[PANFILO] LACSON wants to head the Senate blue-ribbon committee.
“I want to advance my advocacy of accountability among public officials. If only for it, I want to chair the blue-ribbon committee. But I won’t beg for it nor exchange my vote to get that committee,” he said, referring to his vote for Senate president.
Since majority of the Senate is now GO [Genuine Opposition] and they are serious about their anti-corruption drive and putting corrupt public officials in jail, will they prosecute Erap? Or will they go only for administration candidates and their allies?
June 8th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Geez people… Get it right for once!!! Despite all the Powerpoint presentations and “investigations” to the contrary, THE SENATE CANNOT PROSECUTE ERAP. Do you REALLY want actors acting as your judge and lawyer?? The whole “investigation in aid of legislation” was pathetic, because no legislation was crafted, and instead it was a show-trial using EXISTING legislation. Millions of pesos were wasted, important legislation was delayed, all for only one purpose: To make GMA look bad, and the Philippines a laughingstock on the international stage. And here’s a clue: It was not GMA that was the laughingstock, it was the senate, because everyone with more than one braincell knows the senate has no power to prosecute, and that the whole show was just grandstanding for the press.
As for Erap? What the heck is he still doing in his vacation home? He should be rotting in jail with the masa!!! How many of the “masa” can visit their ailing mother, host birthday bashes or stay in an airconditioned vacation house on TAXPAYER MONEY???
Erap was NEVER POOR. He has no idea what it’s like to be one of the “masa”.
June 8th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Bert
Hi, to all you bloggermates, even as we quarrel, let’s all be friends, ok? Now this: Everybody seem to be feeling an expert on corruption,except me, hehehe. I think that saint is a myth, therefore I’m no saint. Erap is corrupt, also Gloria and husbanda, also Lacson, also Chavit, also Marcos, also you bloggers, also me, hehehe. That means everybody, no exception. The driver hate the policeman because he kotong him, Gloria haters hate her because of husbanda, so on and so forth. Let me ask you, bloggermates, some questions. If you are in the shoes of the policeman, and you have one or two wives, will you decline the P100 from the jeepney driver? If you are the husbanda, and your wife is the president, are you going to decline the offers? Ahah, I caught you there, I know your answers! Your answers are ‘YES’. See? That’s why I feel like a saint. I feel like a saint because I want to be honest as possible. I’m honest because I admit I might do what the policeman and the husbanda might do. Am I corrupt? Of course I am. But not too much, and not too brazen, hehehehehe.
From: Gerry
For so long as there is NO accountability and for so long as crooks are NOT punished, corruption will continue to be unabated in our country. And mind you, its not only in Government. Victorias Milling Company in Negros- Asia’s biggest Sugar Mill went bankrupt to the tune of 6 billion pesos due to corruption. What mind boggling is this: The owners and directors were all Harvard, Oxford trained. And they had all the tools to setup provisions to monitor the company. But in the end the mid level managers in cahoots with the workers below began the looting which led to the company’s downfall. The sad part is this: to this day NOT one of the culprits have been put to jail. Most are now living in the US enjoying the billions they stole.
Now imagine the scenario in GOVERNMENT were most appointees are political?
Without accountability, conviction and the Death Penalty for thieves it will still be the same: from the lowly tao, policeman up the the higher levels in Govt.
June 8th, 2007 at 1:19 am
Hi, to all you bloggermates, even as we quarrel, let’s all be friends, ok? Now this: Everybody seem to be feeling an expert on corruption,except me, hehehe. I think that saint is a myth, therefore I’m no saint. Erap is corrupt, also Gloria and husbanda, also Lacson, also Chavit, also Marcos, also you bloggers, also me, hehehe. That means everybody, no exception. The driver hate the policeman because he kotong him, Gloria haters hate her because of husbanda, so on and so forth. Let me ask you, bloggermates, some questions. If you are in the shoes of the policeman, and you have one or two wives, will you decline the P100 from the jeepney driver? If you are the husbanda, and your wife is the president, are you going to decline the offers? Ahah, I caught you there, I know your answers! Your answers are ‘YES’. See? That’s why I feel like a saint. I feel like a saint because I want to be honest as possible. I’m honest because I admit I might do what the policeman and the husbanda might do. Am I corrupt? Of course I am. But not too much, and not too brazen, hehehehehe.
June 8th, 2007 at 1:15 am
Nag-away-away na kayong lahat dito nang hindi dapat. Why?
The Topic/Question “Will Lacson Prosecute Erap?” itself is defective and very wrong.
As I’ve said in my first comment,
The Constitution says that LACSON as a senator in our Senate CAN NOT, SHOULD NOT, and MUST NOT prosecute ERAP (Erap’s case) or somebody else’s because the SENATE/SENATOR IS NOT THE PROSECUTION ARM of the government.
The Constitution laid upon the the EXECUTIVE branch of our government as one of its function: TO PROSECUTE CASES through the State Prosecution Service of the DOJ. Thereby, it is laid upon Gloria’s shoulder to prosecute cases being the thief, este… chief executive.
DI PA BA MALINAW YAN???
Let’s stop the argumentation here because there is no point of argument to start with.
Second, let’s leave the Courts to do its job.
Third, leave LACSON to prove himself as a a senator as he has proven himself when he was the PNP chief.
Fourth, the Filipino electorate has spoken. They voted whom they wanted and they picked more from the opposition Senatorial candidates. LET’S RESPECT THEIR VOICES/VOTES.
PEACE AND GOD BLESS US ALL!
June 7th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Lacson to prosecute erap? Sen. Lacson must prosecute first the corruption and anomalies of the Arroyo administration as Erap still waiting the verdict of the Sandigan Bayan kuno! we hope the leadership and the advocacy of Sen. Lacson go for the Blue Ribbon Commitee Chairmanship the people are still hoping for you… Mr. 2010 hopeful…..