WHAT CAN U SAY ABOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE CONGRESS TODAY AFTER HB 1450?

[dagget]

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They want no term limits......... so they can rule forever....

They don't want elections..... so they can keep their stolen money instead of buying votes in the election.....

[budmendz]

mao ba boss? am not into opposition nor for the administration. Kung kinsa nagsunod ug tarong sa sa Constitution maoy akoa. Kanang pagbypass sa Rules its one of the worse decision of the lower house.

Mao ba sad? mao lagi kadaghanan ninyong mga oposisyon maigo gani sa istorya, moingon dayon nga independente diay sila: wa sa opposisyon, wa sa administration.

Ug kanang pagbypass nila ug nimo pa,, Rules man kaha ang masunod so duna tay giingon nga rules of the majority. Ug maoy gikasabotan sa kadaghanan maoy masunod, afterall wala nalang diay election kay mao raman gihapon nang prinsipyoha na -ang tingog sa kadaghanan maoy masunod. Kamo god mga oposisyon, este mga "independente" i tailor ninyo tanan to your own advantage bisag dyutay ra mo. We have to embrace life nga ingon ana gyud na -who has the gold (numbers) makes the rules.

[dagget]

democracy is of the people, for the people, by the people...

the congressman is one person..... not the people....

[sumaganday]

Tan-awon talang bitaw kay combate man kuno ni between good and evil. Kinsa tong modaug good kinsa tong pilde evil. Wa pa mahuman ang combate oi. Karon nga c Puno ang hepe sa SC tan-awon nato ang katag. Ang problema man god kay kung ang decision gani pabor ninyo mga oposisyon, moingon mo we have an independent supreme court. Pero pabor gani sa administration, kamong mga oposisyon ug mga walhon, ahhhh, kanang supreme courta na> tuta na ni GMA. Pareho ba si giingon ni Junmar4 nga ni agree cya nga useless si Angara. Kaniadto nga si Angara pabor pa ninyo, Ohhh pagka useful ning tawhana... Karon nga GMA leaning si Angara, ahhhh kadako sa USELESS nang senadora na. Bida wa gyud tay dag anan ninyong mga oposisyon.

Evil has the upperhand because they have the NUMBERS in the House of RepresentaTHIEVES!

[sumaganday]

Mao ba sad? mao lagi kadaghanan ninyong mga oposisyon maigo gani sa istorya, moingon dayon nga independente diay sila: wa sa opposisyon, wa sa administration.

Ug kanang pagbypass nila ug nimo pa,, Rules man kaha ang masunod so duna tay giingon nga rules of the majority. Ug maoy gikasabotan sa kadaghanan maoy masunod, afterall wala nalang diay election kay mao raman gihapon nang prinsipyoha na -ang tingog sa kadaghanan maoy masunod. Kamo god mga oposisyon, este mga "independente" i tailor ninyo tanan to your own advantage bisag dyutay ra mo. We have to embrace life nga ingon ana gyud na -who has the gold (numbers) makes the rules.

Bisag illegal ug immoral ang gihimo ok ra because they have the numbers. Who has the gold has the rules. If ato ni accept ok ra panguluhan ta sa mga kriminal, corrupt, drug lords, ug juetent lords kay they have the golds.

[nocram]

sumaganday,kahibalo man lagi diay ka kung unsay corruption sa politico,at least gma is the lesser evil.if u know what im talking about.

[who1]

they all go to hell

[sumaganday]

The forgettable moments at midnight in the (way) Batasang Pambansa.

1. Proclaim Gloria Arroyo winner in 2004.
2. Steal election returns
3. Throw out first impeachment
4. Throw out second impeachment
5. Amend House Rule 105
5. Pass resolution calling for Con Ass.

Life is unfair. Daniel Smith raped one Filipina and he gets a life sentence. Joe de Venecia rapes every Filipino man, woman and child, and he gets to be prime minister (through the backdoor).

[budmendz]

Evil has the upperhand because they have the NUMBERS in the House of RepresentaTHIEVES!

