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Duterte, his 6 contradictions and planned dictatorship

The reluctant presidential bet says he will make his final decision on December 10, 2015. But he warns that once he wins, 'Putang ina, sumunod kayong lahat.'



Maria A. Ressa
October 26, 2015

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – If 70-year-old Rodrigo Duterte became President of the Philippines, he would work to make 3 things happen. He counted them on the fingers of one hand: “I would stop corruption, stop criminality, and fix government,” he said forcefully.

Here’s what makes him different: he’s willing to kill to make that happen.

“When I said I’ll stop criminality, I’ll stop criminality,” said one of the Philippines’ longest serving mayors. “If I have to kill you, I’ll kill you. Personally.”

I held his gaze to see if he meant what he said. He did. His track record proves it.

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In public office since the people power revolt in 1986, he ran and won as mayor of Davao City in 1988 until he hit his 3-term limit in 1998. He then ran for the House of Representatives and represented the 1st District of Davao City. He was elected to his 4th term as mayor in Davao in 2001 and reelected again in 2004 and 2007. Hitting his term limit a second time, he ran as vice mayor to his daughter until he received a new mandate as mayor in 2013.

In terms of land mass, Davao is the world’s largest city, and Duterte’s leadership helped transform it from the chaos of the 1980’s – a safe haven for criminals and rebels – to what residents now proclaim as an oasis of peace today. IBM proudly announces that Davao is the first "smart city" in the Philippines, integrating technology and big data from public services for a real-time dashboard to better deal with crime prevention, emergency response, threat prevention & response and traffic management.

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City officials boast that it’s one of only 3 areas in the world to have an Integrated Emergency Response System 911 (with Canada and parts of the US) that works and brings help within minutes.

There is tremendous respect and admiration for Duterte in Davao, where a movement that gathered millions of signatures – far more than its one-a-half million people - is pushing him to run for president in the 2016 elections.

Although he missed the deadline to file his candidacy, a technicality could allow him to still run. He says he has until December 10, 2015 to decide.

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Contradiction 1: Breaking the law

Brusque but charming and confident, Duterte is a man of contradictions, starting with his insistence on maintaining the rule of law while at the same time being equally adamant about breaking the law to bring order.

Refreshingly and brutally frank, Duterte spelled everything out in our interview on October 22, 2015: “I had to act decisively. Let me just say there were things which I had to do because I had to do them. Nobody was going to do it for Davao City.”

“Like what,” I asked.

“Like the ones that people are crying about until now.”

“You’re talking human rights?” I asked. Duterte’s been implicated in extrajudicial killings and linked to what’s been called the Davao Death Squad, a vigilante group that many believe was responsible for the presumed deaths of more than 700 people who disappeared between 2005 and 2008.

“Yes, of course,” he answered. “It’s a public record that cases have been filed against me, and they say that my name was even in the High Commission of the Human Rights Commission of the United States. Well, that’s part of a day’s work, I would say.”

“Any regrets?” I followed up.

“None. None. If I will return to the original day then I would still do it because that’s the only way that I could keep the peace in Davao and how it could develop into what you see now.”

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Contradiction 2: Are all killers equal?

Not all killers are equal and motives matter, giving some insight into why he has at the very least supported extrajudicial killings. Duterte makes a distinction between criminals and rebels, proudly saying that he “belongs to the Left.”

“They’re two different things,” he said. “One is for pocket, and the other one is ideology. Here is a rebel, and they’re fighting as a matter of principle. And here are idiots – the criminals. Because they line their pockets for gain. Personal gain. There’s no redeeming factor in killing people, robbing them, raping them.”

He reiterated he has no qualms about killing these killers and goes a step further.

“I must admit I have killed,” said Davao’s mayor, who said he is willing to do it to protect his people.

To understand Duterte’s appeal to Filipino voters, understand the context: that institutions are weak at best and law and order is patchy in many parts of the country. Violence is part of the political landscape, and it gets worse during elections.

The worst election-related violence in the world happened in the Philippines in November, 2009, when 58 people were killed, including the largest number of journalists killed in one instance.

For the 2010 presidential elections, the police say 155 people died, including 22 assassinated candidates.

Duterte said the way to stop the violence is to use violence, establish a rule of law, and change the overall political system.

He says it’s time to turn an oligarchic system run by the political elite upside down and act on the gap between the rich and the poor.

“Ayan, yang cliché na iyan: the poor is getting poorer; the rich is getting richer. They utter it every election. Every candidate. Why don’t you just do it? Just shut up, and just do it.

