JDV3 on phone; Lacson as early bird
Nuns in the gallery; more senators arrive
Villar surveys his domain; reporters around JDV3
Atty. Princesa, Lozada’s lawyer, schmoozes; the two Manuels in a huddle
Roxas talks to reporters; Lozada enters the Session Hall
Lozada greets nuns; sits down
Joint meetings called to order; Lozada prepares
Lozada takes oath; Enrile during the lunch break
Enrile rushes off; Lozada returns from lunch
Lozada talks to Roxas and Cayetano; Bro. Armin of La Salle joins the huddle
Huddle; Cayetano resumes hearing
Lozada looks at photos of his abduction
Estrada enjoying his moment with the photos; Lozada peers at the photos
Enrile attempts cross-examination
The Inquirer editorial today, ‘Hacenderos’, quotes a portion of Randy David’s Saturday column, Greed in a changing landscape. A lengthier extract makes for instructive reading:
Like the feudal socioeconomic base in which it is rooted, traditional politics is authoritarian and arbitrary. Official power is but an extension of the private interests of the patron. Yet the relationship between the patron and his followers has a moral dimension. In exchange for the support and protection that the patron gives to his dependents, he claims their allegiance and undying gratitude. That is why the greatest sins in traditional society are treachery and ingratitude. This was the principal motif of De Venecia’s speech as he bowed to the rudeness of market politics.
This is a point I have tried to develop in previous columns: that the terms of traditional politics are changing right under the nose of its doomed players. The old values that used to mitigate the oppressiveness of feudal power — self-restraint, the value of friendship, loyalty, word of honor, etc. — are fading away. What is replacing the grip of old-world politics, however, is not the ethical professionalism of modern politics but the sheer rapaciousness of the parvenus of present-day Philippine politics. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s presidency is emblematic of this kind of transitional politics, still traditional and oppressive in every way but shorn of any redeeming qualities. No qualms, no shame, no conscience, no limit.
A society can get indefinitely stuck in this half-way stage between the old and the new. In this ambiguous state, the stench of decadence is sensed everywhere, acting as an incitement to corrosive cynicism or to moral conservatism. The passage to the new is finally cleared only after a wrenching effort is forced upon the society by the imperatives of system survival in a changed environment.
That wrenching moment is brought about by perturbations that occur with increasing frequency. The pressure for change is felt at the individual and societal levels. The reluctant and terrified whistle-blower Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. exemplifies the personal insecurity that an individual, caught in this transition, experiences as he comes face to face with the ugly side of a gangster regime. He sees how defenseless he is as he unburdens himself of the guilt of an entire system.
As for the administration falling over itself trying to extract itself from a mess of its own making, as far as its culpability is concerned, why even Solita Monsod says it’s Obvious!
Today, Vicente Romano III, co-convenor of the Black & White Movement, released an article Jun Lozada wrote back in October, 2007. It first appeared on line in PinoyPress at 7:53 pm. The Senate is expected to grill Lozada on this. The version here is unedited.
Here is Enteng Romano’s introductory note:
Dear Friends,
Here’s a short write-up that Jun Lozada wrote sometime in October. He wanted me to disseminate it without attribution. I believe he was motivated both by his genuine concern for a beleaguered friend who was being maligned no end, and his desire, even then, for the truth to somehow surface. He left it up to me as to how and when to disseminate it.
I did not find any compelling reason to get it out then. But now that Jun has told it all, and Neri is being invited back to testify, I believe the public deserves to know what was (and maybe still is) in the mind of Neri — at least from the point of view of a friend. I’m sure Jun will not mind.Let’s get this out in the open.
God bless,
Enteng
And here is Jun Lozada’s article:
What is Neri afraid to say and Why?
Many speculations have been made as to what Neri knows about the ZTE-NBN most particularly the direct involvement of Pres. Gloria Arroyo in this abominable affair. After his damaging “Sec. May 200 ka dito” demolition of Abalos, the discredited former Comelec Chairman, many were left disappointed when Neri suddenly clamped up when the Senators started asking him about the nature of his conversation with Arroyo, no amount of coaxing, cajoling and threats was enough to break his Code of Omerta. The question on many people’s mind was, What was Neri trying to protect when he repeatedly invoked “Executive Priviledge” during that gruelling 12 hour Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on live television?
