The proclamation of Migz Zubiri as the 12th senator elected in the 2007 mid-term polls —- despite evidence that the results in Maguindanao province were manufactured, by and large —- was deeply depressing news. I don’t mean it wasn’t inevitable; in fact, that was what was wrong with Zubiri’s “victory” in the first place. It was slow-motion theft; we could all see it coming, a mile away, and in the end we couldn’t prevent it from happening.
This same sense of frustration may have moved the Black and White Movement to release a statement, drenched in sarcasm, a few hours after the proclamation. If you need a little pick-me-up, give it a read:
YA GOTTA HAND IT TO MIGZ
GOD helps those that help themselves. So when Migz Zubiri thanked God, he was also thanking Gloria, Garci, Bedol, and Abalos: the faces of our modern “democrazy”.
Imagine that. The power and the glory now belong to Migz, now, if not forever. We commiserate with Chavit Singson how in heaven’s name could Chavit have lost his top rank to Migz? Poor guy must be really depressed. What a difference a month makes. Chavit was once upon a time first in Maguindanao: but as we now know, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Even the improbable ones.
Now, Migz owes a lot. When he thanked God, Mama Mary, and all the saints, he was being a grateful person. Grateful, maybe not to the people of Maguindanao, but definitely thankful to all those who helped make his election as credible as Mrs. Arroyo’s 2004 victory. As the second most impoverished province of ARMM, we can only hope Maguindanao gets the attention it deserves from him and that it’s not just the usual suspects, who get to enjoy the blessings helping Migz win will give.
As for the millions of us that voted for Koko Pimentel, we had it coming. We were old-fashioned enough to believe what mattered more was a genuine mandate, that our votes would count as much as the votes for Migz. How were we to know, that neither our votes nor Migz’ votes, mattered at all? What mattered most was never in the public’s hands: it was the counting, and who did the counting, that mattered. It didn’t even matter if the votes were there, and it didn’t matter if all anyone wanted was a chance to vote again, without terrorism and manufactured documents substituting for an election.
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68 Feedbacks on "Post-Zubiri blues"
enerio
i dont know what is happening to our country! why we have given her the chance to govern when we know she doesnt have the expertise to sincerely implement the vital program needed for development as a whole. she prefers her self interest and not for the rest. she deserve to be topple and put to prison in her entire life!
Balmero D. Minero
What!!!??? Zubiri won!!!??? That’s sickening!!! With all due respect to his person… but I now his conscience of conscience knows that Maguindanao votes are not credible voice of its people. As GMA was in 2004 election… this Legislator is as bogus as his president. Would you circulate a bogus money when you know the truth? Would you support bogus politicians when you smell falsehood and deception??? Yuck!!!
Bert
Amen. And, pleeeease, Mama Mary, please take care of Migz, Gloria, Abalos, Garci, Bedol, and all their minions….so we can live in peace, and to prosperity, in the days to come.
Godschyld
You are the one who is Crazy in democracy! Together with your newspaper!
OFW in Afghanistan
We saw it coming, didn’t we? Naisahan na naman tayo! Hindi na ito nakakatuwa. Palagay ko kung si Chavit Singson and pilit nilang ipinanalo masyadong magiging obvious. Si Migz…makakalusot…tipong pwede na.
Still, the Gods (Gloria, Bedol, Abalos) made it happen. We Filipinos must be crazy to just have let this thing happen.
kferna
you guys are very adamant proclaiming migs is a cheat,oh well, no surprise at all..since you’re very anti- GMA. And how on earth you voted for koko?just because he’s an oppositionist, and I’m sure you voted also for Trillanes-a hostage taker, terrorist,above all communist turncoat
roy
You just cant acccept defeat… that’s one of the basic faults we have as Filipinos, everybody believes he is better that others…we cannot simply follow rules because we do not believe in the capablilities of others…
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royburke
hope tita migz realize soon that with all the money and cheating, the senate seat is not worth the damage it has done to his good name and honor..He will forever be lumped with the bedols, garcis, abalos, glorias of dis land..too young, full of potential, good family…pity, what people do to attain power..
