NAPAKAARTE talaga nating mga Pinoy.
Is it not already a given that these three co-equal bodies of the government should be working together for the good of the people? Pinag-aralan na namin ito noong araw sa elementarya, ah! Ang hilig kasi natin sa photo ops at pa-pogi points kaya hangang front page na lang ang accomplishments ng Pinoy!
– Anton del Rosario, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (via e-mail)
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May 19th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
The problem with our three branches of government is that each of them tries to focus on checking the other. Majority of the problems on disunity and obstruction of national progress comes from the Congress which is empowered to call, at will, for investigations in aid of legislation.
A weak executive can easily succumb to the pressure and harassment from the opposition legislative camp while a strong executive can be accused of all the high crimes under the sun.
The congress is made up of two houses which most of the time does not even agree among themselves and each house is compose of different political representatives. It is doubtful if people like Alan Cayetano et al know the true meaning of national unity.
The judiciary is the most passive branch of the government, it goes into motion when legal issues are being contested otherwise it is just a spectator. The justices of the Supreme Court, also, are appointees of different executives and it usually takes time for them to arrive at a consensus.
So, where can we find true unity and cooperation - the meeting point of the minds? Maybe only in case of a foreign invasion or war because even the imminent food crisis did not deter the opposition from blaming everybody except themselves for the food shortage; who knows, even in war some might still turn traitors and collaborators just to put one over their political opponents.
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A tripartite consultative body such as JELAC can move the country faster forward and should be welcomed by all. Why not give true democracy a chance?
May 18th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Kiko Pangilinan supporting JELAC???
In order for him to have a forum if the Supreme Court will decide against his and the opposition senators favor.
It is their way of levelling the SC.
May 18th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
We dont have three co-equal branches of the government. Nunca. One steals, the other checks if theres still money left for itself, the third decides which one to ally to get a share. They all the the same primary function.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:19 am
You may feel that way because being away from home you don’t feel the pinch.
May 18th, 2008 at 8:57 am
J de crusis Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
Free trade agreements, like JPEPA, is a modern day war for economic supremacy and subjugation. The weak and corrupt countries being targeted as resource (human, food, minerals, petroleum) with the latter (Phil) integrated to serve the highly industrialized country (Japan). China and Japan are both racing in capturing these Phil resources with China under Asean China FTA while Japan employed two pronged approach, which is through an EPA (economic partnership agreement) with individual Asean country and also through Asean Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership. If you think that Phils will become an industrialized country in the next 20 years, as peddled by gma, forget about it. The truth is that most of Phil manufacturing sectors are slowly dying due to global trade. Our local producers cant compete with other countries because of high power costs (second highest in Asia), poor infrastructure, corruption costs (from barangay to malacanang), etc.
I agree. JPEPA is a modern day war for economic supremacy and subjugation. And greed is allowing this to continue. The best for all of us to do, at least those who understand, is to keep on fighting in whatever way possible to inform and to keep the discussion and debates alive. Other ASEAN country governments are helping their people to become strong entrepreneurs through training, information, and subsidy programs, while in the Phil. our people must do it all alone and sometimes they even become victims of unscrupulous bureaucrats of the government.