We have known the Truth all along as one of the few people that Neri confided his predicament during those fateful days of April 2006, and how he wanted to resign his post of NEDA Director General and Secretary for Socio-Economic Planning over this incident where he lost all his moral respect for Pres. Gloria Arroyo.
We are doing this document to give the public an understanding of this predicament.
What is Neri afraid to tell the public? He is afraid to tell the public that after he reported the Abalos P200 million peso bribe offer, Arroyo casually told him to ignore it and work for its recommendation for approval anyway. That when he protested that it is too controversial and may attract the wrong kind of attention from media, Arroyo retorted back “Pakulo lang ni Joey yan and his father”. When he tried to reason that it may not be accommodated in the Chinese ODA package because it has been filled up with a list of projects already, Arroyo again ordered him to remove the low cost housing project and some water project to accommodate the ZTE-NBN deal in the ODA loan. That when he attempted to reason that it may not be approved in time for the Boao Forum which was only two days to go from that fateful April day, Arroyo with raised voice told him to include the ZTE-NBN project in the agenda of the following day’s meeting of a combined NEDA Board and Cabinet Committee, who as expected promptly approved the project paving the way for the contract signing between ZTE and DOTC in China the next day. Neri is afraid to tell the public that this conversation took place between him and Arroyo because it might spark another impeachment complaint against Arroyo.
Why is Neri afraid to tell the public about this conversation with Arroyo? He is afraid that another impeachment will simply result to more expenses of public funds similar to the Hyatt 10 impeachment crisis, because as DBM Secretary who replaced Boncodin, he was entrusted with the large scale DBM payola operation of Arroyo to Congressmen, Senators and Governors not quite similar to the crude Panlilio incident that the public is witnessing now. He is afraid with a more partisan Andaya at the helm of DBM, more public funds will be spent to buy the silence and favour of these greedy legislators and local executives. He is afraid that with Arroyo’s firm control of public funds she can buy all the necessary support from most sectors of society to keep her in power.
He is afraid that even if the opposition knows about this conversation with Arroyo, he is afraid that the opposition will not pursue a serious impeachment proceedings against Arroyo, because it is not to their political interest that Noli de Castro becomes President in case Arroyo is impeached and becomes a more formidable political opponent in 2010. This insincere and unpatriotic goal of the opposition is already being manifested by the malicious speed that the Erap pardon is being cooked by Ronnie Puno together with the Erap camp to hastily put a united front of “Birds of the same corrupt feather” coalition against the emerging JDV led political opposition.
He is afraid that even if the Church knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the ZTE-NBN deal, the Church will still not call for her resignation due to the closeness of Arroyo’s trusted lady liason to the Cardinal of Manila who was very effective during the “Hello Garci” crisis. That Arroyo’s Religious Affairs Operators have the Bishops firmly in their “donation” graces, as again manifested by the quick rebuttal of the Mindanao Bishops’ of the call of their fellow bishops in Luzon who where calling for the resignation of Arroyo just after Arroyo gave them a visit in Mindanao.
He is afraid that even if the military knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the fraudulent ZTE-NBN deal, the AFP brass is much to indebted to Arroyo for their position and the perks that goes with their position, that they have demonstrated this twisted loyalty with their willingness to detain, remove from the service and even shoot their own men for voicing out their legitimate concerns regarding the corruption and moral authority of their Commander in Chief. It is a sad spectacle to see the respected warriors of the Marines & Special Forces rot in jail with their ideals, while their men are dying even without receiving the measly P150 per day combat pay that was promised to them by Arroyo due to lack of funds & generals gets a gift bag similar to those given to the governors and congressmen just for having dinner with Arroyo the day after that infamous breakfast & lunch meeting where bribe money flowed scandalously free.
He is afraid that even if the Media knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the ZTE-NBN scam, Media will simply wither in the torrents of cash and favors similar to how the Hyatt 10, Hello Garci crisis were killed in the media headlines and Radio& TV coverages. Although he believes in the integrity of a handful of Journalist, he believes that a handful of these mavericks cannot withstand the hordes of paid lackeys of Malacanang. Especially that the Arroyo crisis team is now being handled by the best mercenary money can buy, from Ramos Sulo Operation, Erap’s DILG and now Arroyo’s troubleshooter, Ronnie Puno. Ably supported by the Media and PR money from PAGCOR being handled by Cerge Remonte to buy positive airtime, headlines and editorials.
