Masterful delivery by Sen. Marcoleta of motion to dismiss impeachment, later to archive the impeachment case vs the VP

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The dellivery and content were well done and answering of the interpellation was incisive and clear.  No one can dispute the facts.  Sen Marcoleta is clearly the more cogent Senators, sharpened by long years of experience as trial lawyer and being involved in past impeachment cases

It is clear that from gist of arguments:

1.  SC is not interfering in powers of Senate;

2.  In a judicial review, it merely is saying that the Senate has not acquired jurisdiction because HOR did not follow the procedures as enumerated in the Constitution when filing impeachment cases

3.  That there should be an impeachment vs impeachable persons is not being denied.

4.   The arguments of the detractors is about law and order but constitional adherence has not been observed, as SC has ruled.

Sen Bam Aquino was forceful in going on with the impeachmentt but before he said there were other matters that needed attention. but now for him this is the important agenda.  

Sen Hontiiveros we found later on relied on AI for her citing of precedents.    It was found out that reversala of decisions came from the cases by 5 man divisions not the SC en banc.

The oppositors were clearly practicing what old lawyers have emphasized:    if you do not have the facts, pound on the table

There is a one year wait until Feb. until a new case can be filed vs VP Sarah.    Those who are hell bent on power struggle.           

End of bloodbath, fireworks at Legislature? SC rules VP impeachment unconstitutional

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The much awaited impeachment of VP Sara is most likely not going thru as SC rules the impeachment vs the VP is unconstitutional.  Some quarters, netizen, anti VP are quick to conclude that there has been a change of PHP for this ruling (What a shame for the netizen).  But it is truly fair and just.  We respect the SC and its cogent ruling.   The end of story... of bloodbath... We can now refocus and rebuilding the country after the flood:   search for the flood control projects that did not work.  Do a no nonsense work of country governance and maybe seek advice for the leader who seem clueless as to the reality in the country.   And make more sensible statements.   

Philippine conflict over a Casino ownership/control tried at Delaware USA; top govt official mentioned

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Case involving top govt official hand in interfering with pending Judicial problem in exchange for $ and 6 board seats.The case was tried in Delaware and page 36 of the decision is interesting.  

We thought that such will not happen in the new dispensation and that their family had been cleansed of corruption over the last 3 decades.  But it would not seem so.   As seen on this case.   The No.2 is not known and could be OVP.... 

Who is telling the truth?

SC ruled vs contempt resulting in detention as abuse of authority

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SC rules the contempt and arrest order vs Pharmally executive was abuse of authority

The Supreme Court has all ready ruled that Senate in citing for contempt resource persons in Pharmally case is not allowed.   The SC ruled that the investigation  must strictly observe three rules:   1.  That this is in aid of legislation.   2,   The rights of the resource persons must be respected  3.  It must observe its rules.

And yet yesterday, they detained the CS of OVP, a lawyer...

The detention as a result of contempt is rules as abuse of authrotiy.

We observe comments by former president: on     1.  On answerable by yes or no.   2.  On ansswering contents of affidavit that he does not have a copy of as being improper or not allowed.   Or like a question of a partylist young congressman on allegation about deposit  which violated law on bank secrecy.  That they fail to observe proper conduct of inquiry, and being accusatory at time (not reating the resource person with respect to his rights) make the  members of HOR subject o ridicule and/or clueless to what they are doing and may not give high points for them come reelection time

Hence the calls for the quadcomm to disband.  Clearly the topics being dsscussed were executive in nature, and if oversight, then indeed the Constitutional body, COA can investigate.  Or if legalities are involved then NBI and/or DOJ can investigate.   (There is a joke going on regarding  a junk food  and a coffee shop as the origin of Grace Piatto for which they offered a prize of P1M)  The joke is on who?

The fomer President must be afforded proper respect as former head of the country

As lewmakers, may we swuggest that they respect laws and ruling as they go about their business

The petitioners may appear cogent and intellectuals at the SC hearing vs. Martial Law Declaration in Mindanao, but absurd

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Rizal Philippines
June  18, 2017

                                      What are these weapons and flag -  a propaganda

                                              How about these men in black, false, inaccurate and
                                                    contrived information?

                                         ISIS flag on PNP patrol car which the rebels captured

                                      More ISIS flag, more contrived facts;  more propaganda amidst massive
                                        destruction in Marawi city.  Di na dapat pagdebatehan iyan



PTPA The fire departments do not have the equipment and capability to douse high rise building fires?