“Would you be able to do it?” I asked.

“I will,” he answered.

His supporters believe him because of what he did in Davao. They say his words mirror his actions. They point to his humble lifestyle and home, signs they add, that he is not corrupt.

Critics respond that there is a huge difference between running a city and running a country.

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Contradiction 3: Leftist and dictator

The self-confessed leftist admits he is a dictator. It’s clear he has a vision for the country and that he built it on his lessons learned as Davao’s leader.

The Philippines under Duterte’s leadership would be a dictatorship because “if you become the president, you do not only change leaders, you have to change the Filipino himself.”

“Kasi ang Filipino ngayon, hindi mo masabihan na obey the law.” Duterte changes his tone (Today, you can't even tell the Filipino to obey the law). “Sabihin mo sa kanya, THIS is the law. Putang ina, pag hindi mo sinunod ang batas, putang ina ka sa akin.” (You ought to tell him: This is the law. You'd be damned if you did not follow the law, you'd be damned.)

Curses and expletives peppered his answers. Duterte is nothing but authentic. His years in power made him aware of what he wanted to say on the record and what he told us off the record – with a caveat that when the proper time came, we could release his insights. His honesty was refreshing.

He said that one of his first steps to eliminating corruption would to be to drop discretionary funds like the Priority Development Assistance Fund, known as the pork barrel. As president, he would only take his salary and would expect Congress to do the same. If lawmakers try to impeach him, he said he would not hesitate to shut it down.

“It’s going to be a dictatorship,” he added. “It’s the police and the military who will be the backbone. If they agree with you – if the right-thinking policemen and military men agree with you – then after 6 years, there will be a new set-up: maybe a federal type, less corruption, and a fresh air for the next generation.”

Could any of the presidential candidates – Vice President Jejomar Binay, former Secretary Mar Roxas, Senator Grace Poe and Senator Miriam Santiago – change the political structures in the Philippines?

“Anybody of them, you will still suffer,” he quickly answered before qualifying his statement. “I’m not saying they cannot hack it. What I’m saying is … I don’t know whether they can do what I said I could do.”

There are other interesting contradictions.

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Contradiction 4: Womanizer and women's rights advocate

A known womanizer, Duterte has also funded and supports women’s rights. A lead activist for gender equality, Irene Santiago, says he has done much to empower women in Davao. Santiago gained global prominence as a key organizer of the Beijing Women's Conference in 1995, personally thanked by Hillary Clinton on the main stage.

Duterte supported the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill through the years it languished in Congress, pushing family planning and population control in his area of influence. In 2012, while Congress and the Church debated RH, Davao City was already giving out free contraceptives.

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Contradiction 5: Sexist and gay rights supporter

Although he openly admits he’s a male chauvinist often shown in his sometimes sexist remarks, he put in place progressive policies, supporting and funding LGBT activists. He also supports gay marriage.

These positions remain controversial in Asia's largest Catholic nation - roughly 85% Christian, most Roman Catholic. In the early years, it took courage to stand up to the Church, which lobbied hard against reproductive health and sex education. Outside the Vatican, the Philippines is the only other place where divorce is illegal.

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Contradiction 6: Decisive and indecisive about the presidency

Perhaps the biggest contradiction of the moment is how such a decisive man could be so indecisive about running for the Philippines’ top job.

He gave the reasons of family, health, funding and machinery – each of which he explained and then debunked as standing in his way. Sources close to Duterte say he’s still grappling with campaign funds, which he denied. Critics say #duterteserye, what many have called his back and forth, is a carefully planned tactic. While there may be some truth to that, the time we spent with him showed the reason may be more personal.

For someone concerned about legacy, what would happen if he tried and failed? For someone whose pride borders on arrogance, what if his lifelong lessons on leadership aren’t enough?

What seems clear is that he isn’t willing to settle, even if it means he is assassinated, which if he succeeds, he added, is a distinct possibility.

“I’m telling the Filipino people, huwag ako. It’s going to be bloody,” he said. “Because I will not sit there as President and just like any other regime, sabihin ko, iyan lang ang kaya ko … pero pag nilagay ninyo ako, do not f*** with me.”

https://youtu.be/cSSsafAMTpI

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The fact that there is a real clamor for Duterte shows more about the Philippines today than it does about the man.

There is a zeitgeist for change, a real yearning to stop corruption (which helped get Aquino elected in 2010), and a sizeable youth vote. At latest estimates, Comelec puts that to about 39 million potential voters.