Richard L. Malones
We have now a new senator representing not the whole of the Philippines but of Bedol and Abalos’ Maguindanao. “Circunstancial evidence” all point to rigged senatorial eletion result being manipulated by Bedol to benefit God and Mama Mary’s “wonder boy” Zubiri.
Kabayan
The only way Miguel Zubiri can redeem his credibility in the sight of the voting public would be for him to destroy the anomalous policies and rules perpetrated by COMELEC.
At the very least if he exposes and fixes this, Miguel would be remembered as the one who cleaned up and brought back the credibility and dignity of COMELEC.
Otherwise if he does not clean up the anomalous scalawags, system and policies in COMELEC, he will be known as the one who “rode the evil horse” to win in an anomalous electoral victory. He will be remembered as a worst kind of “trapo” despite other “good” legislations he would implement … a “kunsintidor”.
Clean up the COMELEC Migs. It would be the only way to redeem your lost honor.
MATRIX
Whether you like it not, Mindanaoan’s still opt for Migz to represent us. Imagine Koko not winning over Migz in his own turf, Cagayan de Oro? Even Misamis Oriental? By and large they are only popular in areas where nobody knows their real self.
To mkake it fair, he should have promoted a special elections in Maguindanao instead of excluding the existing votes. It could even be a one-on-one election versus Migz. Then we will find out who the real winner is.
Problem with imperialist Manila is that they’re only good in siphoning Mindanao’s resources and worst, they have the gall and the guts of dictating what should happen to us in Mindanao.
carlo
philippines is a christian dominated but sad to say that christianity doesn’t work in this country even priest have been guided us poorly only one must rule forgive to those who have sin,if they will not funish in this world GOD have room for them,what we gain if we curse those who commit sin when they themself blinded by thier greed of power..GOD blessed this country
sue
Congratulations to Migz… these from the 11M voters who believed & voted for him. Migz, don’t mind the power hungry people just do your job & we’ll support you.
jaimezobel
Who are you to say that Migz was cheating and Koko was not? Does being in the opposition means he’s as clean as a saint? Shame on you for throwing the first stone because you are definitely biased. If we are to say that Migz cheated and say on the otherhand that Koko was a victim, then we are damned and should never expect any good for our country. Thanks to GOD for making Migz win. He’s a good man and a good politician. Koko was too but he just did not make the cut. Thanks to GOD because our country is slowly (with so much opposition) gaining ground and is in the path to economic upheaval.
jaimezobel
ERRATUM: Koko is a good person as well. Again, he just did not have that much vote.
Josh from Qatar
NAKAKATAMAD NA BASAHIN ANG INQUIRER,GINAMIT NG TOOLS NG PROPAGANDISTS OPPOSITION NA WALANG GANWA KUNDI MAGHAHANAP NG KUNG ANO-ANO IBABATO SA ADMINISTRATION.WALA BA KAYO MGA ISIP,YUNG MAG UNANG REPORT NG 12-0 ADMINISTRATION WIN AT SI CHAVIT ANG NO.1 AY PARTIAL UNOFFICIAL AT MAGNIFIED EXAGGERATION NG MEDIA NA NAGKAROON NG WIDESPREAD CHEATING.KPAREHO DIN YAN SA NAGANAP SA BUONG PILIPINAS.KAYA KAYO WAG NG MANIWALA SA MGA IRRESPONSIBLE MEDIA NATIN.HATRED ANG NAGHAHARI SA KANILA,PARANG YUNG COLUMNIST NILA NA SI De Quiros.
wake up wag ng padala sa kung ano-ano sinusulat/ni re reportr na kabulastugan nitong mga ito.
DEX
nkakatamad ng magbasa ng inquirer,puro paninira na lang sa gobyerno mababasa mo at lahat sa gobyerno sinisi.Yung sa Maguindanao election result ay media exaggeration,Ang naghahari sa media is hatred sa government yun lang,like De Quiros et,al.
dingdong
Well what can I say…?
I’m giving Migz the benefit of the doubt for his upcoming performance in the Senate but I could’ve admired him more if he had conceded defeat before the Comelec used their twisted logic to include the counting “votes” from Maguindanao. Now that it’s over, expect nothing from those lap dogs to do anything about what had happened.
