{"id":2045,"date":"2008-11-19T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T22:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quezon.ph\/?p=2045"},"modified":"2016-02-23T01:24:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T17:24:19","slug":"tidying-up-before-the-big-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quezon.ph\/2008\/11\/19\/tidying-up-before-the-big-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidying up before the big push"},"content":{"rendered":"
(updated)<\/strong><\/p>\n Today I went to the House of Representatives to watch our Motion for Intervention<\/a> end up buried by the administration majority in the Committee on Justice<\/a>. There weren’t many of us bloggers there, but it was comforting to know those among the intervenors unable to be present were thinking of us, as were other bloggers who have expressed their support, most lately including stuart-santiago<\/a> and The Pelican Spectator<\/a>.<\/p>\n As co-intervenor Marocharim Experiment<\/a> blogged yesterday, everyone went into the process with no illusions, but no desire to compromise belief:<\/p>\n Like I said before: it doesn’t matter if GMA has two years or two days left in her Presidency. If she is found to be unfit to rule by virtue of a fair evaluation of evidence – or an admission of guilt – then the law doesn’t say that she doesn’t have to pay the price in the name of “stability”\u009d and “progress.”\u009d I reiterate: justice, fairness, and freedom are not words or compromises, but are perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For what actually transpired, {caffeine_sparks}<\/a> provides the minutes of the proceedings of the Committee on (in)Justice. Here’s a sample, the moment of truth.<\/p>\n\n