Maayo nalang na nga evil kay lesser evil man. What is worse is the Senate still boasting on what they have done despite their dismal performance. Mao nga I call it more evil. Pareho bitaw na sila nga demonyo pero ang Lower house najug nalang ron ug "demonyito".

From this link: http://www.philnews.com/2006/039a.html

The Philippine Senate: Ill-conceived from the very start

With almost four years remaining on her term, it seems President Arroyo is determined to move the country to a unicameral, parliamentary form of government. And with the resources of the Office of the President at her disposal, Current Senators of the Philippinesthe odds are she might just get her way before stepping down in 2010. Philippine Senators, who are currently clamoring for Malacanang to release their Pork-Barrel Funds--in time for the Holidays--must realize that their days may be numbered. The Philippine Senate after all has, since its ill-conceived inception 70-years ago, been a political basket case; a ticking time-bomb waiting to wreak havoc on Philippine politics.

In fact, the 1935 Constitution that ushered in the Philippine Commonwealth called specifically for a uni-cameral National Assembly. It was only in 1940 that it was changed by a constitutional amendment to a bi-cameral congress with a Senate and a House of Representatives. Pinoys at that time wanted to be just like their great white American colonizers. So if the US had two Houses of Congress, the PI (as it was then called) also had to have two Houses. Why settle for just one! That would be unfair!

So a convoluted process of electing Philippine Senators was cobbled together. And now 70-years hence, we have Senators and Congressmen, just like the Americans do. But that's where the similarities end, American Senators are very different from Philippine Senators! American Senators have a specific constituency. They are elected by residents of the State they represent and they are directly answerable to that electorate. Philippine Senators on the other hand are elected "at large" by the entire nation--from Apari to Jolo. After all the votes are counted, the top 12 senatorial candidates who garnered the most number of votes are declared winners. While one can rightly say that since Philippine Senators are elected "at large" they are answerable to each and every Filipino. The actual effect, however, is they become answerable to no one!

In the US, only the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates are voted "at large." But even then, those candidates go through numerous State Primaries that act as a filtering mechanism, so that only the best and most qualified eventually make it to their party's national convention. Philippine Senate, GSIS ComplexThere is no such filtering mechanism in Philippine Senatorial politics. According to Raul Lambino of Sigaw ng Bayan, for Philippine Senators, the only qualification is "winability." As long as someone is popular enough to make it into the "magic 12" they can always find backers and financiers for their senatorial campaign. This is the reason why in recent years, entertainers, comedians and pop stars have found their way into the country's senatorial chambers, irrespective of whether they were qualified or had the wherewithal to handle the challenges of their elected office.

For example, under the leadership of Franklin Drilon, the Philippine Senate rose to a level of ineptness unparalleled in Philippine political history, passing a grand total of four bills for an entire session. Once the leader in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is now the laggard. If the country is ever to surge ahead--or even just keep pace with its neighbors--it needs to operate like a finely tuned engine, firing on all cylinders. With a Senate like we have today, it will never happen. The sooner we are rid of it, the sooner we can start moving forward.

[sumaganday]

We’re beginning to wonder about destroying the old, oppressive structure and creating a new, and hopefully more liberating political system.” Regional representation is just a bigger-version district representation.

Congressmen are district-oriented, they don’t spend their pork barrel outside their constituency. To be fair, it’s not their fault that they’re parochial, it’s a system requirement.

But pork-barrel spending by congressmen is a waste of money when it does not fit a province’s overall development plan and a redundancy when it does. “Creating a new political system” means replacing the district representative system with a more efficient form of representation.

Instead of congressmen, why not send provincial executives to the House? That way, appropriations will go directly to the province to be spent according to the priorities set by those who were elected to manage the province in the first place.

There’s nothing a congressman can do that a provincial executive can’t do and isn’t in a better position to do. Ask any governor if what I’m saying is true or not.

Let’s eliminate the redundancies in our system. We don’t need to add regional districts to a tiny country already burdened by more than two hundred congressional districts. There are too many fingers in the cookie jar. One province-one representative is good enough.