Isnt the ISIS raising of flag in Marawi an act of Rebellion - del Castillo

Basis for declaration of martial law in Mindanao false and inaccurate  -Lagman


Some arguments being posed at the SC regarding the petition for review of facts for declaration of martial law in Mindanao do not  match reality and actual situation if not being outrightly absurd. if not funny.  While a war is going in Marawi where scores of soldiers gave up their lives fighting for our country, some people have the gall to tell that raising the flag in Marawi by ISIS is a mere propaganda.

What further proofs are needed to support martial law in Mindanao? Nakahiyaan na lang ng mga oppositors na iatras and petition?

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Rizal Philippines
June 15, 2017

                           Rep. Edcel Lagman prepares for oral arguments in SC vs Martial Law
                                           Declaration   (proclamation 216)

As this is being written the oral arguments for and against martial law in Mindanao are being exchanged at SC. Maybe a waste of time and people's money This post asks what are more proofs needed to support the decision for such a declaration:  The main argument is that it should be limited to Marawi city

But this is war.  and now the crisis has spilled over up to Iligan City;    destruction is in billions of pesos;  hundreds of  lives were lost.    The Maute has hundreds of combatants at Marawi with P30 million support coming from ISIS through a former Malaysian professor;   The militants had even a P50.00 stash in one of the houses.

1.  The perpetrators are rumored to have slipped to neighboring provinces As the bomb maker who was caught in  CDO;  the elder Maute was caught in Davao

2. The evacuees are in Iligan City where there is an impending humanitarian crisis

3.  The allies of the militants are all elsewhere  in Mindanano:   Sulu, Zamboanga Maguindanao

4.  The NPA may be taking advantage of the situation to launch attacks.

5.  The foreign nationals joining the fray are entering through the porous borders of southern Mindanao like Sarangani and Sulu

6.  It now appears that the Marawi war is a tactical alliance among BIFF, Abu Sayyaf,  and Maute.  (And maybe NPA.  Those in the know say that the ASG were in Clarin Bohol to recruit fighters for this event

Again this petition at SC is a great dishonor our fallen soldiers in Marawi    While they gave up their lives for our country, the detractors have the gall and guts to imply that their efforts were in vain.  The allies of the other militants like the NPA and other armed groups would be the only one who are capable of launching such detraction

The situation then, in 1972 when JPA was allegedly ambushed in Makati, as an excuse to declare martial law is very different from Marawi situation.  It is war.  Let the honorable objectors to the Martial Law in Mindanao go to Marawi at the provincial capitol to argue against such declaration

I would suppose nakahiyaan na lang nila.  The church, VP Robredo and all others even a known leftist lady senator agree that the declaration is justified

                                Maute ISIS abducted the Catholic priest and burned the Cathedral

Word War between Judiciary and Executive stemmed from miscommunication?

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Rizal Philippines
August 11, 2016

There is a brewing word war and possible constitutional crisis between the judiciary and executive with regards to the list of judges,police and congressman linked to illegal drugs.

The chief justice cautioned against the judges being arrested without search warrant. But the announcement of Pres Digong called for those in the list to report to their respective heads to explain or to exonerate themselves:   the judges with the Chief Justice, the mayors with DILG, and the police with Director General Bato

Had the good SC chief understood the order, then the word war would not have been necessary

Update:   Pres Duterte apologizes to the SC Chief for the comments.IN News - Duterte apologizes to Sereno on harsh words.

Supreme Court dismisses plunder case vs fmr Pres Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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Rizal Philippines
July 20, 2016

In a landmark ruling yesterday, 11 SC justices voted for the dismissal of plunder case vs her and ordered her set free. He has been incarcerated at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center for plunder for 4 years. Her supporters and her lawyers, especially Atty Estelito Mendoza were ecstatic with the ruling and said the SC really is the bastion of justice.

Why the decision?

1.  Was GMA jailed under the regime of Aquino for the wrong reasons?  Was Corona impeached for the wrong reason also?

2.  Was DAP really used by Aquino to bribe solons to impeach Corona?

3. Was the ruling made so as not to embarrass the SC since anyway, there were announcements that Pres Digong was set to pardon GMA?

Will Senator Grace Poe be finally disqualified? What happens to the support thrown behind her?

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Rizal Philippines
March 1, 2016

Will the top court support Sen Grace Poe;s bid for presidency

From Philstar - SC to vote separately on residency and citizenship issues

This post happened to discuss after business matters were taken up, about the Presidential election.  This post hastened to say that Binay could be the next president (which favors him because he supports the said candidate, and they have good relationship as a businessman in Makati) and that Bongbong who has remarkably improved his leadership, speech, behavior, knowledge would be most likely to be the next vice president.  (He was in our town this afternoon and many admired the young Marcos for his speech and presentation of platform of govt.)

