An Open letter to Vic Agustin of the Inqiurer & C.Pedrosa of the Philippine Star

[FK]

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Journalists' group decries columnist's dousing of activist

A MEDIA organization has decried what it called the "ill-judged and unconscionable behavior" of a number of newspaper columnists who lashed out at activist Renato Constantino Jr. when he rose to speak against pro-Charter change lawmakers at a press conference called by Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. last Saturday.

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[sumaganday]

Prerogative na sa mga tawo nga naa sa gahum. Afterall they were elected in office. They may consult or they may not. They have reasons of course. Unya kanang giingon pa nimo nga every filipino has the right to be heard.

There you are, you admit it. Kakuyaw gud sa imong panghuna huna. Kung naa diay ka sa gahum pwede diay imo buhaton bisan supak sa balaod. Pwede diay ka amag abusar kung naa ka sa gahum? This is a recipe for dictatorship. This is precisely what this TONGRESSMEN are doing. They are devoid of shame. All they heard and concerned are their own welfare. They want to remain in power. This is no longer democracy, this is abuse of power. Remember the adage, "Ours is a government of laws, not of men."

They are supposed to be representatives of the people. So dapat they should consult the people first kung ok ba sila charter change. Ang nahitabo, nag bout bout ra ning mga kongresista pag hugaw2 sa atong batakang balaod without consulting the people.

[sumaganday]

Imong baruganan ang concon karon nga concon na as the final strategy of JDV bi, ako nasad mangutana nimo? uyon ka ining iyang proposal nga sa May mag elect na ug mga reps para sa concon? Ay kog ingna ron nga dili nato dali dali-on... naa naman gyud election sa May unya simultaneous ni, makasave ta ug kuarta kay idungan ang pag elect sa mga reps sa midterm elections. Bai this time ayaw pangita ug alibi. Mailhan na gyud nato ron bi unsa ka seryoso ang senado ug kining mga Cardinals & Bishops Called Politicians (CBCP) sa ilang gipanghambog nga concon.

There is no urgent need to convene the Concon. For me, the issue of Concon should be discussed after the May 2007 elections. People will be confused in electing Congressmen and Members of Concon. The best way is to separate the election of the delegates of the Concon.

Besides, Budget Secretary Andaya reveals that there is no budget for Concon. Unsa may pulos elect ka ug delegates unya walay session kay walay pondo? useless di ba.

So ako advice ni JDV ug sa iyang alipures, FORGET CHA CHA! Just face the electors in May 2007 and let us see how wil they fare. I want to bring on these Congressmen to the elections. I want the people to judge them on May 2007!

[nocram]

filipinos are idiots anyway,philippines is hopeless.

[budmendz]

There is no urgent need to convene the Concon. For me, the issue of Concon should be discussed after the May 2007 elections. People will be confused in electing Congressmen and Members of Concon. The best way is to separate the election of the delegates of the Concon.

Besides, Budget Secretary Andaya reveals that there is no budget for Concon. Unsa may pulos elect ka ug delegates unya walay session kay walay pondo? useless di ba.

So ako advice ni JDV ug sa iyang alipures, FORGET CHA CHA! Just face the electors in May 2007 and let us see how wil they fare. I want to bring on these Congressmen to the elections. I want the people to judge them on May 2007!

Nagpasabot lang na bai mosimos/FK nga giilad ra ninyo mga tawo anang inyong propaganda nga kunohay uyon mo ug charter change pero ipaagi ug concon pero karon nga nauyonan na ang concon, lain na sad mo ug istorya. Ha-ha-ha-ha... ingon ana ang inyong stilo pag ilad ug manipulate sa mga pobre nga illeterate aron magcg sila ug marcha ug mapatumba ninyo si GMA. Pero hangtud karon wa gihapon moy nahimo. Try harder bai.

[budmendz]

There is no urgent need to convene the Concon. For me, the issue of Concon should be discussed after the May 2007 elections. People will be confused in electing Congressmen and Members of Concon. The best way is to separate the election of the delegates of the Concon.

Besides, Budget Secretary Andaya reveals that there is no budget for Concon. Unsa may pulos elect ka ug delegates unya walay session kay walay pondo? useless di ba.

So ako advice ni JDV ug sa iyang alipures, FORGET CHA CHA! Just face the electors in May 2007 and let us see how wil they fare. I want to bring on these Congressmen to the elections. I want the people to judge them on May 2007!

Demanding pa ba ra kaayo ang mga pareho ninyo. Ambot kaha ug tinud-anay ba mo nga nagbayad sa inyong mga buhis kay mao ra ba nay pirme ninyong isyaget nga as a tax payer duna moy katungod. Ha-ha-ha-ha... mao nay giingon nga tan-awon ta lang unya sa eleksyon basin baya unya ug moingon si Sumaganday/MOsimos nga ahhhh lutong makaw ang eleksyon -puro limbong. Mao ra ba nay pirme ninyong giyawit ug mapilde mo.

[budmendz]

REsult oriented...........

No ELections? People have the right to SUffrage....

Lifting Term Limits So that those Congremen can Stay until they die.....

Parliament No more Checks and Balance.... so Kickbacks are made easy...


Clearly those results favor the congressmen and NOT the PEOPLE...

Why make like easy for the COngressmen MAke it HARD for them....

Maayoha mosulti aaahhhh -mora ra ba gyud ug nahibawo ug unsay pagpadagan sa parliament form of government. Agreee kaayo ko anang imong giingon nga no more "chicks and imbalance" kay diha sa Senado daghang chicks diha ug silay naka-ingon sa imbalance.