For the Philippines' 100 million people with a median age of 22 years old, 2016 may herald the first social media elections. Up to 46 million Filipinos are on Facebook alone. With such a crowded field of presidential candidates, it's expected to take less than 20 million votes to win.

For Filipinos looking for an alternative to the status quo, someone with a track record of governance, someone who has courage and vision, Duterte seems to offer a possibility of real change.

Two questions remain: will he risk it and run? And will Comelec allow him to?

He says December 10 is his new deadline.

“If I’m there, wala ng indecisive, indecisive,” he said. “Putang ina, sumunod kayong lahat. When I say that you have to stop f***** the people’s money, stop it!” – Rappler.com

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BINAY AND MARCOS: DUMBING DOWN THE PHILIPPINES

Posted by Joe America on October 22, 2015 · 249 Comments
stupid hollywood-elsewhere dot com


[Photo credit: hollywood-elsewhere.com]
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Let us start with an understanding of terms.

The term “dumbing down” originated in 1933 as movie-business slang, used by motion picture screenplay writers, meaning: “[to] revise so as to appeal to those of little education or intelligence”. [Wiki]

We have two national candidates who are engaged in dumbing down the Philippines. It is the only way they can get elected. Distinguished Senator Miriam Santiago has chosen one of them as her running mate, certifying that she is ever the jokester, always willing to tread the path less traveled.
The problem is, it is just not funny.

It is the choice between backward and forward.

The Binay and Marcos families want certain information taken out of the public record and new information placed in that record. By recasting the look of things, they seek to persuade a broad swath of the Philippine voting population to vote them into prominence in the 2016 election.

This, of course, is the exact opposite of what we commonly hold as virtues: honesty and transparency and raising the nation up, both economically and in terms of being an honorable and purposeful place. It is akin to propaganda of ill motive, or brainwashing. The two families seek to remove factual records from view and replace them with fictitious records.

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Anecdotal evidence suggests that huge sums of money are being invested in this election by the two families to purchase the loyalty of community opinion-makers. In my home town, the Marcos family is said to have distributed bags of money to key families. Goods have been generously supplied to poor residents . . . tin and lumber and food.

(underscoring mine)

more at http://joeam.com/2015/10/22/binay-and-marcos-dumbing-down-the-philippines/

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Duterte: I have 2 wives and 2 girlfriends

By: Maricar B. Brizuela
@inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer
December 1st, 2015

HE MUST be a romantic at heart. And maybe a comedian, too.

In a no-holds-barred speech before 10,000 supporters on Sunday night in Taguig City, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte opened up about his personal life, speaking not only of having two wives but of two girlfriends, as well.

When he was younger, the 70-year-old presidential aspirant said, he would spend the whole night with his girlfriends, but since he had grown older, he could spend only “short time” with them.

The crowd apparently enjoyed his speech, cheering, applauding, laughing and at times shouting with glee.

Duterte spoke at the end of a “MAD (Musicians and Artists for Duterte) for Change” concert around 10 p.m., hours later than originally planned because he said his flight was delayed.

He said the public needed to know everything about him, including his love life and interest in women, if they want to make him President.

Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/743793/duterte-i-have-2-wives-and-2-girlfriends#ixzz3t0YFeiRJ

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would the country dare again to have the likes of erap who needed extra security personnel from the military for the families of the other women?

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duterte's kind of political showmanship is bound to grow stale.

hey, let's let decency lead the nation.

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WITH DUE RESPECT

Contrasting the Comelec and SET decisions

By: Artemio V. Panganiban
Philippine Daily Inquirer
December 6th, 2015

The three-member Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) cancelled the certificate of candidacy for president of Sen. Grace Poe on the ground that her “material representations” about her natural-born citizenship and 10-year Philippine residency were “false.” In contrast, the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) earlier upheld her natural-born citizenship but did not rule on her residency. Here are some questions raised by readers:

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Question 1: What will happen to these contrasting rulings?

Answer: Senator Poe will file Monday with the seven-member Comelec en banc a motion for reconsideration. On the other hand, with the denial of his motion for reconsideration by the SET, Rizalino David is poised to go to the Supreme Court. Ultimately, these two cases (and the three others still pending in the Comelec’s First Division) will be elevated to the high court for a final consolidated decision. Meanwhile, Poe’s name will be printed in the automated ballots, as was done in Joseph Estrada’s case in the 2010 presidential election.

Question 2: Once the SET decision reaches the Supreme Court, will the three justice-members still participate and vote there?

