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Reader to Lacson: Get a life

08/23/07

Posted under Feedback, Panfilo Lacson

GET a life, Senator Lacson!

If you want to run for the presidency, at the very least have the decency of statesmanship. Then again, you are Panfilo Lacson! The very same person who made news at the height of the investigation with regard to the deaths of the Kuratong Baleleng Gang… the very same person who had on-and-off relationship with former president Joseph Estrada… the very same person who, for his entire career as a senator in the 13th Congress, devoted himself to implicating the First Family with countless allegations, which have never really prospered to a full-scale investigation!

Now you have given breath anew to an expose, which is actually old news! Would you go so low as to bask yourself in character assassination in the attempt to put your name and face in all the news magazines and dailies?

Would you rather prioritize your interests at the expense of a new beginning for Congress to make amends and finally get out of the abyss of political immaturity? Most importantly, would this on a certain level reduce the heinous corruption in the Philippine government?

Go beyond political gimmickry and show us that you deserve the presidency come election 2010!

– Lemon Calulut, Riverside, California (via e-mail)





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Jhan Alvarez

Prove your accusation to Ping Lacson? your accusation is only hearsay are you with kuratong baleleng, Those guys is criminal are you favor to criminal?



nell

Puro na lang politika at pangsariling interes ang inaatupag. Kala mo wala syang sariling baho. Haaay! Ang daming problema ng mga Pilipino na mas mabuting bigyan ng pansin.



Art

Sen. Lacson,

What have you achieved having stayed as a legislator for many years aside from investigations? Would history know you?



Kabayan

Talagang maraming kailangang bigyan pansin lalo na sa mga mapanupil na nakuluklok sa pwesto, tingnan ang listahan ng dapat bigyan ng hustisya sa :

http://inquirerbloggers.net/eleksyon2007/2007/07/31/justice-and-common-sense/#comment-11107

May binabanggit kang “political immaturity”, ang ibig bang sabihin ni Lemon Calulut sa kabaliktaran nito na “political maturity” ay pabayaan ang kamalian na mamayani sa bansa? Ayaw mo bang mapakinggan ang isyu sa Hello Garci? Baka yung kay Bedol at ang tungkol kay Musa Dimasidsing gusto mo mong malaman?

Di mo ba alam na dahil kinunsinti at pinalusot ng magkaKAMPI si Garcillano ay nasundan ito ng kalokohan ni Bedol at pagkamatay ni Musa Dimasidsing dahil lamang tumutupad siya ng maayos sa kanyang tungkulin?

Kung pabayaan mo ang kamalian ng nakaraan ay kukunsintihin mo rin ang mga kamalian ng hinaharap. Tanggalin ang “double standards” sa pamahalaan!



Glenn an OFW

Senator Lacson goes by the old adage “It is easier to criticize people than to make good comments about them”. He’s gone out ideas to make our nation prosper, he should retire! He should support the present government so that transitioning to the next government after 2010 would have stability (oh yeah…)



arcuz

Mabuti pa mga boksingero napapaligaya at nabibigyan ng dangal ang bansang Pilipinas ‘di gaya nitong mga politikong pinoy puro kahihiyan ang dulot sa bayan naturingan pa namang “may mga pinag-aralan”; paulit-ulit, puro ngawa, puro silipan, mahilig mag-hanap ng baho, napaka-cheap!

Maawa naman kayo sa atin, tayo na lang ang walang asenso!



charlie sardines

just exactly how many stupid voters went for lacson? isnt one term enough? there are so many in the senate that dont belong there! it should really be abolished and the only way to do it, it seems is via martial law.



roel

Maraming problema ang bansa natin na dapat unahin ng mga politiko tulad ng mga nasalantan ng baha na karamihan walang matulugan kawawa naman ang mga bata. Palibhasa tapos na ang eleksyon para sa pagka-senador at pagka-congressman at nanalo na sila. At ang mga bumuto sa kanila na nasalanta ng bagyo ay nakalimutan na nila. Wala silang mga utang na loob sa mga botante.
Magaling lang sila noong panahon ng eleksyon nayayakap nila ang mga tao ngayon hindi na nila mayakap dahil amoy baha na ang mga tao. Ang mga politiko ay hindi natatakot sa Diyos kasi para sa kanila sila ang pinakamagaling dahil sa kanilang katungkulan. Matakot kayo sa Karma! Mga makakapal ang mukha!



ayen and barthy

GET a Life , Senator Lacson.

We are confident that the revival of Hello Garci this time will prospered with the full scale investigation.

Senator Lacson is not aiming for political ambition to become the next President in 2010.

We knows that there are lots of problem to solve,new laws to implement etc.

But this EXPOSE can help minimize the problem by finding out the part and parcel
of corruption , collaboration of the (person involve in administration) during election 2004 AND 2007 this are all link to each other as a whole.

Good Luck Senator Lacson ,We will pray that you will bring to us the truth and justice to the Filipino People.

Give justice to the people that was killed during election and maximum punishment to those people that deprived the people rights.

God Bless ………..



Arsing

Until the “Hello Garci” controversy is resolved via the impeachment process, the effort to ferret out the truth must continue. In truth, it is the administration politicians who are constraining the opposition to ventilate the issue outside its rightful place by moving heaven and earth to prevent the impeachment process.

