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Si Erap tatakbo uli sa 2010?! Panginoon patawarin nyo sila…

Published December 31, 2007 | In Daily Dose, Pulitika, eleksyon, opinyon

Hindi ko sukat akalain na isang napakasamang balita ang sasam­bu­lat sa aking paningin, ilang oras pa bago dumat­ing ang bagong taon.

Ayon sa balita ng Inquirer.net, posi­bleng tumakbo uli si dating Pan­gulo, magnanakaw-na-pinawalang-sala-ng-isa-pang-magnanakaw Erap Estrada sa pagka-​Pangulo sa darat­ing na halalan ng 2010. Ito raw ay sa dahi­lang "sobrang dami" ng mga poten­syal na kan­didato sa pagka-​Pangulo ang nasa panig ngayon ng oposisyon.

Ito na marahil ang dahi­lan kung bakit hindi nag­tatagum­pay sa kani­lang mga plano ang opo­sisyon, dahil hindi sila nag-​iisip ng matuwid at tama, marahil (na huwag sana) ay mga engot sila dahil kung "sobrang dami" ng poten­syal na kan­didato sa pagka-​Pangulo mula sa kani­lang mga hanay ay bakit mauuwi ang lahat sa isang dating Pan­gulo na pinalayas ng taum­bayan dahi­lan sa kanyang pag­nanakaw sa kaban ng bayan? Marahil ay lahat sila ay mag­nanakaw din, pero ibang kwento na iyon.

Ibig sabi­hin ba ay mas malu­pet, mahusay at mas may kakayanan si Estrada kaysa sina Fran­cis Escud­ero, Loren Legarda, Manuel Villar, Pan­filo Lacson, at Makati Mayor Jejo­mar Binay?

O dahil habol lang nila ang lakas sa paghatak ng boto ni Estrada kaya guma­gawa sila ng paraan para muli siyang makatakbo?

Kung hatak lang naman ng boto ang pag-​uusapan, swak na swak na sina Loren Legarda at Fran­cis Escud­ero dahil silang dalawa ang nan­guna sa nakaraang halalan ng mga Senador. Kahit na ang ubod ng yaman at elit­is­tang si Manuel Villar marahil ay hindi makaka­hakot ng ganoong kadaming boto. Dagdag dito ang husay at kakayanan nina Legarda at Escud­ero, sapat nang dahi­lan upang isa sa kanila ang patak­buhin bilang Pan­gulo sa 2010.

Dapat sanang mau­nawaan at pak­ing­gan ng mga nasa opo­sisyon na kaya nanalo sina Legarda at Escud­ero ay sa may panini­wala ang mga tao sa kani­lang husay at kakayanan. Hindi dahil sa sila ay kasama ni Erap sa Opo­sisyon. Nais ba nilang ulitin ang EDSA Dos?

Dapat ding mau­nawaan ng Opo­sisyon na ang hangad ng taum­abayan ay pag­babago. Ito ay makakamit lamang kung ang mga pap­atak­buhin sa darat­ing na halalan ay mga bagong mukha, per­son­al­i­dad, panini­wala, at kakayanan.

Si Erap ay isa nang "relic" ng nakaraan. Juras­sic ika nga. Kum­baga sa hayskul, mata­gal nang alumni si Erap. Pana­hon na para siya ay man­ahimik at mamahinga na lamang. Isama niya sa kanyang pagre­tiro ang mga lumang trapo at puli­tiko mapa-​Administrasyon o Opo­sisyon man.

Tan­daan nyo ang mga bagay na ito, ang pag­babago ay hindi tumitigil. Ang pag­babago ay dala ng mga kabataan at susunod na hen­erasyon. At kasama rito si Tril­lanes. At kapag luma, panis at pangat(long init) na putahe na naman ang iha­hain ng Opo­sisyon sa darat­ing halalalan sa 2010, humanda sila kapag nabagot, nasuka at na-​umay ang taumbayan.

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The State of the Nation

Published July 23, 2007 | In Daily Dose, Pulitika, eleksyon, karapatang pantao, kwentong-buhay, opinyon

874 cases of human rights vio­la­tions, 99, 011 indi­vid­ual vic­tims, 14, 302 fam­i­lies in 288 com­mu­ni­ties, 282 vic­tims of extra-​judicial killings, 69 vic­tims of mas­sacres, 147 vic­tims of forced dis­ap­pear­ances, Migz Zubiri won as a Sen­a­tor, Lin­tang Bedol and Vir­gillo Gar­cil­lano are still free men, Ben­jamin Abalos will also walk away safe from all this, sol­diers are still dying in Min­danao, the Human Secu­rity Act in still in effect, Jonas Burgos and many others are still miss­ing and worst of all GMA is still the President.