Answer: No, having judged below, they can no longer judge above.

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Question 3: The SET voted 5-4. Isn’t this unreliable?

Answer: Many landmark cases, here and abroad, have been decided by one vote. Thus, our Supreme Court, voting 8-7 in Lambino vs Comelec (Oct. 26, 2006), trashed the people’s initiative to institute the parliamentary system here. The US Supreme Court, voting 5-4 in Bush vs Gore (Dec. 12, 2000), rejected the recount of the contested ballots in Florida and ushered in the election of George W. Bush as the new US president.

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Question 4: Isn’t it unfair for Sen. Loren Legarda to ask our electorate to decide legal issues?

Answer: No, she did not so ask. Rather, she first quoted from Frivaldo vs Comelec (June 26, 1996) the two main ways of legal interpretation, thus: “At balance, the question really boils down to a choice of … how to interpret and apply laws relating to elections: literal or liberal, the letter or the spirit, the naked provision or the ultimate purpose, legal syllogism or substantial justice, in isolation of or in the context of social conditions, harshly against or gently in favor of the voters’ choice. In applying election laws, it would be far better to err in favor of popular sovereignty than to be right in complex but little understood legalisms.”

Then, choosing the liberal way of interpretation, she opined: “In case of doubt in the interpretation of constitutional and legal provisions involving popular sovereignty, it is best to interpret such provisions in a manner that enables our electorate to elect freely their chosen leader.”

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Question 5: Under the same Frivaldo doctrine, should Rodrigo Duterte be allowed to run?

Answer: I do not have the complete facts on Duterte’s case but if, as reported in the media, the only reason for his alleged disqualification is a typographical error, I believe he should be allowed to run for president. Substantial justice, not literal interpretation, should be applied. This does not mean I approve of his human rights shortcuts or habitual cussing. Legal eligibility is different from electoral acceptability.

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Question 6: Senator Poe is not poor. Why should the social justice principle of giving more law to those who have less in life favor her?

Answer: Social justice does not favor only the impoverished. It equally favors the disabled, the sick, the abandoned (like foundlings), the infirm, the mentally-retarded, the disaster-stricken and everyone economically, socially, politically, racially and medically disadvantaged.

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Question 7: Why should the abandoned, like foundlings, be given more law? Dura lex sed lex. The law may be harsh; nevertheless, it must strictly be followed and applied equally to everyone, isn’t it?

Answer: Dura lex sed lex is a favorite expression of lawyers educated under the Analytical School of legal philosophy. They interpret law verba legis, that is, according to the literal meaning of the words used. However, I believe the better way of interpretation is to look at the spirit, the intent and the substance of the law. I think that lawyers should not be mere automatons or legal technicians who apply laws strictly and automatically without considering their effects on society. Rather, they should be social engineers who help build just societies with law as their tool.

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Question 8: Apart from the presidency, vice presidency, Senate and House memberships, are there other positions that require natural-born citizenship?

Answer: Yes, thousands of others, like commissioners of elections, audit, civil service, human rights; ombudsman; most judicial and prosecutorial posts; directorships in several bureaus and commissions; memberships in boards of examiners of various professions; grantees of scholarships; and others too numerous to fit in this space. The point is: Foundlings should not be denied entry to these offices or grants.

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Question 9: Should we simply forget Poe’s abandonment of our country when she became an American and accept her now as our president?

Answer: That is a political, not legal, question that is better answered by our people via their ballots. Not every question can and should be decided by our tribunals. Let Poe explain to our people, and if the majority accepts her explanation and votes her to office, so be it. This is the essence of democracy. As the axiom goes, Vox populi vox Dei.

opinion.inquirer.net/
(note: the format of this question-answer as it appears on the column was changed by the poster here for easier reading)

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throwback; excerpts from 'Is Chiz Escudero to blame for Grace Poe’s fate?', September 24, 2015, by Francisco S. Tatad 

The one big unanswered question is, what kind of political and legal advice did Mrs. Llamanzares get, or was getting, from Sen. Chiz Escudero, her announced running mate? Did he not assure her that because she is the adopted daughter of ‘Panday,” the other popular name of Fernando Poe Jr., and she has been rating high in the propaganda surveys manufactured by the usual fraudsters, not even her declared opponents would try to make life hard for her, that foreign and local financial donors would come rushing into her chamber with suitcases bulging with P1,000 bills, and everything would be a walk in the park for her? What happened to this syrupy promise?

