Anong iniisip ni P-Noy?

Gusto daw niyang hirangin si Lacson na crime czar ng Pinas. Nakalimutan na ba niya mga ginawa ni Lacson?

http://pcij.org/stories/1995/pacc.html

"Chief Supt. Panfilo Lacson, who has been convicted of human rights violations, including torture, arrests without warrants and confiscation of property. In a case filed in February 1993, Lacson and other members of Task Force Makabansa, a composite group of AFP intelligence units, were ordered to pay five victims-former detainees of the Camp Bagong Diwa Detention Center-P350, 000 each in damages."

Tapos ng may hinaharap siyang kaso, sa halip na harapin niya ito, ang ginawa niya, nagtago. siya

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/27/11/pnoy-never-asked-ping-where-he-hid

Meron ba namang anti-crime czar na may kasaysayan ng paglabag mismo sa batas?

dagdag-bawas

Dahil sa gulong dulot ng pagtanggi ni Koko Pimentel na makasama si Migz Zubiri sa kanilang partido, naalala ko tuloy na inakusahan din ni Nene Pimentel si JP Enrile na nandaya sa kanya nuong 1995.  Ayon dito sa istorya ng abs-cbn, ng matapos ang muling pagbilang sa Senate electoral Tribunal (SET),  bumagsak ang puesto ni Enrile mula pagiging pang labing-isa (11) ito ay naging pang labing-lima (15).  Hindi na natuloy ang protesta ni Nene Pimentel dahil sa nanalo na siya bilang Senador noong 1998.

Naalala ko tuloy kung bakit di ko binoboto si Enrile,  maliban pa sa papel niya sa pag deklara ng Martial Law,  maliban pa sa papel niya sa pagsuporta kay Honasan at indirectly sa mga coup nito,  isa si Enrile sa pinaka bihasa sa pag manipula ng sistemang politikal ng Pilipinas para sa pansarili niyang kapakanan.  Pero hangan pa rin ako sa pagpapatakbo niya ng impeachment ni Corona,  ngayon nga lang sa halip na iniisip ko na baka dahil matanda na siya ay gusto niyang magkaroon ng magandang pangalan sa kasaysayan,  baka mayroon pa siyang ibang binalak.

Pamimilosopo

Sa buhay nating mga pinoy, may mga tao tayong tinatawag na pilosopo, ito yung mga tao na magaling mag debate, na kayang-kayang magpaikot ng katwiran para ma-suportahan kung ano man ang kanyang sinusulong na posisyon.  Sa politika, isa si Amando Doronila sa mga taong ito,  magaling magsulat at magpaikot-ikot ng salita.  Pero kagaya ni dating CJ Corona na sinuportahan niya, mahuhuli rin natin si G. Doronila sa kanyang pamimilosopo mula sa kanya mismong pananalita.

Ayon sa pinakabago niyang column sa Inquirer, hindi daw puedeng maging CJ ang isang tuta ni Presidente Aquino kasi, "The public will find it hard to accept a presidential toady as the next Chief Justice."  Mahihirapan daw tanggapin ng taongbayan ang isang CJ na tuta ni Presdiente Aquino.  Pero siya, bakit niya sinuportahan ang isang CJ na tuta ni dating Presidente Arroyo?  Ano ang pagkakaiba ng isang CJ na tuta ni Aquino sa isang CJ na tuta ni Arroyo?  Bakit sinuportahan niya ang isa at hindi ang isa?

Bakit di rin niya sinabi na mas gusto ng nakararami na matanggal si Corona bilang CJ?  Bakit tama ang desisyon ng publiko na hindi tanggapin ang isang tutang CJ ni Aquino pero mali sila sa kagustuhan nilang tanggalin si Corona?

Yan ang kahinaan ng mga namimilosopo, magaling silang magsalita, pero dahil sa kagustuhan nilang manalo sa debate, lahat na lang ng katibayan maski magkalaban (contradictory) ay kanilang sinusulong.  At dito natin makikita na hindi tunay ang kanilang pagsulong sa kanilang posisyon, kunwa kunwari lang, namimilosopo lang.

Penalties

Mukhang kumbinsido ang mga Senador na may ginawang kamalian si CJ Corona sa hindi niya pag declare ng limpak limpak niyang saalapi sa kanyang SALN kasi maski si Senador Miriam parang nakikipag haggle na lang na yung parusa na ibigay sa kanya ay yung hindi pag sipa sa trabaho.  Ayon sa GMA news:

"Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, for her part, asked whether the Senate can impose a lesser penalty if ever Corona is convicted on the charges made against him.