[budmendz]

aw apil ba d i na sa plebisito bai? sori sa ako pagka ignoramos, dili man ko pareho ninyong JDV. og na wad-an na sab ko og gana sige basa ana inyong Con-Ass. Con-Ass ninyo nindot pa onta na... basin ako basahon og maau, puno man lng gud sa atik.

kay sa ako pagkahibaw bai ang Con-Ass, kay kamo na man magbuot sa ammendment og revision.
higayon... nataligsikan jud ko sa bagyong senyang, aw dili lng taligsik, na uwanan jud.
gabalikbalik na d i ko... aw pasaylo-a ko kay giduka na sab ko onya wala nako gi serious og basa imong 2bag kay wala ko kapugong sige katawa.
ay hisgot man sila og save og kwarta... hilasan oroy tayo! Og ngano mangita ko og alibi? nga sukad sa una ako stand is mag Con-Con ta after sa term ni GMA. Dili man uroy ako gahimo og alibi... kay dili man ako nag ingon nga ni atras ang Con-Ass kay namitik ra si jdv.

Kng mo ingon d i ang CBCP og senado nga na usab ila huna2x? dili sab d i pwede? hahahaha... usab gani huna2x JDV. hahahaha... dayon alibi nila, naminaw ra mi sa tingog sa kadaghanan. hahahaha...

so karon admitado naka nga mao ra na silang demonyoha pero naunhan lang silang JDV ug nahibal-an ni JDV nga nag CONCON-wari ra diay ning mga tawhana. Pareho nimo ba, maayo kaayo kang moingon nga concon pero karon o wanay concon kay ni atras man gani ang SENADO UG CBCP ikaw pa kaha? Nagpasot lang na bay way magdaug nato hangtud dili pangutan-on ang mga tawo - atong i plebisto ug mahibaw-an nato kung unsa ang tinuod.

[budmendz]

There you are, you admit it. Kakuyaw gud sa imong panghuna huna. Kung naa diay ka sa gahum pwede diay imo buhaton bisan supak sa balaod. Pwede diay ka amag abusar kung naa ka sa gahum? This is a recipe for dictatorship. This is precisely what this TONGRESSMEN are doing. They are devoid of shame. All they heard and concerned are their own welfare. They want to remain in power. This is no longer democracy, this is abuse of power. Remember the adage, "Ours is a government of laws, not of men."

They are supposed to be representatives of the people. So dapat they should consult the people first kung ok ba sila charter change. Ang nahitabo, nag bout bout ra ning mga kongresista pag hugaw2 sa atong batakang balaod without consulting the people.

Dia ra bay o nakit-an nako ni karon sa philstar. Tan-awa nang the last 4 to six lines kay naay giingon si Pabling Garcia diha kabahin sa charter changes. Di man gani ka demand mga tawo ug referendum ang pag hearing hearing pa kaha?

‘GMA power to be clipped in gov’t shift whether through con-ass or con-con’

The Philippine Star 12/12/2006

President Arroyo’s stay in power cannot be extended by the amendment of the Constitution to shift from a presidential, bicameral system to a unicameral, parliamentary form of government, a delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention said yesterday.

Speaking before a Senate hearing on constitutional amendments, former Cebu governor Pablo Garcia, a member of the body that drafted the 1973 Constitution, said Charter change will not be good for Mrs. Arroyo because an interim parliament to be installed before the end of her term would diminish the powers of the Office of the President.

"When the parliament is in place before 2010 then there will be two polar centers of power, the prime minister and the president," he said.

"There is an interim parliament, an interim arrangement under the transitory provisions. In fact, the amendments in the transitory provisions are not good for the President."

On the other hand, Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ, Ateneo Law School dean emeritus, disagreed with Garcia that Cha-cha would not benefit Mrs. Arroyo.

"As I understand it, the powers of the President would continue until 2010," he said.

"Whoever is elected as prime minister will only have such power as delegated to him by the President. So, she was preserving her power until 2010."

He shared the impression of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada that Mrs. Arroyo and her allies at the House of Representatives were pushing for Cha-cha to "perpetuate themselves in power."

Bernas and Garcia were responding to queries from Senator Estrada, whose father, President Joseph Estrada, was ousted by a military-backed civilian uprising that installed Vice President Gloria Arroyo to the presidency in 2001.

The two were among the resource persons at the resumption of the hearings of the Senate committee on constitutional amendments led by its chairman, Sen. Richard Gordon.

Bernas said there is no need to revise or amend the Constitution at this point because it has become a divisive move to the detriment of the country.

"The biggest problem now is for the Senate to say no to the House," he said.

Garcia said under a parliamentary system, Mrs. Arroyo’s stay in power will only be covered under the transitory provisions of the proposed constitution.

"Sections 1 to 4 of Article 7 (creation of the Office of the President) was repealed," he said.

"Her continued stay in power was only accommodated in the transitory provisions. The President and the VP will only be allowed to exercise their powers unless impeached by the interim parliament."

Garcia reiterated so many times during the hearing that the House of Representatives cannot convene itself as a constituent assembly. The Senate and the House comprise the Congress, he added.

Senators and congressmen do not have to consult the people in a referendum on whether the Constitution should be amended, Garcia said.

Retired Supreme Court justice Vicente Mendoza said Congress may call for a referendum only if it wants to know whether the people would like to have a constitutional convention called. — Christina Mendez

[dagget]

Maayoha mosulti aaahhhh -mora ra ba gyud ug nahibawo ug unsay pagpadagan sa parliament form of government. Agreee kaayo ko anang imong giingon nga no more "chicks and imbalance" kay diha sa Senado daghang chicks diha ug silay naka-ingon sa imbalance.

Pag sure..........

wakay ma tubag sa no election.... kinsa man malipay na??

No term limits.... kinsa man malipay ana?

Parliament.... is not the solution.............

Give us something more relevant and rational...........


Kay klaro kaayo... wa kay gi presentar about con-ass na makatabang sa FILIPINo People....