He is afraid that even if the Business Sector knows about the truth of Arroyo’s direct involvement to defraud the coffers of the taxes they are paying, the businessmen will be reluctant to rock the boat of the current economic uptrend, especially with the very close personal and business relationship of the so called leaders of the big business like Ricky Razon of ICTSI, Donald Dee of PCCI and Francis Chua of the Filipino-Chinese Federation to Arroyo herself. He is afraid that the hard earned remittances of Filipino OFWs that is keeping the economy booming and that can keep the economy afloat even under any administration is being wasted under this unholy alliance of Arroyo and her favoured businessmen.
He is afraid that even if the Civil Society knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the ZTE-NBN deal, that the Civil Society is now tired of mass actions after witnessing two failed EDSA revolutions, that Civil Society is now afflicted with a “Rally Fatigue” and cannot muster enough public outrage to denounce Arroyo’s “corruption with impunity”. He is afraid that the middle class is now indifferent to the corruption that goes around them, not realising that the middle class are the ones mainly carrying the burden of the loan payments for these corrupt deals. He is afraid that the middle class are more interested to become an OFW & to leave this country leaving their family and children behind, and may not care anymore about the crimes being committed against their country by its own President.
He is afraid that even if the Masa, the students, the workers knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the ZTE-NBN deal to steal precious resources from public funds, that they are now too poor and impoverished to be able to afford the time to join mass actions against the abuses of the Arroyo administration, that these former vanguards of mass actions in the country are now completely dependent on financial resources of professional organizers and have turned themselves into a “Rally for hire” groups rather than a true and genuine political gathering shouting for reforms.
He is afraid that the public may not know the extent of corruption in this country and may wrongly believe that they can cure corruption by simply replacing Arroyo with another person. He is afraid that the public may overlook the systemic and institutionalized nature of the source of corruption in this country, he is afraid that the people will again opt for a regime change without concern or a plan to correct the root causes of corruption in the country. He is afraid that people may not realize that it is not bringing Arroyo down that is difficult, it is establishing a new order that is the difficult task.
This is the predicament of Neri which I want people to realize especially to those who are asking Neri to tell the truth.
A critical reading of the above, together with the statements of Lozada in public late last week, as well as his conversations off-camera, so to speak, but which he said could be quoted, will, I think, illuminate in the public’s mind how Lozada sees himself and his past principals. I went over this in a previous entry, which in amended form is my column for today, Hold the line.
Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ discusses how officials go about Shielding the President .
mga guys, sabi ni j-lo takot daw talaga sya kay abalos. di nya batid na si lacson dapat niyang katakutan din. kung gawan sya ng kalokohan sa buhay nya para mai-blame sa gov’t.
hindi rin ba nya naisip yon?
According to Praetor Razon, the Senate Sgt-at-Arms cannot effect any arrest outside the Senate premises. HOWEVER,after added grilling, Praetor Razon admitted that an ordinary citizen CAN do a Citizen’s arrest or a Sheriff can effect his duties even WITHOUT police assistance.
Nagkakabukuhan na, galing mismo sa bibig ni Praetor talagang lumalabas na may isa lang silang kinikilingan, ang Reyna na nakaupo sa tasa.
why does this ‘communism’ word keep propping up? ka-batch niyo ba si mang joma? 😀
i don’t see any communists, dumb senators messing up what could have been a good case against Abalos, yes. prelates with selective amnesia, yes.
sana ang ANC, kapag na mention yong pangalan ni DACER, dapat i-focus yong canera kay LACSON…
hehehehehehe
nash, sino ba yong nagrarally sa labas ng senado. di ba mga leftists?
do not tell me na wala silang connection sa mga communists.
mlq3,
Hi Manolo.
Perhaps we can open a thread for Lacson. It would do someone a service, he seem to love discussing about Lacson. Who knows, perhaps some bloggers here wish to discuss about him, maybe a separate thread will do him and the rest of us a lot of good.
good! thanks.
hehehehehehe
According to Lozada’s police “escorts”, they were supposed to follow Lozada’s bidding, however the reverse was true. Lozada’s request to be returned to his family was summarily denied. He was also sternly said to stop using his cellphone and in so many words warned that he was monitored.
The way it looks, if it were not for the media pressure, Lozada may still be missing to this day and if ordered by the corrupt powers that be, will be missing permanently.
(kabayan)? noli de castro is that you?
No mang_isko, Noli lost his nerve quite a long time ago.