 

She specifically cited Section 3 (7) of Article XI which says: "Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than removal from office and disqualification to hold any office under the Republic of the Philippines, but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to prosecution, trial, and punishment, according to law."

 

"Thus the Senate can impose a lesser penalty like censure, reprimand, fine, suspension form office or the like. In case of conviction how should the penalty be determined?" she said during the trial."

Impeaching Justices

Maliban kay CJ Corona, may impeachment complaint kay Justice Mariano del Castillo. Inakusahan siya ng plagiarism, kinopya niya sa ibang tao ang mga sinusulat niya sa kanyang mga desisyon.  Kung hindi ma-impeach si CJ Corona sa pag sisinungaling sa kanyang SALN, pano pa ma impeach si Justice del Castillo sa plagiarism?

Ibigay sa Ombudsman

Bakit di na lang ibigay sa Ombudsman yung waiver ni Corona para mas mapadali yung pag dismiss ng kaso.  Kung mali naman pala yung sinasabi ng Ombudsman, mas madali nila itong maitatama kung may waiver sila galing sa kanya.

What was Corona thinking?

May clue sa columnn ni Amando Doronila ngayon.

If Corona had reached his car a minute earlier at the Senate parking lot, the trial would have met the same ignominious fate of then President Joseph Estrada’s own impeachment trial, which triggered the second People Power coup in this country in the first month of the 21st century. This fiasco was not lost in the memory of Enrile, and must have influenced him in determining that he would not allow this event to happen again during his watch as presiding officer of the second impeachment trial in Philippine history.

That failed impeachment trial was sparked by the 11-10 vote of the senator-judges to suppress a second envelope thought to contain evidence of Estrada’s bank transactions. Enrile, then a senator-judge, voted to suppress. The vote provoked the prosecutors led by then Rep. Joker Arroyo to walk out, effectively killing the trial because it could no longer continue without the presence of the prosecutors.

Sa tingin yata ni Corona, sa pag walk-out niya, mapaparalisa ang Senado, hindi matutuloy yung impeachment at hindi makapag render ng desisyon.  Mananatili pa rin siyang Chief Justice.

Gago talaga.

Waiting for Miriam

I am waiting for Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago's outburst against the Chief Justice assailing him for his disrespect of the Senate.  She is eerily silent.

Why Corona should be impeached

From Dean Tony La Viña of the Ateneo School of Government article in Rappler

...because he made the assumption that he did not need to declare his dollar assets in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALNs) due to bank confidentiality laws. Those laws have a purpose but they were not intended to shield wrongdoing or be an excuse for not doing one’s positive duty as a public official.

Even considering his assertion that he didn’t have the 82 accounts alleged in Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales’ testimony, his 4 accounts should still have been fully disclosed. This admission, in turn, he made worse by making his waiver conditional, thus making it appear like he were trying to deflect attention from himself.

No public official, especially in high office, can make that assumption which Corona claimed. To accept his argument is to negate our laws on the accountability of public officials. For me, the mere failure of the Chief Justice to disclose any of his assets in his SALNs is sufficient grounds for conviction under Article II of the impeachment complaint – not just because it violates the Constitution, but also because his high position demands equally high responsibility.

The Constitution’s intentions were to require public officials to be transparent and accountable by example, not merely on demand or by convenience. It is not about whether a public official’s wealth was ill-gotten or not; it’s not about the presumption of innocence; it is about setting a good example and demonstrating good faith to the Filipino people.

Chief Justice Corona’s assumption that foreign currency accounts should not be disclosed sets a bad example and precedent to all other public officials. His excuse defeats the purpose of the SALN, if some assets can remain undisclosed in the name of privacy. This assumption, this attitude, is arrogant and condescending, at the very least. It also sets one’s self above the law, and demeans the Constitution’s intentions for accountability.

We cannot afford such assumptions and such attitudes – and the men who carry them – in high office. As fellow lawyer Joan de Venecia posted on Facebook: “CJ says he didn't declare his dollars in his SALN because they are, by law, absolutely confidential. I’m sorry, but this is, in my opinion, a disingenuous misreading of the law. That kind of interpretation subverts the very essence of the sacrosanct Constitutional principle that a public office is a public trust.” For this interpretation to come from the Chief Justice of the Philippines is simply unacceptable.

Justice for Corona

May Chief Justice Corona get the justice he deserve.