874 cases of human rights vio­la­tions, 99, 011 indi­vid­ual vic­tims, 14, 302 fam­i­lies in 288 com­mu­ni­ties, 282 vic­tims of extra-​judicial killings, 69 vic­tims of mas­sacres, 147 vic­tims of forced dis­ap­pear­ances, Migz Zubiri won as a Sen­a­tor, Lin­tang Bedol and Vir­gillo Gar­cil­lano are still free men, Ben­jamin Abalos will also walk away safe from all this, sol­diers are still dying in Min­danao, the Human Secu­rity Act in still in effect, Jonas Burgos and many others are still miss­ing and worst of all GMA is still the President.

874 cases of human rights vio­la­tions, 99, 011 indi­vid­ual vic­tims, 14, 302 fam­i­lies in 288 com­mu­ni­ties, 282 vic­tims of extra-​judicial killings, 69 vic­tims of mas­sacres, 147 vic­tims of forced dis­ap­pear­ances, Migz Zubiri won as a Sen­a­tor, Lin­tang Bedol and Vir­gillo Gar­cil­lano are still free men, Ben­jamin Abalos will also walk away safe from all this, sol­diers are still dying in Min­danao, the Human Secu­rity Act in still in effect, Jonas Burgos and many others are still miss­ing and worst of all GMA is still the President.

874 cases of human rights vio­la­tions, 99, 011 indi­vid­ual vic­tims, 14, 302 fam­i­lies in 288 com­mu­ni­ties, 282 vic­tims of extra-​judicial killings, 69 vic­tims of mas­sacres, 147 vic­tims of forced dis­ap­pear­ances, Migz Zubiri won as a Sen­a­tor, Lin­tang Bedol and Vir­gillo Gar­cil­lano are still free men, Ben­jamin Abalos will also walk away safe from all this, sol­diers are still dying in Min­danao, the Human Secu­rity Act in still in effect, Jonas Burgos and many others are still miss­ing and worst of all GMA is still the President.

874 cases of human rights vio­la­tions, 99, 011 indi­vid­ual vic­tims, 14, 302 fam­i­lies in 288 com­mu­ni­ties, 282 vic­tims of extra-​judicial killings, 69 vic­tims of mas­sacres, 147 vic­tims of forced dis­ap­pear­ances, Migz Zubiri won as a Sen­a­tor, Lin­tang Bedol and Vir­gillo Gar­cil­lano are still free men, Ben­jamin Abalos will also walk away safe from all this, sol­diers are still dying in Min­danao, the Human Secu­rity Act in still in effect, Jonas Burgos and many others are still miss­ing and worst of all GMA is still the President.

874 cases of human rights vio­la­tions, 99, 011 indi­vid­ual vic­tims, 14, 302 fam­i­lies in 288 com­mu­ni­ties, 282 vic­tims of extra-​judicial killings, 69 vic­tims of mas­sacres, 147 vic­tims of forced dis­ap­pear­ances, Migz Zubiri won as a Sen­a­tor, Lin­tang Bedol and Vir­gillo Gar­cil­lano are still free men, Ben­jamin Abalos will also walk away safe from all this, sol­diers are still dying in Min­danao, the Human Secu­rity Act in still in effect, Jonas Burgos and many others are still miss­ing and worst of all GMA is still the President.

874 cases of human rights vio­la­tions, 99, 011 indi­vid­ual vic­tims, 14, 302 fam­i­lies in 288 com­mu­ni­ties, 282 vic­tims of extra-​judicial killings, 69 vic­tims of mas­sacres, 147 vic­tims of forced dis­ap­pear­ances, Migz Zubiri won as a Sen­a­tor, Lin­tang Bedol and Vir­gillo Gar­cil­lano are still free men, Ben­jamin Abalos will also walk away safe from all this, sol­diers are still dying in Min­danao, the Human Secu­rity Act in still in effect, Jonas Burgos and many others are still miss­ing and worst of all GMA is still the President.

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Hindi lang nanggugulo, pumapatay pa

Published May 18, 2007 | In Daily Dose, Pulitika, eleksyon

Reference:

Sarah Kat­rina Maramag

Media Offi­cer, 09193486790

NEWS FLASH!

Kabataan poll watchers abducted and slain by military in Camarines Norte

Kabataan Party-​list strongly con­demns ­­the abduc­tion and murder of two of its poll watch­ers in Camarines Norte.

Roberto 'Jun-​Jun' Bagsabas Jr., 27 years old, of Uli­panan J. Pang; and Ronilo Brezuela, 16 years old of Old Camp Cap­pa­longa, both Kabataan orga­niz­ers and poll watch­ers, were abducted by sol­diers on May 15.

They were mur­dered on May 16. Their bodies were found in between Brgys. Mataqui and Catabaguangan.