Now, one of the challenges to Migz is this, to pursue vigorously the implementation of election computerization and other electoral reforms in the Senate before 2010, then maybe he could redeem himself in the eyes of the people and he just might have a bright political future.
ricky
Post Zubiri Blues?election Blues,pink,red,black,white or whatever color it is LOSING SUCKS!!! ask Koko P. and now he is looking for someone to blame so are the thousands of losing candidates.So typical,so predictable.
Ernesto Herrera, Jr
In Philippine elections, there are only two possible outcome - Ang Nanalo at ang NADAYA … Nobody can boldly say that “Natalo ako sa eleksyon” maybe because it is not a machismo thing to do? Almost always, if you’re kulelat you would declare …”NADAYA AKO!!! … Recount!!!” … I guess what I’m trying to say is … Please stop Sourgraping .. accept defeat even if you think you were robbed (believe in karma). Thank you.
Jojo
I’m glad Koko Pimentel didn’t win.
I remember distinctly when he tried to pull a fast one on us voters.
When confronted with the issue of political dynasties (we would have 2 Pimentels in the senate had he won), he rationalized his running by saying that if he wins, “he would enact a law against political dynasties”. Just vote him to the Senate so he could put a stop to this (political dynasties).
What did he take us for — stupid?
I never forgave him for this kind of convoluted “logic”. It was a clear reflection of how his mind works, and that scared me.
leonora c. andrews
The Black and White Movement should spare us the sarcasm and complete lack of objectivity, please. It may come as a surprise to people like themselves that more filipinos voted for zubiri than pimentel. At any rate, the Supreme Court didn’t buy the pimentel arguments and denied to issue an injunction/TRO. Since the justices know more about evidence and the law than the likes of them, I will, like most filipinos, take their point of view anytime over this negative and motley movement.
After all, they are passing off sweeping conclusions and declarations as facts—-which, we all know, they are not.
glenrey bildo
zuberi should win the 12 slot
ana
get over it !the guy deserved to win.it just so happened that thepeople of maguindanao favors Zubiri,i guess theyre smart enough not wanting to see father and son in the senate!
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manuel gracia
hindi dapat kay mama mary at kay lord magpasalamat si migz zubiri dahil hindi naman si lord at mama mary ang nagpanalo sa kanya. dapat kay bedol at abalos siya magpasalamat, ganoon din sa pitong justices ng supreme court. i don’t understand these justices who said that by not including the maguindanao votes will disenfranchised the voters in that place. but by allowing the counting of those “votes”, they’ve done worse than disenfranchisement, they allow cheating the whole nation. i don’t know about you, migz, but it’s not about the winning, it’s how you play the game. you may not intend to cheat but how sure are you that the people around your team do not have those intentions. you should have done a “mike defensor” who rather lose decently than “win” by the making of some of your people who want to impress the “fake” president.
ay_naku
“How were we to know, that neither our votes nor Migz’ votes, mattered at all?”
Actually we should have known something like this would happen all along. We have the 2004 “Hello Garci” scandal as a successful precursor. They were able to get away with that crime. None of the participants were held accountable: GMA, Garci, Abalos, military generals, etc. They’re all enjoying the fruits of their misdeeds. So of course they would keep cheating. The people couldn’t (or didn’t) do anything about it anyway, except perhaps grumble a bit. We basically turned a blind eye on their wrongdoings.
In fact, if anything, I’m surprised that the administration weren’t able to sneak in more admin bets into the winning circle.
Tikboy
You people who really believed that Zubiri really won are blind. May mga umamin na nga na dinaya yung eleksyon sa Maguindanao eh nagkukunwari pa kayong karapat-dapat na manalo si Migs. I am not saying that Pimentel should have the 12th spot. What I am concern about is the truth. Kahit nga itanong mo ke Zubiri, alam nyang nandaya sya (pero syempre, like GMA hindi sya aamin). But the law in P.I. is really twisted that the blame is directed to Bedol (parang ke Garci).
Now regarding the Computerized Election in 2010…that is impossible. Kahit sabihin mong 2022, its still impossible. The computerized election (kuno) for OAV (Overseas Absentee Voting) was done by saving the result in a floopy disk and trasported to P.I. (and the government spent billions of pesos for those IBM PCs that afterwards, hindi na nagamit). The problem is actually P.I.’s network and security infrastructure. P.I could not gear to a total wired (or wireless for that matter) country cause the mere fact that this is being delayed in congress.