I salute Senator Panfilo Lacson for his tireless crusade to carry the torch for the citizens of this country who are clamoring for a proper closure to the said controversy.



babie manson

i totally agree with lemon calulut.. get a life panfilo lacson.. . the philippines is about to turn around .. here you are… using these crab mentality. nakakahiya ka lacson. you are not worth dying for, as a filipino.



mar

Ping,
Go fight for it and dont loose focus. Palagi na lang pinangangalandakan ng administration eh economy ! economy! parang we can forget about values and dignity basta importante pera! Sa pamilyang pilipino, bastat napapakain ng husto ang mga anak, OKEY ANG KABUHAYAN, DI MO NA BA DAPAT ITANONG KUNG ANG PERANG IPINAMBIBILI NG PAGKAIN MO EH GALING SA DISHONESTY And other dirty things!



dlorahsta

yeah man!!! stop it!! your not getting the country any better with that!!!



Samurai

Is Ping Lacson a Senator in the real sense of the word? He doesn’t deserve it in the first place but he got voted for Senator due to the political machinery of the opposition party. He first thought of running for Mayor in Manila but he knew he will not win so he make amend with Estrade to ride on his opposition ticket. Why he didn’t run as Independent like Honasan to test his credibility and charm if he has those! I don’t think he will even surpass the votes garnered by Cesar Montano.
Ping Lacson should reflect and revisit his past to see his real of him. What he is doing now in the Senate shows his real color and he will do the same once he becomes President. But, surely he will not become President not only because of the votes he will get but because of his being. Everyone should tell him to perform his supporting role as Senator. We should not allow him to wreak havoc of the Philippine economy and the country as a whole.



Ronnie

I think Senator Lacson has a life.
It’s his job to expose the wrong doings of this government.

I would like to see the end of this expose on “Garci et al.. which is not old news. It has not been finished yet.



noel faryan

i wonder how LACSON got those millions of pesos he spent in his expensive campaign sorties, paying star witnesses primarliy to malign the administration, the extravagant wedding of his son in the US with jodi sta maria, and many many more..

he simply think pilipinos knows nothing about him..



Fred S.

If Ping Lacson is really an opposition at heart, he should have set aside his personal ambitions during the 2004 Presidential elections. But he did not. As a consequence, the opposition votes were divided between him and FPJ and this allowed GMA to surface as the winner with 1M votes over FPJ ( with the help of GARCI, as attested to by the HELLO GARCI tapes).

This clearly shows his personal priorities, nothing but his own personal agenda instead of the common good of the party or the opposition. How can we rely on such a person who when he has to make a choice between what is good for the people and his personal ambitions, the answer is pretty much obvious?

He certainly had a chance to show his true colors. Now, it is too late to redeem himself!



ADiaz

Kagalanggalang na senador Lacson…. nakakasawa na! Sana totoong trabaho naman ang atupagin natin para di naman sa pareparehong paikot aksayahin ang kakaunting pera ng mga mamamayan. Ibahin naman natin ang tapunan ng pansin at oras. Sa totoo lang, nakakasuka na pag yan nanaman ang paguusapan nang walang katapusan.



Dan

Mr. Calulut, you and I may have the same interest to share. Would you be willing to meet me for a cup of tea? That is ice cold of course especially with this hot weather. I’m also in Riverside. It will be a pleasure to talk to you in person. How about it?



Joe Zalarca

Tama si Sen Enrile. Lahat ng ginagawa nyang si Lacson ay puro ‘in aid of election 2010′. Pansariling interes lang ang inaatupag nyan. Sayang lang ang perang bayan na ginagastos para sa isang senador na ganyan lang ang ginagawa, sa halip na magbigay solusyon sa mga problema ng bansa.



hope4pinoy

Mr. Lacson has done nothing good to our country but only for himself. He always wanted to be our president but never made it. This time he’s back on his game, the character assasination, which he thinks can make him popular once again and eventually prepares him to launch his aspirations, to run as president. It’s a publicity Mr. Lacson, isn’t it?



Victor Casiou

With leaders like Lacson and these ilk, the Philippines does not have a snowflake’s chance in hell to make it. Puro na lang kaputahan ang inaatupag, wala namang ibubuga at pag nasa poder na (kagaya ng mga presidente up to GMA), ang katakawan sa yaman is matched only by their incompetence. May you all rot in hell for these misery you bring to our countrymen.



avy of jeddah, ksa

It seems that this senator couldn’t think of anything to do that would be beneficial to the Filipino people but expose and expose issues that had been adjudged worthless fighting for.

C’mon Mr. SENATOR, live up to your title (not up to your name, since we couldn’t think of anything good that can be associated with the name Panfilo Lacson)!

This is what you have been doing since the day i opened my eyes to the dirty world of Philippine politics>>>mud slinging, giving no benefits at all to the taxpaying-public from where you are getting your hefty salary and all.

There’s no other way to move on but go forward, but what you are doing and showing is the typical Filipino mentality>>>>CRAB MENTALITY!!!