"This is a very sad period for all vig­i­lant youth and cit­i­zens. First the heroic deaths of two teach­ers in Batan­gas and now the sense­less killing of two youths who have vowed to pro­tect the votes of the youth and people," said Ray­mond Palatino, national pres­i­dent and nominee.

"We con­demn the brutal mur­ders of Jun and Ronilo. This extra-​judicial is undoubt­edly elec­tion and political-​related. We hold the gov­ern­ment account­able for fail­ing to address the cli­mate of impunity that has per­me­ated this elec­tion period at the onset. We will not rest until jus­tice is served."

Kabataan Party-​list called on the Com­elec to imme­di­ately con­duct an inves­ti­ga­tion on the killings.

Kabataan Party-​list is set to hold an indig­na­tion rally at the Timog Circle in Quezon City at 4pm today. ###

Hus­tisya para kina Jun Bagas­bas at Ronilo Vallevare!!!

EDIT:
Erratum:

The two Kabataan Party-​list poll watch­ers slain in Camarines Norte were Ronilo Brezuela, 16 years old, and Roberto 'Jun-​Jun' Bagsabas Jr., 27 years old and not Ronilo Val­l­e­vare, 20 years old, and Jun Bagas­bas, 16 years old, as ear­lier reported.

We apol­o­gize for this error. This cor­rec­tion just recently came in from our regional coordinators.

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AFP Nangugulo sa eleksyon

Published May 17, 2007 | In Pulitika, eleksyon, karapatang pantao

Mula sa:

PEO­PLES' INTER­NA­TIONAL OBSERVERS MISSION

NEWS RELEASE

May 16, 2007

Ref­er­ence: Johan Fobbelets, Spokesper­son, IOM Quezon team +639204441342 or +639206700864

Young poll­watcher threat­ened by sus­pected mil­i­tary agents,
Brings com­plaint to for­eign observers

QUEZON PROVINCE ―Foreign observers expressed con­cern over the harass­ment of young poll watch­ers by sus­pected mil­i­tary agents in Sari­aya, Quezon province,

Irene Anoso, a nineteen-​year old poll­watcher of Kabataan (Youth) party list in Brgy. Pobla­cion, Sari­aya, com­plained to mem­bers of the People's Inter­na­tional Observers Mis­sion (IOM) team in Quezon about being pro­filed, pur­sued, and sent mali­cious text mes­sages by sus­pected mil­i­tary agents.

Anoso told the team that men in mil­i­tary hair­cut but wear­ing civil­ian clothes started taking pic­tures and videos of poll­watch­ers in precincts in Brgy. Pobla­cion at around 8:00 a.m. last May 14. These men car­ried dubi­ous Com­mis­sion on Elec­tion (Com­elec) IDs lack­ing basic infor­ma­tion, such as names, pic­tures, and autho­rized signatures.

When she and another Kabataan Party-​list poll­watcher were on their way home that night in Sari­aya, a red car with a gov­ern­ment plate kept side­track­ing the tri­cy­cle they were riding on. They were trailed for about an hour by the said vehi­cle. At around 7:42 pm that day, Anoso received a text mes­sage that read: "Kamusta ang bin­a­ban­tayan mo na party-​list ng NPA?" (How is the NPA party-​list that you are watch­ing for?)

She received sim­i­lar reports that men in motor­cy­cles were roam­ing around that night, look­ing for Kabataan pollwatchers.

Kabataan party list is among the pro­gres­sive party-​lists being dis­cred­ited by the Arroyo admin­is­tra­tion and by ele­ments of the 74th and 76th Infantry Brigade of the Philip­pine Army deployed in Quezon as "front orga­ni­za­tions" of the Com­mu­nist Party of the Philippines-​New People's Army.

In the IOM teams' travel across Quezon province, inter­na­tional observers noted the pro­lif­er­a­tion of black pro­pa­ganda against pro­gres­sive party-​lists Bayan Muna (People First), Anakpawis (Toil­ing Masses), and Gabriela Women's Party.

"Slo­gans malign­ing pro­gres­sive party-​lists, usu­ally painted on sacks or over cam­paign posters, are usu­ally found in areas near mil­i­tary detach­ments," said Johan Fobbelets, a trade union leader from Bel­gium and spokesper­son of IOM Quezon team.

He added that such tes­ti­monies and obser­va­tions only con­firmed reports of sys­tem­atic efforts by the Armed Forces of the Philip­pines to pre­vent pro­gres­sive party-​lists from gain­ing con­gres­sional seats through black pro­pa­ganda, threats, and actual violence.

"The attacks against pro­gres­sive party-​lists tend to show that the Philip­pine elec­tions is an exer­cise in silenc­ing the voices of the mar­gin­al­ized, rather than that of democ­racy ," said Fobbelets. ###

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