Abalos may have been recruited by ZTE so that they’d be preferred over their #1 competitor, Huawei.
Joey and JDV may have tried to leverage their strengths to corral a lucrative deal.
Neri and Lozada might have padded their earnings in exchange for favors.
The admin might have pushed the envelope in “protecting” Lozada while also trying to control the output of information…because they are protecting bigger fish.
All I know is that I don’t know. Like politicians and beaureaucrats everywhere, there are plenty of rotten apples spoiling the whole damn bunch here. But there are good people mixed in there, too.
Ay naku, what can ya do? Step by painfully slow step, we improve and move in the right direction…..
Can you imagine the pressure of this single man by the administration? That is why darkness is upon the Philippines, honest men in government cannot testify against corruption especially if the one involved is a big fish. Evil and corruption is firmly entrenched and protected. Our government is now largely, if I may be allowed to coin the word, an Oligarchic Syndicracy. A government ruled by the rich and the criminal syndicates.
@mang isko,
basta naman nag-rally ka “leftist” ka na. yan ang ating definition :d
tingnan mo naman nash kung sino-sino ang nagli-lead.
wag tayong mag-maangmaangan.
FINALLY!!!!!
“Officials of China’s ZTE Corp., the winner of the bidding for the scrapped national broadband network (NBN) project, advanced at least $1 million to resigned poll chief Benjamin Abalos, businessman Jose De Venecia III told the Senate inquiry into the scandal-tainted deal on Monday”
NOW THIS CAN BE VERIFIED FROM ZTE! (Well, if we force them…)
$1M is still a big amount of money. Given that ZTE is listed in HK Stock Exchange…..they’d have to write off this amount somewhere….
unless of course Arthur Andersen is their external auditor…:D
@mang-isko,
wala namang support yung mga staunch ‘commies’. they are a spent force. in the end, the vast majority of civil society are hardly sympathetic to them.
Cusi, the airport mgr. testified that there were no phycical force applied through the “escort” duration, but he didn’t mentione that the men failed to Identify themselves, and the Mental Force, of Just “follow us we’ll take care of you” was more than the no force claim..Of cource you don’t have to wrestle the man to the concrete to amount to unnecessary force..
Anyway, bottom line is that this was another big show with no bang. Nothing gained; much lost. Circus.
This is the worst possible way to tackle corruption.
But I guess it was good PR and photo ops for the Presidentiables…..
…and for Cayetano, the only proven liar of the bunch.
Ahhh, the drama of reality TV.
nash said:
“FINALLY!!!!!
“Officials of China’s ZTE Corp., the winner of the bidding for the scrapped national broadband network (NBN) project, advanced at least $1 million to resigned poll chief Benjamin Abalos, businessman Jose De Venecia III told the Senate inquiry into the scandal-tainted deal on Mondayâ€Â
NOW THIS CAN BE VERIFIED FROM ZTE! (Well, if we force them…)…”
—
Hmmm, if true, then this development is something worth looking into.
vic,
They left the guy in a bathroom for 10 minutes and with his cellphone. If these men were supposed to be controlling Lozada, they are the stupidest, lamest, most Keystone Kops ever.
Then they take him to an Outback restaurant where he could just get up and walk away. And he didn’t. I guess the only one more stupid than the guards was the prisoner…..
Sheesh
hayyyyy…natapos na din. pansamantala.
The Senate hearing on Lozada issue, is very revealing of the corrupt darkness that this administration upholds. The police praetors contradict themselves. They allow Citizen’s arrest and Sheriffs to function independently but NOT the Senate Sgt-at-Arms. They claimed the police escorted Lozada but he had no free will. He was pressured to sign documents that he requested for Police protection when he was not. He did not have lawyer representation except for what Malacanang forced upon them. Many of the signatures of Lozada was forged. The whole administration pounced upon a single man wanting to divulge a multi-billion peso corrupt transaction. The Praetorian Police were lying through their teeth.
The big fish criminals are strenuously protected by hook or by crook.
Incredible … only someone who intentionally blinds himself from what is happening in this nation would fail to see the travesty of it all.
Ang dating naman sa akin parang toilet. hehehe
they want to call a duck by another name. but it will walk like a duck, quack like a duck so it is still a duck.
Para original naman sila at hindi sabihing abused people power.
quack quack.
The opposition would like us to connect the dots from Lozada to Neri to GMA but without Neri’s testimony, I still say no way I’m going out to call for GMA’s resignation.