Peter

Senator Lacson sana po hindi lang puro “expose” ang agenda mo. Wala kanang ginawa sa senado kung hindi puro atake dito atake doon. You are the same feather with Senator Alan Cayetano and Senator Chiz Escudero. Do what is good for our countrymen esp. the poor.



BOG

This is also a reader to Lason, oops! Lacson: First & foremost to him (Lacson) and to all the elected Senators, it is time to for all of you to make bills for the sake of all Filipinos because that’s why you’re elected at hindi yung puro ka ( Lacson ) na lang paninirang puri ang inaatupag mo. Mahiyahiya ka naman sa tagal mo sa senado ala ka pang napapasang bill (ung sarili mong initiative for the good of the people) kundi puro allegation,sayang ang pinasusueldo sa iyo ng bayan at ang kapal pa rin ng mukha mo na tanggapin ang sahod na di naman napakikinabangan ang mga ginagawa mo kundi kasiraan pa ng pagunlad ng ating bansa. Yan ba ang paraan mo to become popular & be a president sa paninira mo ng tao. Bakit malinis ka ba sa akala mo ? Tigil na yan sawang sawa na ang taong bayan.
Maglinis ka muna ng sarili mo bago ka pumuna ng iba.



victor macatangay

8/25/07

One most important reason Filipinos leave to work abroad is the lack of comprehensive labor laws protecting the rights of workers.

For instance, salespersons or despatsadoras in department stores are hired on a 6-month basis. After 6 months their contracts are either renewed or they are fired, most often fired. Another
worker is then hired to take their place.
This goes on and on, because it favors
the businessmen, mostly rich Chinese and other foreigners who control the economy, because they don’t have to pay for benefits that a regular employee
gets. Our congressmen and senators whose job it is to pass laws to protect the rights of workers are not doing anything. Normally, a casual employee, after 6 months of good service are entitled to become a regular employee
enjoying its benefits in monetary terms and peace of mind of job security.

Not in the Philippines.



nardz

Jesus said, “sino man sa inyo ang walang kasalanan, ang unang magbato sa babaing ito!” yan si Honorableng Senador Grandstanding Magaling Mambato. walang baho. walang kasalanan. walang katraydoran. walang kaplastikan. walang katarantadohan. mr. clean na mr. clean talaga. tulad ko rin. araaaayyyyyyyyyy!



miren

Please Mr. Lacson, sayang you were voted by some Filipino citizens. Make worthwhile bills or projects that would benefit Filipino elders and the Filipino youths. Or you are just shifting topics so you may conceal your
illegal businesses ?? You know what I mean.



freeman

I hope the senators will devote their time in crafting laws that will benefit the country and not engage in endless investigation in aid of presidential ambition. Kawawa na ang ating bansa. Magtrabaho naman kayo mga senador.



ponce

What can you expect from an aspiring President who lost miserably the last time he ran for the position. It just shows what will happen to our country once he gets to be president. Gaining exposure by using rehashed issues and fulfill his vendetta on the Arroyos. I bet this guy does not even have he brain to file a single bill which will be beneficial to our people because hatred is deep within him . Shame on you.



Frederick Fernandez

Better Still… Visit the US… he he



peterP

Lacson is of the opposition. It is his Job to criticize the Goverment. The Goverment’s Job is to FACE the allegations and prove once and for all that they deserve the government. We must start with the TRUTH with what is Real. Would it have matter if a student from a certain university would have opened the investigation again? At least Lacson was in a proper venue when he did it. Mocking won’t do anything. But the goverment must take the upperhand and face the allegations. I hate it when people side with the government for the purpose of advancement or Philippine development. How can we start Real development when it all started with cheating? (if by infact the allegations were true) And then you might say that everyone cheats… if thats the case then lets stop the cheating NOW! What are we waiting for? Lets not get tired in looking for the truth. Your article doesn’t help. It just fuels hate and stupidness.



Adviser

I am not for Sen. Lacson. As far as I am concerned he is no better than GMA. He has to answer the accusations against him that he was responsible for Kuratong Baleleng, engaging in espionage and graft and corruption. But GMA needs to answer for the ‘hello garci’ scandal. Apparently, it is an election offense and may be a crime. Garci is still free and needs to answer to the law as well. All of them should answer for the issues surrounding them.



dyango

Pareng Calulut,

Matagal ka na ciguro jan sa amerika pero d mo alam ang tunay na nangyayari dito sa pinas pare.

Kaya mabuti umuwi ka na lang dito at masubukan mo ang buhay dito at ang talamak na mga pandaraya at graft and corruption dito.

Maraming salamat po sa iyo.



Michael Paterno

Unless…he did not cheat himself, nor accepted bribe, get involve in any corruption etc., are you clean Sen. Lacson?

