Miriam Santiago, let's talk about her~ To go to Int'l Court of Justice?

[yacky2006]

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heheheh Very Good kaayo na si Madam Sen. Meriam imagine maka save tag 5Billion.... sunod ana niya e abolish military kay DAKO KAAYO SAD BUDGET 10 billion pesos.... haaay..... nindot na kaayo mga balay sa GENERAL.....

[iloveyou4ever]

When kaha ni ma implement. Im really eager to see those senators go!

[wanderlust]

We have a unicameral parliamnetary system before.

It didnt work out. Crisis gihapun.

Its not the system. Its the people running the system.

.. you have avoided this message of mine

THIS ONE

.. you can still use the PM. Pm me.

We had a centralized unicameral parliamentary system before, that's why it didn't work out. It only concentrated power further in the hands of a few.

What is being proposed now is a federal parliamentary system, which will give the central government only the power it needs to effectively carry out its duties, and prevent it from becoming all-powerful by devolving the bulk of government resources to the authority and supervision of the states that will be set up under the federal system. The majority of policies and decisions will then be made by local authorities according to the peculiar circumstances of their jurisdiction, and to the political desires of their constituents. This is unlike in the present system (and in a centralized parliamentary system) where almost all policies and decisions come from the national government. In effect, the national government will have lesser powers under a federal parliamentary system, but at the same time will be rendered more effective by the elimination of legislative gridlock.

[wanderlust]

Senadora Miriam says that government could save some 5 billion pesos for the remainder of the administration of her Doña Gloria if the Senate she is a part of would be abolished. Why in heaven’s name did she even run for senator?

This is not her first term, mind you. She was elected in 1995 and served until 2001. She lost in her first re-election bid, probably one of the victims of Garcillano and his cohorts at the Comelec, in May of 2001. She came back with a vengeance, this time on the side Garcillano worked for and won. Now she wants the Senate abolished because she wants to save the government money.

Three of her colleagues have abjured their pork barrel – Drilon, Lacson and Lim. Miriam has not followed their example. Now she wants to save money? Nonsense.

Miriam did the politically correct thing in supporting GMA's push for charter change. This has been stated as part of GMA's platform of governance during the election campaign, and ought to be supported likewise by the rest of the senators who ran under the K-4 banner. It is their duty to give it flesh in the Senate. But of course, they found no necessity for sticking to party platforms once they have been elected.

[patsadahon]

heheheh Very Good kaayo na si Madam Sen. Meriam imagine maka save tag 5Billion.... sunod ana niya e abolish military kay DAKO KAAYO SAD BUDGET 10 billion pesos.... haaay..... nindot na kaayo mga balay sa GENERAL.....

Sakto ka bay. Ipa abolish na pud ni miriam ang military. :mrgreen:

[filipinoako2000200]

Very excellent idea Mrs. Senator. Approve!

[WAYOK@@]

Senate OKs only 9 bills in two years
By Roy Pelovello

THE Senate has passed only nine out of the 2,240 bills filed before it in the past two years.

Also, the Senate adopted only 77 out of 429 resolutions in the same period, from July 26, 2004 to May 2006.

The figures were based on the summary of actions the Senate has taken on bills and resolutions for the 13th Congress, as posted on its own Web site.

Leaders of the House of Representatives have claimed that they out-performed the Upper Chamber in legislative duties, and have complained that many of the bills they approved continue to gather dust in the Senate.

With barely two weeks left before the 13th Congress ends its second regular session on June 9, the Senate has vowed to pass the proposed 2006 budget, as well as seven other priority measures.

Proponents of moves to amend the Constitution, among other advocacies, have repeatedly criticized the alleged “obstructionist” attitude of the Upper Chamber.

The Palace has also complained that the Senate has been focusing more on investigations rather than buckling down to work on important legislation.

Senator Miriam Santiago had earlier backed calls to abolish the Senate if the Supreme Court ruled that both Houses could vote jointly in a constituent assembly for purposes of amending the Charter.

Santiago noted that the abolition of the Senate would save the government about P5 billion in five years.

For 2004, the Senate had a budget of P1.3 billion, the same budget it had for 2005. On the other hand, the House has a budget of P2.8 billion each year.

On Thursday, former senator and opposition stalwart Ernesto Maceda took up the cudgels for the Upper Chamber, saying that the Senate had “increased the quality of legislation.”

In its session today, the Senate is scheduled to continue its deliberations on the proposed P1.053 trillion national budget.

Senator Manuel Villar, chairman of the Senate finance committee, said he was waiting the proposed amendments of each of the senators to his panel’s recommendation for P31.11 billion in cuts in the proposed 2006 outlay.

Villar was confident the Senate would be able to finish its deliberations on the budget before Congress adjourns on June 9.

The House has blamed the Senate for Congress' failure to pass the budget earlier. But the Senate says the House is to blame because it was supposed to have passed the budget before December last year.

The priority measures that the Senate hopes to pass during its remaining session days include the bill establishing a credit information system, the Anti-Terrorism Bill, the Electoral Reform Bill, the amendment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act, the Bio-Fuels Act, and the Income Tax Relief Bill.

The nine bills approved by the Senate and enacted into law include the bill for the Election in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, the Excise Tax for Alcohol and Tobacco, the amended Value Added Tax Law, the grant of citizenship to Mahmoud Asfour, the resetting of the Barangay Elections, the Rental Reform Act of 2004, amendments to the Special Asset Vehicle law and the Juvenile Justice System Law.

[samsungster]

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago will have to undergo psychiatric and psychological tests for her nomination as chief justice of the Supreme Court as required by the Judicial and Bar Council.

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, an ex-officio member of the JBC, said the senator and five of the Court's magistrates who were also nominated will be required to submit themselves to professional evaluations.

"If [it is] required for one, you [should] require it for all," Gonzalez said.

more stories:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=55568

[mata_hari]

i'm nOt sUrPrIsed kAY MurAg oBLiGeD maN sIGurO tANaN nOmINeEs for cHIeF jUsTIcE fOR a pSyCHiATric eXam AnD PsyChoLoGiCaL TeStS.. bIsaN Pag PanG AppLy Di bA?!

[LytSlpr]

there is no point to a psychiatric exam because the post is presidentially appointed, go figure...

this is one of the irregularities of the post and a discrepancy between executive and judiciary.