The planned rally for GMA’s resignation this Friday — again the opposition headed by Binay’s camp is hoping to use current public perception to win public support for toppling this government. But it will be a tough sell because judging from the threads here, the opposition is also suffering from the same public distrust as the administration.
Kabayan…ano kamo…praetor? syndicrazy? phooey! utang na loob, come back down to earth and stop with the drama…malapit na ko sa punto na aalis na naman ng bansa!
nagpalito ka naman sa ka-dramahan na to….di mo ba napansin na nabaling na yung attention ng hearing mula sa NBN?? why? because it’s not enough to get FG and the president! pahahabain lang to pampogi points para sa 2010.
Lozada is not pressing charges against the government about the “kidnapping” – bakit? mapapahiya lahat kung makita nila ang unang press con ni Lozada.
paulit-ulit tinanong yung mga pulis (damned if they do, damned if they don’t and royally screwed pulis) kung bakit hindi sinabihan ang asawa ni Lozada na hawak nila. Eh bakit nga ba eh may cellphone nga si Lozada…WHY DIDN’T HE CALL HIS WIFE? kung gwapo sya sasabihin ko nang may plano ata syang mag-showbiz pagkatapos ng gulong to!
kahit ano pang sabihin nya sa Senado…una nyang sinabing misunderstanding ang lahat pati yung writ of habeas corpus at amparo…dinahilan nya sa iba’t ibang temperament ng mga kapatid nya.
The real travesty is the Pinoy attention deficit disorder that makes us LOSE focus on the important things!
As for the Church, malapit na malapit na ko mag Buddhist o Evangelical Christian!!! Nasaan ang separation of church and state???
This is explosive? This gives us hope? Phooey!
Has anyone noticed how nervous and tense the Atutubo guy? Like all his answers sounded canned and formulaic and he couldn’t even answer a simple yes or no question. No spontaniety whatsoever in his answers!
Was it just me who heard it or did I hear Atutubo (or was it CUSI?) say that the party that met Lozada from the plane had no weapons and no RADIOS (with which to be told to divert in order to avoid the media etc ) then later in the hearing, Col Mascarinas said something to the effect that he was advised BY RADIO that the party was on the way down on the elevator? Does anyone know where one can access the transcripts of the marathon hearing today?
The Neri to GMA path is the document supposedly written by Lozada in October 2007. But man, it sounds like it was written by someone who has knowledge of the events unfolding now, rather than someone in October last year.
Would Lozada own up to writing it? Because if we were to believe that Lozada supposedly wrote it to gain sympathy for my-hands-are-tied Neri, the article’s message only serves to paint Neri as a jellyfish. No sympathies here.
All in all, the article just leaves a feeling of discomfort after reading it: that while it’s obvious that we have the Executive branch’s contaminating the crime scene that is the NBN deal, we may also have other forces not allied with the government contaminating the same for their own ends.
Case in point: why did Lozada’s wife signed the amparo petition even after she was reunited with him?
At the rate all the players in the Game (as Vic puts it) are being denigrated, just about the only people I unreservedly like in the Senate hearing earlier are the RGS sisters.
Putting my own spin to what Carl said, I’m all for knowing the truth, but can we handle the consequences of Lozada’s testimony?
why am i being moderated when i haven’t called for heads to roll? I won’t swear anymore – promise!
MIKE DEFENSOR, wtf!
“SHOPPING MONEY.’ Former Cabinet member Michael Defensor shows the Senate inquiry into the controversial NBN deal the P50,000 he admitted giving to witness Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. when they met at La Salle Greenhills. Lozada returned the money later.”
SAAN NAMAN HINUGOT NG BATANG ITO ANG P50K?? Bakit siya nagpapamigay ng shopping money? Lintek, buti pa itong mokong na ito, he can draw public funds and yet walang sweldo mga guro at walang gamot sa hospital.
Malalala na talaga ang Mike Defensor-GMA love affair.
Mita said (among many things):
“Kabayan…ano kamo…praetor? syndicrazy? phooey! utang na loob, come back down to earth and stop with the drama…malapit na ko sa punto na aalis na naman ng bansa!”
Yep, Praetors. Malapit ka na sa punto na aalis na naman ng bansa? Bon voyage. Happy trip.
Tungkol sa iba mong katanungan, panoorin mo uli ang Senate hearing para maliwanagan ka.
What is the important thing? For the darkness that this administration has done to our nation be lifted and removed.
