precedent sa mga susunod na sundalong nagbabalak na mag-aklas laban sa gobyerno, hindi na ba tayo natuto sa nangyari sa grupo ni Honasan?

 

Pag nangyari ulit ang pag-aaklas ng mga sundalo sa mga susunod na taon, walang iba dapat sisihin kundi ikaw mr. abnormal president! Dahil imbes na ang admin mo ang magbigay leksyon sa mga sundalong rebelde, ikaw pa mismo ang nangumbinsi sa kanila at nagbigay ng ideya na "ok lang magrebelde tutal pag palit ng presidente lalaya din sila at magmimistulang mga bayani".

 

You had the opportunity to STOP this so-called "military adventurism" but you blew it big time (again and as usual).

Edited October 13, 2010 by Sl@MDuNk_Mitsui14

[lomex32]

Dear Noy

 

Gamitin mo na rin ung katuwiran mo sa pagpapalaya kay Trillanes doon sa mga NPA, ABB, MI/MNLF para masaya

 

Lomex

 

Dear noy,

Do you really think letting Trillanes walks free after what he has done can do good in the country? FTW!!

You couldn't even wait for the court to decide on his case. eh paano kung may gumawa ulit ng mga mutinee na yan?

[scam]

Mike Chester,

 

Konting tanong lang. Di ba mutiny rin yung ginawa nina Gloria at Angie Reyes? If not, paki sabi nga dito kung ano yun.

 

i'm not defending gloria & angelo but i believe they are recipients as a result of people power. as they say, mutiny

or coups, once it succeed it's legal but once it fails, it's illegal & perpetrators have to suffer the consequence of their

action.

[scam]

mr. president,

 

nagyabang si puno na hindi mo siya basta-basta mapapakawalan dahil malalim ang pinagsamahan ninyo noon pa.

nasa kanya ang trade mark ng isang government official na mapagsamantala at pag nabuking sa kapalpakan ay gagawin kang pananggalang.

at gusto pang ibaon si robredo para tanggalin mo!

 

and he was proven right dahil di mo siya tinanggal.

ok lang kung personal bodyguard mo siya, tagasalo ng bala.

kaso swelduhan siya sa dilg.

 

maliliit na bagay na pag naipon ay nakakasama.

parang maliliit na candy wrapper sa imburnal. pag dumami magbabara.

 

 

hahaha...i read this as well sa Inquirer Sunday edition. As it turn's out form his revelation of close

relationship, they have planned his candidacy right after his mother's death in puno's house. so yung

mga million signatures & pagtago nya sa zamboanga convent for divine guidance kuno were all props are

things has already been laid out from the start.

 

for all we know, may be he really timed cory's death to grab sympathy & vote from then presidential aspirants.

one hting is sure, the pila ng burol sa la salle & parada ng casket from la salle to the cathedral was all orchestrated

to moth ball sympathy. the rest was history as juan de la cruz fell for this ploy.

[scam]

Mr. Abnoy,

 

Let's recall your reaction when Gloria issued executive clemency to the accused soldiers

of your father's assassination. Was it not you were very vocal to Gloria that time. Even after

those soldiers have suffered in jail brought about by their court sentence, they were all legitimate

for clemency as provided by law.

 

Here you f#&king idiot, hindi pa na sisintenciahan ng court, you already jumped to provide amnesty to

traitors of the country's economy. p#tang %na mo, king hindi pinatay ng mga sundalo ang tatay mo, palagay

mo kaya naging presidente nanay mo pati na rin ikaw? Though your a president, your actions are a shame to

graduates of Ateneo.

[jopoc]

i'm not defending gloria & angelo but i believe they are recipients as a result of people power. as they say, mutiny

or coups, once it succeed it's legal but once it fails, it's illegal & perpetrators have to suffer the consequence of their

action.

 

 

mutinees, coups or rebellions are ALL illegal.

a succesful mutiny, etc. merely puts the victor in a revolutionary government, meaning, political laws do not apply to them anymore. that is the reason why they have to set-up a revolutionary government and make a new constitution (example: cory aquino government after edsa 1).

 

 

i am for the amnesty of trillanes and company. coup or rebellion are political crimes, so the prosecution of which depends on the highest authority of the land. if pnoy feels that they should be given amnesty for fighting gloria (which pnoy is also doing), then that is his prerogative.

 

 

some say this will encourage more coups and rebellions, i dont think that is the case. if one will join any rebellion or coup, he should consider two things: a) that his group will win, and that in case they lose, the next administration will be hostile to the government they fought.

 

this makes rebellion or coup a very risky thing to do. so trillanes and company took the risk (to fight for what they believe in), and that to me makes a good leader (at least on the aspect of being principled). i just hope these guys will not turn out to be trapos one day like honasan and biazon.

[CUMonYou]

Yes Pnoy giving amnesty to those that fight the oppressor should be credited..Matatakot lang sa mutinee ang mga hindi karapat dapat sa pwesto..Our armed forces are professional and patriots and would lay down their lives as their duty calls for it..But when your serving someones personal interest and not the people then the military is responsible for what is right and they are fighting for the people not for the politicians...

 

Jesus Came down to earth as declared by God and written in the bible 2000 Years ago..Was there any change? people got worse as civilization develops..The more civilize we get the more people will be abusing their free will..What jesus failed to do here on earth wants you critic to do in your 100 days...HAHAHAHAHA...man people can be so gullible by their own ideals..they forget that the benefit of the many super cedes their own..

