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Migz and the possibility of redemption

08/28/07

Posted under May 2007 elections, Philippine politics

After Migz Zubiri was proclaimed as the 12th winning senator, my co-blogger and Inquirer colleague Manolo wrote a rather controversial column, asking Zubiri’s critics to wish him well.

I believe that those of us who have been his critics, or, to be precise, we who have been highly critical of the circumstances surrounding his election, should take the lead in wishing him well. Regardless of the circumstances under which he has finally come to assume a seat in the Senate, one can only hope he will aspire to statesmanship in the performance of his duties.

Nick of Tingog.com did not share Manolo’s view. Positing that performance was entirely different from integrity, he declined to accept Manolo’s suggestion.

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.

(I found Nick’s post a day earlier even more cogent. He wrote: “Right now Migz Zubiri is on top of the world but acknowledges that he has an image problem. But screw that self analysis, the real problem with Daya na Zubiri is that he has an integrity problem. How can he redeem himself when he cannot even acknowledge the real problem of benefiting from cheating?”)

An integrity problem, indeed. Manolo waxed optimistic about Zubiri’s potential for growth, seeing the possibility that, perhaps in filing election reform legislation, he “can turn a term of scorn into a badge of pride.”

What if, precisely in order to turn a term of scorn into a badge of pride, he makes a mockery of the election process itself?

That is the substance of my criticism against Zubiri, in my column today. He has filed a cynical counter-protest against Koko Pimentel designed to turn the Senate Electoral Tribunal’s recount into the political equivalent of the Energizer bunny: something that will keep going, and going, and going …

Election reform, I think it is safe to say, is not on his mind.

The full text of the relevant passage follows:

ON THE EVE OF HIS PROCLAMATION AS THE 12th winning senator in the May elections, Juan Miguel Zubiri declared: “I just want to buckle down to work and redeem myself.”

I did not realize it then, but it seems that for the three-term congressman from Bukidnon, that declaration could only have been an either-or proposition. For him, work in the Senate and redemption must be mutually exclusive. That is to say, to keep working in the Senate, he has to do—has in fact done—the irredeemable thing. He has filed an absurd counter-protest against rival candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III before the Senate Electoral Tribunal, contesting the results of a jaw-dropping 73,000 precincts. (That’s one-third of the entire country.)

I do not know if the SET will give his counter-protest due course; considering that Pimentel didn’t even have enough campaign funds to show more than a handful of TV spots featuring top celebrity endorser Angel Locsin, the claim that he cheated massively is preposterous.

But Zubiri does not need to prove his allegation of election fraud. All he needs to do is tie up the SET in an interminable recount. Pimentel, who believes he was cheated in 2,680 precincts in a total of seven provinces, is confident that the review of election returns he is contesting would be completed in half a year or so. Zubiri’s protest, on the other hand, would take years to resolve.

Redemption? More like a ruthless gaming of the system. The “Senator from Maguindanao” has cynically exploited the limitations of our election rules, to hold on to his job.





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Bert

No possibility of redemption for Migz. He is in a bind, a very strong bind. He is cram in a corner of a very narrow one way street, so narrow there is no elbow room for him to make any move at all to redeem himself. Because it’s a one way narrow street, there is no way for him to crawl but the way of his handlers, the people and entity that made the efforts to make him win. Let’s observe, starting from this next ‘Hello Garci’ prove. Walang kapalag-palag. Kasi mahigpit na hawak sa leeg.



Alain

hahaha..

nakakatawa naman ang blog na ito..

kung pumayag lang sana si PIMENTEL na mag-eleksyon sa Maguindanao, wala na sanang problema ngayon..

Bakit takot na takot na takot sya?



Alain

Marami yatang pakawala si KOKO..

Inamin na nya mismo sa supreme court na WALA SYANG EBIDENSYA..

Mahirap ba intindihin yun..



Devilsadvc8

syempre naman. if he was confident he did not benefit from any cheating, he would’ve offered to count the election returns themselves, or funded it for Koko himself!

pabayaan nya pang mapahiya si Koko sa mga bintang nya.

but the truth is…

any attempts at obstructing search for truth usually mean only one thing. and Zubiri has destroyed any chance of him ever being a person of integrity.