Mag-bu-Buddhist or Evangelical Christian ka? Your choice of religion is not really my concern. I hope you will be happy in your new religion if ever you decide to transfer to another one.
For JUN LOZADA:
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”Psalm23:4
kabayan, nabaling na nga ang attention mo sa drama…
Hohum Mita, as I’ve said before, I do not entertain baiters. Good luck and good night 😉
because of the word c..l ph…
@Kabayan:
You don’t have to ask anyone to open a thread for Lacson. Just go to pinglacson’s bl ogsp ot com site and post your comments where he can see it.
Ang slogan ng pinglacson bl ogsp ot c-om site,
@Kabayan: See lacson site for some items about
his proposal — Senate Bill 2040.
“It is high time we encourage whistleblowers to expose corruption through this bill. This may well be a challenge to Malacañang as well. If it is as serious in fighting corruption as it claims to be, it should certify the bill as urgent,†Lacson said.
— bill is a rewards-and-benefits system aimed at ensuring the livelihood and welfare of whistleblowers.
— the bill provides for a reward system ranging from P50,000 to P5 million.
— whistleblowers who will be admitted must make a disclosure that is voluntary, in writing and under oath, with the disclosure not yet subject of a complaint filed with the Office of the Ombudsman or investigated by any other investigating agency.
— the information given by the whistleblower can be corroborated and that the information leads to a successful gathering of evidence and/or investigation.
— the bill seeks to penalize retaliatory acts against whistleblowers with a P100,000 fine or six years’ imprisonment, and perpetual disqualification from holding public office in case of a public officer or employee.
— any person who deliberately and voluntarily gives false or misleading information faces a jail term of up to 12 years and perpetual absolute disqualification from holding public office.
Such tough requirements:
—make a disclosure that is voluntary, in writing and under oath;
—the information given can be corroborated
—the information leads to a successful gathering of evidence and/or investigation
Corruption prevention lesson l01: about 5 years of so ago, a corruption scandal erupted in Toronto City Hall..An IT lease agreement of $43 millions ballooned to $80 millions without the Council approval..allegations of lobbyists dining and wining Public Officials were exposed. Police was not able to prove probable cause, but the no “Blame Inquiry†called later headed by the ever Patient and Motherly Justice Bellamy who eventually cost the city taxpayers $17 millions found out who were dining who and who were meeting at the underground parking lot exchanging a measly amount of $25 grand (to his everlasting regrets) and after telling everyone who they were in her report, came up with numerous recommendations as she implied that she no longer wants to see Grown Men and Women Noses grow bigger before the court, even after they have taken an oath, and one of them is the ONLINE Lobbyists Registry and Today it is On line…
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/302331
Aftermath: the Principal: a prospective mayor that everyone expects to someday becomes the country’s PM faded in shame and just recently was again involve in civil scandal in his private business..what on earth made him do it?..he was already a multimillionaire??Greed (for $25 thousands?, a hockey game ticket; the agent is a brother of a Hockey Star), that my friends is a Man’s nature very hard to understand…
After listening the whole day to the Senate hearing today,I have arrived at the conclusion that the kidnapping of Jun Lozada at the airport was intended for one simple reason:TO PREVENT ANOTHER DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ZTE SCANDAL AND “BIG BOY ARROYO”.
The operation had a vary sinister objective:silence Jun Lozada at ALL COSTS.
The whole caboodle of government officials (Atienza, Razon,Gaite,Defensor)brazenly lied in front of nationwide TV.
This clearly indicates that the whole government apparatus is protecting the Big Fish who orchestrated the whole kidnapping operation.
How much lies of Gloria and Jose Pidal can the Filipino people stomach???
UPn, The Lacson’s Proposals for protection of whistle blowers is somewhat similar to the Plans of Action of our conservative party which was now part of the New Federal Accountability Law as the Result of the Sponsorship Scandal…
Finally, Part 3 amends the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act to
(a) establish the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal and empower it to make remedial orders in favour of victims of reprisal and to order disciplinary action against the person or persons who took the reprisal;
(b) provide for the protection of all Canadians, not just public servants, who report government wrongdoings to the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner;
(c) remove the Governor in Council’s ability to delete the name of Crown corporations and other public bodies from the schedule to the Act;
(d) require the prompt public reporting by chief executives and the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of cases of wrongdoing;
(e) permit the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner to provide access to legal advice relating to the Act;
and
(f) authorize the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner to make awards to persons who have shown courage in defending the public interest by reporting wrongdoings.