Kabayan
I encountered an article at http://www.tingog.com/politics/manuel-i-strongly-disagree-zubiri-must-go.html
and a statement describes the situation aptly:
“Integrity is the key point here. This is something that all public officials must possess in order to serve with the true intent of helping the citizenry and not just themselves. If he can’t even have the decency to concede defeat and thus end the machinations that we saw in Maguindanao, then what guarantee will we have when he has to again choose between sacrificing his political career against that of the well being of The Filipino people?
Manuel seems to be putting more emphasis on the words that come out of our Fake Senator Zubiri rather than the actions that he makes. Talk is good, but a man’s actions is truly the only way we can judge him. And if his actions are for closing his eyes to the obvious cheating in Maguindanao, then how can we even start to trust him in helping lead our country.”
Manuel Quezon III conceded on this point as posted in:
http://www.quezon.ph/?p=1446
Finally tingog.com pointed out
” … please remember that performance is different from integrity, and in a Senator, we must have both.”
Amen to that.
HENRY
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD..WE NOT ONLY HAVE A FAKE PRESIDENT BUT A FAKE SENATOR AS WELL..QOU VADIS, PHILIPPINES ?…MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THE COMELEC!!!!! IN FAIRNESS, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE TAINTED NAMAN….
BUT WE HAVE BEEN ROBED AGAIN ..WHAT A WASTE!!!! I MEAN ROBED WITH LIES..LIES..LIES…
leonora c. andrews
I live in Vancouver, Canada. Most Fil-Canadians regard the cries of losers like Koko with ridicule and derision. It reinforces the prevailing sentiment here that in Philippine elections, sore losers always take the predictable tack of crying fraud when they have absolutely no evidence at hand, in a horrendously immature Philippine political system. But what is really lamentable is that there are so many suckers who actually believe Koko’s ridiculous and unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
Kabayan
Leonora, you have to be there in Maguindanao to know the situation at hand. Electoral cheating in Maguindanao has been a long standing issue which was ignored for so long. Only until now that there is a close fight for Senate that people in Manila start coming to their senses that there is indeed widespread manipulation in the area.
Other areas with recurring anomalies are Lanao provinces and parts of North Cotabato.
Policy makers act only in hindsight while COMELEC officials regularly walk laughing all the way to the bank come election time.
Musa
For those of you who don’t believe there was massive fraud and cheating in Maguindanao, go to http://www.dimasidsing.blogspot.com . Musa Dimasidsing may not have lived to expose the fraud in Maguindanao because he was felled by bullets, but this site picks up where Musa left off. His death shall not be in vain.
Davidoff
While Zubiri is open for a special election in Maguindanao, Koko is for the disenfranchisement of the said province. Koko probably knows that he would again be defeated in Maguindanao.
Comelec, what are you afraid of, let Zubiri clear his name and let there be a Special Election. Let the voice of Maguindanao be truly heard. Maybe Mr. Pimentel will finally clam up upon hearing its result. (or maybe not, once a sourgrape, always a sourgrape)
Mike
When the manufactured municipal certificates of canvass were tabulated as official votes, that is the real disenfranchisement. Imagine, reflecting in the CoCs that voters “voted” for Zubiri (PCoCs indicated 98% of voters voted for Zubiri) when Maguindanaonons did not in fact vote for him or worse, were not able to vote at all. A classic example is Pagalungan results. The ER’s showed people voted for Lacson, Cayetano. But they were listed with zero votes in the PCoCs.
Kabayan
Yes and everybody should know about the assassinated Musa Dimasidsing who died fighting for the integrity of elections in Maguindanao. We should also know the fate of the 3 kidnapped and missing teachers who weren’t amenable to the cheating happening in Mindanao.
romy
Who are you to judge that there was massive cheating in Maguindanao. Just because the Inquirer said so it is the Gospel Truth? Migs Zubiri was sure of his victory that he was amenable to a Special Election in Maguindanao. Koko just want to invalidate the election knowing he will surely lost and maybe by bigger margin.