Our conversation diverted to Sen Grace Poe's disqualification case, and he happened to attend the oral arguments at the SC, the first time he ever was in the August Hall.  He remembered  clearly two things:

1. That in the oath of allegiance taken by the good Senator, (which is prescribed by law to re attain the Filipino citizenship under the dual citizenship law) the good Senator mentioned that she was ...born to. (.......?) where as a matter of fact, her current story is that she is a foundling!!!.  There is perjury or outright lie being committed here and totally unacceptable for someone who is going to be a president.  We hear of story as to who her real parents are and where she was really born

2.   That the defense of ....she did not know, can not be held as an excuse, Ignorance of the law excuses no one especially for some one whose main duty is to defend and preserve the law of the land as the chief executive.

He wonders why this is not mentioned in the press, when there was huge contingent of the press at the said hearing..Maybe that was meant not to disgrace Grace.  He noted that the justices have manok.  The one who questioned the oath of allegiance was against the Senator.  Some justices have GP as their Manok.

On this basis, the good Senator can be disqualified.  "Sorry was a very strong case against GMA" in the Hello Garci election scandal.

In the words of many, there is a great novela unfolding here, like the return of the Marcoses at the Palace. So many intrigues, eg that administration is really supporting GP instead of MR in view of the last place of the good Secretary in the surveys. What happens if the the DNA test of FM and GP turns out to be positive.  Ang saya ng Pilipinas....!!  Maybe the justices will decide that it is not fun anymore.

So what happens to the strong wave of support for her.  If she is DQd finally what happens to votes in her favor.  If she does not speak, the vote goes to Mar. If she endorses these  to Binay (which she wont because she signed a recommendation to file case vs Binay after the Senate hearing) then Binay would win.

What do you think?

Sen Grace Poe wins SC TROs on her DQ

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Rizal Philippines
December 29, 2015

Sen Grace Poe got yesterday at TRO on her DQ case at Comelect (first division, 2nd division and en banc) and Sen Poe thanked the SC for just and compassionate decision

                                     SC issues TROs on Poe DQ cases



We all know that Sen Poe is a Filipino and her domicile is the Philippines, That is why the Filipino people voted her as the #1 Senator in the last election.   Her domicile is the Philippines.  Now as for the technicality being thrown against her as foundling and failure to meet the residency requirement, we all know that they are merely thrown to cloud the issue.  Why was there no DQ envisioned by the Roxas camp while they were wooing Grace Poe?  Why there was a DQ case filed after she signed a n endorsement for plunder case vs. VP Binay?

Digong Duterte whom I admire also committed a blunder by saying he is running because he does not want to see an American become a President.  Sen Grace Poe is a Filipino.    The SC saw the light and the series of articles defending Sen Poe on this.

We are happy that there will be level field for the Presidential candidate.  DQs cases or petition to deny due course are seen as political strategies to silence using legality and technicality, to eliminate the opposition/competition

Is HLI, are the Cojuangco's Impoverished by the SC decision.

 

 

Reflections


The decision by SC to uphold the DAR decision to implement land distribution under CARP is fair and just.  But compensating HLI for only PHP 40,000 per hectare is a little bit disturbing.  In efffect, HLI was made poor by this decision;  and the farmers richer (there is a wealth transfer  which could be unfair and could provoke clash of clans:   Cojuangco vs SC/Corona)

Expect the escalation of hate between PNOY and SC/Corona.

A Hero or an Avenger?

Filosofo Tasio Lives

Many said that the real national hero should have been Andres Bonifacio.  He was the pure hero.  They said Rizal rebelled against the Friars and the Spaniards, because the latter landgrabbed the Rizal's property in Laguna.  Would he been a hero, anti friars, had their land not been grabbed?

Hey we see a parallel here.  The executive branch is battling its co equal in the judiciary just because the SC had a ruling vs the family of the President.  And the latter is taking it personally.

Is the President thinking clearly?  Siya ba ay nasa Tuwid na Daan or Lumang Daan, or Dating Daan ng paghihiganti or makasarili.?

Would he and CJ RC be friends had the SC ruled in favor of the President's family/hacienda?

Are we talking here the rule of law, rather than rule of the clan?

Then if it is the latter, under the guise of constitutionality and legality, then nothing changed.

Government of laws, rather than of men??? Hehehehe