sana, maging matino si bistek pag sha nanalo. me masteral yan sa UP (public ad) saka sa NDCP (nastiomnal security adminsitration). sana, sana…

I have no money, hardly can support my family, but I have a message to deliver to the voters of Quezon City.

I have been critical as a whole regarding what I have observed during Mayor Belmonte’s time. There are things that I have realized which will never prosper if I do not stand up and be counted.

I once filed a complaint affidavit against a Kagawad in my Barangay for profiting 120% from the sale of his one door apartment. I do not blame him for the profit, but when he runs away without paying the capital gain tax, that is another question. I filed my complaint affidavit against him in Quezon City office, against nonpayment of Capital gain tax, and usurpation of Authority.

After 4 and half years of seeking justice, he was finally suspended for one month and a day on an administrative offense. But unfortunately, he just ignored the suspension and keep on with his duty as Barangay Kagawad.

Another one, sometime in April 2005, after reading the Daily Inquirer’s column with a title of “Greedy Q.C. Councilors planning to hike Real Estate tax” (you can retrieve it in the internet just by typing the title), I personally delivered a letter to about 20 Q.C. Councilors and copy furnished Mayor Belmonte regarding the untimely increase, considering that even before 2005, we already were experiencing the effect of currency devaluation, wherein all prices went up.

Guess what? No one, not even one Q.C. Councilor ever wrote back or reply to my letter. Neither is Mayor Belmonte.

Sounds like dereliction of duty on their part, because they were duty bound under the law, to reply to enquiry from their constituent within 15 days upon receipt. Needless to say, my letter was snubbed.

My third encounter. I confer with Mayor Belmonte regarding the sudden and untimely increase on the Business Gross Income of 2008 and effectively to be collected starting January 2, 2009.

He said, if I can not pay my Barbershop Mayor’s permit wherein the Business Tax is incorporated, I may just closed my business. He never gave me a straight answer regarding the justification of the increase on Business Tax, considering that business is not so good for year 2008.

I made a Complaint Affidavit against Chief City Treasurer Victor Endriga of Q. C. because I discover that no city ordinance or any enabling law exist to support such increase on 2008 Business Gross Income Tax, except a mere memorandum from Mr. Endriga in his capacity as City Treasurer. This is unlawful because to justify increase on any form of local tax, a City Ordinance is needed, a mere memorandum cannot supersede the function which is strictly belongs to the City Councilors.

I filed a Complaint Affidavit to the Office of the Ombudsman for an offense of Usurpation of Authority against Victor Endriga, Chief City Treasurer of Q. C.

There are also many violations committed in the Accounting and Audit committed by the Local Government of Quezon City which runs into hundreds of millions of hard earned people’s tax. You can open the Website of Commission on Audit to know what I am talking about and to verify the truth of what I am declaring.

For these, I believe that, to change the manner how people’s taxes are spent, I have to run as Mayor Candidate. You can easily be override if you are just a mere City Councilor. It is next to impossible to fight corruption when you are from the outside. No amount of writing or shouting will move these corrupt government officials.

The only way is to participate and nothing else.

I can not divulge my real identity least my opponent may accuse me of electioneering.

I will fight even if I have nothing except determination. It is time to take control our local government from the Oligarch and syndicated politics.

Now is the time.

But based on my end of the public perception, and I have talked to a lot of people about this, people having been fed up with the “corruption” scandals are looking for something fresh. Someone who might not interfere with the Ombudsman’s job of investigation all the filth and will allow the courts to judge.

I take it that Gibo will not fit that bill because he is anointed by GMA.

True, Gibo is intelligent. But after several years of Marcos and GMA, people might prefer someone not as bright. To their minds, bright leaders are capable of putting their own interests above the country’s and cover up their deeds effectively, to say the least.

The only reason bright presidents’ misdeeds were found out is when they became too greedy and did not share or gave only a pittance to their supporters like in the case of Joey de Venecia. Joey wouldn’t blow the whistle if he was given the contract because he believed that GMA had already cornered most of the juicy contracts or he may be thinking, “pabalato naman ang ZTE sa akin, si daddy naman supporter mo!”

As to Gibo’s claim that we need a leader “that can hit the ground running”, the perception or interpretation is “hit the ground running straight to the bank!” meaning start looting at the starting gate.

People now realize that voting for an intelligent executive again might damage the country beyond repair. In the sixties, the Philippines was one of the most prosperous country in southeast Asia. Today, we are among the poorest. While others are on their way or striving to become powers, we are deteriorating.

What we need is a leader who will set us back on the right track and start catching up with our neighbors. Someone who will start to recover for the country some respect by putting in place incorruptible officials to oversee the different government departments and agencies. Someone who, the minds of the voters will give marching orders to “shape up or ship out”. Someone who not afraid direct the Justice Department to start investigating and if warranted prosecute those involved in lawlessness starting with the claims of human rights victims during Marcos’ years to the present, non exempted.

If the voters, I for one, perceive one such candidate, then he or she has my vote.

Kahit sino mananalo diyan wala pa rin mga naka pwesto lang ang nakikinabang

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