Kabayan
Romy, you have to be there in Maguindanao to know the truth
OFW in Afghanistan
Yes, I agree with Kabayan! Migz has tainted himself by agreeing with the COMELEC that it is a most intelligent decision to count the questionable Maguindanao votes but can easily redeem himself by cleaning up the COMELEC.
Josh from Qatar, Josh ko po! Open your eyes man. Conrad just happened to be the most irreverent of them and he has reasons to do so pero there are a lot more, you have Neal Cruz, Patricia Evangelista, Michael Tan, Fr.Orbos, MLQ3, Isagani Cruz…they all say the same thing in different ways. Wag mo namang sabihin na sinungaling silang lahat. Oh, you can try reading Belinda Olivares-Cunanan, if you want a pro-GMA article. Before you read her, I should warn you that she is the wife of a military general who is under the good graces of GMA.
abe
MIGZ KADIRI!!!! KADIRI!!!!!KADIRI!!!!!!!YUCK. KADIRI!!!!!
Bert
To: Romy
You said, “Who are you to judge there was massive cheating in Maguindanao. Just because Inquirer said so……blah,blah..” For your info, the Inquirer did not said so. Here are some facts: Your president wants her candidates to win at all costs, your Abalos said the Maguindanao result is statistically improbable, Bedol is Abalos’ man, and Abalos is your president’s man. You can see the glee in their faces when they hastily proclaimed Zubiri senator, when they killed the principal witness Dimasidsing Abalos proudly announced there was no evidence, so on and so forth. Not enough Romy? It’s so tiresome going through the list, and yet, with such intentional myopya some people failed to see. By the killing of Dimasidsing, your hands are tainted with blood for closing your eyes, the girl and guys up there….for command responsibility.
romy
Bert, your facts are mere allegations and not supported by evidence. You said Dimasidsing was killed by the Administration, dont you at least realized that the opposition who has an experienced candidate in this type of operations could be the culprit? Migs Zubiri was willing to have a special election in Maguindanao to prove his innocence, but Koko Pimentel just want to disenfranchized the whole province.
Bert
To: Romy
I’ll drink to that, Romy. But you are putting words in my blog, I did not say the administration killed Dimasidsing, if you care to read again. Since you are the one who said that Dimasidsing was killed by the administration, so it’s in your mind, I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt that it could be true, maybe you applied deductive reasoning to reach that conclusion. What I mean by ‘they’ are the killers of Dimasidsing. You will find that my other facts are well documented therefore you cannot debunk. Suggestion by Migz to conduct a special election in Maguindanao has nothing to do with the fact that the the Maguindanao results were manufactured, as attested to by Abalos himself who said that it is statistically improbable, meaning not likely to have happen, unless tampered with. Ok na?
bystander
I think I’ll have to agree with bert. As I had experienced in watching daily news on TVs, both 2 and 7, and many other channels,during the election period and the post elections, all I can say is that election fraud is next to being a normal day-to-day activity.Thanks to live videos and on the spot reporting by media correspondents, I think it would be hands down to know that there is truly cheating and frauds that had been committed by the powers-that-might-be. I say that we should open our eyes more so that we can see the wider aspects of what is occuring in our country. Many people nowadays,even teens, and I think more of the teens,and even kids,knows and feels and being able to express that they are living in an environment similar to martial law. And they would even say that the present situation is graver than the martial law of the old. You might wonder that somehow it’s odd,because we are not yet being physically & obviously repressed. But somehow the feelings gotten to the people I know of and I think can be applied to the general public. Maybe because it’s not wise, especially in these modern and libertarian times, to rule obviously with an iron hand, especially with European Union and United Nations being much more active in condemning regimes like that of Marcos in the old days. Gone were the days of Pinochet, Marcos, Suharto and the likes. If you are an unpopular and interest-ridden leader,the wisest thing to do is play with the flow.That’s why we don’t get to see more of the dictators in many countries anymore. Things have changed and so are the ways. Truthfully, Gloria is not that power-crazy,she is only driven to becuase of “kahihiyan” and because of that she is sort of a survival ridden leader.And along the way she rewards people that are willing to help her stay in power in any way she could. But some people just couldn’t swallow the way of things in her administration or simply would disagree with her in some aspects.That’s why if you analyzed closely, through the years she is being left by her allies in ones or in batches,but unfortunately, ones they became the opposition,some in the opposition are irked living with them and eventually would jump ship and cling to the current administration. Which is so disadvantageous for the public, advantageous to Gloria and ultimately, very unwise to themselves,as it would eventually erode their credibility. Their reasoning were that the admin turned oppositionist got a hold of much wider attention to their colleagues, which will make them out of limelight, or simply that they hate the admin turned oppositionist as in the case of Defensor-Santiago and Legarda, and also of Sergio Osmeña and Enrile.Aside from these things,as I said election frauds of large magnitudes,which recently have surged up, will still hound our country unless we, the people, would be firmly united in opposing the current unbreakable system of the present government.