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fatima

MIGZ WILL BE HAUNTED W THE SAME GHOST AS PGMA HOWEVER WE SAW HIM WORK IN CONGRESS , HOW CLOSE HE IS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS IN HIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILS VIA HIS BIOFUEL, BIODIESEL LAW & OTHER LAWS HE SUPPORTED BUT AM NOT SURE WHETHER HE CAN TRULY PROMOTE THE INTEREST OF THE MARGINALIZED SECTOR OR THE OLIGARCHS FOR HIS BIODIESEL PROGRAMS AS ACCESS FOR CREDITS & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO BE INACCESSIBLE TO THE POOR SECTOR UNLIKE IN INDIA & OTHER 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES BUT EASIER FOR SUGAR CENTRAL OWNERS WHICH SETS UPON HIMSELF THE CHALLENGE TO REDEEM HIMSELF IN WORK WHILE CREDIBILITY CONTINUES TO BE TESTED ON THE GROUND.
I SAY GODLUCK TO HIM



Alex

Migz is beyond repair he allowed himself to benefit from cheating (birthplace of corruption). Even if he resign which is very unlikely I will always remember him as the one who steal the 12th senate slot from Koko Pimentel. Bedol’s face and his silly boom-tarat-tarat campaign keep flashing on my mind. I could puke at his face! Pweh!!



Marius Lardizabal

We have to move on. Whether Migs cheated or not is beside the point. There are far more pressing matters to attend to than moral-uprightness.

One cannot be productive if all he/she/it can think of, is hatred and negativity.

Take it from Al Gore and the 2000 USA elections. He knew he should have won the US Presidency but was man enough to eat his pride and take the interest of his country first rather than drag it to gutter just to pursue moral uprightness.

We are a toddler nation we are still learning to waddle through the democratic landscape. We should not lose hope, we will get there one day, maybe not in our life time but perhaps our grand children’s.



MC_90

YOu are still talking about who cheated and who did not????

FACT: ALL OF THEM CHEATED!!!!!!



migzilgan

The problem with this nation is the much abused term called “CHEATS”AND “INTEGRITY”… Why not let the judicial process take its due course (no matter how screwed it maybe); instead of making absolute comdemnation and “judgement”.



Kabayan

I shall first see if Migz would lead an honest top to bottom overhaul of the COMELEC, especially that he benefited from the chaos, fraud and greed that this bereft institution repeatedly proliferate … from the time of Marcos, through Ramos to recent times from Garci to Bedol.

A possible point of easing ones conscience, he leading a massive overhaul of COMELEC with new appropriate checks and balances. Maybe he can lessen the impact of the consequences caused by his “winning at all cost” mentality.

However it must also be noted that winning through fraud is not acceptable, but by destroying the evil system that put him to power, it would at least ease some burden from his conscience. This does not immediately mean redemption however.

This is an abject lesson to all future politicians who wish to exploit our democratic system, by either action or inaction, and who allowed themselves to be swallowed up by a system ruled by evil and corruption.



Fred

MOVE ON??? that is one statement i hate nowadays… a statement as if the devil quotes the bible itself!!! This country, this nation, this land is doomed if something like this will happen and we’ll just say… let us just move on… move on where? to our damnation as people??? if we step on a nail and do nothing about it, either we die of loss of blood or tetanus, same thing we die for certain… i am sure the best thing to do is to sit down, take the nail, find time for the wound to heal and that is the time to move on… pleeeaaaaaassseeee my countrymen, take pride of yourself, as one nation of honesty and integrity not a nation of cheats!!!



hiram1104

If Koko Pimentel has a right to file an electoral protest, why will you not give the same right to Migz Zubiri to file his counter protest. If Migz believe he was cheated in 73,000 precints then let the SET count them all.



borgie

Before accusing migz of anything…please have some evidence first…kung wala…daig nyo pa ang mga chismosa sa kanto….hindi nga popular si koko sa mindanao eh…talo pa cya sa sarili niyang lugar…si koko pa nga ang nagsabi na wala siyang ebidensiya…he had his day in court…supreme court pa yon ha…puro kayo reklamo…hala mag rally kayo…



Dennis

With the inclusion of the votes from Maguindanao province in the senatorial count, what will become of the martyrdom of Musa Dimasidsing?

Miguel Zubiri has the gall to call himself a senator when he has only Commission on Elections Chair Benjamin Abalos and Lintang Bedol — not the majority of the people, and not even God — to thank for his “victory.”