Just like Jesus said…”Let someone who have no sin throw the first stone”.
Since it is doubtful that you have no sin,
you better employ different strategy in
positioning yourself for the next presidential election.



aboudit

fight for a cause as you are alone in the senate searching for the truth, thy are all feed with thier personal interest our generation will be at stake for the rule which is UTANG NA LOOB system is a pathetic to our present government let me out to know everybodythat what universe we have a state university who is handle by a general where are those thousand of doctor of education go in camp crame/????????



tom

Sen. Lacson should perform his job as senator. Too much fact finding/exposee kuno/investigation in the senate initiated by this nuckle head senator but nothing accomplished. I’m sick and tired seeing senators wasting taxpayer money for non stop expose part I, II, III & more self serving publicity. Do your job senators para di masayang iyong pagboto ko sa inyo. Stop too much talking in the senate; do something to improve the economy and well being of the people who voted you. Ang dami niyong promised before election.



linda

Here comes the man Panfilo Lacson to open up another something new kono from something old to show filipino voters
he is doing his job as a legislator. Here they come again for another unending investigations from one after the other. Don’t you get sick of it? For goodness sake do something better,
will you? Don’t become distractors but instead legislate and be serious about it. Thank you



adolfo

Kung WALANG nangyari sa mga EXPOSE nya sa Pidal account noon at ngayon ay HINDI nya kasalanan.UNANG-una sa lahat ay WALANG batas na mag-AALOW na ang BANKO ay BUKSAN ang mga susspesyosong mga “accounts” na ito.Sinabi NILA na wala daw “EBIDENSYA” SAMANTALANG ang paraan nga na HINDI ito MABUKSAN ay syang DAHILAN kaya “walang nagyari” dito.MADALAS ang BABAW ng LOGIC nyo eh.HINDI mo pwedeng SABIHIN na WALANG ebidensya kung ang kanyang PAGTURO sa dIREKSYON na ito ay haindi MAG-MAMATERIALIZE dahil AYAW ng BANKO BUKSAN ang mga ACCOUNTS na ito.NAIINTINDIHAN ba ng malit nyong utak iyon.??Ang kailangan ng bansa ay “KAMAY na BAKAL’ na may fanatikong ‘PAGMAMAHAL sa bansa”.Kasi alam natin na LIKAS na MATIGAS ang ULO ng mga Pinoy.Kaya hanggang ngayon tingnan mo ang Pinas.KULELAT at 3rd world na 3rd world.PINAMUMUGARAN ng nagkalat na BASURA.Number 1 export ay KATULONG!!MAHIYA NAMAN KAYO SA SARILI NYO!!!Anong taas noo ang pinag-mamalaki nyo??



adolfo

Palibhasa naging allergic na ang pinoy sa salitang “diktadoR” dahil na rin sa kanilang naging “experinsya” kay Makoy.Ang hindi alam ng mga ito ay NOONG PAnahon na iyon,halos marami ang bansa sa kalapit Asya ay pinamumunuan din ng “diktatorya”.Ang DIPIRENSYA lang ay ang mga diktador na ito ay GINAMIT ang kanilang KAPANGYARIHAN sa PAG-PAPAUNLAD ng kanilang bansa.Dahil mahal nila ito.dahil alam nila ang kanilang POSISYON sa MALAKING litrato ng mundo.While ang Pinas,dahil na rin sa KABOBOHAN at ‘PAGPAPABAYA ni MAKOY,,NASAYANG ang OPPORTUNIDAD!!!.Ngayon tingnan mo ang KOREA,JAPAN,HONGKONG,SINGAPORE,MALAYSIA.Kayong mga Pinoy ang mga KATULONG sa bansa na ito.UULITIN ko NILUSTAY ng mahinang at BOBONG Makoy ang OPPOTUNIDAD.Ngayon kayong mga PILIPINO ang TAGA-PUNAS ng pWET sa mga bansa na ito.HINDI BA KAYO NAHIHIYA SA MGA SARILI NYO??wala kayong konsepto ng “dangal” at “respeto sa SARILI”??lalong-lalo na ang “Liderato ng bansa dahil ito ang gumagawa ng BATAS at ‘ENFORCEMENT”.Ang dapat na dumami sa PINAS ay ang mga SUPERYOR na tao na MAY PAGMAMAHAL sa bansa at hindi ang mga MABABABANG klase ng tao na walang GINAWA kundi MAGNAKAW at SIPSIPIN ang mga PERA na dapat GINAGAMIT sa PAGPAPAGANDA at pag-papaunlad ng BUHAY ng ordinaryong mamamayan.at ang mga MANGMANG at ignoranteng mamamayan nawalang GINAWA kundi mag-anak ng maganak.MAHIYA naman kayo sa sarili nyo.!!!aning “kultura” ang ipinagmamalaki ninyo??



adolfo

Ang statement na “get a Life” ay ang salitang KOLOKYAL na ginangamit esp. ng mga teen-ger sa mga MABABABAW ba pag-uusap-usap sa pang araw-araw.Actually napaka-INAPPROPRIATE ngang GAMITIN ito para sa isang KOMPLIKADONG bagay sa larangan ng mga “politicos” in particular,sen.Lacson.Dito PINAPAKITA ang KABABAWAN ng orihinal na naglikha ng “titulo” na ito,samantalang kung HIHIMAYIN ang mga sinabi,,,WALANG KATUTURAN ito sa “GET a LIFE” na titulo na ibinigay dito.sa larangan na ito,MAGTATAK ka ba talaga kung BAKIT hindi umunlad-unlad ang Pilipinas? papano ang kanyang mga mamamayan na PIN-PRODUCE ay ang mga MAHIHINA at MABABABANG klase.MAKIKITA ito sa “TAKBUHIN” ng kanilang PAGLATHALA ng kanilang mga “argumento at pagra-rason.Marahil ang nagsulat ng TITULO na ito tunkol ky Sen. Lacson at ibnigay ang titulong “get a Life” ay marahil isang musmos na BATA.Makikita ito sa mga PINILING salita.



ken

Well said. Very obvious naman ang maagang pangngampanya ni Senator Lacson. Napakarami pang dapat niyang gawin, sayang lang ang taxes namin pangsweldo sa kanya. Dapat siya na lang isabak sa Basilan at Jolo, di hamak naman na maraming zeroes ang kaibahan ng sahod niya sa mga sundalo doon. Luma na ang ganyang style Sentaor Lacson! Grow up!



abe

“Filipinos are seekers of the Truth”.