Delrey
Did it surprise me that Migs won handily over Koko in Mindanao? Not at all. Koko was never popular in that region unlike Zubiri. If Koko who ran for public office in his hometown Cagayan de Oro and lost, in spite of his father’s so-called “influence”, no way can he beat Zubiri in Mindanao particularly in Negros. Perhaps it would have given Koko a better chance if the father stayed away from the son’s candidacy. The father has become unpopular at home as elsewhere in the country that’s why Koko lost in CDO. The saving grace for Koko is that he got people voting for him because he ran against the unpopular administration’s UT team though the votes he got still ran short.
roger
It’s a known fact in mindanao na hindi popular si koko pimentel at mas marami ang nakakakilala kay Zubiri, besides…ang GO kung makasalita parang hindi sila nang cheat at the local level…pare-pareho lang naman ah…huwag na kayong mag reklamo…cheaters din yung mga kandidato nyo….
abe
Totoo ba na php50million ang binigay ng mga zubiri kay abalos? Nag-tatanong lang po. I heard that was when abalos went to the old zubiri’s anniversary for settlement.
romy
You can see the glee in their faces when they hastily proclaimed Zubiri senator, when they killed the principal witness Dimasidsing
Bert
Please read again your blogs and tell me you didnt write that.
Kabayan
roger,
Ito ay hawig sa mentalidad na nakapaloob sa maraming pulitiko at Trapo ngayon. Na “Lahat naman nandaya eh, kaya okay rin mandaya”. Ito ay maling pananaw at nakakasira sa ating lipunan at moralidad. Huwag itong gawing katwiran mandaya.
MC_90
Kahit si koko pimentel pa ang nanalo…wala pa ring mababago…ang siguradong mangyari pa din ay kaguluhan sa senado…agawan ng pwesto…dilaan ng pwet ng ibang senador para lang suportahan sila…
at ano ang nagagawa ng senado??? maglunsad ng imbertigasyon…KUNO!!! na wala naman naaccomplish…
parepareho lang lahat ng politiko…yan ang totoo!!!!!!
romy
Bystander, your analysis is partially correct, that Gloria is not power crazy but was driven by the opposition bent on overthrowing her and putting her on the slammer. The treachery employed by her cabinet officials in giving her flowers and singing her a song “As long as were together” and then stabbed her on the back was never in my mind pardonable for whatever reason. Her allies like Frank Drilon and the Liberal Party which he represent, offering her the City of Iloilo as sanctuary and then join the mob crying for her blood, brings to my mind the sight of the senators of Rome welcoming Ceasar and then with their knives stabbed him to death. These are the people who have no honor and even the snakes pales in comparison in treachery. I did not like Gloria but the events that transpired makes me believe that she is the best President we have, having survived the unrelenting assult on her person and her presidency. Not one in the opposition have the moral ascendancy to replaced her. They are all corrupt and hungry for power and salivating at the chance to rid of Gloria and taking power to enrich themselves.
Bert
To: Romy
You are really vent on jumping to conclusions. What a fertile imagination you have, ha, Romy? What I mean by ‘they’ are the killers of Dimasidsing. Ok na?
roger
for kabayan:
You’re jumping to conclusion…I never told “Lahat naman nandaya eh, kaya okay rin mandaya” — What i told you is lahat nandaya kahit hindi ok mapa-opposition man or administration… so correct and advise the politicians in your neighborhood first before you make reklamo in other places…
big bertha
for roger:
Correct ka dyan ka roger, bago magreklamo sa iba, aregluhin muna sarili bakuran…if you can’t clean up your backyard then you have no right to clean other backyards…kasi no moral ascendancy eh…so I think we have to be advocates for clean election first in our barangays…make some protest there…if we can’t do it in that level then huwag na na lang kayong makialam sa ibang bakuran…
sam kid
I have to agree with roger and big bertha here…the questions are; what did we really do in a more personal level to stop election cheating, corruption and other injustice aside from blaming the government?…did we really do something about it?