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Did Escudero’s lawyers not prepare all the documentary evidence to show that David’s petition was a pure nuisance complaint? Why did the basic documents turn out to be spurious and incompetent, and instead of supporting the respondent, support the petitioner instead? The documents were so incriminatory in character that the petitioner simply adopted them, to the respondent’s patent grief.

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Among these documents were:

1) A copy of a certificate of live birth of a “foundling,” named May Grace Natividad Contreras Militar, born on Sept. 3, 1968 and found in the parish church of Jaro, on Sept. 3, 1968, at about 9:30 am, by Mr. Edgardo Militar, who turned over the child into the custody of Mr. and Mrs. Emiliano Militar at Sta. Isabel Street, Jaro. The certificate is originally typewritten, but it contains certain erasures and intercalations. For instance, the name “Natividad” is inserted by hand between “Grace” and “Contreras”, and the name “Contreras Militar” is bracketed, and above it is written “Sonora Poe.” The certificate is dated Nov. 27, 1968, but on the right hand side is a handwritten note saying: “Note: Adopted child by the spouses Ronald Allan Poe and Jesusa Sonora Poe as per Court Order, Municipal Court, San Juan Rizal, by the (ineligible) Judge Alfredo Gorgonio, dated May 13, 1974, under Sp. Proc. No. 138.” This is proof positive that the document was not made on Nov. 27, 1968, as claimed, and is therefore at best a spurious document. It cannot stand as evidence in favor of the defense.

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2) A copy of a decision under the signature of Judge Alfredo Gorgonio of the municipal court of San Juan, Rizal, dated May 13, 1974, purporting to show that after due hearing, the Court decided to grant the petition for adoption of the minor Mary Grace Natividad Contreras Militar by the spouses Ronald Allan Poe and Jesusa Sonora Poe. The veracity of the order deserves full investigation because the municipal court had no jurisdiction over adoption cases. This is known to most lawyers.

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3) A copy of a certificate of live birth in favor of Mary Grace Natividad Sonora Poe, executed by Jesusa Sonora Poe on May 4, 2006, claiming that Mary Grace Natividad Sonora Poe was born on Sept. 3, 1968 in Jaro, Iloilo City, to Jesusa Sonora Poe and to Ronald Allan Poe. This is a revision of the circumstance of Mary Grace’s birth, from having no known parents to being the daughter of the Poe couple, whose marriage happened to be childless.

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4) A copy of a petition for retention and/or reacquisition of Philippine citizenship under Republic Act No. 9225 by Mrs. Llamanzares, dated July 7, 2006, where she declares under oath that she is a natural-born Filipino born to the Poe couple in Iloilo City on Sept. 3, 1968.This is a false claim which cannot be the source or basis of the reacquisition of her citizenship.

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5) A copy of a Bureau of Immigration order dated July 18, 2006, signed “for” Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. by an unknown hand, granting Mrs. Llamanzares petition for reacquistion of Philippine citizenship. Being based on a false claim under oath, and signed by an unknown hand other than the duly authorized signing officer, this order is patently invalid.

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6) A copy of Mrs. Llamanzares’ certificate of candidacy for the Senate, dated Sept. 27, 2012 in Quezon City, saying she is a natural-born Filipino citizen, without any information about her parentage.

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These are all flawed documents. In all these, Mrs. Llamansares (and her surrogate mother Jesusa Sonora Poe, in the case of the 2006 certificate of live birth) lied under oath. Why did this hotshot lawyer Francis Escudero allow his political partner to submit these falsified documents to be used as evidence against her? Are people simply daydreaming when they suggest that Chiz Escudero may not be unprepared to make his next move if and when Grace Poe Llamanzares falls off her self-created pedestal?

http://www.manilatimes.net/is-chiz-escudero-to-blame-for-grace-poes-fate/220539/

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Chiz sinisi sa DQ ni Poe

Ni Malou Escudero (Pilipino Star Ngayon)
December 6, 2015


Se­nator Chiz Escudero

MANILA, Philippines – Malaki umano ang pananagutan ni Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero kung bakit diniskuwalipika ng Commission on Elections si Sen. Grace Poe sa pagkandidatong pa­ngulo sa halalan sa 2016.

Ito ang tinuran kahapon ni Polytechnic University of the Philippines Professor at political analyst Joey Sindayen Pinalas na nagtuturo ng socio-political thought at philosophy of politics sa PUP.