The issue of Hello Garci will forever haunt Gloria “Mandaraya” as long as their skeleton remain in the closet and are not given proper burial.

Kaya habang buhay siyang mumultohin!



bitoy

Its funny how you people can speak of numerous problems our country is facing when you can’t begin to recognize the root of all these problems. CORRUPTION! And how do you expect the country to move forward when the highest elective position stinks of corruption. Have you ever heard of the cliche “THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE”. If majority of those people in power, particularly the TONGressmen are not so afraid to lose their kickbacks even to the point of shackling the truth, this issue would have gotten off long long time ago. PING’s formula is simple. If they cannot do it in the house due to the numbers game, then we in the senate will. The election cannot do it, the house did it and I think so can the senate prove the real power of the majority. Perhaps, the reason you want closure to this issue is because you were one of those people who voted for the present administration and you just cant accept what truth this investigation would bring forward. Well, how about the other half of the population who believed in the election process but are now wondering if their participation was really worth all those risks. Have you no consideration at all to these people who actually might have voted for the winning candidate. Believe me, we want CLOSURE to this issue as much as you, but not in the same way as you do which is to just ignore the matter and bury it six feet under.



Roberto Tan

I agreewithMr.Calulut.

I believe Mr. Lacson has the makings of a great president and there is a greater chance that he can improve our lives BUT he has to leave the grandstanding and gimmickry behind…..



jun

yes get a life mr. lacson. better yet grow up! all these coups and fighting does not help world opinion. let arroyo serve her term! we have more problems that you need to take care of like poverty, NPA, and the insurgency in the south. and oh dont forget all those theives in government! i am upset with you and the likes of you!

edmonton canada



gapan

I would recommend that the Senator Lacosn. I guess this is diversionary tactic as he has have pending investigation in relation to his aides conviction in the US.

Instead of making a new beginning, this guy is out to destroy everything for his own ill intention. Imagine the damage that he is creating from his so called expose which is rehash of what had been discussed.

If i were GMA, I will declare a Martial Law and have Ping Lacson and the rest of his cohorts be arrested and placed in solitary confinement of even in Mental Hospital. We do not need this People, they should out the philippine politics and society.

Dapat Kamay na Bakal. I will support GMA’s stand that She Will not Tolerate Partisan Politics to Destroy the Country’s Gains. Yes, Mdm Presient, Please use Strong Arm of the LAW against these people that out to destroy the Economic, Social and Political Gains we have.

Please place them in a dungeon with Snakes, Tigers and Leopard for them to realise the hardship they are creating for They are the pains of the Society that must be removed.



akoyun

hay naku eto na nman po…. back to zero na nman ang bayang pilipinas pag nagkataon at panalo na nman kmeng mga $$$ earner!!!

mr. senators! pls. pls. do your job as legislators and not investigators…

during gma’s sona u r saying that these will be lies and countless lies again… that what the poor people need right now is food in the table and where and how to get it… well then, if gma cant do it, keep ur a***s working so they will get the food they needed badly and stop nonsense politicking!!! 2010 is still 3 years away…



rafael samson

Sino si Panfilo Lacson? Hindi ko siya kilala pero mayroon akong naalala na kasabihan:
Ang taong mabaho ay maligayang nagtatampisaw sa sariling dumi.



Ton

Korek!!
Absulotely sangayon ako, marami na kayong galit kay Lacson kabilang mo ang mga mabubuting kuratong baleleng, Ang honest na si Bunyi ang mapagparayang si GMA higit sa lahat ang santong si Singson.
Kasabihang birds of same feathers… ika nga ng mga kababayang mong kano dyan sa Californication.

Tonio of Bagong Ilog, PASAY



Monday Lessons

If Lacson can also “investigate in aid of legislation” the whereabouts of Dacer, Bentain and Corbito, as early as this, he has my vote.



DagohoyLA

How can Military Adventurism be stopped ?

In the 90’s a certain Col. Gregorio Honasan led several coups. The last one cost billions of dollars worth of lost foreign investments and job opportunities that would have come along with it. On top of that, about 100 Filipinos lost their lives. (In the failed coup of Feb., 2006, we learned from the AFP Chief of Staff that the last Honasan 90’s coup, a loyalist soldier shot dead his sibling/soldier who was on the mutineers’ side during the firefight between the two groups.).

Navy Lt. Antonio Trillianes III, among other junior officers staged a coup in Makati’ Oakwood complex in 2003. They may not have taken hostages but they rigged the building with explosives. Any miscalculation by the government forces or the coup plotters, could have resulted in lost of lives, limbs, and destruction of property.