Bert
To: Romy
This is a hypothetical question I want to ask you, Romy. For example, example lang, I, Bert, as a citizen, having had a strong perception, perceptions that most fellow citizens believe are supported by evidence, and also supported by admission, that an elected government official had committed serious crimes against the law and against the people, and that government official does not want to go the legal proceeding that she or he might be able to clear herself or himself, and then I, Bert, as a citizen of the republic, calls for the stepping down of that government official from position for the good of the republic, I’m not like those senators of Rome who invited Caesar then stabbed him, Am I?
Bert
To: roger, big bertha, and sam kid
This is not in defense of Kabayan, he’s quite capable of defending himself as you guys can see in these blogsites, hehehehe. You guys are mentioning moral ascendancy, advocacy against crimes, even asking what have we in a more personal level have done to stop election cheating, corruption, and other injustices….blah, blah. I will tell you what. In the Inquirer.net Blog sites, citing just one example, some of us here are advocates against crimes, election cheatings, other injustices, by condemning perceive perpetrators, that the public might be encourage to do the same in order that our government officials behave what we want them to behave for the good of the people and the nation. Barangay, or blog sites, anywhere, the place does not matter. Some of us here are defending the perpetrators. That’s what we have done, to answer your question. Ok guys?
Kabayan
roger,
They have been advised in more ways than one, however it doesn’t need me nor another person to advise the politicians if they are wrong or not, the have their respective conscience to do that.
Ang katwirang mong ano ba ang nakapaloob dito? :
“…parang hindi sila nang cheat at the local level…pare-pareho lang naman ah…huwag na kayong mag reklamo…cheaters din yung mga kandidato nyo…”
Tulad ng aking sinabi, wag gawing katwiran ang nakapaloob sa iyong sinabi sa itaas, dahil gagamitin din itong katwiran ng mga mandaraya sa hinaharap.
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Big bertha,
Sabi mo na wag na lang makialam sa ibang bakuran, ngunit bertha ang aking bakuran ay ang buong Pilipinas. Responsable ang bawat mamamayang Pilipino kung anuman ang nakapaloob sa bakuran ng Pilipinas. Maski saan kang lugar, mapa Luzon, Bisayas o Mindanaw dapat maging responsableng mamamayan at huwag pabayaan na ang kurapsyon at katiwalian ang mamamayani.
Big bertha, kahit saan ka man, kung may makita kang mali, dapat sitahin. Kung taga Quezon ka at may nakita kang kalokohan sa Batangas, hindi mo ba sistahin? Tapusin na ang “regionalism” at alagaan ang buong bansa sa abot ng ating makakaya.
Big Bertha
Kabayan:
Well, talking about stopping ‘regionalism’…I want to stop nationalism also…we are a citizen of the world, not just the philippines…my whole backyard is the world…but I cant clean it without cleaning my home first…influencing my family members and then my neighbors and then my barangays and then my town and then my province then my region and then my nation and then the world…start small first before starting big…ika nga ni confucius - ‘a journey always start with a single step’…so tingnan nyo muna pamilya nyo…it’s the microcosm of society…
jake
it is so frustrating. migz as the twelveth senator. i do not believe. i know migz can do something good pero hindi siya dapat magpadala sa kanyang mga diyos. he is a good guy, behind his smiles now there is always something, it is a smile that says “naloko ko kayo!”
salina
enerio
i dont know what is happening to our country! why we have given her the chance to govern when we know she doesnt have the expertise to sincerely implement the vital program needed for development as a whole. she prefers her self interest and not for the rest. she deserve to be topple and put to prison in her entire life!
