Month: July 2010

Update, July 3, 2010:
Warning: Please don’t go to www.op.gov.ph. According to Tounge-twisted, one of our techie bloggers, www.op.gov.ph is infected and contains malware that could be harmful to those who access that site.

The website of the still unfilled office of the Press Secretary is okay. It’s http://www.news.ops.gov.ph.

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This is the third day of the Aquino presidency but the website of the Office of the President (www.op.gov.ph) still has Gloria Arroyo as president.

The image below is the front page of the OP website today, July 2, 2010 4:00 pm.

Whoever is in charge of Aquino’s online media, please it won’t take 30 minutes to post photos of President Benigno Aquino III there. Put the inauguration photos.

I’m sure the President has a ready biodata. Calling PMS head Julia Abad. Post it there right now.

Improve on the site later but the most important is, when you open the site, it’s Aquino you should see there as president.

Today, we are getting releases from “Noynoy media Bureau”. Why Noynoy Media Bureau? Why not Presidential News Desk? Noynoy Aquino is now the President of the Philippines.

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The swords are drawn.

President Aquino gave orders to investigate crime against the Filipino people. Pampanga Representative (2nd district) Gloria Arroyo files a resolution to amend the Constitution.

First day of the new administration and Gloria Arroyo has served notice that she won’t be just waiting for sheriffs to pick her up and dump her in jail just like what she did to her predecessor, President Estrada.

Together with her son, Camarines Sur Rep Diosdado “Dato” Arroyo,she filed a resolution calling for the convening of Congress into a constitutional convention for the purpose of amending economic and political provisions in the Constitution.

Her previous failed attempts to change the Constitution revealed that she prefers a parliamentary form of government.

In his inaugural speech, Aquino ordered Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to give justice to the Filipino people who have been wronged by the policy of impunity that Arroyo practiced during her nine years of stolen presidency.

“To those who are talking about reconciliation, if they mean that they would like us to simply forget about the wrongs that they have committed in the past, we have this to say: there can be no reconciliation without justice. Sa paglimot ng pagkakasala, sinisigurado mong mauulit muli ang mga pagkakasalang ito. Secretary de Lima, you have your marching orders. Begin the process of providing true and complete justice for all,” he said.

Aquino also announced the creation of a Truth Commission to be headed by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide which would investigate and put closure to the many anomalies involving Arroyo and persons close to her.

Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said they are drawing up the mandate and parameters of authority of the Truth Commission that will be set up to look into allegations of corruption and abuse of power during the Arroyo administration.

Lacierda said the commission will investigate and build a case against erring government officials and not only Gloria Arroyo.
I seriously doubt if this Truth Commission is the right body to make Arroyo answer for her crimes against the Filipino people. Lawyer friends said since it will be created by an executive order, it would not have the prosecutorial powers.

It would not be as powerful as the Presidential Commission on Good Government created by President Cory Aquino to recover the ill-gotten wealth of the late President Marcos which had sequestration powers.

What is important is the political will to set an example of accountability; for official of the government to be aware that if they commit acts detrimental to the interest of the Filipino people, they would have to answer for that.

There’s a long list of Arroyo’s crimes. Number one is stealing the elections. And there’s the “Hello Garci” tapes to prove that. The body that would investigate Arroyo should ask her what she was “sorry for when she came out with that infamous, “I am sorry” video message.

When she tampered with the results of the elections with help of former Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano and a number of military officers, she not only stole the presidency from Fernando Poe Jr but she robbed the Filipino people of their constitution right to elect their president.

That’s why I am disappointed that it’s Davide that Aquino chose to head the Commission. In the first place, it was Davide who installed Arroyo to an unelected presidency, administering her oath of the presidency even when there was no vacancy to the position in violation of the Constitution. It was his court that legitimized Arroyo’s illegal presidency with that “constructive resignation” doctrine.

Davide served as Arroyo’s representative to the United Nations even after she was exposed to have cheated in the 2004 elections.
Actually, the Cha-Cha resolution may just be an added weapon that Arroyo is trying to build to protect herself. She has reasons to feel confident that she would be safe with Davide as investigator.

This was articulated by her son,Mikey Arroyo who had good words for Davide although he just mentioned the NBN-ZTE case: “With his impeccable background and given his renowned objectivity in handling issues, however controversial they are, I am highly optimistic that the Truth Commission, with Chief Justice Davide at the helm, would come out with the most objective conclusion to the NBN-ZTE saga, clearing all those wrongfully accused by those who used the GMA administration as a jumping board for their political objectives.”

Mikey further said “I just pray that if ever that happens, our critics will honor and respect the Commission’s findings and put the case to rest.”

I would be more than glad to be proven wrong about Davide. Maybe his opportunism could work in interest of the Filipino people. He showed himself to be unethical when he enlisted the help of businessman Lucio Tan to have Estrada appoint him chief justice. But when he saw the imminent fall of Estrada, he did not have qualms of executing the final push.

Who knows he would be consistent to his being a political opportunist and do to Arroyo what he did to Estrada.

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Statement issued by James Yap:

“Kilala niyo po naman ako. Tahimik at simple lang akong tao. Tingin ko din itong lahat na issues na naglalabasan siguro dapat kami na lang mag-asawa ang mag-aayos in private. Ever since naman, never niyo akong naringgan ng kung-anu-ano tungkol sa relasyon namin ni Kris.

“Kaya konting lang ang gusto kong sabihin.

“Naniniwala ako sa kahalagahan ng pagkakaroon ng buo ang pamilya. Kaya ipaglalaban ko na mapanatiling buo ang pamilya namin ni Kris anuman ang mangyari. Alam ko walang pamilyang hindi dumaan sa ganitong pagsubok. Marami na kaming dinaanang pagsubok ni Kris before and I don’t think na ngayon pa kami susuko. Gusto ko talagang i-save ang pagsasama namin dahil syempre, may anak kami at hindi biro ang halos anim na taon naming pagsasama. Umaasa pa rin ako na darating ang tamang panahon na maaayos ang lahat.

“Marami nang lumabas na mga balita at mas pinili ko na manahimik muna bilang paggalang sa ating bagong Presidente Noynoy Aquino.

“May nagtatanong din tungkol sa hindi ko pagsipot sa inauguration ni President Noynoy Aquino. Nagkausap kami at nag-text ako kay President Noynoy at naiintindihan niya ako. Ayokong makadagdag pa sa napakalaking problema na kakaharapin niya bilang bagong presidente ng ating bansa.

“At isa pa, nangako ako kay Mom Cory na hindi ko pababayaan ang pamilya namin. Na-aalagaan ko si Kris, si Josh at si Baby James. Nangako rin kami ni Kris sa harap ni Mom Cory na hindi kami maghihiwalay.

“Alam kong mahirap para sa anak ko ang nangyayaring ito sa amin ng Mama niya pero alam kong darating ang panahon na maiintindihan niya ang situwasyon. May tamang oras at panahon ang lahat.

“Baby James, ginagawa ko ito dahil sa pagmamahal ko sa pamilya natin. Gusto kong mapanatiling buo ang pamilya natin.

“Kris, marami na tayong pinagdaanan na mas mabigat na problema pa rito pero hindi talaga ako bumitaw. Nanahimik ako palagi bilang respeto sa pamilya natin na hanggang sa ngayon ay gusto ko pa ring manatiling buo. Mahal na mahal ko kayo ng anak ko, pati na si Josh na tunay na anak na ang turing ko.

”Inuulit ko, it’s final, ipaglalaban ko ang pagsasama ng pamilya natin. At sa tulong ng Diyos , alam kong malalampasan natin ang pagsubok na ito!”

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