What Honasan and Trillianes did were clearly TREASONOUS.

One only need to ask one question. What if they succeeded in bringing the government down? The answer would be simple : The Philippines would have been under a Military Junta. . .Good thing those coups failed. The kababayans would have been in worse situation. They are smart in not supporting the coups as hoped for by the plotters. Juntas are more repressive. They are akin to the abusive Martial Law. The Central American Juntas were clear examples of their undesirability. Nothing good would have come from Juntas.

Now, a former General in the person of Ping Lacson is stirring the pot by making rounds in a military camp. This under the guise of visiting detained officers associated with coups. He pulled rank over the non commissioned officers/guards. He timed his visit so a commissioned officer or the commanding officer of the camp was not present and would disallow the visit - as this was not cleared by the chain of command.

How can coups be stopped? We should have the will to prosecute agressively Trillianes, et al. Hopefully, government prosecutors will do their BEST in obtaining a conviction.

A Convicted & Jailed Trillianes, et al, I think will be a deterrent for future military adventurism.

Let us stop this business of amnesty for mutineers or coup plotters.

P.S. What was IRONIC in Honasan’s last failed coup, the families of the detained mutineering soldiers went to the person they were to assasinate - Pres. Cory Aquino. They sought assistance from the President, as they needed food, shelter and clothing, while their husbands are in the brig. . .Honasan left them high & dry. . .Had they succeeded, Honasan may have promised them 2 or 3-rank promotions plus bonuses. . .(These came from news articles and opinions we read in various Philippine news circulated here in the U.S. during those period.)



marmarmar

Tama na Mr. Ping Lacson! Tumulong ka na lang sa pagpapaunlad ng bansang Pilipinas. Huwag mo ng guluhinn and umaangat na economiya ng Pilipinas. Ang baho mo ay nanganagmoy pa hanggang ngayon. Dapat sa iyo ay kasama nina Aquino at Argoncillo sa America. Tama na ang mga dakdak mo.



ben

Filipinos deserve a clean election coming 2010. Lacson’s action is very much needed to start reforming the very dirty COMELEC and “stinking” election process!!!

Thanks, Ping!



OFW in Afghanistan

What is wrong with getting into the truth? What is wrong with pursuing justice? We despise Senator Lacson for doing what is right. What is wrong with us people? If these people in Congress were honestly in search for truth, they should not have stopped all evidences that were presented when the issue of cheating during the election surfaced. There are two possible truths: (1) Gloria did not cheat and (2) Gloria cheated. Where would all the evidences lead us to? The problem is the investigation has not even started and all the KaKAMPIs in Congress have done everything possible for the truth to surface. They are denying us justice. How can we trust Congress in implementing justice, fairness in action? How can we leave our fate as a Filipino nation to this group of shameless people? Why are we not angry? Why do we just allow them do this injustice to us?

Why are we prosecuting Lacson and others who only want to pursue the truth? He was not the one who cheated in the election!



OFW in Afghanistan

Correction:

“The problem is the investigation has not even started and all the KaKAMPIs in Congress have done everything possible for the truth NOT to surface.”



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Kabayan

Lumalabas na ang mga gustong magpabalik ng mapanupil na diktaturya sa Pilipinas para lamang maitago nila ang kanilang mga kalokohan sa electoral fraud at iba pang mga abuso sa pamahalaan. Ang desperasyon ng mga gumagawa ng kalokohan ay lumilitaw na.

Para makalusot at makakuha pa ng higit na poder at kapangyarihang mangurakot tulad ng panahon ni Marcos; Martial Law ang nais ipatupad.

Di pa rin alam ng iba na ang mga Executive Orders na inaabuso ni Gloria at iba pang abuso ng pulis at AFP tulad ng aking isinaad sa blog na Justice and Common sense sa…

http://inquirerbloggers.net/eleksyon2007/2007/07/31/justice-and-common-sense/#comment-11107

…ay isa nang uri ng de facto Martial Law. Nakakalungkot na ang iba ay nabibisto na sa kanilang kasamaan, ay lalo pa silang gumagawa ng higit na kasamaan.

Kaya tama lamang na magkaroon ng mas mahigpit na imbestigasyon dito ang Senado. Tungkol sa Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso; karamihan sa kanila ay dini-Diyos ang pork barrel na ipinangmumudmod ng Ehekutibo at sila ay parte ng magkaKAMPI sa kalokohan. Walang maaasahan sa karamihang mga Trapo sa Lower House. Ang mga taong takot sa maayos na imbestigasyon ang yaong may itinatagong krimen na ayaw sumiwalat. Higpitan lalo ang mga imbestigasyon sa mga anomalya!

Tunay nga … Lalong nagiging mas malaman ang kasabihan ngayong panahon “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”



Dennis

What a bunch of cretins! Mabuti nga at may follow-up pa sa Garci-GMA cheating eh. It is never a reason to site the economic gain (if there is any) to stop us common people from knowing that the sitting president is actually cheated her way to the presidency. Should we wait for another 3 yrs. and endure the bunch of people around her like Raul Gonzalez and Bunye? Get a life! It’s not called politicking… it is cleansing!!!

