GO senators ingrates?

The reality in Philippine politics is; "there is never a clear delineation between opposition and administration." One can change party affiliation in split seconds. Upper House of congress is a 24 different republics, believing that each has its own turf and kingdom. Positioning among themselves where they could get the most coveted chairmanship of different committees. Anyway, as what Senator Santiago lenghtily discussed, Senators get a sizeable amount of compensation from the different committees where they are either a member or a Chairperson. GO Senators are not ingrates, they just follow the path most travelled. I don't think their respective position on different issues will change for now but I'm sure it will. Hope its for the best of the masses where they trumpettedly represent.

This a shame on our politics, this will leave a mark. People will be uncertain next time around. Senator Trillanes is still the last man standing. He will die for his ideologies , to his belief, and to his countrymen. I know he doesn't support Estrada much but he supported his collegues like Koko Pimentel. He accused Subiri as a cheat, Which we all know what really happened in Maguindanao. I can't believe what the Government are trying to portray. Election frauds were openly accepted by the government. As if it's a traffic violation. Trillanes will set a trend in Philippine politics, I'm not sure how or what. And I hope Nothing bad happen to him.

Pinoys should not be surprised for the sudden turn of events in the senate, just in the case of Escudero, Cayetano & Estrada moving to the camp of the administration!!! what a sham ! people voted them to safeguard the public interest but it looks like they just want to protect their own agenda!!!

I HOPE ONE DAY ALL PINOYS WILL WAKE UP AND UNITE TOGETHER TO REMOVED ALL THESE TRAPOS POLITICIAN ! BECAUSE I BELIEVED THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE.

While it is troubling indeed, I reserve my judgments on these actions of Escudero and Cayetano until I see how they play their cards. This is one of the realities of Philippine politics, people will surely see through their motives. The opposition's hands are tied right now. While they won the election, these leeches, this administration still enjoys the upperhand in commanding the resources. This administration is really, very, very, very bad news for the Filipinos.

hahaha..

kaya nga pinalitan ang pangalang United Opposition di ba? kasi hindi kayo united from the start.. hehehe..

so you mean gusto nyong maging lapdog ng oposisyon sina estrada, cayetano and escudero? ano man sabihin nyo susundin nila?

Politics is addtion according to them..

nagtatanong lang po..

people voted for the GO candidates as an oppostion. Even if a term sharing option is the last alternative rather a coalition with the administration, they must stick together.

All these talks about whether the senate is opposition or administration are pretty confusing. Far as the last senatorial election was concern, Villar was not administration, therefore the fight today for senate president between Pimentel and Villar is between two opposition senators. Either way, the result would not make a pro-administration senate. So, us worried citizens, have no reason to worry. Here's the rub. If people, like my friend here, OFW in Afghanistan, who favors dancing the chacha, do nothing now to prevent it from happening, there will be no presidential election on year 2010. That means that the proponents of chacha will take hold of the government, a new kind of government, and will lead the nations further down the sink hole as they did already. Good for my friend because that's what he wants, not good for me and you, and the nation. If OFW in Afghanistan should change his mind, and the chacha dancing don't materialize, then us good citizens will have another chance at political reforms we want during the next 2010 presidential and senatorial election, like we did in the last. We will do it little by little, sudden change like 'people power' does not work. We should not expect miracle, ideal transformation will not happen overnight. Abrupt rising required only as a last recourse. We have done it last May election, let's continue, slow but sure. Making Zubiri won by this administration is a pyrrhic victory for them, the people knows, so they lost more political grounds because of what they did. The knees of the actual administration senators today (we know who they are) should be shaking with fear already, election time for them is barely three years away. I'll bet some of them are already contemplating of going to Tanay this early, including Zubiri, if they know how to learn lesson from past experience. My point is-no chance will this senate go administration. Unless OFW in Afghanistan continue to insists on dancing the chacha....and NO-EL is forthcoming.

I personally feel that it is unfair to label the two newly elected opposition senators as ingrates or "personas non grata". They were members of the Opposition in their own right long before the GO ticket was formed. Escudero and Cayetano would have won even if they had to run as independents just like Kiko Pangilinan.

Voters elected them into the Senate not necessarily because they ran under the GO ticket but because the electorate had confidence in them that their presence in the Senate will assure the people that GMA will not be able to run it the way she has been running the Lower House of Congress.

I still believe deep in my heart that they will still be one with the other opposition members when it comes to resisting GMA in the abuse of her executive powers.