Delicadeza - avoiding midnight appointments

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CNN CA bypasses constitutional positions

Several constitutional positions - Comelec commissioners, COA  were bypassed during the last session of Commission of Appointments due to lack of quorum.   Perhaps it is really a courteous way of letting the  incoming administration have a free hand in selection of nominees. 

The past Senate should be congratulated for this gracious act of delicadeza.   There was past regimes of passing midnight actions and appointments.   

May I suggest that we add the commissioners to the job titles of public officials

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Sen Joker Arroyo aptly said in several controversies/hearings that many of the the scandals being investigated at the Senate was a battle of commissioners those who did not get the commissions vs those who got, as was with ZTE.  Those who did not get would naturally feel slighted and complain.  As those who did not get from JPE last Christmas (was it Trillanes who did not get)

Those who did not get the P50 million from DAP for the Corona impeachment are also complaining. They did not get their share of the spoils.  (To the victor belongs the spoils)

And now for the PDAF, if everybody had their 50% commission, would there  be this hearing?  Only the solons now.

They may change the name of PDAF to something else.  It will still pork by any other name.  PNOY, the mastermind of Tuwid Na Daan and who wants to have the pork removed is not giving up the pork for his office any time soon.

So can we just call, affix the name of commissioners to every public officials:  whether they be judge, senators, mayors, Generals, governors, congressman, senators. 

Would it be nice to address:  The Honorable Commissioner Senator ____;   The Honorable Commissioner Representative of ____________;

or His Excellency Commissioner.....

Why should the such titles be just the domain of BOC head, or BIR or other govt agencies? Our government must be egalitarian

I think that would be nice and realistic.  No hidden agendas;  no hypocrisies.

"Ang bato bato sa langit, ang tamaay huwag magagalit>"

A protest vs pork PDAF? It is a battle between the victor and the spoils...

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There is supposed to be a nationwide and a million protesters vs PDAF today.  Former SC Chief Justice was heard to be a Quirino grandstand probably to point at fingers his tormentors, who were as culpable as he is committing acts that were clearly unconstitutional.  While we may uphold high standards, the system perpetuate itself, and no end can be sight. The only hope may be a revolution.  Thus says Thomas Jefferson, every generation needs a revolution.  (As we as young protesters have often mouthed as if robots)

Some realities  we must accept:

l.  To the victor belongs the spoils  (those who are in power must reap the spoils of victory)  What are we in power for?  Would anybody believe that we did not enjoy the perks of power while we were in power.

2. Make hay while we may.  Can the officials still recover their costs if they are no longer in power?

3. It is a battle of commissioners.  Those who battled the former officials are now the corrupt officials.

4. Power corrupts and it corrupts absolutely.

5.  The politics of patronage.  Our politicos need the PDAF, or earnings from this to keep themselves in power:  from campaigning to keeping their constituents happy and well fed.  Where to get all that money. I doubt, if not one of these protesters solicited/received any money from anyone of these officials whom they are protesting now.   It is the way it works.    How can some people, including from the religious sector be so hypocrites