[Mike Chester]

Mike Chester,

 

Konting tanong lang. Di ba mutiny rin yung ginawa nina Gloria at Angie Reyes? If not, paki sabi nga dito kung ano yun.

 

If that one is mutinee then that doesn't mean we can justify the mutiny that was done by Trillanes.

 

At the same time sana pinatapos man Lang niya yung proseso ng judiciary bago sya nagbigay ng amnesty. Ano ba ang minamadali niya para palayain eto, bakit naka priority sa 1st 100 days niya Ito?

 

Ano bang kabutihan ang maidudulot sa bansa ng pagpapalaya niya kay Trillanes , is it for the benefit of the majority? Or it is for his own benefit?

[Mike Chester]

Yes Pnoy giving amnesty to those that fight the oppressor should be credited..Matatakot lang sa mutinee ang mga hindi karapat dapat sa pwesto..Our armed forces are professional and patriots and would lay down their lives as their duty calls for it..But when your serving someones personal interest and not the people then the military is responsible for what is right and they are fighting for the people not for the politicians...

 

Jesus Came down to earth as declared by God and written in the bible 2000 Years ago..Was there any change? people got worse as civilization develops..The more civilize we get the more people will be abusing their free will..What jesus failed to do here on earth wants you critic to do in your 100 days...HAHAHAHAHA...man people can be so gullible by their own ideals..they forget that the benefit of the many super cedes their own..

 

So you also believe na ang mga kagaya ni Honasan ay dapat ding parangalan at nilabanan nila ang paging oppressor ni Cory Aquino?

 

Para mo naming sinabi na parangalan din natin yung mga NPA at ibang mga militating grupo kasi di ba ang pinaglalaban din naman daw nila ay kapakanan ng mga Tao?

 

Meron tayong eleksyon, bakit hindi yun ang ipaglaban nila at bakit kailangang gamtin nila ang mga baril nila para pwersahin ang sarili nila na mamuno sa bansa

[wizard23]

Pnoy, disappointed ang China sa decision mo. despite the IIRC recommendation, hindi mo pinahalagahan ang justice para sa mga victims/HK hostages. you merely slap mayor lim and spared him from criminal charges when it was reported na inutos nya na ipadala yung kapatid ni mendoza sa Tondo (short of saying execute him).

 

you even spared usec puno, versoza who are obviously liable and just admonished them. whatever happened to your statement that heads will roll when the Aug 23 incident was still fresh in everyone's minds?

 

pulis lang ba ang kaya mo parusahan? pero mga bata mo, i aabswelto mo?

 

you are reeking of indecisiveness, double standard attitude, and weak leadership. and it will cost our country intangible losses in the future because of it.

 

if it's true na nag appeal ang IIRC, i hope you will relent. give justice where it's due.

[skitz]

MC,

 

Fair enough. One wrong does not justify another wrong. But implied from your statement is that you AGREE that mutiny rin yung ginawa ni Glory. So ano na ngayon? Wala ng EQUAL APPLICATION of the law? You are concerned that one mutineer will go scot free (after serving time in prison) while another mutineer has enjoyed 9 years in Malacanang? Bakit hindi ka bothered dun? Why don't you raise hell about that as well? Personally, I think Jocjoc Bolante, Garci, Hamburjer Abalos, etc. are more deserving to serve time in prison -- sama na rin si Glory, FG, at Mikey.

Edited October 13, 2010 by skitz

[complicated8]

skitz, I think Jopoc already tackled that.

 

a succesful mutiny, etc. merely puts the victor in a revolutionary government, meaning, political laws do not apply to them anymore. that is the reason why they have to set-up a revolutionary government and make a new constitution (example: cory aquino government after edsa 1).

[jopoc]

MC,

 

Fair enough. One wrong does not justify another wrong. But implied from your statement is that you AGREE that mutiny rin yung ginawa ni Glory. So ano na ngayon? Wala ng EQUAL APPLICATION of the law? You are concerned that one mutineer will go scot free (after serving time in prison) while another mutineer has enjoyed 9 years in Malacanang? Bakit hindi ka bothered dun? Why don't you raise hell about that as well? Personally, I think Jocjoc Bolante, Garci, Hamburjer Abalos, etc. are more deserving to serve time in prison -- sama na rin si Glory, FG, at Mikey.

 

 

here is the funny thing. according to the supreme court, gloria did not commit mutiny and that there was no mutiny, coup or rebellion that time. erap resigned daw, hence constitutional ang succession o pagpalit ni gloria and that there is no need to change the constitution (or declare a revolutionary govt) like what cory did in edsa 1.

 

 

in other words, according to the law (or jurisprudence) hindi pareho ang case nina trillanes and the magdalo sa ginawa ni gloria nung edsa 2. equal application of the law is not applicable in this case.

 

trivia lang

did you know that mutiny, as a crime, is punishable only when committed in the high seas? so if we are to be technical about it, there is no such thing as oakwood "mutiny".

[lomex32]

Dear PNoy

 

Naaasar ka na ba that SC and Ombuds challenged your decisions and proclamations and EO ?

If you wanted to start a fight, the least you can do is finish it...

[Mandrake]

Mr. President

 

What is it with you and Usec. Puno that reminds us of Sam and Piolo?