Dennis

The issue is not about “moral uprightness” it is something to do with Migz being another pawn in the senate by GMA. It has something to do with the sacrifices of the teachers who got killed in the election for braving to tell what they know. What a pathetic country we have if we should just keep moving on with out any direction.

It is not right also to quote Koko in his oral argument with SC having him said he doesn’t have evidence yet on hand. The canvassing of COC in Maguindanao speaks for itself.

This is the very problem Philippines is facing today “apathy” that embolden the likes of GMA, Garci, Zubiri, Bedol and Abalos. Trully Belzebul has many names they are legions.



Dennis

correction: …”Beelzebub” trully has many names…



Kabayan

True enough Fred, actually even criminals are starting to like this statement … Move on.

Criminal to Victim: “Oops I just robbed you today, now since I got caught why don’t we just forget about it and move on…” :)

Victim: “I want my money back!”

Criminal: “I stashed it somewhere, but as I said just forget about it … move on”

Corrupt Police: “Oo nga naman, yan ang motto ngayon ni Ma’am, kalimutan mo na lang yung pera mo, just forget it … just move on”

Victim: “Ah okay you’ll rot in jail”

Criminal:”Don’t put me in jail, just release me, let’s just forget it … let’s move on”

Corrupt Police: “Oo nga naman, pakawalan na natin to, let’s release him … let’s move on”

Victim: “Makaalis na nga … at ma-boto si Trillanes” :)



borgie

cge ‘move on’ tayo…kalimutan na natin ang mga nagawa ni trillanes na at ni joma…let’s move on….huhuhu…mapa administrasyon man o oposisyon…puro makasalanan lahat…



Bert

To: Fred

What’s the matter with you, Fred. Just a nail in your feet, and you don’t want to move on? As I see it, it’s not just a nail, it’s gangrene already, but still, we must move on. Leave the gangrene be, and move on, we still have one foot left to move on, so move on we will. To heck with that nail!



MC_90

You guys are wasting your time talking about cheatings….

EVERYBODY CHEATS!!!! THE BIGGEST CHEATER WINS…THATS PHILIPPINE POLITICS…THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT CHEATING TO WIN THE ELECTIONS…HOWEVER, THEY ARE SO USELESS WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THEIR JOB!!!!!

IT DOESNT MATTER IF MIGZ OR KOKO…EITHERWAY…THEY ARE STILL USELESS AND CAN DO NOTHING BUT STEAL THE MONEY OF THE FILIPINOS!!!!



glenda

Kabayan:
I think trillanes can be also the criminal here in you analogy…so you’re saying let’s just forget his crime and move on???:)



MC_90

Dennis,

The only reason why you dontl ike migz to win is because he is identified with the administration…and as an opposition…of course you would want koko to win…yeah..another pimentel in the senate….another INVESTIGATOR and nothing more……BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH



mekong

Kabayan:
Tama ka d’yan, pati nga si trillanes gusto mag move on….hahaha



Bert

And when the gangrene reaches up to the neck, well then….I guess that’s the time to say….let’s stop moving. And time to say……goodbye, Philippines.



Marius Lardizabal

Well if some of you folks don’t want to move on then thats fine.

But I do hope that you back your negativity with resources and manpower to pursue your moral uprightness. One cannot prosecute with blogs alone.

As for me and a couple of other blokes we have moved on. Moved on to where you ask? look around you and you’ll get your directions.

Ask any peddler on the street if he cares who cheated or not. And most likely he’ll say no. As he is more concerned in providing three square meals to his hungry family.

Anyhow, as I said, we’d rather spend our money, time and resources to endeavors that can quickly and effectively alleviate some of the very problems we have been moaning and groaning.

Such as: providing livelihood to our relatives and friends, at least that way they are no longer dependent to the holy OFW money; Providing educational materials to our local school at least that way they don’t have to wait for the DECS’s dole outs; Teaching our kids the basics of finances, at least when they grow up they’ll be responsible spenders and would eventually contribute to the economic growth of their country.

They may be small and don’t reach the headlines but who cares at least at the end of the day I and a host of other folks are content that we actually did something. And we truly have moved on.

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the government that will lead us to prosperity, it’s us the private sector. If you have doubts just look at the Netherlands. Mag-collapse man ang gobyerno nila, magkagulo man yong mga government officials nila, tuloy pa rin ang ikot ng mundo.

As for the lots who want out then Godspeed, we do hope that you do better in your country of preference and make our country proud.