At least we can exact a little accountability through the oversight power of the senate to the executive dept. 3 yrs more for a corrupt and illegitimate president is too long before we know it we’ll wake up ending a gov’t run by the JDV and his ilk in lower congress with GMA eternally being the ceremonial president.

Kung hinde mabubuko si Gloria lalo lang lalakas loob nya at mga kakampi nya upang gumawa ng pagnanakaw sa kaban ng bayan at pagbaboy sa proseso ng halalan.



Pinggol

i’m not an avid lacson supporter but i believe that what he did was right….. we must put closure to what happened during the 2004 election…. the filipinos particularly us who are here in the philippines are entitled to know the truth…..we cannot forever be in the dark and not know whether the person running us is a fake as fake can be…..only the truth will set us free.



tyrone

i find it disappointing for people based abroad to come up with negative conclusions about people involved and things happening in their country, which, in the first place, they left in search for their own comfort and self-interests. do you live and breathe RP? no you don’t from there. you are all like fools who untiringly look in a fish bowl, coaching and heckling the gold fish to do tricks for you. you are the ones who need to get a life.



Manny Badingerzy

ano ba mga binabasa nyo komiks? o katulad ko ng pang gay magz? hehe. kung si lacson ay may tinatagong baho…dapat lumabas na yan panahon pa ni Corpuz, at berroya gamit ang pera ni pidal. eh nasa kanila na lahat ng resources kaya lang ALA talaga eh!!
kaya talaga nagbubulag-bulagan at nagbi-bingibingihan pa. tsk..tsk..tsk… nakikinabang ba kayo at pamilya nya ngayon sa administrasyong ito??? tingnan na lang nyo track record ni Pareng Ping at i-compare sa mga idol nyong politiko. pweh!! dapat sa inyo binabatukan ng dos por dos para magising.



JUNVIC

ang hirap sa atin nalalayo tau sa usapin or topic ng pinag-usapan… bsta’t galit tau sa tao kahit wla sa topic pinapakita natin… ang usaping ito ay tungkol sa katotohanan kya dapat lang tayong maki-isa lahat kung gusto natin malaman ang katotohanan… dapat wla tayong pinapaboran, walang kinikilingan, comment na totoo lamang… ika nga ni Mike Enriquez…
mayron ngang kasabihan…liars go to hell!
sana huwag tayong mapunta doon.



diego

Do you people don’t want to know the TRUTH? Are we contented with countless and numerous cheatings? Is this the way we want our children and the children of our children to learn in school and from us? Cheating and scams are everywhere, election scams, bidding scams, actor and actress academy award scams, textbook scams and even insurance scams…what more is left? If no one will dare to expose the TRUTH….who dare will do it for us? Ninoy Aquino did it for us….if not for him we won’t be here were we are. Do we want to be called a society of cheaters and liars? Do not say forget everything and let us start a new beginning in order to move on. It is not an excuse for clemency and reconciliation. In order to forgive there must be repentance and in order to repent there must reconciliation….and in order to reconcile…you must tell the TRUTH!!!. AS the saying goes…” I can forgive, but I cannot FORGET. It will haunt us forever



diego

Don’t you realize that this is one of the administration’s delaying tactics to withold the TRUTH…until we get tired of hearing the same thing over and over again. If Lacson will not do it again who among us will expose the TRUTH. If we all seat down and do nothing then surely the administration will have the last laugh.



pampi padilla

…haay, mr lacson, magpaka-senador ka naman!!!!wala ka na bang kayang gawin kundi ganyan, sayang lang ang ipinapasweldo sa iyo ng taong bayan,magtrabaho ka naman!!!!paulit ulit ka wala namang nangyayari, ikaw ba ang tunay na ehemplo ng taong may tinatawag na CRAB MENTALITY?!!!!!



paetechie

the problem with it really is that the investigation is still focused on the wiretapped conversation which is ILLEGAL therefore inadmissible

the end does not justify the means

also the prime witness is a polluted one– Doble himself revealed the source and who paid who. who’d believe that except those who only want to pin down the president

i stand in the middle. i support any quest for truth but not for political gains and publicity. the opposition has to do better than that and have more credible witnesses



elmer

i hope,if possible you send all this feedbacks to the senate so that Opposition senators may know that majority of the people are tired and exhausted of investigation 3x, and nothing comes out.It’s a waste of time.GMA has only 3 yrs more to go.Pls, why can’t you just wait for 2010?

elmer



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OFW in Afghanistan

Correct ka diyan, Mannybadingerzy! If Lacson was indeed guilty of any wrongdoings, it would have come out a long time ago with Corpuz on his neck and with the criminal Berroya after his credibility. All we have to do is to look at the track record of all these people accusing Lacson. Why do they hate him so much? Because he is the only one who has the guts.



Kabayan

I remember a funny story from “Shaman of Malilipot” which would provide a good analogy for the predicament of Gloria, the Filipino people and the Garci tape:

Nasilip ng driver si misis at ang kanyang boyfriend sa bedroom making love. Kinunan ng picture.

Binigay ng driver ang picture sa husband who confronted the wife.

Husband: You committed adultery with your boyfriend!