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“Huwag na magturo at manisi ng ibang tao si Se­nator Chiz Escudero. Bukod sa pagiging campaign strategist ni Grace,  si Chiz ay abogado at meron siyang sariling law firm, at siguradong marami siyang kaalyadong abogadong tumutulong. Hindi dapat niya ipinasok si Senator Poe sa alanganing sitwasyon na maaaring madiskwalipika ang senadora”, pahayag ni Pinalas.

“Dahil sa nangyaring disqualification kay Grace, hindi natin maiaalis na mayroong tamang duda at ispekulasyon sa mga galaw ni Escudero. Sad­yang ma­raming katanu­ngan at kuro-kuro. Obvious na pinilit ni Chiz ang Poe-Escudero tandem kahit nung una pa ay lumitaw na ang usaping citizenship at residency.  Pero kapag susuriin mo ang mga galaw ni Chiz, pabor sa kanya ang nangyayari. Kung manalo silang dalawa at sa malaon napatunayan sa Korte Suprema na hindi natural born si Grace at kulang sa residency requirements, eh di magiging presidente si Chiz.”

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Hindi rin anya nagtataka si Pinalas kung bakit nagkaroon ng “lunch meeting” si Escudero at si Vice-President Jejomar Binay.  “Si Chiz ang isa sa mga arkitekto ng NoyBi o Aquino-Binay coalition nung 2010 na kung saan tinalo ni VP Binay si Mar Roxas. Ilang linggo bago lumabas ang desisyon sa kasong disqualificatiojn laban kay Poe, nagkita at nananghalian umano sina Escudero at Binay. “Eto ba ay di sinasadya o mayroon talagang namuong usapan sakaling madiskwalipika si Grace?

Kung manalo naman si VP Binay at si Chiz, si Chiz ang papalit na pangulo kung sakaling matanggal sa pwesto si VP dahil sa issue ng katiwalian,” sambit pa ng propesor. Sinabi din ni Pinalas na tila “Trojan Horse Politics” ang uri ng pulitika ni Chiz dahil tila malikot at patago ang kanyang mga galaw sa pulitika.

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Ayon naman kay Senator Miriam Santiago na eksperto sa batas at isa ding presidential aspirant, malaki ang problema ni Poe dahil malinaw ang saligang batas sa requirements sa pagka-pangulo.

Sa kasalukuyan, patong patong ang disqualification cases laban kay Poe at ito ay may kaugnayan sa kanyang citizenship at residency sa Pilipinas.

philstar.com

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WHO AMONG THE VP CANDIDATES ARE ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, AND WHO IS RUNNING FOR VP?

Posted by Joe America on November 8, 2015



Did you parse that headline for grammar? Did you notice the plural and the singular expressions of the verb “to be”?

That’s highly important. It’s what this blog is about, actually.

As you know, this blog is now famous, attracting Chinese trolls like flies on a karabao’s back and notable readers like politicians to donations. Where donations come in the form of ideas.

With the help of this fame, I have developed networks of information spread across the Philippines like so many spider-webs glistening in the morning dew, each node a listening post. If a nameless sultan blinks in Mindanao, we know about it on Biliran Island. The network is now active and producing. Indeed, one of my high-value assets recently sent in a little whisper of striking insight, then slipped quietly back into the dim and smoke-filled rooms where she plays her ploys, and where the future of the Philippines is defined.

I’ll share what she sent in, verbatim, decoded, in her words...

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I may be mistaken, but I don’t recall this many people running for VP without a president in previous elections. Why so many now?

Unless they’re banking on Poe winning, and maybe they know she’ll be disqualified . . . making them president!

That’s undoubtedly the plan of Escudero. But it may also now be the plan of his NPC partymates: Trillanes, Cayetano, and Marcos.

So, really, only Robredo is running for VP. Everyone else is actually running for president. (Honasan doesn’t count, being just a Binay prop.)

And since Trillanes, Cayetano, Robredo, and Honasan are apparently from Bicol, they can kiss the regional vote goodbye... this gives Marcos a clear advantage with the so-called Solid North votes, and the rest of the country will be divided among them all.

Oh, my!... If Poe and Marcos win, Poe will be disqualified, making Marcos president.

And there was Imelda Marcos expressing disappointment that her son is only aiming for the VP post. In truth, he isn’t.

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Well, it does not take Jack Ryan to cut through that message and get to the truth of the matter. Marcos has the lead position and is likely going to elbow the others aside. His true aim is not the Vice Presidency, but the Presidency.

Furthermore, there is only one candidate who is running for Vice President to serve the people. Leni Robredo. For the rest, it is a political play, an exercise in opportunism.


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