Enough said, if you agree with me then do what you can big or small; if you don’t then thats fine as well, we are a free country anyhow.



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Kabayan

Hi glenda, actually the moral of the story here is if governance is corrupt and non-responsive to the rights of the citizens, the people are coaxed to find non-traditional (non-trapo) leaders whom they believe would be the answer to their miseries.



Kabayan

We must not allow the quote “Let’s move on” to prevent investigations that has been unanswered in the past especially those which have been covered up. Nowadays, the way the administration has been abusing this phrase, “moving on” means ignoring the continuing corruption and fraud in government.

One “moves on” to right the wrongs so that Filipino people would not likewise seek extra-legal means. This has happened during the Marcos regime, and the majority of the Filipino people kicked him and his minions out because of their abuse of authority. Recently, the Gloria administration is doing the same mistake. Her penchant for covering up her and her allies’ tracks in anomalies then subsequently squelching those who rail against corruption, lies and fraud have actually galvanized even the majority of the Filipinos against her. Then her motto “let’s move on”, does this mean forget the wrongs that has and still being done now and move on?

“Moving on” originally has a good meaning, but its meaning must also not be corrupted as being done in these recent times.



Rob' Ramos

Medyo off-topic siguro to, pero…

… how could such decent people, like the ones who say Zubiri shouldn’t sit in congress for (alleged) cheating, say such while saying that someone who was captured on video leading a band of rebels and threatening to blow up buildings and people also should sit on the same august chamber?

Wala lang. Point of Information lang.



Kabayan2

Whatever people say, Migz has won. Now let’s watch him closely and see what he does.

The newspapers say his family spent a lot of money on his campaign, and a whole lot more to seal the deal in the final days of the recount.

Obviously, they will want a return on their investment. They didn’t spend hundreds of millions for love of country. So let’s watch him closely and make sure he does his job honestly and for the benefit of the greater good.



dennis

The primary function of senate is of course to draft laws. Their oversight (investigation) function comes as a bonus when they are investigating in aid of legislation. Now, this is where the Gloria’s dogs usually get their ammunitions against the oversight powers of the senate. This PR men usually say “in aid of next election’ or grandstanding or heck plain politicking. We should all be thankful that senate is still functioning to check the excessive graft and dictatorial tendencies of the current regime. The scale of corruption is shameless nowadays. We need all the likes of Trillanes and Pimentel. Don’t forget the Fertilizer scam, The Garci tape, The muzzling of dissent and forced disappearances and all the iniquities done against us.

As a college student back then during the EDSA 2 we marched at Ayala avenue with my friends we felt we had to do our little contribution for our country we chip in whatever little money we had to buy paints for the impromptu streamers and had to vigil and brave the rain of stone from the hakot crowd defending ERAP back then. Had we knew what Gloria will do to her presidency we should just let the likes of Tatad and the dancing queen in the senate do their stuff. There’s pain in my heart whenever I see all the iniquities being thrown at us common Filipinos. I paid my taxes obeyed traffic rules and do all my duties as a citizen but the president whom I offered my self just threw everything because of plain greed and this is what Migz represents.



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RosePetal

For Kabayan:
True enough Kabayan, actually even criminals are starting to like this statement … Move on.

Trillanes to Victim: “Oops I just wired the building with bombs, and im in full battle gear taking over the entire nation, now since I got caught why don’t we just forget about it and move on…” :)

Victim: “I want you to pay for disrupting the peace and order, i want you to be imprisoned for the crime of rebellion!”

Criminal: “I did it in the name of my my love for the Philippines, but as I said just forget about it … move on”

Judge Pimentel: “Hindo puwede sa kin ang ganyan, walang move on move on dito”

Victim: “Ah okay you’ll rot in jail”

Criminal:”Don’t put me in jail, just release me, let’s just forget it … let’s move on”

Disillusioned supporters: “Oo nga naman, pakawalan na natin to, let’s release him … let’s move on”

Victim: “Makaalis na nga ng bansa … ” arrrgggghhhhh



Kickazzmomma

Pareho tayo Fred. If there’s one word that raises my hackles nowadays, yung yong “let’s move on”. Ganun na lang ba yun? Becoming a senator through cheating, and you say “let’s move on”? My gosh, how we sunk so low as a people. We can’t raise the bar of morality an inch higher, so let us accept cheating now as just another days work.