Wife: What’s your proof?

Husband: This picture, taken by the driver.

Wife: Gago, it doesn’t prove that I committed adultery. It proves that your driver is a peeping tom!



Kabayan

On the contrary elmer, the Filipinos are not tired of the issue and more telling than that is that unresolved covered-up issues must never be forgotten until resolved.

I remembered the time when some blogger said a similar thing when Gloria declared her intent not to run in the last 2004 elections:
“GMA has only a year or more to go. Pls., why can’t you just wait for 2004?”

Now it’s 2007 and a surge of anomalies perpetuated just to remain in power. Not to forget; the attempted Charter Change with the aim to remove the term limits of elected officials.

How sure are you she’ll step down on 2010 elmer?



jun

can we just let arroyo serve her last 3yrs. i dont think anyone would give a crap if they decide to investigate her after her term. it would be very destructive as far as continuity of governement is concerned. general ramos could have taken the presidency after marcos but he didnt. he left it to corazon aquino to reconcile the country. for anyone to try to unseat arroyo right now will destroy this volatile country of ours.

i am sure jose rizal, apolinario mabini and general ramos doesnt want that to happen.

edmonton, canada



sitsiritsit

What the nation needs right now is a person of stong convictions, principles and determination to get rid of graft and corruption. We need a leader who will call a “spade is a spade” and will put to jail all who are corript, rapists,robbers,smuggling and jueteng lords, muderers and pushers. The country needs somebody who will put an end to anomalies and unscrupulous persons and politicians.
THE COUNTRY NEEDS SEN. PANFILO LACSON !!!



Kabayan

jun,

How sure are you Gloria would step down 3 years from now?



jun

kabayan

if arroya does not step down then another people power is fully JUSTIFIED. we will have the backing of the whole world. i would not fill ashamed then. i left for canada in dec of ‘85. i was 20yrs old then. i watched on tv here how ramos and enrile dealt with marcos. corazon aquino was not much of a president. but ramos and the whole nation understood what it means to have ninoy aquino’s widow leading the nation on national reconciliation. i was a very proud filipino taking comforts in general ramos fending off all these coups against aquino. as long as the president does is not plundering the country we should let them serve their term. we are a very smart people and hardworkers. very resilient. if we stand united against all these idiots that think their shit dont stink we will gain the respect the we deserve which is long overdue.

i just want to add one more thing. i dont think it will matter how good we do with respect to the economy as long as there is no credible family planning in place. without a credible family planning in place there wont be enough to feed our people. keep the church out of our national affairs. like a greek friend of mine said that if all the greeks goes back to their country there wont be enough water for everyone.

thank you for noticing my comments. appreciate it.

edmonton,canada



Kabayan

Tama nell, kaya dapat bigyang pansin at solusyon ang mga kakurakutan at abuso simula sa mga matataas na posisyon ng pamahalaan.



Kabayan

jun,

I’ll hold you to that promise in case that happens ;)

The attempts for power extension will just be a smattering for now but as their attempts get foiled they will mount an aggressive campaign around 2009 to 2010 to try to twist the law again for extended stay in power.

Vigilance will constantly be needed.

Nevertheless the injustice of the past and present must not be set aside and search for truth and justice for this must remain relentless.



jun

kabayan

they had their chance to unseat arroyo in 2005. it did not happen. bringing this back now just shows how immature we are when it comes to politics. foreign investors will pull out and who do you think will pay. the filipino people will suffer more. foreign investors are already complaining about the high cost of electricity. also foreigners are talking about how inadequate the deposit insurance are with banks. they are scared. political uncertainty is not good for the country. like it or not we need these investors.

personally i dont care what happens to arroyo after 2010. ;-)



Kabayan

Hi jun,

We must not only look everything in the point of view of foreign investments. We should be aware of what are the abuses, corruption and injustices that is happening now rather than act only years down the road while they design ways for mangling the constitution and extending their terms of stay by destroying the spirit of the law.

Don’t care much of Gloria myself but it is her actions and the actions of her allies that riles up the Filipino people against her administration. Defending corrupt allies is one of her major and critical failings. Another is her wielding of Executive Orders similarly as the dictator Marcos wielded his Presidential Decrees.

Moreover, foreign investments is not directly tied to Arroyo’s regime nor should foreign investment be the overriding concern of Filipinos while democracy is being destroyed and corrupt practices in government being protected and even proliferated. The list grows long and their most recent shenanigan in protection of Abalos in the ZTE deal. It is obvious that a lot of those on top positions had a finger on this corruption pie. ;)



Bayan-bayan

Sen. Lacson,

Ikaw dapat ang imbistigahan sa mga kasong kinasangkutan mo in the past.

If this is your tactics para mag papansin ka sa taong bayan, pwes… pesti ka, wala kang magawa sa buhay. Dapat ikaw ang mag resign sa puesto mo dahil wala ka man nagagawa na pakinabang ang mga Pilipino. Pwe, may balak ka pa mag kandidato ng pag ka presidente, kapal ng mukha mo!



OFW in Afghanistan

You guys, got it all wrong. The problem is not Lacson! Our problem is not getting the truth and a lot of people in Congress blocking the truth. Jut let all the evidences out and people would know somehow who is lying.



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