QUESTION: How many Philippine senators does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: 24 plus their assistants.
I can only observe with distress why nothing ever gets resolved in this country. Malacañang says they will not attend Senate hearings unless the Senate publishes the rules.
How many debates will we have over radio and television? How many statements to the press will we hear? How many bombastic and self-righteous remarks are we away from resolving this?
Maybe I just have a simple mind, but if the rules are already there, then just publish it so we can get moving on these investigations. Isn’t that the simplest, most direct step to take? Can these supposedly learned and principled men for once just do things right?
Just publish the damn rules and get it over with! What is so difficult with that?
– Gus Cosio, Quezon City, Philippines (via e-mail)
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April 12th, 2008 at 2:19 am
why nothing ever gets resolved in this country? We are crazy people who make crazy laws, that’s why. I don’t mean just our lawmakers but everybody to include you and I. Take these for examples:
“Anti crime groups seek stiffer penalties for rice hoarders”…It’s ridiculously to increase penalty to death when we cannot even send them one day in prison.
We asked ‘Total log ban’ that when granted and applied totally killed our forests because nobody, public or private, was there watching our forests!
I think our problem is that we have too many laws that are not applied.
April 11th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
It always boils down to the electorate electing irresponsible and egoistic Senators. Some would say we should not blame the people, but who else is there to blame for putting the likes of Cayetano and Madrigal in the Senate?
Maybe it would be better if in the next days we see a different activity in the Senate. Why not try debating on important pending bills so they would become productive even just a few times a year? The Cheaper Meds Bill has not been passed yet because the Bicameral Conference Committee have not agreed on some provisions up to this time.
Sabi ng ni PGMA our sick people should not be kept waiting.
April 10th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
luli, tama ka diyan sa punto mo…dami dito site gma fanatics kuno pero isang grupo lang and they always tried to avoid the issues..co equal ang executive, legislative and judiciary para may check and balance, eh ang kaso gusto malacanang mafia and arroyo corrupt-poration to control the ader branches of government para tuloy-tuloy na ligaya nila…and if not for senate inquiries and investigation pano na lang yung iba pang malalaking anomalya ng gma regime na patuloy na sanhi ng mga problemang kasalukuyang nararanasan ng ating mahal na bansa…puro daw politics pero sila gumagapang sa senado at lower house to solidify their political party…bring it to proper forum/court pero they are doing all legal bruhahas to delay or make fool of our laws…wala daw evidence, dami nga eh pero patuloy nilang niloloko at pinagsasamantalahan ang bansang pilipinas…2010 election with gma etal again? think again filipinos,we have the power to change our future and to make our own destiny tru our sacred votes, kahit ano pang daya at manipulation nila pero kung matalino tayo sa pagpili ng lider,tayo pa rin ang magwawagi…nangyari na ang milagro tru sen. trillanes, gov. ed and gov. grace padaca…at mangyayari uli yun sa 2010
pilipino manindigan ka para sa pagbabago para sa susunod na henerasyon.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Pablo Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 12:46 am
It is funny how some bloggers think about the senate, his role and his rights. It looks like these bloggers just want to hide their trying to protect GMA from anything that could hurt her through questions and investigations. As said many times, if there is nothing wrong to hide, GMA and the entire administrations could just neglect the senate’s moves.
How selfserving this administration is, shows the new reports about Iggy Arroyo’s pushing to reclassify their Hazienda from agricultural to industrial for to evade all the land reform cases. Those who have been sponsoring the concerned biofuel law are said all to be big land owners who want to profite more on oil production than helping to supply the Filipinos who elected them withfoods. They do not even want to help RP to have more own fuel, they want to sell their products to foreign buyers who pay more. Means, less corn, sugar or rice but still not more fuel to RP. How this matches their oath to work in favor of the Filipinos? It is nice to know that Iggy is now Chair of the Commission on natural resources and another Arroyo controls the energy. But of course, there is no dynasty, no corruption, no problem of personal and national interests. And then the senate should not investigate things like that, matters of plain personal advantages out of political ranks, no bribery and cheating? What irreal imagination of a democratic system. Of course, that is why so many want an unicameral system where a majority, even by cheating or bribery, can push through anything their boss wants.
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Well all I can see is they didn’t kick Erap for nothing! As we all can see it the only reason they kick Erap so that they’re the one can rob the government coffer.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
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bon Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 4:10 am
you elected dumb and supid senators.
all of you deserve what you got .
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Why are you blaming the senator’s they’re not the one robbing the government coffer but Gloria Arroyo, Et al. Walanghiya!