I don’t know where do we move on, maybe toward hell. I lost my respect for Migz…sayang! He’s so young and such a cunning cheat.



FAM

Basta tandaan natin para wala ng usapan and MAHALAGA IMPORTANTE



levi

kahit ano pa ang sabihin natin, naka upo na si migz. kahit ano pang cosmetic redemption ang ipangalandakan ni migz, pr na lang yun. his acts belie his facade–his counter protest is designed to thwart the truth in case something comes out of the SET…buying time lang.

the redemption ploy reeks off not only stink, but a rotten character.



DIEG

Rubbish….Migz is only after his PORK BARREL



Dennis

We need all the senators to investigate all the high profile corruption in our goverment. Forget the legislation the lowerhouse is not functioning at all. Lets just abolish the lower congress most of them are blatant thief. Id rather go for the “nothing more but investigator” senate than congress who has Arroyo’s survival in their prime agenda.



Dennis

FYI!!! Not everybody cheated in the last election For sure the Kapatiran party didn’t cheated. Chiz didn’t cheated. Only Migz Zubiri and his pro corruption team cheated in the last election.



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Kabayan

Off topic konti …Uyy, another “kabayan” … kabayan2, … meron na rin tayong kontra kabayan. It’s a shame that the original Noli the Kabayan lost his spine, in any case…

Let’s hope in the end we will be brothers in a principle which is pro-God, pro-people and pro-environment. :)

For a graft free Philippines!



Kabayan

Hi Rosepetal,

I pity Magdalo’s biggest Victim of all, the corrupt in government …. natakot sila ano …heheh :) Wouldn’t mind if they departed the country at all just as long as they return what they stole back to the government coffers.

Given this fact we can at least both agree that we should stop using this oft abused word “Let’s Move on” … Gloria and her speech writers really made an error in proliferating this. Maghanap na lang sila ng ibang motto, para may pakinabang naman bilang propa writers… :)

On the other hand, these are the other people who love Gloria’s lets move on ….

1. Go Garci … Let’s move on
2. Go Bedol … Let’s move on
3. Go ex PNP chiefs expert in violent crowd dispersals … Let’s move on
4. Go Gambling Lords … Let’s move on
5. Go Fertilizer Scam Gang … Let’s move on
6. Go Mosqueda … Let’s move on
7. Go DFA who made fake passports … Let’s move on
8. Go DFA who protected illegal Chinese fishing vessels … Let’s move on
9. Go Butcher of Arroceros Forest Park … Let’s move on
10. Go Northrailway negotiators … Let’s move on
11. Go Police chief who terrorized the media … let’s move on
12. Go Police chief who banned freedom public speech in Luneta …let’s move on
13. Go Intel personnel and police who made warrantless search, arrest and seizure in house of people investigating election returns … let’s move on
14. Go Police who arrested people wearing “Palitan na… now na T-shirts” … Let’s move on
15. Go people responsible for the tampering and loss of ballot boxes in the very halls of Congress… let’s move on
16. Go Secretary of Injustice and all his shenanigans… let’s move on
17. Go Killers of Musa Dimasidsing … let’s move on
18. Go ZTE Contract … Let’s move on
19. Go MagkaKAMPI and their Cha-cha… Let’s move on
20. Go Those who did away with public biddings via “executive decision” loophole … let’s move on
21. Go to those who engineered electoral fraud upon our OFWs abroad … let’s move on
22. Go those responsible for the arrest of Gen. Miranda and Col. Balutan because they were simply telling the truth in Lanao electoral fraud … Let’s move on
23. Go Jocjoc Bolante … let’s move on
24. Go kidnappers of three teachers who were about to spill the beans in Maguindanao fraud … Let’s move on
25. Go those who ignore these anomalies just because they are beneficiaries of corruption … let’s move on

C’mon do the Charter Change Cha-cha dance … Let’s move on … c’mon now, let’s move on.

Ngayon nagtataka kayo kung bakit nanalo si Sen. Trillanes? Bakit ayaw niyo mag-move on? Ah dapat pala pipigilan niyo si Trillanes na gampanan ang kanyang tungkulin bilang halal na Senator kaya dapat ipitin …. BAGO mag Move on.