There were approximately 100 amendments that were enacted to further strengthened the Accountability including some in electoral funding and expenditures..as per recommendations by the Justice Gomery Inquiry and some from the campaign promises..
and even with the Conservatives in a minority government, the oppositions parties were all very co-operative in expediting passing of the amendments and adding their own inputs..
lozada can write all the articles he wants about what neri has in mind, or feel, or want; say things in the senate that the anti-arroyo senators want to hear and “expose” to the public; re-cast his involvement in the issue as an innocent bystander caught, involuntarily, in the maelstrom of intrigue; make innuendoes and subtle hints concerning the first couple’s participation, at the blatant urgings of some of the inquisitors; but he cannot sway the unbiased mind to accept his words as “truth”.
as exposed by sen. santiago’s examination, lozada has admitted to committing acts of moral turpitude while holding public office. his confessed acceptance of corruption, as a way of life, makes him an unconvincing source of truth. his whole demeanor, while testifying (despite copious tears and the nuns and brothers around him) and listening to rebuttal testimonies of the other witnesses, displayed lack of candor and sincerity.
the ineptness of some of the senators are revealing. roxas (the presidential wannabee), was vigorously insisting that the reason lozada was afraid of the senate was that he might be made to implicate high officials in the government – a plausible scenario reminiscent of sabio, norberto gonzalez, et al. roxas, however, failed to mention lozada’s fear for his life as testified to by sec. atienza and make defensor, and previously by lozada who made reference to the tragic fate of bubby dacer.
jamby madrigal never ceases to make a fool of herself. while atienza was recounting what lozada told him about being spat on by someone, jamby objected because the subject was gross (nakakadiri). instead of leaving the hearing, the good senator wanted the testimony stopped because she did not like what she was hearing.
loren legarda’s valuable contribution was to ask for “cope-py” of every document, at least one she specifically asked for turned out to be already in the file before her.
sen. biazon belabors the point that lozada did not pass the immigration lane even though it was explained that, as part of the “security” measures being taken, the passport stamping was done by an operative. apparently, the senator did not like the explanation.
jinggoy was in his usual arrogant, condescending, and hostile persona. the guy was obviously overcompensating.
what a spectacular show to give the filipino people an idea how their tax pesos work!
Guys,
Mike Defensor gave Lozada 50K, right. from his wife, he says. Did she pull that amount out of her purse or was it just lying around their car. Who carries that much in cash? Maybe 20 years ago, you’ll find a rich person with that amount but nowadays?
“Malalala na talaga ang Mike Defensor-GMA love affair.-nash
Maling term, nash, hindi pede ang malalala bilang pang-uri sa isang love affair. ‘Di rin pede ang malala, ito ang mga pede: mainit, malalim, matamis, maromansa, magastos.
“as exposed by sen. santiago’s examination, lozada has admitted to committing acts of moral turpitude while holding public office. his confessed acceptance of corruption, as a way of life, makes him an unconvincing source of truth.”
so what? On the contrary, the fact that he did made his testimony all the more convincing. All politicians will deny that they partake of corruption, and Lozada isn’t one. Even the MArcoses to this day have never admitted to their grand larceny. And no, Lozada did not say that corruption is his way of life. It is apparently a way of life in government though. There’s a diff.
Miriam is the attact dog of Gloria (her husband got an appointment, even her son), together with Enrile (now his wife is ambassador to the Vatican). While the administration wants to paint Lozada as a missile from the likes of Lacson, they are failing miserably because Lozada is a very, very credible witness. See how Lozada rebutted Joker’s allegation that he (Lozada) was acting in bad faith by talking to many people. Well, there you go Joker, whatever happened to you? Tsk, tsk, tumanda ng paurong.
at hwag mong ibu-bulgar ang love affair, seloso si FG, baka ma-back-off ka. o’ ma-lozada. wink, wink (‘di ko alam ilagay si smiley, heheh)
@ Madonna
iyo gnani, an gurang na’an, taga duman baga an sato, garo pig uli-an na.
May explanation na ba kung bakit (at kelan) kinausap ng asawa ni Joker Arroyo si Lozada, at sa bahay pa mismo ni Joker nag-usap? At bakit nanggalaiti sa galit si Joker nung nabuking na kinausap din nila si Lozada?