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I’ve saying it the same thing over and over again, But nobody hear me. I keep saying that Gloria Arroyo, Should be in jail where she belong but that well never happen even though there is solid evidence against her for being corrupt, Because she control the entire corrupt justice system.
salina
jake
it is so frustrating. migz as the twelveth senator. i do not believe. i know migz can do something good pero hindi siya dapat magpadala sa kanyang mga diyos. he is a good guy, behind his smiles now there is always something, it is a smile that says “naloko ko kayo!”
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Regardless on how Zubiri, Win in election his the fruit of Gloria Arroyo, Et al. Cheating operation. And we all knew it. Yes! You’re absulotely right when you say Zubiri would say naloko ko kayo. Its the filipino people fault for letting them get away with it. Even murder.
salina
romy
Bystander, your analysis is partially correct, that Gloria is not power crazy but was driven by the opposition bent on overthrowing her and putting her on the slammer. The treachery employed by her cabinet officials in giving her flowers and singing her a song “As long as were together” and then stabbed her on the back was never in my mind pardonable for whatever reason. Her allies like Frank Drilon and the Liberal Party which he represent, offering her the City of Iloilo as sanctuary and then join the mob crying for her blood, brings to my mind the sight of the senators of Rome welcoming Ceasar and then with their knives stabbed him to death. These are the people who have no honor and even the snakes pales in comparison in treachery. I did not like Gloria but the events that transpired makes me believe that she is the best President we have, having survived the unrelenting assult on her person and her presidency. Not one in the opposition have the moral ascendancy to replaced her. They are all corrupt and hungry for power and salivating at the chance to rid of Gloria and taking power to enrich themselves.
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Bert, My amigo! You must be really out of your mind when you said that Gloria Arroyo, Is the best President the Philippines ever had. Have your head examine there is some lousy crew.
First of all Gloria Arroyo, Is not the President of the Philippines because she don’t have a mandate from the filipino people. She only stole her title from the duly elected President Joseph Estrada, and she stole it again from Fernando Poe, Jr. In May 10, 2004. Presidential election.
If Gloria Arroyo, Really the best thing ever happen in the Philippines why is it there is more and more filipino people are starving. The only thing Gloria Arroyo, Know how to do is rob the government coffer.
This is the only reason why they kick Erap, So that they can rob the country coffer. I’m I right? Talagang tama ako.
salina
roger
It’s a known fact in mindanao na hindi popular si koko pimentel at mas marami ang nakakakilala kay Zubiri, besides…ang GO kung makasalita parang hindi sila nang cheat at the local level…pare-pareho lang naman ah…huwag na kayong mag reklamo…cheaters din yung mga kandidato nyo….
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Do you have proof that my chicken cheat? ay excuse me pala, Even though there is solid evidence wala rin mangyari, Just like what happen when Gloria Arroyo, Give order to Garci to pad her votes to ensure her winning.
Cheating, corrupting, killing….That is the Philippines way to ensure to win in Politic!
HELLOOOOOOO,….GARCI! YON DAG, DAG, YON DAG, DAG. MAKE SURE I WIN OVER A MILLION VOTES. BELAT NI GLORIA.
salina
Mike
When the manufactured municipal certificates of canvass were tabulated as official votes, that is the real disenfranchisement. Imagine, reflecting in the CoCs that voters “voted” for Zubiri (PCoCs indicated 98% of voters voted for Zubiri) when Maguindanaonons did not in fact vote for him or worse, were not able to vote at all. A classic example is Pagalungan results. The ER’s showed people voted for Lacson, Cayetano. But they were listed with zero votes in the PCoCs.
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Mike, Este Jose Pidal: When the first count all the votes in that city in mindanao, Chavit Singson, The winner. But when tuta ni Mrs. Pidal, Et al. Saw that zubiri, Is losing Pandak give the order to make sure her chicken win. That’s why the next thing we know Zubiray, Won in mindanoa. I wonder how much money the comelec make just to make him win. Now, They can’t even find Bidol, Dol. Because Gloria Arroyo, Tuta has been hiding him. Philippines politic is dirty! people who’s running in politic is not even doing their job they suppose to, Except to inrich’s themselves.
MC_90
Salina,
si Erap ba ang best president natin? hahahahahahaha ah teka..baka si FPJ kung nanalo sya hahahahahaha
Bert
salina, my amigoh, you are putting words in my blog. I did not say what you said I say. What kind of amigoh are you?
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