P.S.
Yung ibang politico dapat tanggalin na rin ang word na “Noted”, laging naaabuso. Eh ibig sabihin naman dito eh, “Oo nakalista ang sinabi mo … pero balewala pa rin sa akin… iba na lang pag-usapan natin at nabibisto na eh”



haze

Migz won…yes he won…why because he is smarter than all of you…he knows what it takes to win…did he cheat…that we don’t really know…all I can see in tv and newspaper are black propagandas from two opposing camps saying these and that but you can never judge people by mere hearsay…News in the philippines are like showbiz…nobody is telling the real story…or in fairness…nobody knows the real story…For the money Migz spent last election…and all of you say he will try to recover it…well…every senator elected spent much money…im sure they will try to recover it…may it be admin or opposition…kaya nga may S.O.P. eh…politics here is not service but business…



MC_90

Dennis….

Not everyone cheated??? You are dreaming…wake up!!!!



glenda

For Dennis:
How can you be so sure that they(Kapatiran and Chiz) didn’t cheat? Do you have data to support that?…Chiz already cheated his constituents…look at his district when he was a congressman, while he makes his own papogi points…it’s one of the poorest district the philippines have…you and your blind allegiance…remember he is a son of a marcos crony…he knows the ins and outs like nobody else…



dennis

@Rob Ramos

A rebel is more dignified than a cheater who has all the intention to rake in his investment through massive and blatant corruption to the detriment of an impoverished nation. To quote de quiros that is like stealing from a beggar.



glenda

for Dennis:
“A rebel is more dignified than a cheater who has all the intention to rake in his investment through massive and blatant corruption to the detriment of an impoverished nation. To quote de quiros that is like stealing from a beggar” — you say that but which one will you chose someone who will kill you and your family or someone who just steals your things?….think again with a benefit of intellect…



Dennis

@ Glenda

Since you are so obsessed with data to support a statement try to see the senatorial official count and analyze it for yourself why one can conclude that the Kapatiran Party cannot possibly have cheated and so with Chiz. The latter’s constituent in the lower congress remains poor is something Gloria and the treasury chief might want to explain. They hold back all the funds for the opposition. They (GMA and her ilk) are making it a carrot the money which never belongs to them. Well, that’s politics you might say but who are they harming it’s not Chiz it’s his constituent. This is not an allegiance for a Marcos crony’s son but I do believe in the saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. It just happen that Chiz with all his shortcomings (controlled or not) happens to stand against all that GMA has to represent. Clearly Gloria has the upper hand right now with all the power in her arsenal all the people who stand against her needs our support. And all those people who backs her like Migz deserves our scorn



glenda

To Dennis:
It’s not scorn…you’re whining….



MC_90

Dennis…you are dreaming..you dont even know what you are talking about..

and yeah..glenda is right..you are whining as well hehehehe



Kabayan

Look who’s talking hehehe



dennis

@MC_90 and Glenda..

Of course I’m whining. I just printed my pay slip’s YTD deduction and just learned that from January to August this year I hand over to Gloria Arroyo and her ilk a total of P23,304.40 for withholding tax, P12480.00 of SSS contribution -my employer’s share included- P240.00 ECC, P3650 Phealth, P1600 Pag-Ibig…etc. I console myself with a thought that the current regime will face justice someday. They may rob me every month but they will not enjoy their loot. I may just be alone but the power of one is the power to do anything at anytime. I will add my voice to the multitude until they are deafened. This country will be avenged.



Mark_Isaiah

Let’s move on…?

kakatuwa naman. parang ganun-ganun na lang mga pangyayari. kalimutan ng ‘lahat’ ng akusasyon. tutal lahat nman daw

oo nga, move on..

buti na lang lang move-on na ako dito sa . . .

babay na.



OFW in Afghanistan

“Move on…” Has anyone ever realized why most of us cannot move on? Because these words come from Gloria and her ilk…it is spoken by Gloria…it leaves a disturbing feeling. If justice was served in more than 50% of the everyday injustices that we hear of, I think it will not be difficult to move on. And please, someone else should tell us do so…not her. If Salonga, tells me to do move on, I will listen to him but Salonga is just as disturbed as everyone else.

I just spoke to a colleague working in the UN here in Afghanistan who happens to be a Korean and she said, we had 7 or 8 presidents who faced the circumstances of justice…one was sent to jail, one was sentenced for life, one had two sons sent to jail, etc. All of these because of graft and corruption. When would such thing happen in the Philippines? Our Presidents enjoy corruption so much and only Erap so far has been convicted.



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